Swing tray for a child booster seat

1. A booster seat for facilitating the feeding of an infant or child comprising:

a seat portion;

a back support portion;

a pair of arm rests; and

a tray having a first and a second spaced apart swivel joints wherein the first and second swivel joints are defined by a vertical pivot axis substantially perpendicular aligned relative to a planar surface of the tray and the swivel joints on the tray are both releasably engaged directly with an immovable respective opposing arm rest of the booster seat, and the tray spans the opposing arm rests to permit horizontal rotation of the tray about either of the first and second swivel joints engaged with one of the respective arm rests of the booster seat;

each of the first and second swivel joints further comprise a base independently rotatable about the vertical pivot axis relative to the tray, and horizontally adjustable along the arm rest of the booster seat; and

wherein the base of each of the first and second swivel joints further comprises a springably biased detent portion for engaging with an outer wall of the arm rests and a fixed slide portion for engagement with a contiguous track formed in an opposing inner wall of the arm rest.

2. The booster seat according to claim 1 wherein each said first and second swivel joints comprise an engagement axis between the slide and the spring biased detent about which the spring biased detent rotates relative to the slide.

3. The booster seat according to claim 2 wherein each said first and second swivel joints are positioned in a pivot housing formed in the tray of the booster seat.

4. The booster seat according to claim 3 wherein the swivel joint of each of said first and second swivel joints and the associated pivot housing comprise an interlocking cylinder arrangement permitting rotational movement between the swivel joint and the pivot housing.

5. A booster seat for facilitating the feeding of an infant or child comprising:

a seat portion;

a back support portion;

a pair of arm rests; and

a tray having a first and a second spaced apart swivel joints wherein the first and second swivel joints are defined by a vertical pivot axis substantially perpendicular aligned relative to a planar surface of the tray and the swivel joints on the tray are both releasably engaged directly with an immovable respective opposing arm rest of the booster seat, and the tray spans the opposing arm rests to permit horizontal rotation of the tray about either of the first and second swivel joints engaged with one of the respective arm rests of the booster seat;

each of the first and second swivel joints further comprise a base independently rotatable about the vertical pivot axis relative to the tray, and horizontally adjustable along the arm rest of the booster seat; and

wherein a springably biased detent portion of the base is hingedly connected to a slide fixed to said base about a substantially horizontally aligned hinge axis and the detent portion and the fixed slide rotate together about the vertical axis of the swivel joint each said first and second swivel joints.

6. The booster seat according to claim 5 wherein each said first and second swivel joints comprise an engagement axis between the fixed slide and the spring biased detent about which the spring biased detent rotates relative to the fixed slide.

7. The booster seat according to claim 6 wherein each said first and second swivel joints are positioned in a pivot housing formed in the tray of the booster seat.

8. The booster seat according to claim 7 wherein the swivel joint of each of said first and second swivel joints and the associated pivot housing comprise an interlocking cylinder arrangement permitting rotational movement between the swivel joint and the pivot housing.