EP1679105A1 - Dispositif de loisir pour jeunes enfants - Google Patents

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EP1679105A1
EP1679105A1 EP05100035A EP05100035A EP1679105A1 EP 1679105 A1 EP1679105 A1 EP 1679105A1 EP 05100035 A EP05100035 A EP 05100035A EP 05100035 A EP05100035 A EP 05100035A EP 1679105 A1 EP1679105 A1 EP 1679105A1
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Bart Willem Jozef Bost
Camille De Vrede
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/006—Infant exercisers, e.g. for attachment to a crib
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
    • A47D13/00—Other nursery furniture
    • A47D13/10—Rocking-chairs; Indoor Swings ; Baby bouncers
    • A47D13/105—Rocking-chairs; Indoor Swings ; Baby bouncers pivotally mounted in a frame
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
    • A47D15/00—Accessories for children's furniture, e.g. safety belts or baby-bottle holders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G13/00—Cradle swings; Rocking-horses; Like devices resting on the ground
    • A63G13/02—Cradle swings

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  • the invention relates to an entertainment device for small children.
  • Such entertainment devices come in many shapes. Basically, two types of entertainment devices can be distinguished: active entertainment devices, which a small child will touch while playing with it, and passive entertainment devices which are used to stimulate the senses of a small child without realizing a physical contact with the child.
  • the entertainment device according to the present invention belongs to the second kind.
  • an entertainment device for small children characterized by a main body, connecting means for attaching the main body to a child support such as, for example, a high chair, baby car seat, rocker, bouncer, stroller, buggy or travel cot, in a position above the expected location of a child in said child support, signalling means provided in said main body for generating a desired signal, energizing means for energizing the signalling means and control means for controlling the operation of the signalling means.
  • a child support such as, for example, a high chair, baby car seat, rocker, bouncer, stroller, buggy or travel cot
  • signalling means provided in said main body for generating a desired signal
  • energizing means for energizing the signalling means
  • control means for controlling the operation of the signalling means.
  • the entertainment device according to the present invention is meant for use in combination with a child support.
  • a small child sitting or lying in such a child support often becomes restless, and needs soothing. However, in many cases the child will not constantly receive attention from his parents (or other persons looking after the child).
  • the entertainment device according to the present invention can offer such an attention to the child at any desired moment.
  • the signalling means can generate a desired signal which will attract the attention of the child, thus diverting the child.
  • the control means can be used for activating or deactivating the signalling means at any desired moment.
  • the signalling means Because of the position of the main body above the expected location of a child in the child support, the signalling means will be located in the immediate vicinity of the child's head, thus making it very easy to attract the attention of the child, especially a small child.
  • child support primarily intends to indicate devices in which a small child can sit, rest or lie, it also intends to indicate devices extending above a sitting or lying child, such as, for example, a so-called 'baby-gym' which basically is a frame structure beneath which a child can lie and which supports a number of playthings.
  • the connecting means comprise two oppositely directed lateral members for cooperation with two complementary shaped counter members of said laterally opposed frame parts for positioning the main body between said laterally opposed frame parts.
  • the entertainment device can be attached in a very simple, yet nevertheless very effective manner to the child support.
  • the child support needs only a very limited amount of specially designed members for allowing the main body of the entertainment device to be attached thereto. It even is conceivable, that the child support is used in its original state, in which original parts thereof function as said counter members. If this is the case, the entertainment device can be used in combination with many different child supports.
  • the lateral members of the main body comprise projections for co-operation with recess-shaped counter members, a very stable positioning of the main body of the entertainment device relative to the child support is obtained.
  • the main body is flexible for temporarily decreasing the distance between the two oppositely directed projections for mounting and dismounting the main body to and from, respectively, the respective child support.
  • the flexibility of the main body allows a temporarily decrease of the distance between the two oppositely directed projections, such that the main body can be mounted between the opposed frame parts of the child support without the need for further provisions. Moreover, when in its mounted position the main body is not fully relaxed, a certain amount of spring force will be generated maintaining a firm connection between the main body and the child support.
  • the connecting means allow an adjustment of the position of the main body relative to the child support.
  • the position of the main body relative to the child support can be adjusted, for example in relation to different positions of a child in the child support or for coping with different body dimensions of children.
  • the signalling means comprise lights. Such lights which are controlled by the control means are very effective in attracting the attention of a small child. Such lights can have many shapes, colours and positions.
  • control means are devised for activating the signalling means according to at least one predetermined sequence.
  • Such an option could be combined with the provision of the signalling means in a predetermined pattern. For example, when lights are provided which are positioned one behind the other along a twisting track, a group of lights moving along said track can be simulated, just like a moving snake.
  • the energizing means comprise battery means, thus providing the entertainment device with a stand-alone character.
  • the energizing means comprise battery means, thus providing the entertainment device with a stand-alone character.
  • other solutions are conceivable, such as for example a mains connector or solar cells.
  • the main body comprises two body halves detachably attached to each other and defining therebetween a free inner space.
  • a free inner space can be used to accommodate, among others, wires connecting the signalling means to the energizing means and control means.
  • a swing-like child support 1 is illustrated.
  • a child support 1 is known per se and comprises a base frame part 2 and two opposed lateral frame parts 3,4.
  • Each lateral frame part 3,4 is, with its one end, connected to the base frame part 2 and, at its opposite end, provided with a hinge means 5.
  • Each hinge means 5 hingeably supports an arm 6. Both arms 6 are attached to a baby seat 7. A small child seated in the baby seat 7 can be swung forward and reward by means of this child support 1.
  • an entertainment device 8 is positioned between the hinge means 5 .
  • this entertainment device 8 For a detailed description of this entertainment device 8 reference is made to Figs. 2 until 7.
  • Fig. 2 shows the entertainment device 8 on an enlarged scale and detached from the child support 1.
  • the entertainment device comprises a main body 9, connecting means 10 for attaching the main body 9 to the child support 1, signalling means 11, energizing means (not visible) for energizing the signalling means 11 and control means 12 for controlling the operation of the signalling means 11.
  • the control means may comprise, among others, control buttons and control circuitry.
  • the connecting means 10 are shaped as projections for co-operation with mating recess-shaped counter members provided in the hinge means 5 of the child support 1 (not illustrated in detail). As illustrated for example in Fig. 5, said projections 10 may comprise profilings 10' or alike for allowing a ratchet-like cooperation between the connecting means 10 and the recess-shaped counter member (thus allowing an adjustment of the position of the main body 9 of the entertainment device 8 relative to the child support 1).
  • Fig. 3 shows the entertainment device in a bottom view. It can be seen, that the signalling means 11, which in the present case are lights, are arranged in a predetermined pattern. At the forward end of the main body 9 a receptacle 13 is provided for receiving energizing means, such as batteries, and (part of) the control means 12.
  • energizing means such as batteries
  • Fig. 4 a top plan view of the entertainment device is illustrated, again showing the connecting means 10 projecting from the main body 9, and the receptacle 13.
  • the control means 12 are positioned in and/or on the receptacle 13.
  • the main body 9 comprises two body halves, an upper half 14 and a lower half 15. Between both halves 14 and 15 a free inner space is defined which may be used for housing wires connecting the signalling means 11 to the energizing means and control means 12.
  • the main body is dome-shaped and, when flexible, can be deformed in such a manner that the distance between the connecting means 10 temporarily can be decreased, such as to mount or dismount the main body in or from, respectively, the child support 1.
  • FIGs. 6 and 7 show explosion views of the entertainment device from above and below respectively.
  • the lower main body half 15 has a recess 16 in which the receptacle 13 is attached by means not illustrated in detail.
  • the receptacle 13 comprises a removable lid 17 which, when removed, provides access to a battery compartment 18.
  • connection between the upper main body half 14 and lower main body half 15 can be realized in any appropriate manner (screwing, snapping, glueing, etc.).
  • Figs. 6 and 7 the wires connecting the lights 11 to the control means 12 and battery compartment 18 are not illustrated.
  • control means 12 By means of the control means 12 the lights 11 can be activated in accordance with a predetermined sequence, generating a desired lighting pattern.
  • the device according the present invention also can act as a sunscreen because of its canopy-like appearance.

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EP2433524A1 (fr) * 2010-09-07 2012-03-28 Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited Balançoire pour enfants
US8550556B2 (en) 2010-03-17 2013-10-08 Mattel, Inc. Reconfigurable infant support structure
WO2011159965A3 (fr) * 2010-06-18 2014-03-27 American Posterity Inc. Système de stimulation interchangeable pour porte-bébé

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US20030201662A1 (en) * 2002-04-29 2003-10-30 Armbruster Michael D. Infant entertainment device with a toy aquarium
EP1424112A2 (fr) * 2002-11-26 2004-06-02 Graco Children's Products LLC Balançoire avec poignée tournante
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US6113455A (en) * 1999-03-18 2000-09-05 Whelan; Kim Versatile crib mounted mobile
US20040198514A1 (en) * 2001-10-02 2004-10-07 Armbruster Michael D. Collapsible infant swing
US20030181249A1 (en) * 2001-10-09 2003-09-25 Meade James P. Infant swing and method of using the same
US20030201662A1 (en) * 2002-04-29 2003-10-30 Armbruster Michael D. Infant entertainment device with a toy aquarium
EP1424112A2 (fr) * 2002-11-26 2004-06-02 Graco Children's Products LLC Balançoire avec poignée tournante

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US8550556B2 (en) 2010-03-17 2013-10-08 Mattel, Inc. Reconfigurable infant support structure
WO2011159965A3 (fr) * 2010-06-18 2014-03-27 American Posterity Inc. Système de stimulation interchangeable pour porte-bébé
US8845383B2 (en) 2010-06-18 2014-09-30 American Posterity Llc Interchangeable stimulation system for child carrier
EP2433524A1 (fr) * 2010-09-07 2012-03-28 Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited Balançoire pour enfants
CN102396927A (zh) * 2010-09-07 2012-04-04 明门香港股份有限公司 婴儿秋千
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