| CPC A47D 1/004 (2013.01) [A47D 1/00 (2013.01); A47D 1/006 (2013.01); A47D 15/006 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. A child's chair or highchair comprising a seat and four legs, the seat having open front and a rear back support and extending forwardly therefrom inclined sides which meet a seat base, the four legs being removably attached to the seat by means of leg frame attached to an underside of the seat base and which includes four sockets into which an upper end of each leg is located and connected, each leg extending at an inclined angle outwardly downwards and at the opposite, lower end of each leg, feet are provided which each have an external surface corresponding to the inclined angle of the leg so that the chair rests stably on a flat floor, wherein the legs are removable by means of a releasable locking mechanism comprising a receiving hole in each socket and a corresponding engaging bolt in each leg, the engaging bolt and a retaining bolt and a spring arranged therebetween being located in a through hole in a leg top section of each leg;
wherein a sleeve is also provided in the form of a hollow cylindrical section having an internal diameter sufficiently large to slide over the leg top section, said sleeve including diametrically arranged sleeve holes, which are positioned such that when the sleeve is fitted on the leg top section the holes are aligned with the through hole;
wherein the engaging bolt includes an engaging peg formed on an engaging bolt base of larger diameter, and the retaining bolt includes a retaining peg formed on a retaining bolt base of larger diameter; and
wherein the corresponding diameters of the engaging peg and retaining peg as well as the retaining bolt base and the engaging bolt base are such that the engaging peg and the retaining peg can pass through the through hole and the sleeve holes, whereas the retaining bolt base and the engaging bolt base cannot.
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