US 12,403,801 B2
Nursery equipment
Yuji Shibata, Tokyo (JP); and Tadashi Nishikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,604.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-079141 (JP), filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354272 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B65H 54/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2816 (2023.08) [B60N 2/2812 (2013.01); B65H 54/2857 (2013.01); B60N 2/2887 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nursery equipment, comprising:
a fixed portion;
a movable portion that is movable relative to the fixed portion; and
an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a position or shape of the movable portion, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes:
a string connecting the fixed portion and the movable portion,
a reel that is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions and that changes the position or shape of the movable portion by winding up and feeding out the string,
a rotation operation member that controls rotation of the reel,
a motion transmission portion that transmits a rotational motion of the rotation operation member to the reel, and
a motion separation portion that does not transmit the rotational motion of the rotation operation member to the reel, wherein the motion transmission portion or the motion separation portion includes a drive gear portion and a driven gear portion meshed with the drive gear.