US2321670A - High chair bib - Google Patents

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June 15, 1943. E. w. GIBSON HIGH CHAIR BIB Filed Nov. 14, 1959 INVENTOR. 54 4/1 05 W 50M BY 2 ATTORNEY.

of the arms. mit the bib to sag from the arms of the chair Patented June 15, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HIGH CHAIR BIB Eleanor W. Gibson, Detroit, Application November 14, 1939, Serial No, 304,375

6 Claims.

The present invention pertains to a novel bib designed for use by children in the high chair. .It is well known that infants, while feeding at the high chair, often spill or drop food oil the tray, with the result that such food drops into the lap of the infant or on the floor. The usual bib that the infant may be wearing is merely in the form of an apron and is insufficient for the purpose described.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a high chair bib so constructed and supported that it retains any food that may be spilled and particularly keeps the food off the clothing. In the accomplishment of this object, the bib is made in the form of an apron to cover the front of the body and is especially constructed to be suspended from the arms of the high chair and thereb to form a trough or a pocket to hold the spilled food. The bib can readily be removed from the body of the infant and from the arms of the chair while retaining the spilled food and, if necessary, it can be thrown directly into the laundry. The apron portion of the bib is preferably made with sleeves to protect the arms of the infant.

More particularly, the means for attaching the bib to the. high chair arms is in the form of pockets shaped in the bib and receiving the ends There is sufficient material to perinto the lap of the infant and at the same time form a straight or taut edge from arm to arm, thereby providing the trough mentioned above. For the conventional type of arm chair, the pockets for the arms are formed by notching the material and sewing together the edges of the notch. The construction is slightly different for the newer type of high chair which has a fully detachable tray formed with bottom grooves receivin the arms. In this construction it would not be feasible to cover the chair arms with the bib material, and. hence the bib is attached to the under side of the arms by snap fasteners or other suitable means. In either case, the bib may be made of oiled silk or any other waterproof and washable material.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an occupied high chair, showing the device in use;

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof;

Figure 3 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure v5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view at the forward end of one o he hair a m Figure '7 is an elevation of the devi e detached, the lower portion being unassembled, and

Figure .8 is a cross section of the arm of a differen typ o hi hcha r. sho in a mo d orm ,of the invention in connection therewith.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3 is shown the chair portion I f a ,conyentionalhigh chair, having a back 2, a pair of side arms 3, and a tray 4 hinged to the back {and adapted to rest on the arms 3.

T e bib com ri n h b ec t e o th s invention comprises a bodice portion 5 prefer a y form d the with a colla 5' and l e 6 for the arms of the wearer. The back 6' of the bodice may have vertical edges 1 that meet at the back of the wearer and are secured together by any suitable means such as safety pins 8, as

shown more clearly in Figure 2. From the bodice portion 5 extends an apron portion 9 extended in length and width beyond normal, if necessary, for the purpose that will presently be described.

The forward or lower corners of .the apron portion ,over thetops of the arms '3, as shown more clearly in Figures'3, 4, 5 and 6.

The distance between the pockets 10 at the forwardends-of thearms is equal tothe distance between the arms 3, with the result that the material is taut between the pockets and forms a straightedge 1.2. A forward Wall [3 depending from the straight edge H, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, results from the pocket structure presently to be described. Similarly, lateral walls I4 hang from the arms 3, whereby these walls form a trough beneath the tray 4 and in front of the infant.

The pockets I0 may be formed in any suitable manner, one example being shown in Figure 7, which shows the apron 9 unassembled. A notch I5 is cut in each of the forward or lower corners, and both vertical edges of the notch are swung over to the horizontal edge and stitched thereto. The seam is T-shaped as shown in Figure 6 and is preferably covered with a binding I6. The lower or forward edge portion of the bib is thus narrowed by the closing of the notches, while the portion beyond remains relatively wider to form the trough l3, l4 when the pockets are fitted on the high chair arms.

In order to hold the bib in place and especially to hold the flaps I I on the arms 3, a rear fastening means is employed. This may consist of elastic tapes I! extended from the rear edges of the flaps H around the back 2 of the chair and joined by a suitable fastening element I8. The members I! may pass through loops IS on the upper edge of the apron to aid in supporting the latter, as shown more clearly in Figure 3.

The invention readily lends itself to modification for different styles of high chairs. A different type of a chair is shown in Figure 8 and has a completely removable tray grooved in the body at 2| toreceive the arms 22. In this construction it would not be feasible to pass the bib over the top of the arms 22. Accordingly, the forward pockets are dispensed with and the lower surfaces of the arms 22 and lateral edges of the apron formed with cooperating fastening elements 23. The width of the apron may be reduced, if necessary, in View of the fact that it need not cover the arms. Thus, the apron is suspended from the arms to form a trough substantially similar to that previously described. It will also be understood that any suitable fastening means may be employed for attaching the apron to the arms 22, or to the usual standards that support the arms.

It will now be evident that, in either embodiment of the invention, the clothing of the infant is fully protected from any food that may fall from the tray. Owing to the suspension of the side edges of the apron from the high chair arms, the food will fall into and be retained by the trough, and no food can find its way out of the trough to the clothing of the infant. The bib can readily be removed from the infant and from the chair while retaining the spilled food, where- .upon the food can be rinsed off at the water tap and the bib washed there or thrown into the laundry.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departapron into the form of a trough between said arms.

2. In a high chair bib, a bodice portion, an apron extending therefrom, said apron being provided along its lateral edges with pockets for attaching said edges along the side arms of a high chair, said apron having a straight edge between the forward ends of said pockets and being narrower at said straight edge than elsewhere between said lateral edges, whereby to shape said apron into the form of a trough between sa d arms.

3. In a high chair bib, a bodice portion, an apron extending therefrom, said apron being provided along its lateral edges with means for attaching said edges along the side arms of a high chair, the width of the apron for an infant of given size being substantially greater, beyond its forward edge portion, than the distance between the arms of a high chair for an infant of that size, whereby to shape said apron into the form of a trough between said arms.

4. In a high chair bib, a bodice portion, an

apron extendin therefrom, said apron being provided at its lateral edges with pockets for attaching said edges to the side arms of a high chair, the width of the apron for an infant of given size being substantially greater, beyond its forward edge portion, than the distance between the arms of a high chair for an infant of that size, whereby to shape said apron into the form of a trough between said arms.

5 In combination with a high chair having side arms, a bib comprising a bodice portion, an

,, apron extending therefrom, attaching means at the lateral edges of said apron and adjacent the forward edge thereof, said means being attached to said arms, and the width of said apron at the forward edge thereof between said means being substantially equal to the distance between said arms and the width of the apron rearwardly of said edge being of greater width than the distance between said arms, whereby said apron is draped in trough formation between said arms.

6. In combination with a high chair having side arms, a bib comprising a bodice portion, an apron extending therefrom, the lateral edges of said apron being provided with pockets adjacent the forward edge thereof, the pockets receiving the forward ends of said arms, and the width of said apron at the forward edge thereof between said pockets being substantially equal to the distance between said arms and the width of the apron rearwardly of said edge being of greater width than the distance between said arms, whereby said apron is draped in trough formation between said arms.

- ELEANOR W. GIBSON.

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