Abstract: A swing with a pivotably attached tray for pivotable movement about a generally vertical axis, a vibrating mechanism attachable to a seat bottom of the swing, wheels mounted on a frame for selective engagement with the floor when the frame is tilted back when grasping a pair of handles on the frame, a lost motion coupling mechanism for a motorized drive mechanism, and a reclinable seat with an adjustment wire for selecting different reclined positions.

Abstract: A swing with a pivotally attached tray for pivotable movement about a generally vertical axis, a vibrating mechanism attachable to a seat bottom of the swing, wheels mounted on a frame for selective engagement with the floor when the frame is tilted back when grasping a pair of handles on the frame, a lost motion coupling mechanism for a motorized drive mechanism, and a reclinable seat with an adjustment wire for selecting different reclined positions.

Abstract: A handle adjustment mechanism for an infant car seat includes a pair of symmetrically similar, axially aligned, hollow first cylinders positioned on each side of an infant carrier and at respective handle arms. The first cylinders have a common axis coextensive with the axis of rotation and formed with a circumferential slot adjacent to the lower ends of the arms of the carrier. A pair of reduced second cylinders integrally formed on the infant carrier on the opposite sides thereof are located within the first cylinders. The second cylinders have a common central axis coincident with the axis of rotation for rotation movement of the first cylinder and arms therearound. The exterior surface of each second cylinder are formed with a plurality of radial recesses.

Abstract: A child restraint system including a seat back pivotably connected to a seat bottom and having a fabric cover thereon. The seat back includes two oblong openings defined therein which are covered by mesh portions provided on the fabric cover to allow for the improved flow of air between the area behind and to the side of the seat back and the area in the vicinity of the torso of the child occupying the child restraint system and to allow for the easy connection of the child restraint system to the seat of the motor vehicle. A guide providing multiple possible positions for a shoulder belt of the motor vehicle seat belt system is provided on the seat back. The guide may be fixed with a plurality of fixed channels thereon for receiving and retaining the shoulder belt or the guide may be movable relative to the seat back, being yieldingly held in place by a spring and a pattern of serrations defined on the guide.

Abstract: A removable tray for a stroller is disclosed. The tray is formed with an upper surface in a generally planar configuration. The tray has a peripheral edge extending upwardly therefrom. The peripheral edge has a downwardly extending shroud with a front section and lateral side sections. The tray also has a generally inverted U-shaped skirt extending downwardly from the rearward portion of the upper surface of the tray. The U-shaped skirt has a rearward plate with parallel co-planar lateral sides and a generally parallel central section therebetween angled downwardly and inwardly to be slidably received upon the interior central planar surface of the cross bar. The rearward plate has two forwardly extending tabs for being received in notches formed in the rearward lower edge of the cross bar.

Abstract: A mesh pacifier and associated clip attachment including a shield comprised of a peripheral rim dimensioned for surrounding a mouth of a baby. A nipple portion extends forwardly from the shield. A handle portion extends rearwardly from the shield. A plurality of sections of apertures are formed through the shield.

Abstract: A high chair which includes a removable tray with a single-handed actuation handle for actuating a release mechanism. The actuation handle is located on the front edge of the tray and can be pushed slightly forward to operate the release mechanism which pivots fingers out of engagement with grooves located on the sides of the seat of the high chair. The seat can be removed from the high chair by actuating a latch located on a bottom side thereof and pivoting it slightly while lifting off to disengage notches defined on the back of the seat from an upper tubular member of a cradle which is attached to a frame and supports the seat thereon. The cradle can be pivoted relative to the frame to provide a plurality of positions for the seat, including an upright and a recline position. A pivoting mechanism includes a pair of nested hubs and a pin which selectively locks the hubs together.

Abstract: The present invention provides an infant carrier having a bouncer mode of operation in which the bouncer mechanism is designed such that a harmonic vibration will be established regardless of varying weights of infants placed within the carrier. In addition, the infant carrier includes a mechanism for locking a carrying handle in one of two positions including cooperating camming surfaces formed on detent members of the handle and recess portions of the sides of the infant carrier.

Abstract: A frameless infant carrier which includes a canopy provided thereon. The carrier also includes a pouch for containing the infant and a pair of shoulder straps attached to the pouch for supporting the infant on the shoulders of the wearer. The canopy is suspended from a position on the pouch behind the infant to central positions on each of the shoulder straps. The canopy may be composed of a breathable, mesh material and may be selectively attachable to and removable from the shoulder straps via buckles. A pocket is defined in the back of the pouch to contain and store the canopy when not in use.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball cover comprising a blend of copolymers wherein one or more of the copolymers is a low cost nonionic copolymer and one or more of the copolymers is an ionic copolymer. Surprisingly, a golf ball cover comprising the non-ionic/ionic copolymer blend exhibits no loss in C.O.R., and has equal resistance to cutting and cracking when compared to top grade golf ball covers made with one of the conventional 100% ionic copolymer blends. In particular, the present golf ball cover comprises from about 95 to about 80 pphr of one or more ionic copolymers, and from about 5 to about 20 pphr of one or more non-ionic copolymers, the latter being selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid, a copolymer of ethylene and methacrylic acid, a copolymer of polypropylene and acrylic acid, a terpolymer of ethylene, acrylic acid and a lower alkyl acrylate, and a terpolymer of ethylene, methacrylic acid and a lower alkyl acrylate, and blends thereof.

Abstract: A composite golf club shaft and the method of constructing the shaft is disclosed. The hollow circular shaft includes a standard butt end having a constant outside diameter along a length of the shaft and a tip end having a constant outside diameter sustantially larger than the tip of a standard shaft, with the constant diameter of the tip end and butt end extending along predetermined lengths of the shaft. An intermediate section of the shaft tapers between the diameters of the butt and tip ends. The shaft is manufactured by wrapping a group of circumferential sections about a mandrel, each layer comprising either standard modulus carbon-graphite fibers or fiberglass fibers in a matrix, with the finished product being heat-cured to produce a golf club shaft.

Abstract: A golf shaft selectively reinforced with a composite outer shell substantially shorter in length than the golf shaft. A single shell is molded at a selected location over the shaft. The location of the shell controls the kick point of the golf shaft. The shell is comprised of a reinforced polymeric composite.

Abstract: A tennis racket comprising a frame formed of a pair of tubes attached together throughout the majority of the bow and then separated in the throat-beams for at least a portion of their extents; a yoke attached to the tubes adjacent to the ends of the throat-beams to form, in association with the portions of the tube, an essentially oval-shaped bow, the periphery of the bow having spaced holes therethrough; a single groove formed around the entire external periphery of the bow; a continuous grommet strip positioned within the groove and extending through the openings in the throat-beams and around the entire external periphery of the bow, the grommet strip being provided with spaced holes aligned with the holes of the bow; a bumper strip positioned under a portion of the grommet strip including the tip, the bumper strip being provided with spaced holes aligned with the holes of both the bow and the grommet strip, the holes of the bumper strip, grommet strip and bow being perpendicular to the tangent of the inn

Abstract: A golf ball is provided having a dimpled surface, the configuration of the dimples comprising a dimple-free equatorial line on the ball dividing the ball into two hemispheres, with each hemisphere having substantially identical dimple patterns. The dimple pattern of each hemisphere comprises a first plurality of dimples extending in at least two spaced clockwise arcs between the pole and the equator of each hemisphere, a second plurality of dimples extending in at least two spaced counterclockwise arcs between the pole and the equator of each hemisphere, and a third plurality of dimples substantially filling the surface area between the first and second plurality of dimples.

Abstract: A dimpled configuration for a golf ball wherein the dimples are arranged in a configuration so as to provide a dimple-free equatorial line, with each hemisphere of the ball having six identical dimpled substantially mating sections with a common dimple at each pole. Each section comprises six dimples lying substantially along a line parallel with but spaced from the equatorial line, twenty-nine dimples between the six dimples and the common polar dimple, with the outer dimples of each of said sections lying on a modified sinusoidal line. The ball preferably has 422 dimples.