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A high chair is a piece of furniture used for feeding older babies and younger toddlers. The seat is raised a fair distance from the ground, so that a person of adult height may spoon-feed the child comfortably from a standing position (hence the name). It often has a wide base to increase stability. The majority of the high chairs have a tray that can be attached to the arms of the high chair.[1] However, not all high chairs had a tray, nor the ability to attach and detach the tray depending on how it was designed. The food tray allows the adult to place the food on it for either the child to pick up and eat or for the food to be spoon-fed to them.

A booster chair is meant to be used with a regular chair to boost the height of a child sufficiently. Some boosters are a simple monolithic piece of plastic. Others are more complex and are designed to fold up and include a detachable tray.[2]

Rarely, a chair can be suspended from the edge of the table avoiding the need for an adult chair or a high chair.

High Chair Material
High chairs were originally made of wood but as technology advanced the high chair were also made out of man-made materials, such as plastic. As mass production became an important part of creating high chairs, using plastic was a better choice due to how cheap it was to obtain and how easy it can be made. The plastic material also allows for easy cleaning in comparison to wooden or metal materials.

History of 1800's High Chairs
Children's chairs in the 1800s were mostly adult chairs that were scaled down to size so that they will be suitable for their small stature. An example of this would be the Windsor chair which was very popular in the early 1800s that led to the high chair design of that time. This particular design lacked a feeding tray and a footrest for the infant due to its function to be placed up against the table. The addition of the food tray and the footrest wasn't available until the 1830s. This new feature that was added in the 1830s would become very prominent in future designs for high chairs. Having a food tray and a footrest helps keep the infant in the chair and allows the adult to do other things without supervising the infant. This idea of keeping the infant in place will help develop other ideas of how to keep the infant in, such as buckles and straps to be included on the high chair.

Contents

 * 1Designs & Styles
 * 2Potential accidents
 * 3Safety standards
 * 4See also
 * 5References

Designs & Styles[edit | edit source]
Styles of the high chair varied depending on the time period of the high chair. High chairs from the 1800s were still highly influenced by the Victorian era. These chairs were mostly just miniature versions of the adult chairs of the time. Over the centuries, the chair would deviate from replicating adult chairs and designers would start creating their own designs for the high chair.

There are five main high chair designs:


 * 1) Standard - Also known as traditional or classic high chairs, these are just raised seats. They may or may not come with a harness or table.
 * 2) Convertible - These modular high chairs, also called grow-with-me high chairs, are designed to be both multifunctional and useful past infancy. The first examples of these date back to the 19th century, which were high chairs that could transform into strollers and rocking chairs. These chairs can be easily disassembled and adjusted to fit a child as they grow, often converting into either booster chairs for toddlers or standalone full-size chairs that can be used by adults.
 * 3) Foldable - Foldable high chairs collapse flat for easy transportation and storage.
 * 4) Portable - Like a foldable high chair, portable or travel high chairs are designed for transportation. They are made with lightweight materials that are usually fabric or plastic.
 * 5) Hook On - Space-saver high chairs either attach to the side of the table with clamps or are large booster seats with a detachable table.

Potential accidents[edit | edit source]
High chairs can result in child-related accidents.

Safety standards[edit | edit source]
The EU standard EN 14988:2017+A1:2020 has been published in 2020 by the European Committee for Standardization.

See also[edit | edit source]

 * Neatnik Saucer

References[edit | edit source]

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 * 11) ^ "Children's high chairs - Requirements and test methods". European Committee for Standardization. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2022-05-01.