A kind of children dinning chair easy to use
Technical field
The present invention relates to children dinning chair technical field, specially a kind of children dinning chair easy to use.
Background technique
Children have meal dedicated chair, are suitble to the baby of -6 years old 3 months different age groups, children dinning chair children carry out into
It places it on dining chair to be fixed when meal and avoids its random moving influence adult feeding, bring very big side for children's feed
Just property.
But children under normal circumstances belong to it is active active, if being fixed on dining chair makes it can not be with conation
Bullet then will affect the mood of children's feed, and children's food-intake is caused to reduce, while existing existing dining chair does not have for children's joy
The happy function of playing, structure function is more single to be unable to satisfy a variety of demands used children, uses inconvenience, and account for
It is larger with space.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of children dinning chairs easy to use, it is intended to improve existing children dinning chair and use
Get up inconvenient, occupied space is larger, the easy mood for influencing children's feed, without the function and function played for entertainment for children
More single problem.
The present invention is implemented as follows:
A kind of children dinning chair easy to use, including service plate, frame, supporting leg and seat pocket, the frame are set as annular, and
The cross sectional shape of the frame of annular is inverted U, and the inverted U inner cavity is toroidal cavity, and the circumferentially shape on the inside of toroidal cavity
It is evenly distributed to be provided with several idler wheels, it is located to be provided with below idler wheel on the inside of the toroidal cavity and is fixed respectively with two sidewalls
Two ribs of connection, and spacing is provided between two ribs, it is provided on the inside of the toroidal cavity close to lower port seat
Turning collar, and turning collar is connect with several idler wheels respectively by several connecting bands, and a pocket is provided with below the frame,
And seat pocket edge is fixedly connected in triangular shape with turning collar, the left end of the frame is fixedly installed service plate, and the right end of frame
It is provided with U-shaped handle, the periphery of the frame of the annular is fixedly installed flange, and is fixedly installed in the lower end surface of flange
Four supporting legs that circumferentially shape arranges, it is described to be provided with circular support plate immediately below seat pocket, and supporting leg is interspersed in branch
It on fagging, is fixed on turning collar by seat pocket, turning collar is fixedly connected by connecting band with idler wheel, is sitting in children on pocket
Can be exerted a force the rotation that pedal and be realized on any direction on the supporting plate by sole, can be brought and be played in feed for children
Enjoyment improves the mood of children dinner, facilitates the food-intake for increasing children.
Further, the upper end of the supporting leg is fixedly connected by connecting rod with frame, and supporting leg and connecting rod are hinged, institute
State that supporting leg is identical as connecting rod outer diameter, so that supporting leg is turned folding by the hinged connecting rod in supporting leg upper end, supporting leg with
The identical slip guiding sleeve that can be realized of connecting rod outer diameter arbitrarily slides between supporting leg and connecting rod.
Further, the support plate is provided with slip guiding sleeve in the position that supporting leg passes through, and the lower end of slip guiding sleeve is higher by
The lower end surface of support plate, the internal diameter of the slip guiding sleeve are slightly larger than the outer diameter of supporting leg, and support plate is realized on supporting leg by slip guiding sleeve
Up and down direction slidable adjustment.
Further, the lower end surface center of the support plate is fixedly installed fixed cylinder, and between fixed cylinder and slip guiding sleeve
It is connected by mandril, the both ends of the mandril are each passed through the side wall of slip guiding sleeve and fixed cylinder, and are arranged in the inside of fixed cylinder
There is movable block, the upper end of the movable block is set as taper, and the upper end periphery of movable block is close to one end of mandril,
The fixed cylinder side is horizontally disposed with close to the position of lower end adjusting rod, and one end of adjusting rod is solid across the side wall of fixed cylinder
Surely it is provided with eccentric disc, the lower end surface of the support plate is provided with bracket close to marginal position, and the other end of adjusting rod is worn
It crosses bracket and is fixedly installed rotating handle, drive adjusting rod rotation to push up eccentric disc upwards movable block by rotation rotating handle
It rises, the tapered surface of movable block upper end squeezes mandril outward makes the other end of mandril hold out against supporting leg realization to the position of support plate
Set fixation.
Further, the lower end of the movable block is set as cylindrical, and the outer diameter of the lower end of movable block is slightly less than
The internal diameter of fixed cylinder, the periphery of the eccentric disc are close to the lower end surface of movable block, the circle that movable block is arranged by lower end
Column carried out in fixed cylinder it is stable slide up and down, be biased to disk by eccentric rotary driving movable block move up and down.
Further, the lower end surface of the support plate is fixedly installed former and later two respectively and clamps frame, and clamps frame and branch
Leg matches setting, it can be fixed after legs fold is packed up by the clamping frame of setting.
Further, there are two elastic collars for fixed setting on the clamping frame, and elastic collar is stuck in after legs fold
Interior, elastic collar facilitates while realizing the buckle to supporting leg takes out supporting leg.
Further, the upper surface of the service plate is provided with circular bowl slot close to forward edge position, and bowl slot is arranged
For through-hole, the upper port of the bowl slot is provided with fillet, and radiused surface is provided with layer of silica gel, is used for by the bowl slot of setting
Meal bowl is placed, the through-hole of setting facilitates the discharge of meal slag to avoid inconvenient cleaning.
Further, the lower end of the supporting leg passes through slip guiding sleeve and is fixedly installed mobile mechanism, and supporting leg is located at slip guiding sleeve
It is arranged with support spring between mobile mechanism, can be realized the elasticity activity of support plate by the support spring of setting, for youngster
Child's spring is played, and the fun of using is improved.
Further, the top of the mobile mechanism is provided with thread head, and mobile mechanism passes through thread head and supporting leg
It is fixedly connected, the lower end of the thread head is fixedly installed baffle, and baffle lower end surface is fixedly installed telescopic rod, described flexible
Damping spring is arranged on bar, and universal wheel is fixedly installed in the lower end of telescopic rod, it can by the universal wheel that mobile mechanism is arranged
The movement for realizing dining chair, trots out for carrying child, and reduces dining chair movement by the telescopic rod of setting and damping spring
When vibration, improve children use when comfort.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:
(1), the present invention allows children to sit on by the seat pocket being arranged in the frame of annular, and the edge of seat pocket is in triangle
Shape is fixed on turning collar, and turning collar is connect by several connecting bands with the idler wheel in the frame of annular, and idler wheel is in annular
It is realized under the obstruction of the rib of frame setting and turning collar is sling, it can under the action of idler wheel when children are sitting on a pocket
Arbitrarily rotation direction avoids occurring having the fidgets because that can not move influencing feed, improves the mood of children dinner;
(2), support plate can be lifted to by the present invention when not in use by the foldable supporting leg packed up of setting simultaneously
Topmost, legs fold is got up and is stuck on the clamping frame of lower end face of support plate and realize that the folding of supporting leg is fixed, realized pair
The folding of dining chair is packed up, and children dinning chair the space occupied is reduced, and convenient for storage, and is convenient for by the U type handle of setting to meal
The portable carrying of chair;
(3), by setting can up and down adjustment support plate, the position where tiptoe when can be used according to children into
Row height adjustment realizes the support to children's sole, and can be exerted oneself random rotation direction by legs and feet, and by service plate
The bowl slot of upper setting can place rice bowl, and it is more convenient to use;
(4) present invention is set by being located in the mobile mechanism and mobile mechanism that the position of slip guiding sleeve lower end is arranged in supporting leg
It can realize that movement can go out to dissipate with carrying child by mobile mechanism again while the universal wheel set can satisfy children dinner
Step, meets the use of children dinning chair multifunction, and the telescopic rod in mobile mechanism by being arranged between baffle and universal wheel
And the damping spring that telescopic rod is arranged can play preferable damping effect in dining chair is mobile, raising children use comfortable
Sense;
(5) can make to realize support plate elasticity by the support spring that supporting leg is arranged between mobile mechanism and slip guiding sleeve
Activity provides spring for children and plays, and meets the active active nature of children, enhances dining chair using effect.
Detailed description of the invention
It, below will be to use required in embodiment in order to illustrate more clearly of the technical solution of embodiment of the present invention
Attached drawing be briefly described, it should be understood that the following drawings illustrates only certain embodiments of the present invention, therefore is not to be seen as
It is the restriction to range, it for those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, can be with root
Other relevant attached drawings are obtained according to these attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of children dinning chair easy to use of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a kind of cross-sectional view of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1;
Fig. 3 is a kind of partial enlarged view of children dinning chair easy to use shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a kind of partial enlarged view of children dinning chair easy to use shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is a kind of top view of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1;
Fig. 6 is a kind of perspective view of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1;
Fig. 7 is a kind of turning collar schematic diagram of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1;
Fig. 8 is a kind of support plate schematic diagram of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1;
Fig. 9 is a kind of folding collapsed state figure of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1;
Figure 10 is that a kind of children dinning chair easy to use shown in FIG. 1 is equipped with mobile mechanism's schematic diagram;
Figure 11 is a kind of mobile mechanism's structural schematic diagram of children dinning chair easy to use shown in Fig. 10.
In figure: 1, service plate, 101, bowl slot;2, frame;21, rib;22, flange;3, supporting leg;31, connecting rod;4, it supports
Plate;41, slip guiding sleeve;42, bracket;5, handle;6, seat pocket;7, fixed cylinder;8, adjusting rod;81, eccentric disc;9, rotating handle;
10, mandril;11, turning collar;110, connecting band;12, idler wheel;13, movable block;14, frame is clamped;15, support spring;16, mobile
Mechanism;161, thread head;162, baffle;163, telescopic rod;164, universal wheel;165, damping spring.
Specific embodiment
To keep the purposes, technical schemes and advantages of embodiment of the present invention clearer, implement below in conjunction with the present invention
The technical solution in embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described in attached drawing in mode, it is clear that described reality
The mode of applying is some embodiments of the invention, rather than whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, ability
Domain those of ordinary skill every other embodiment obtained without creative efforts, belongs to the present invention
The range of protection.Therefore, the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit below and is wanted
The scope of the present invention of protection is sought, but is merely representative of selected embodiment of the invention.Based on the embodiment in the present invention,
Every other embodiment obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belongs to this
Invent the range of protection.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that, term " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " transverse direction ", " length ", " width ",
" thickness ", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outside", " up time
The orientation or positional relationship of the instructions such as needle ", " counterclockwise " is to be based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for convenience of
The description present invention and simplified description, rather than the equipment of indication or suggestion meaning or element must have a particular orientation, with spy
Fixed orientation construction and operation, therefore be not considered as limiting the invention.
In addition, term " first ", " second " are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood as indicating or suggesting relative importance
Or implicitly indicate the quantity of indicated technical characteristic.Define " first " as a result, the feature of " second " can be expressed or
Implicitly include one or more of the features.In the description of the present invention, the meaning of " plurality " is two or more,
Unless otherwise specifically defined.
In the present invention unless specifically defined or limited otherwise, term " installation ", " connected ", " connection ", " fixation " etc.
Term shall be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be being fixedly connected, may be a detachable connection, or integral;It can be mechanical connect
It connects, is also possible to be electrically connected;It can be directly connected, can also can be in two elements indirectly connected through an intermediary
The interaction relationship of the connection in portion or two elements.It for the ordinary skill in the art, can be according to specific feelings
Condition understands the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term in the present invention.
In the present invention unless specifically defined or limited otherwise, fisrt feature second feature "upper" or "lower"
It may include that the first and second features directly contact, also may include that the first and second features are not direct contacts but pass through it
Between other characterisation contact.Moreover, fisrt feature includes the first spy above the second feature " above ", " above " and " above "
Sign is right above second feature and oblique upper, or is merely representative of first feature horizontal height higher than second feature.Fisrt feature exists
Second feature " under ", " lower section " and " following " include that fisrt feature is directly below and diagonally below the second feature, or is merely representative of
First feature horizontal height is less than second feature.
Embodiment 1, referring to Fig.1, shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, a kind of youngster easy to use
Virgin dining chair, including service plate 1, frame 2, supporting leg 3 and seat pocket 6, frame 2 are set as annular and constitute circular dining chair, and the frame of annular
The cross sectional shape of frame 2 is inverted U, and inverted U inner cavity is toroidal cavity for placing idler wheel 12, and on the inside of toroidal cavity circumferentially
Shape is evenly distributed to be provided with several idler wheels 12, and the lower section that idler wheel 12 is located on the inside of toroidal cavity is provided with to be consolidated with two sidewalls respectively
Surely two ribs 21 connected, rib 21 carry out obstruction limit to idler wheel 12, and spacing is provided between two ribs 21 to connect
Tape splicing 110 provide it is mobile step down, be provided with turning collar 11 for fixed lifting seat pocket close to lower port seat on the inside of toroidal cavity
6, and turning collar 11 is connect with several idler wheels 12 respectively by several connecting bands 110, turning collar 11 passes through the rolling of idler wheel 12
The dynamic rotation for realizing any direction, the lower section of frame 2 are provided with a pocket 6, and children can be sitting in frame 2 by seat pocket 6, and seat
6 edge of pocket, which is fixedly connected in triangular shape with turning collar 11, realizes that children sit on both feet and can move freely, the left end of frame 2
Service plate 1 is fixedly installed for accommodating food, the upper surface of service plate 1 is provided with circular bowl slot 101 close to forward edge position
For placing bowl of eating, and bowl slot 101 is set as through-hole and accumulation food in bowl slot 101 is avoided to be difficult to clear up, the upper port of bowl slot 101
It is provided with fillet, and makes the more steady of bowl placement of eating in the frictional force that radiused surface is provided with layer of silica gel increase 101 pairs of meal bowls of bowl slot,
The right end of frame 2 is provided with push-and-pull of the U-shaped handle 5 convenient for carrying and trotting out after chair folds when, annular frame 2
Periphery be fixedly installed flange 22, and there are four the supporting leg 3 of circumferentially shape arrangement is real in the fixed setting of the lower end surface of flange 22
Now to the support of dining chair, the upper end of supporting leg 3 is fixedly connected by connecting rod 31 with frame 2, and supporting leg 3 and connecting rod 31 are hinged
Realize supporting leg 3 it is foldable, the realization slip guiding sleeve 41 identical as 31 outer diameter of connecting rod of supporting leg 3 supporting leg 3 with it is steady in connecting rod 31
Sliding is provided with circular support plate 4 positioned at the underface of seat pocket 6 and provides impetus for children's both feet and can be according to children not
Height adjustment is carried out with height, and supporting leg 3 is interspersed in the fixation realized in support plate 4 to support plate 4, support plate 4 is worn in supporting leg 3
The position crossed is provided with slip guiding sleeve 41 and realizes that about 4 support plate is steadily adjusted, and the lower end of slip guiding sleeve 41 is higher by support plate 4
Lower end surface, the outer diameter realization of the internal diameter of slip guiding sleeve 41 slightly larger than supporting leg 3 is slidably matched, and the lower end surface of support plate 4 is fixed respectively
It is provided with former and later two and clamps frame 14, and clamp frame 14 and match setting with supporting leg 3, realize that doubling stacks by clamping frame 14
The supporting leg 3 come is fixed, and clamps fixed setting on frame 14 and is stuck in elastic collar after folding there are two elastic collar, and supporting leg 3
Interior, supporting leg 3 is stuck in realization in elastic collar and packs up fixation after folding, the lower end surface center of support plate 4 is fixedly installed fixed cylinder
7, and connected between fixed cylinder 7 and slip guiding sleeve 41 by mandril 10, the both ends of mandril 10 are each passed through slip guiding sleeve 41 and fixed cylinder 7
Side wall, withstood on by the side wall that mandril 10 passes through slip guiding sleeve 41 and realize fixation to 41 position of slip guiding sleeve on supporting leg 3, and solid
The inside of safety barrel 7 is provided with movable block 13, and the upper end of movable block 13 is set as taper, and the upper end periphery of movable block 13
It is close to one end of mandril 10, being moved up by movable block 13 squeezes the tapered surface of movable block 13 outward mandril 10
Formula mandril 10 is held out against to supporting leg 3 realizes that 41 position of slip guiding sleeve is fixed, and 7 side of fixed cylinder is horizontally disposed with close to the position of lower end tune
Pole 8, and one end of adjusting rod 8 is fixedly installed eccentric disc 81, the lower end surface of support plate 4 across the side wall of fixed cylinder 7
Marginal position is provided with bracket 42, and the other end of adjusting rod 8 passes through bracket 42 and is fixedly installed rotating handle 9, rotates
Rotating handle 9 drives the rotation of eccentric disc 81 to realize and moves it up to the jack-up of movable block 13 by adjusting rod 8, movable block 13
Lower end be set as cylindrical, and the outer diameter of the lower end of movable block 13 is slightly less than the internal diameter of fixed cylinder 7 and realizes movable block 13
The Stable sliding in fixed cylinder 7, the periphery of eccentric disc 81 are close to realize that eccentric disc 81 pushes work with the lower end surface of movable block 13
Motion block 13 is up and down.
Embodiment 2, referring to Fig.1 shown in 0 and Figure 11, a kind of children dinning chair easy to use, including service plate 1, frame 2, branch
Leg 3 and seat pocket 6, frame 2 is set as annular and constitutes circular dining chair, and the cross sectional shape of the frame 2 of annular is inverted U, U
Type inner cavity is toroidal cavity for placing idler wheel 12, and circumferentially shape is evenly distributed is provided with several rollings on the inside of toroidal cavity
Wheel 12, the lower section that toroidal cavity inside is located at idler wheel 12 are provided with two ribs 21 being fixedly connected respectively with two sidewalls, rib
21 pairs of idler wheels 12 carry out obstruction limit, and it is that connecting band 110 provides mobile resigning, ring that spacing is provided between two ribs 21
Turning collar 11 is provided with for fixed lifting seat pocket 6 close to lower port seat on the inside of shape cavity, and turning collar 11 passes through several
Connecting band 110 is connect with several idler wheels 12 respectively, and turning collar 11 passes through the rotation of the scrolling realization any direction of idler wheel 12,
The lower section of frame 2 is provided with a pocket 6, and children can be sitting in frame 2 by seat pocket 6, and 6 edge of seat pocket is in triangular shape and turning collar
11 are fixedly connected and realize that children sit on both feet and can move freely, the left end of frame 2 be fixedly installed service plate 1 for place food
Object, the upper surface of service plate 1 close to forward edge position be provided with circular bowl slot 101 for place eat bowl, and the setting of bowl slot 101
Accumulation food in bowl slot 101 is avoided to be difficult to clear up for through-hole, the upper port of bowl slot 101 is provided with fillet, and sets in radiused surface
The frictional force for being equipped with layer of silica gel increase 101 pairs of meal bowls of bowl slot makes the more steady of bowl placement of eating, and the right end of frame 2 is provided with U-shaped handle
Push-and-pull when hand 5 is convenient for carrying and trotting out after chair folds, the periphery of annular frame 2 are fixedly installed flange 22, and
In the lower end surface of flange 22, there are four the supporting legs 3 of circumferentially shape arrangement to realize the support to dining chair, the upper end of supporting leg 3 for fixed setting
It is fixedly connected by connecting rod 31 with frame 2, and supporting leg 3 and connecting rod 31 hingedly realize that supporting leg 3 is foldable, supporting leg 3 and company
The identical smooth sliding for realizing slip guiding sleeve 41 on supporting leg 3 and connecting rod 31 of 31 outer diameter of extension bar, the underface positioned at seat pocket 6 is set
It is equipped with circular support plate 4 to provide impetus for children's both feet and height adjustment can be carried out according to children's difference height, and props up
Leg 3 is interspersed in the fixation realized in support plate 4 to support plate 4, and support plate 4 is provided with slip guiding sleeve in the position that supporting leg 3 passes through
41 realize that about 4 support plate is steadily adjusted, and the lower end of slip guiding sleeve 41 is higher by the lower end surface of support plate 4, the internal diameter of slip guiding sleeve 41
Outer diameter realization slightly larger than supporting leg 3 is slidably matched, and the lower end of supporting leg 3, which is fixedly installed mobile mechanism 16 across slip guiding sleeve 41, to be made to eat
Chair tool locomotive function, and supporting leg 3 is arranged with support spring 15 between slip guiding sleeve 41 and mobile mechanism 16, support spring 15 makes
Support plate 4 realizes elastic activity, and the top of mobile mechanism 16 is provided with thread head 161, and mobile mechanism 16 passes through thread head
161 are fixedly connected with supporting leg 3, and the lower end of thread head 161 is fixedly installed baffle 162, and 162 lower end surface of baffle is fixedly installed
There is telescopic rod 163, damping spring 165 be arranged on telescopic rod 163, and universal wheel 164 is fixedly installed in the lower end of telescopic rod 163,
Mobile mechanism 16 is screwed in the corresponding threaded hole in 3 lower end of supporting leg by thread head 161 and realizes installation, and passes through universal wheel 164
The movement for realizing any direction realizes elasticity in the mobile stress of dining chair by the telescopic rod 163 and damping spring 165 of setting
It is flexible to realize bumper and absorbing shock, reduce the vibration that dining chair occurs when moving.
The present invention by setting the foldable supporting leg 3 packed up can dining chair when not in use, by 4 upward sliding of support plate
It is lifted to topmost, then supporting leg 3 is folded up to and is stuck in the folding for clamping realization supporting leg 3 on frame 14 of 4 lower end surface of support plate
It is folded to fix, it realizes and the folding of dining chair is packed up, reduce children dinning chair the space occupied, convenient for storage, and pass through the U of setting
The handle 5 of type is convenient for the portable carrying of dining chair, is unfolded then to slide down to support plate 4 suitably by supporting leg 3 when in use
Highly, the rotation of adjusting rod 8 is driven to jack up eccentric disc 81 upwards movable block 13 by rotation rotating handle 9, on movable block 13
The tapered surface of end mandril 10 is squeezed outward make the other end of mandril 10 hold out against supporting leg 3 realization the position of support plate 4 is consolidated
Fixed, after children are placed on present pocket 6, children can pedal the effect for making turning collar 11 in idler wheel 12 in support plate 4 by sole
Lower realization any direction rotation meets the active active nature of children, makes children that preferable mood be kept to feed, the present invention
Middle mobile mechanism 16 is screwed in the installation that mobile mechanism 16 is realized in the corresponding threaded hole in 3 lower end of supporting leg by thread head 161, leads to
Crossing the universal wheel 164 that is arranged in mobile mechanism 16 can again can be by mobile mechanism 16 while dining chair meets children dinner
It realizes that movement can be gone out for a stroll with carrying child, meets the use of children dinning chair multifunction, and pass through in mobile mechanism 16
The damping spring 165 that the telescopic rod 163 and telescopic rod 163 being arranged between baffle 162 and universal wheel 164 are arranged can eat
Preferable damping effect is played during chair is mobile, improves the comfort that children use, while 16 He of mobile mechanism is located at by supporting leg 3
The support spring 15 being arranged between slip guiding sleeve 41 can make to realize 4 elasticity activity of support plate, provide spring for children and play, meet
The active active nature of children, enhance dining chair using effect.
The technical effect and embodiment 1 of device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, realization principle and generation are identical, for letter
It describes, the present embodiment does not refer to place, can refer to corresponding contents in embodiment 1.
The device obtained by above-mentioned design be able to satisfy substantially existing children dinning chair is easy to use, occupy little space,
Improve the mood of children's feed, with the function of playing for entertainment for children and the use for meeting multifunction, but in line with further
The objective of its function is improved, designer has carried out further improvement to the device.
The foregoing is merely the preferred embodiment of the present invention, are not intended to restrict the invention, for this field
For technical staff, the invention may be variously modified and varied.All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, made any
Modification, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.