Three- Or Four-wheeled Chair, Baby Carriage, Or Stroller Patents (Class 280/642)
  • Patent number: 11912328
    Abstract: A vehicle frame applied to a baby stroller includes a first tube, a second tube, a third tube and a foldable unit. The second tube is pivoted to the first tube. The third tube is pivoted to the second tube. The foldable unit includes a fourth tube. An end of the fourth tube is pivoted to the first tube, and the other end of the fourth tube is pivoted to the third tube. A linkage mechanism is formed by the first tube, the second tube, the third tube and the fourth tube. Rotation of the first tube moves the second tube and the third tube close to each other or away from each other via the fourth tube for folding or unfolding the vehicle frame. The present invention can simultaneously fold all tubes of the vehicle frame, and have advantages the simple structure, easy operation and low production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Jian-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 11904925
    Abstract: A folding stroller, including a frame capable of being unfolded and folded, and a front wheel and a rear wheel, wherein the frame including a push rod connected to the front wheel at a bottom, and a rear support connected to the rear wheel at a bottom, any two of the push rod, the front support and the rear support are rotatably connected with each other, the remaining one is rotatably connected to at least one of the two, and when the frame is in an unfolded state, the push rod, the front support and the rear support are unfolded with respect to one another, and when the frame is in a folded state, the push rod, the front support and the rear support are close to one another, and the front wheel and the rear wheel are turned so that axles thereof extend along a front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GOODBABY CHILD PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fusheng Ma, Xingrong Zhang, Yang Zhang, Pingzhong Shi
  • Patent number: 11786057
    Abstract: A child restraint configured to be securable to and separable from a base installed in a vehicle, the child restraint comprising an illuminator positioned on an external portion of the child restraint, configured to operate in a first mode, illuminating a first region external to the child restraint wherein, in the event that the child restraint is not secured to the base, and the child restraint is moved, the illuminator will be activated in its first mode, illuminating the first region external to the child restraint for the purpose of aiding securement to the base, and wherein in the event that the child restraint is secured to the base, the first mode will be deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventors: Nabil Kzaiz, Martin Haas, Michael Fürstenberg, Hubert Kaltenegger
  • Patent number: 11772697
    Abstract: A carrier adjusting mechanism is applied to a stroller including a stroller frame and a carrier and includes a base, a locking structure, a locking device, and a release actuator. The base is connected to the stroller frame. The locking structure is connected to the carrier and pivoted to the base. The locking device is disposed between the base and the locking structure. The locking device includes a first engaging structure, a second engaging structure, and a locking member. The locking member is engaged with the first engaging structure at a first position or the second engaging structure at the second position. The release actuator is disposed on the stroller and connected to the locking device for disengaging the locking member from the first engaging structure or the second engaging structure, to allow the locking structure to move between the first position and the second position together with the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Yi
  • Patent number: 11643128
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a baby carriage brake mechanism and a baby carriage. The baby carriage brake mechanism includes a frame, a brake drive assembly, linkage assemblies, brake locks and wheels. The brake drive assembly is disposed on the frame. The linkage assemblies are respectively slidably disposed on the frame on both of left and right sides. Both ends of the brake drive assembly are respectively in abutting connection with the two linkage assemblies. The linkage assemblies are coupled to the brake locks. Two wheels are respectively pivotally disposed at both sides of the frame. By driving the brake drive assembly to push the linkage assemblies to act with the brake locks, the brake locks on both sides are engaged with the wheels, thereby locking the wheels on both sides. Therefore, the baby carriage brake mechanism of the disclosure may brake wheels on both sides simultaneously with simple operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Zhengwen Guo, Wanquan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11439250
    Abstract: A child seat includes a seat portion, a backrest frame and a front guard respectively connected pivotally with the seat portion, the backrest frame having multiple deployed positions and a collapsed position, the front guard being rotatable relative to the seat portion between an unfolded and a folded position, and a folding mechanism including a latch connected with the seat portion, and a linking part respectively coupled to the latch and the backrest frame. The latch can engage and lock the front guard in the unfolded position, and the backrest frame is rotatable to cause a displacement of the linking part that urges the latch to disengage and unlock the front guard. The folding mechanism is configured to keep the front guard in the unfolded position while the backrest frame is deployed for use, and to unlock the front guard as the backrest frame rotates toward the collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Zhiren Zhong
  • Patent number: 11370469
    Abstract: A collapsible child's stroller with a handle frame (30), a front wheel frame (10) and a rear wheel frame (20), mutually connected at a hinge joint (12, 22, 42) for mutual angular displacement between folded and unfolded configurations. The hinge joint has two spaced apart, parallel hinge axes, about which the frames (10, 20, 30) mutually rotate. The stroller is further provided with a locking element (43, 44) moveable between a locked position in which the frames (10, 20, 30) are locked in the unfolded configuration, and an unlocked position allowing the frames (10, 20, 30) to rotate to the folded configuration. The locking element (43, 44) moves in a direction traverse to the parallel hinge axes to better transfer loads between the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DYNAMIC MOTION, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Hui Huang, Anthony Michael Young, Lee Baker, Mark Bayly
  • Patent number: 11247711
    Abstract: A collapsible stroller comprising a handle assembly, a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly pivotably connected to one another such that the stroller is able to be moved between a folded configuration, where the front leg and handle assemblies are folded to positions substantially adjacent to the rear leg assembly, and an unfolded configuration, where the front leg and handle assemblies are unfolded to positions away from the rear leg assembly, and a link assembly comprising a front member and a rear member pivotally connected to one another, wherein the front member is pivotally connected to an intermediate portion of the front leg assembly and the rear member is pivotally connected to an intermediate portion of the rear leg assembly, such that when the stroller is moved to its folded configuration the front and rear members are folded toward each other to lie substantially adjacent to one another and the front and rear leg assemblies, and when the stroller is moved to its unfolded configuration the fr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Britax Childcare Hong Kong Ltd.
    Inventors: Jackson Kwok, Bill Yang
  • Patent number: 11247710
    Abstract: A carrier adjusting mechanism is applied to a stroller including a stroller frame and a carrier and includes a base, a locking structure, a locking device, and a release actuator. The base is connected to the stroller frame. The locking structure is connected to the carrier and pivoted to the base. The locking device is disposed between the base and the locking structure. The locking device includes a first engaging structure, a second engaging structure, and a locking member. The locking member is engaged with the first engaging structure at a first position or the second engaging structure at the second position. The release actuator is disposed on the stroller and connected to the locking device for disengaging the locking member from the first engaging structure or the second engaging structure, to allow the locking structure to move between the first position and the second position together with the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Yi
  • Patent number: 11230314
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a baby stroller frame, comprising: a front leg rod, a front wheel connected to a lower end of the front leg rod; a rear leg rod, a rear wheel connected to a lower end of the rear leg rod, an upper end of the front leg rod being rotatably connected with an upper end of the rear leg rod; a handle set comprising a rear link rod, the rear link rod is rotatably connected to the rear leg rod at a position that is on the rear link rod and is close to an lower end of the rear link rod; a front support rod comprising a first link rod and a second rod slidably connected to the first link rod, the first link rod being rotatably connected to the upper end of the rear leg rod or to the upper end of the front leg rod, the second link rod being rotatably connected to the rear link rod; a seat rod having one end rotatably connected to the rear link rod and one other end rotatably connected to a middle portion of the front leg rod; the stroller frame according to the present disclosure is provi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ARTSANA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Yi Liwei
  • Patent number: 11203371
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a folding device and a child carrier therewith. The folding device is installed between a frame and a seat of the child carrier and includes a sliding structure, a mounting base and a linking component. The sliding structure is fixedly disposed on or inside a handle of the frame. The mounting base is slidably disposed on the sliding structure for detachably engaging with the seat. A first end of the linking component is pivotally connected to the mounting base. A second end of the linking component is pivotally connected to a rear leg of the frame. The linking component is driven to drive the mounting base to slide relative to the sliding structure when the handle pivots relative to the rear leg. The folding device and the child carrier have advantages of easy operation, simple structure and compact folding of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Zhi-Ren Zhong
  • Patent number: 11155292
    Abstract: A safety lock includes a releasing component and a locking component. The locking component is movably disposed on a frame releasing component or a stroller frame. The locking component is driven by the releasing component to move relative to the frame releasing component or the stroller frame between a blocking position and a releasing position. The locking component engages with the frame releasing component to restrain the frame releasing component from unlocking the stroller frame or engages with the stroller frame to restrain the stroller frame from being folded when the locking component is located at the blocking position, and the locking component disengages from the frame releasing component to allow the frame releasing component to unlock the stroller frame or disengages from the stroller frame to allow the stroller frame to be folded when the locking component is located at the releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Xiaosong Duan, Jialiang Yuan, Wei-Huan Liu
  • Patent number: 11051450
    Abstract: A walk reel mower has a traction frame that carries a rotatable cutting reel that pushes grass against a bedknife for cutting the grass. A handle assembly extends rearwardly and upwardly from the traction frame. The handle assembly carries a handle that is gripped by a user to operate the mower as the user walks on the ground behind the traction frame. The handle assembly has upper and lower portions that have a telescopic connection to one another to adjust the height of the handle above the ground to accommodate users of different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Gerald E. Goman, Nicholas J. Sirek
  • Patent number: 11027761
    Abstract: A carriage having a frame which includes a plurality of elongated frame components. A first attachment point couples a first and second elongated frame component. A second attachment point couples a third and fourth elongated frame component. A transverse elongated frame component couples to the first and second attachment points. A rotation lock is disposed on the transverse elongated frame component. The rotation lock is configured to prevent rotation of the transverse elongated frame component in a locked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Paramjit Singh, Wesley Justin Fleming, Miao Kaihua
  • Patent number: 11027763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cart of a telescopic structure, comprising: a telescopic rod; a telescopic tube, where at least one of the telescopic tube and the telescopic rod have a hollow structure acting as an accommodation space that is required when the telescopic tube and the telescopic rod collapse into each other; a linkage mechanism connected to one end of the telescopic tube that is away from the hollow structure, and connected to one end of the telescopic rod that is close to the hollow structure; and a frame connected to the linkage mechanism. When the frame is rotated with respect to the linkage mechanism and collapses, the telescopic tube is also rotated with respect to the linkage mechanism, and one of the telescopic tube and the telescopic rod is retracted into the other thereof by means of the linkage mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Unique Product & Design Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsoung-Yong Liao
  • Patent number: 10940880
    Abstract: A stroller includes a frame and a basket disposed on the frame. The basket includes a tube mount, a first tube member, a second tube member and a basket covering. The tube mount is disposed on the frame. The first tube member is connected to the tube mount. The second tube member is rotatably connected to the tube mount and switchable relative to the frame between a folded position and an unfolded position. The basket covering is disposed on the first tube member and the second tube member. A storage space is enclosed by the basket covering, and a volume of the storage space is adjustable by rotation of the second tube member relative to the frame. Furthermore, the present invention further discloses a related basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Colin F. Eggert-Crowe
  • Patent number: 10913481
    Abstract: Provided is a baby carriage having improved convenience of use configured to have a structure in which a baby carriage frame and a wagon frame are detachably coupled to a single baby transportation means frame such that the baby carriage frame and the wagon frame are optionally coupled to the left side and the right side of a single frame, in which the compatibility of the frame is excellent through the detachable coupling of a baby carriage seat and a wagon seat, whereby the baby carriage can be used without replacement during growth from a baby to a child, and in which it is possible for a single caregiver to operate the baby carriage in the state of carrying a maximum of four children using a single frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BRAN-NEW INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Mijin Kim
  • Patent number: 10766517
    Abstract: A stroller assembly may include a stroller frame, a plurality of wheels, and a support. The stroller frame may include a front horizontal bar and a rear horizontal bar. The stroller frame may be configured to operate between an open position and a collapsed position. The plurality of wheels may be connected to the stroller frame. The plurality of wheels may include one or more front wheels and one or more rear wheels. The support may be connected to the stroller frame. The support may include a first arm, a second arm, and a support wheel. The support and the one or more rear wheels may be configured to support the stroller assembly in a substantially vertical position when the stroller frame is in the collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Strova, Inc.
    Inventors: Huang-Yi Cheng, Ping-Ching Lin, Lisa Yanz Lehman, Oscar Frias, Mark Prommel, Jeffrey Myer, Theodore Iobst
  • Patent number: 10399589
    Abstract: A child stroller apparatus includes a rear leg frame having a first side segment fixedly connected with a first coupling part, a front leg frame having a second side segment fixedly connected with a second coupling part, a handle frame having a third side segment fixedly connected with a third coupling part, the second and third coupling parts being respectively connected pivotally with the first coupling part, a front guard pivotally connected with the first coupling part, a first linking assembly rotationally coupling the second side segment with the third side segment, and a second linking assembly rotationally coupling the front guard with the second side segment. The front leg frame, the handle frame and the front guard are linked and rotatable relative to the rear leg frame during folding and unfolding of the child stroller apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Andrew J. Horst
  • Patent number: 10377406
    Abstract: A twice-foldable stroller including a frame main body which is configured to have right and left front-angle frames to support front wheels and a horizontal frame connected at a lower part between the right and left front-angle frames, right and left rear-angle frames to support rear wheels and connecting frames connected between the right and left rear-angle frames and the right and left front-angle frames, and vertical frames connected to the right and left connecting frames; seat frames; backrest frames; support frames; extension frames; canopy frames rotatably connected to the extension frames; and handles, each connected to the extension frames, wherein right and left central portions are rotatably connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventors: Sung ho Baek, Xing Ding
  • Patent number: 10370017
    Abstract: A frame adjustable all-terrain stroller apparatus for use along hiking and wilderness trails includes rear wheels attachable at lowermost ends of independently positionable swing arms. Each swing arm is securable independently and each rear wheel is thereby positionable at a different elevation enabling stable operation of the stroller apparatus along sloped surfaces. Each rear wheel includes a stub axle devised to engage interior to an aperture disposed at the lowermost end of each of the pair of swing arms. The rear wheels are securable in each of a first position, exteriorly mounted to the swing arms, and a second position, interiorly mounted to the swing arms, whereby the rear wheel track of the stroller apparatus is variable. No rear axle connecting between the rear wheels is required, so clearance of the stroller apparatus is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Ogrin, Alyna Douglass
  • Patent number: 10351157
    Abstract: A compact multifunction collapsible stroller and cart which provides increased convenience with its small factor when collapsed. It is able to be reversibly converted from a stroller to a shopping or utility cart. The seat and receptacle of the invention have no rigid connections to the wheeled frame, instead they are suspended in place by non-rigid connections such as cables or wires connecting them to the wheeled frame. The wheeled frame may be telescopic and collapsible, and can be wrapped in the flexible material of the seat or cart receptacle thereby allowing the seat or cart receptacle to act as a carrying bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen Miles
  • Patent number: 10347110
    Abstract: A patient support and reclining device having a built in alarm and including an arrangement of sensors, timer and switches extending between the device and a separate connected control module for notifying when the patient is no longer supported upon the chair or recliner or when the patient has been supported in a static position to too long a period of time, thus notifying the caregiver of the necessity of repositioning in order to prevent the occurrence of bedsores and the like. The recliner device includes slaved or independent repositionable drives incorporated into the seat and back supports. The repositionable drives are communicated with the control module in order to reconfigure the patient support device, such as timed intervals to correspond with patient repositioning, such as of particular value to immobile or mobility limited individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventor: Tianfu Li
  • Patent number: 10212999
    Abstract: A luggage apparatus is described. The luggage apparatus comprises an apparatus body having a moveable portion and a fixed portion, the moveable portion being movable with respect to the fixed portion between a deployed position and a stowed position. In the deployed position, a moveable portion surface and a fixed portion surface are arranged to define a seat for a child and in the stowed position, the moveable and fixed portion surfaces are substantially contained within the luggage apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventors: Tamar Clarke, Tom Clarke
  • Patent number: 10106185
    Abstract: A collapsible stroller is disclosed, including a front axle frame member, a rear axle frame member, a handlebar frame member, a handlebar, and a hub. The hub includes a rotating attachment point for the front axle frame member, a rotating attachment point for the handlebar frame member, a fixed attachment point for the rear axle frame member. A cable connects the hub, and a rotatable handle on the handlebar frame member. When the rotatable handle is rotated, the cable causes the hub to collapse in two stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Diono, LLC
    Inventors: Nigel Plested, Paul Richardson
  • Patent number: 10106187
    Abstract: A baby carrier device has a main body operably mounted on pairs of front and rear leg assembles. The main body includes a middle body portion, a front body portion pivotally mounted on a front of the middle body portion with a pair of forward pivots, and a rear body portion that is pivotally mounted on a rear of the middle body portion via a pair of rear pivots. The pair of front leg assemblies are pivotally mounted on the forward pivots and extend to a wheel. The pair of rear leg assemblies are pivotally mounted on the rear pivots and extend to a wheel. A handle assembly is also pivotally mounted on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Edward Farrar, Dakota James Farrar
  • Patent number: 10059359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a buggy comprising an upper sliding frame and a lower sliding frame to which the front wheels are attached. In the upright driving position of the buggy, viewed in the side view, the upper sliding frame and the lower sliding frame are approximately aligned with one another. There is also a rear frame to which the rear wheels are attached. In the driving position, the buggy, viewed from the side, is oriented at an angle to the sliding frames, and the buggy can be collapsed about joints from the driving position into a transport position. Joint units, to which the respective end of a strut of the upper sliding frame facing the joint units and the respective end of a strut of the rear frame facing the joint units, are attached so as to be pivotable about joint axes, which are parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Bumbleride Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Reichardt, Michael Downes, Chris Todter
  • Patent number: 10053130
    Abstract: A collapsible stroller includes a stroller frame, a folding lock mechanism, a lateral lock mechanism, and a trigger mechanism. The stroller frame includes a right upper side frame member pivotally connected with a right lower side frame member and a left upper side frame member pivotally connected with a left lower side frame member. The folding lock mechanism is capable of a locked state and an unlocked state. The lateral lock mechanism is capable of a locked operating state and an unlocked operating state. The trigger mechanism is on the stroller frame, and actuation of the trigger mechanism moves the folding lock mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state and moves the lateral lock mechanism from the locked operating state to the unlocked operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Conor P. McNamara, Thomas C. Hanson
  • Patent number: 10023217
    Abstract: An infant stroller apparatus includes a front leg frame having a first side segment, a handle frame having a second side segment pivotally coupled with the first side segment via a first pivot connection, a rear leg frame having a third and a fourth side segment pivotally coupled with each other via a second pivot connection, the third side segment being further pivotally coupled with the first side segment via a third pivot connection, and the fourth side segment being further pivotally coupled with the second side segment via a fourth pivot connection, a seat portion pivotally coupled with the first side segment via a fifth pivot connection, and a support frame portion respectively coupled with the seat portion and the fourth side segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sack, Ryan N. Miller, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 9950730
    Abstract: A baby stroller includes a frame having front and rear wheel supports, a seat rod, a push rod and a support rod. The front and rear wheel supports form a first rotating joint. The push rod includes upper and lower push rods, the lower push rod is connected to the first rotating joint. The lower push rod and the upper push rod form a second rotating joint. The support rod is rotatably connected with the upper push rod. The support rod is rotatably connected with the rear wheel support. The seat rod is rotatably connected with the front wheel support. The seat rod is rotatably connected with the support rod. Rotating the upper push rod around the second rotating joint drives the lower push rod, the support rod, the front wheel support, the rear wheel support and the seat rod to fold the stroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GOODBABY CHILD PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiang Gao
  • Patent number: 9888786
    Abstract: A children's sleeping apparatus includes a structural support frame and a child receiving receptacle supported by the structural support frame. The child receiving receptacle is preferably movably coupled to the structural support frame to provide pivotal motion of the child receiving receptacle relative to the structural support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Corso, Alexander Pusch
  • Patent number: 9868456
    Abstract: A stroller system including an expandable base and two frame members is discussed. The stroller system is configured for dual occupancy and provides an expandable cargo area to a user. The first and second seats coupled to their respective frame members may be modular in nature. The second seat may also include a bench seat with optional secondary support structures. The two frame members are configured to fold independently of one another. The mechanical apparatus of the dual occupancy stroller including locking and actuator mechanisms are discussed. Additionally, the mechanism by which the front frame member folds is discussed. The disclosed stroller is capable of simultaneously carrying multiple children with a cargo area that can be extended or retracted and can carry a heavy load. The stroller is able to easily fold to a stowed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Austlen Baby Co.
    Inventors: Leslie Stiba, Patrick William Laffan, Zheng Rong, Christopher Wiencek, Mark Petro-Roy, Cameron Dye
  • Patent number: 9862401
    Abstract: A collapsible pushchair frame or doll's pushchair frame, includes: two lateral frame bars with push bars and front wheel arrangements on the frame bars; two lateral support struts, each of which is pivotably fastened, by a respective joint to a frame bar, at a distance from the lower end of the bar and which have bearings for rear wheels on their lower ends lying towards the rear in relation to the articulation points; and a seat insert or reclining insert. At least one stabilizing rod is designed as a safety rod and divided by a knee joint. An adjusting device includes an actuating element (21) arranged under the insert in the pushchair frame is coupled to at least one part of the at least one stabilizing rod, the actuating element being used to at least raise the corresponding front part of the stabilizing rod (13a, 13b) comprising the knee joint (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CURT WUERSTL VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGS-GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jan-Stefan Wuerstl
  • Patent number: 9815487
    Abstract: A compact collapsible stroller in accordance with the present disclosure includes a mobile cart and a seat coupled to the mobile cart. The mobile cart includes a rolling base and a foldable frame that fold inwardly and outwardly from the rolling base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Dowd, Christopher D. Miller, Joseph F. Brewin
  • Patent number: 9725107
    Abstract: A foldable stroller frame includes a connection unit interconnecting two opposite foldable side frame units, each of which includes a front leg and a handle rod connected pivotally to each other, and a rear leg connected pivotally to the handle rod. The connection unit includes four bottom rods each having a first end connected pivotally to a connecting seat, and a second end connected pivotally to a respective one of the front and rear legs of the side frame units. When the connecting seat is pulled upwardly from a lower used position, the second ends of the bottom rods move radially toward each other, whereby the side frame units are folded and move toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Jian-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 9630642
    Abstract: Baby strollers may have a reversible seat backrest assembly such that the seat may be transferred from a forward facing position or a rearward facing position. Both the forward facing position and the rearward facing position may have a plurality of reclining angle for the comfort of the child. The seatback rest assembly may have a slider crank assembly including two connecting rods to allow adjustment of the seatback rest into the plurality of locked positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Baby Jogger LLC
    Inventors: Mark Zehfuss, Jordi Dorca
  • Patent number: 9604659
    Abstract: A folding device for a baby carriage has a supporting pole, a folding joint, and a collapsible pole. The supporting pole has two opposite ends. The folding joint is arranged at the supporting pole. The collapsible pole is rotatably mounted on the folding joint. The folding joint has an assembling seat disposed at one of the two opposite ends of the supporting pole and a blocking blade movably mounted in the assembling seat. The collapsible pole has a plug mounted in the plugging hole to prevent the collapsible pole from spinning. When the plug moves out of the plugging hole, the blocking blade can block the plugging hole. The folding device for a baby carriage can prevent children inserting their fingers into the plugging hole and accidentally pinching their fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mima International Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 9561816
    Abstract: A compact collapsible stroller in accordance with the present disclosure includes a mobile cart and a seat coupled to the mobile cart. The mobile cart includes a rolling base and a foldable frame that fold inwardly and outwardly from the rolling base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Dowd, Christopher D Miller, Joseph F Brewin
  • Patent number: 9402774
    Abstract: An IV pole and stroller combination provides a wheel base, which, in the first and second exemplary embodiments, replaces the stroller's rear wheels. The stroller's front portion is equipped with one or more steerable front wheels, and the stroller folds up for compact storage. The IV pole is equipped with typical IV pole features, such as hooks for fluid bags and mounts for other medical equipment. The stroller portion is equipped with typical stroller features, such as a storage basket underneath the child's seat, a sun shade, and a bottle holder. In an alternative exemplary embodiment, the wheel base and number of wheels are reduced; the vertical IV pole member may not be directly affixed to the wheel base, and may instead be removably affixed to a portion of the stroller frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Barbara Martin
  • Patent number: 9365230
    Abstract: A baby stroller for transporting a child is disclosed. This baby stroller has a folding mechanism to facilitate folding for easier stowing and transporting. The folding mechanism, a unique feature of the design is directed toward compactness, ease of use, reliability, and reduction in manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Baby Jogger, LLC
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Cheng
  • Patent number: 9283977
    Abstract: A foldable jogging stroller frame with an auto-swiveling mechanism for rear wheel sets thereof without return-springs, in which the foldable jogging stroller frame may include a front strut, a pair of push arms pivoted with the front strut by a pair of lockable joints, a pair of rear struts pivoted to the pair of push arms, a seat support rods pivoted between the front strut and the rear struts, and the auto-swiveling mechanism includes at least two sets of swivel sleeve assemblies, a pair of rear sets and a pair of connecting elements. While the pair of push arms is rotating, the association of the connecting elements shall cause the sleeves and the rear sets to swivel in ninety degrees (90°) from the longitudinally traveling direction to a transversally stowing direction thereby achieving a compact configuration for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile (Zhongshan) Product Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tse-Chien Wu, Yung-Shuen Lin, Shan-Heng Lin
  • Patent number: 9227650
    Abstract: A child stroller that can grow with the family starts as a single stroller when a second base and standing boards are fully folded toward a first base. The second base can be slid open with respect to the first base to create a space to attach a full-sized second child seat via a second coupling unit. The standing boards may be extended out from the first base at the back that can be used for one foot or both feet, so that a third child can stand on the standing boards. Multiple configurations are provided for the child stroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Sharon A. Gillett
  • Patent number: 9187113
    Abstract: A baby stroller for transporting a child is disclosed. This baby stroller has a folding mechanism to facilitate folding for easier stowing and transporting. The folding mechanism, a unique feature of the design is directed toward compactness, ease of use, reliability, and reduction in manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Baby Jogger, LLC
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Cheng
  • Patent number: 9108654
    Abstract: Infant car seat assemblies suitable for functioning as both a car seat and a stroller and capable of functioning with a wide variety of commercially available car seats. The infant car seat assembly for providing mobility to an infant car seat includes at least two hubs, a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs secured to the hubs at uppermost extents thereof and having at least two wheel assemblies secured to lowermost extents thereof, and at least two adapters configured to releaseably secure the hubs to the infant car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventor: Micheal Kozinski
  • Patent number: 9096250
    Abstract: A foldable stroller includes a linkage and an engaging mechanism; the linkage includes a slider connected to the rear frame, a pull rod connected between the slider and the upper frame, and/or between the slider and the lower frame, and struts whose middles are pivoted each other, with two ends of each strut connected to the rear frame, and the sliders connected to the struts so as to actuate the struts to pivot each other; and the engaging mechanism is formed on the rear frame to restrict a sliding motion of the slider. The structure is simple and handy, and the stroller can be folded due to the gravity of the upper and lower frames when operating the engaging mechanism, which needs small strength of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: DONGGUAN WENJIAN GOLF PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Chu Cheng
  • Patent number: 9050993
    Abstract: A stroller has a frame reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a folded configuration. A fold joint on the frame, when in a latched orientation, retains the frame in the in-use configuration. A seat is supported by the frame and a tray extends across and is spaced forward from the seat assembly. The fold joint is coupled to a portion of the tray and is configured to: a) move the tray to a deployed position relative to the seat when the frame is moved to the in-use configuration; b) retain the tray in the deployed position when in the in-use orientation; and c) release and allow the tray to move to a folded position when the frame is moved to the folded configuration. The fold joint is configured to hide and covers the various fold latch and tray fold components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas John Pollack
  • Patent number: 9044104
    Abstract: An apparatus for seating a child comprising a seat and a foldable frame for supporting the seat. The frame comprises on left and rights sides: a first and a second frame member connected by a hinge assembly and relatively pivotal through substantially 180 degrees between an unfolded condition and a folded condition, and a third frame member connected to the hinge assembly and pivotal relative to the first and second frame members by less than 180 degrees between an unfolded condition and a folded condition. The first and second frame members are aligned and on opposite sides of the hinge assembly when unfolded and parallel and on the same side of the hinge assembly when folded. The third frame member is parallel with the first and second frame members when folded to provide a compact folded apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: MAMAS & PAPAS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Smith
  • Patent number: 9027952
    Abstract: A lower leg rest device includes an engaging member and a support member having a length adjusting mechanism. An end of the support member is pivotally connected to the frame of the baby carriage at a pivot point. The engaging member is disposed on another end of the support member. The support member is used for supporting a child safety seat. The length adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting a length between the engaging member and the pivot point. When the lower leg rest device pivots to a position below the frame body, the length of the support member can be shortened so as to support legs of a baby seated in the baby carriage. When the lower leg rest device pivots to a position above the frame body, the support member can be lengthened so that the engaging member can be engaged with and support the child safety seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Wanquan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150115667
    Abstract: A foldable bearing structure includes a set of coplanar wheels and a folding device including a set of lower arms; at least a rear upper arm; an antiparallelogram deformable in a vertical plane, the antiparallelogram including two crossed segments; at least a first sidebar located in the vertical plane; the antiparallelogram deformed by folding between a first position, corresponding to an unfolded of the structure and a second position corresponding to a folded position, the transition from the first position to the second position reducing the wheelbase of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Patrick Herbault
  • Publication number: 20150102587
    Abstract: A foldable jogging stroller frame with an auto-swiveling mechanism for rear wheel sets thereof without return-springs, in which the foldable jogging stroller frame may include a front strut, a pair of push arms pivoted with the front strut by a pair of lockable joints, a pair of rear struts pivoted to the pair of push arms, a seat support rods pivoted between the front strut and the rear struts, and the auto-swiveling mechanism includes at least two sets of swivel sleeve assemblies, a pair of rear sets and a pair of connecting elements. While the pair of push arms is rotating, the association of the connecting elements shall cause the sleeves and the rear sets to swivel in ninety degrees (90°) from the longitudinally traveling direction to a transversally stowing direction thereby achieving a compact configuration for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: TSE-CHIEN WU, YUNG-SHUEN LIN, SHAN-HENG LIN