Patents Assigned to Ampafrance
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Patent number: 7396038Abstract: The invention relates to a child's vehicle with a folding frame, comprising at least one front shaft provided with at least one front wheel, a rear shaft provided with at least one rear wheel, and a pushing device cooperating with a guiding handle, wherein said frame includes at least one assembly of two pieces which can slide in relation to each other without a space therebetween. A first piece of said two pieces has at least one track and the second of said two pieces has at least one slider which slides in said track.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: AmpafranceInventor: Bruno Zweideck
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Publication number: 20050258619Abstract: The invention relates to a child's vehicle with a folding frame, comprising at least one front shaft provided with at least one front wheel, a rear shaft provided with at least one rear wheel, and a pushing device cooperating with a guiding handle, wherein said frame includes at least one assembly of two pieces which can slide in relation to each other without a space therebetween. A first piece of said two pieces has at least one track and the second of said two pieces has at least one slider which slides in said track.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Bruno Zweideck
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Publication number: 20050225139Abstract: A child car seat is provided, which comprises a swivel seating part assembled on a fixed base so that the seat can be orientated according to two positions, one forward facing and the other facing the side door, and disengaging return means which, when engaged, act on a plate connected to said seat so as to return the latter to said forward facing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2004Publication date: October 13, 2005Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Richard Biaud
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Publication number: 20050173479Abstract: The invention relates to a baby carrier comprising a harness (3) and a carrier piece (1), forming a seat for a child, with a section forming a backrest (13), characterised in that said piece forming a backrest (13) has two sections (12) which may be brought closer to each other or brought apart in such a manner as to render the width of said backrest (13) adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2003Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: AmpafranceInventor: Jean-Luc Gentil
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Publication number: 20050156452Abstract: This invention relates to a child's car seat designed to be fixed to a vehicle seat using at least one safety belt strap and comprising means of increasing the tension in the said strap, wherein it comprises at least one moving part with at least one support surface for the said strap and means of actuation acting on the said moving part so as to move the part between a released position and a tensioning position, in which the path of the said strap is lengthened and therefore its tension is increased, the relative positions of the said actuation means and the said moving part being such that the said actuation means are subjected to a force exerted by the said moving part that tends to oppose the said actuation means from returning to the said released position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Applicant: AmpafranceInventor: Richard Biaud
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Publication number: 20050077765Abstract: A child car seat device is provided, which includes a base intended to be fitted to a car seat and designed to accept a seat. The seat is movable in rotation in a substantially horizontal plane, so as to allow movement from a travelling position, in which said seat is orientated according to the principal axis of said vehicle, to a position for installing a child, in which said seat is turned substantially facing a door of said vehicle. The seat is also movable in inclination. The base has a part extending substantially vertically so as to lean against the backrest of said car seat, and whose upper part has a connection zone with the upper part of the backrest of said seat. In said travelling position, said inclination is obtained essentially by rotating said seat in a substantially vertical plane about a fixed point belonging, in said travelling position, to said connection zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Richard Biaud
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Publication number: 20050006934Abstract: A child seat linking device with a first portion of strap in a motor vehicle is characterized in that it comprises two mutually moveable linking components between an idle position and a working position adopted when the first portion of strap is taut. A return device tends to return the linking components to the idle position. A tension indicator distinguishes whether the linking device is in the idle position or in the working position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventors: Haja Rabeony, Richard Biaud
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Publication number: 20050006863Abstract: A stroller of the type comprising at least one wheel on each side of the stroller, the axis of rotation of the wheel bearing coupled to a pivoting part on an element of the frame of the stroller, such that the wheels are directional. The stroller is characterized by semi-rigid means installed in tension between the pivoting parts and designed such that the directional wheels pivot in unison.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Laurent Ageneau
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Publication number: 20040227329Abstract: A baby carriage has a frame comprising two push arms each fitted with a handle free to pivot. The handle comprising means of locking/unlocking in at least two angular positions with respect to the arm and means of actuating the locking/unlocking means. The actuation means are free to move along an axis approximately perpendicular to the axis of the push arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Bruno Zweideck
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Publication number: 20040178025Abstract: A pushchair comprises a frame carried by at least three wheels, at least two of the wheels being mounted on opposite sides of the frame. Locking/unlocking means on each of the two wheels are connected to each other so as to act simultaneously. The Locking/unlocking means is characterized by locking control means and unlocking control means distinct from the locking control means. The locking control means and the unlocking control means being mounted in proximity to one and the same wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Bruno Zweideck
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Publication number: 20040178590Abstract: A child's pushchair has a folding frame comprising two front legs, each carrying at least one wheel. The frame is designed in such a way that, when it is being folded, the front legs approach each other. At least one of the front legs is integral with means for bearing on the ground, set in such a way that they are able to come into contact with the ground during folding, and not to touch the ground when the child's pushchair is unfolded and standing on its wheels. These bearing means can, in particular, be castors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Bruno Zweideck
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Publication number: 20040036335Abstract: A chair comprises a seat and a back articulated with respect to one another and each articulated on a frame designed to be fixed to the chassis of said nursery device, at least one of said parts of the seat being connected to said seat and said back can be modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Applicant: AMPAFRANCEInventor: Jean-Luc Gentil
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Patent number: 6412809Abstract: A folding push chair for a child with memory of the angle of inclination of the seat. The folding push chair may have a push chair chassis including two front struts, two pushing arms adapted to slide along the two front struts such that the chassis is foldable between a folded position and a deployed position, and stops, cams, and a link. In addition, a hammock may be disposed on the chassis, the hammock having a first fixing element, the chassis having a second fixing element, the first and second fixing elements cooperating to attach the hammock to the chassis, wherein the first fixing element has a pin and a slide for adjusting an angle of inclination of the hammock such that the hammock is adjustable between at least two inclination positions with respect to the first fixing element independently of a position of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1999Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: AmpafranceInventors: Jean Bigo, M. Laurent Ageneau
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Patent number: 6183001Abstract: Device for attaching a body 28 to a child's pushchair, of the type having a chassis 1a, 1b resting on rolling wheels 3a, 3b and provided with two mounting pieces arranged one on either side of the body 28. The body 28 is equipped with two attachment elements 26a, 26b, each one cooperating with one mounting piece of the chassis 1a, 1b. Each attachment element 26a, 26b has at least one projecting lug capable of cooperating with at least one housing of the mounting piece, shaped appropriately for the lug.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.Inventor: Laurent Ageneau
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Patent number: 6176507Abstract: A child's push-chair for telescopic extendable cradle, and the corresponding cradle. The invention concerns a child's push-chair of a type consisting of an inclinable cradle mounted on a push-chair chassis, with the cradle consisting of a support element (22, 25) supporting a seat, the said support being formed of two parts, an upper part (25) and a lower part (22), where the said upper part 25) is able to slide in relation to the lower part (22) in such a manner that the maximum length of the said support element is able to vary between two extremes in order to allow the sitting angle of the seat to vary.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: AmpafranceInventors: Jean Bigo, Laurent Ageneau
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Patent number: 5842740Abstract: Child seat including a seat part and a back part and adapted to be placed on and fixed to an automobile vehicle seat provided with a three-point safety belt having a lap portion and a chest portion, characterized in that the seat part has a bottom surface adapted to be placed directly on the automobile vehicle seat and lateral surfaces defining rims of the seat part, said bottom surface including a first passage communicating with open slots in said lateral surfaces for the lap portion of the safety belt in a first position and a second passage communicating with openings for shoulder straps of a safety harness fixed to the back part of the child seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1996Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.Inventor: Louis Lefranc
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Patent number: 5810445Abstract: Child seat of the type comprising a bucket 2 equipped with a sitting part and with a back part and intended to be placed on and fastened to an automobile seat 4, characterized in that two lateral frame elements 40 are mounted respectively on either side of the bucket 2 on upper 41 and lower 42 axles integral with the bucket 2 and arranged in a vertical plane, so as to define two armrest reinforcements pivoting between a position in which they are moved close to one another and a position in which they are moved away from one another, the pivoting of the two lateral frame elements being controlled simultaneously by a single control member 52 mounted on the front 5a of the sitting part 5.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1997Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: AmpaFrance S.A.Inventor: Patrick Surot
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Patent number: 5810436Abstract: A child seat, to be placed on and fastened to an automobile seat, comprising a bucket, equipped with a sitting part, a back part, a reinforcement supporting the bucket, and a tilting mechanism for the bucket, is provided. The tilt of the bucket can be modified by rotating a screw cooperating with a nut mounted in a rocking manner on the reinforcement. Optionally, the sitting part comprises a sliding portion, of which the displacement from front to rear is caused by the rotation of the screw in conjunction with an auxiliary screw in such a way that the dimension of the sitting part is increased when the bucket is tilted to a greater extent. In addition, the child seat may incorporate armrests which pivot towards or away from each other, thereby decreasing or increasing the width of the child seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1997Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.Inventor: Patrick Surot
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Patent number: D583718Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: AmpafranceInventor: M. Bruno Zweideck
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Patent number: D584194Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: AmpafranceInventor: M. Bruno Zweideck