Patents Assigned to Ampafrance S.A.
  • Patent number: 6183001
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Laurent Ageneau
  • Patent number: 5842740
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Louis Lefranc
  • Patent number: 5810436
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Surot
  • Patent number: 5810435
    Abstract: Child seat intended to be fastened to a vehicle seat by means of a safety beltChild seat comprising a sitting part 5 and a back part 6 and intended to be placed on and fastened to an automobile seat 4 equipped with a three-point rewinding safety belt 26 comprising a lap portion 26b and a chest portion 26a, the back part comprising, on its rear face, a means 25a for guiding the chest portion 26a of the safety belt, characterized in that said seat comprises a rotary element 33 equipped with an open loop 32 allowing the passage of the chest portion 26a of the safety belt and a means 35 for driving the rotary element 33 in rotation in a single direction, so as to tension the safety belt counter to the inertia system of the rewinder 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Surot
  • Patent number: 5810445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: AmpaFrance S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Surot
  • Patent number: 5775772
    Abstract: Child seat including a seat part 2 and a back part3 adapted to be placed on and fixed to an automobile vehicle seat 5 equipped with a three-point safety belt 6 having a lap portion 7 and a chest portion 9, characterized in that the seat part 2 is adapted to be placed directly on the automobile vehicle seat 5 and includes guides such as a passage 18 at the bottom for the lap portion 7 of the safety belt and in that the back part 3 has, on its rear face, a mechanism 24 for guiding and immobilizing the chest portion 9 of the safety belt, said guide and immobilizing mechanism being adjustable in height on the back part and further including a mechanism for fixing the ends 22 of shoulder straps of a safety harness 23 passing through the back part of the child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Louis Lefranc
  • Patent number: 5388852
    Abstract: In a compact folding child's stroller a front leg and a rear leg each carry at least one wheel. A push bar has a holding area at its upper end. An articulated X-shape rear chassis joins together the two rear legs. Each push bar can slide parallel to the respective front leg between a deployed position and a folded position. Each rear leg is articulated to the respective front leg. A connecting link connects the lower end of each push bar to the respective rear leg. An operating link is articulated to the connecting link and connected to a sliding piece which slides on each rear leg and to which is articulated the upper end of the X-shape rear chassis in order to cause folding of the X-shape chassis and movement towards each other of the two lateral chassis units when the stroller is folded up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Bigo, Laurent Ageneau
  • Patent number: 5301931
    Abstract: A device for slow speed and lightweight vehicles, which includes a body fixed on an underframe of the vehicle, a support articulated on the body, and a spring elastically linking the body and the support, wherein the spring is a composite strip fixed at one of ends thereof, to the body, and directly bearing, at a free end thereof, on the wheel axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Jean Bigo
  • Patent number: 5098157
    Abstract: A child's seat, which is possible to position and fix onto a motor vehicle seat, including a frame covered with a padding including two lateral edges forming, together with the seat, a bucket seat, the lateral frame elements defining the lateral edges being articulated relative to the main frame elements defining the seat and the backrest so as to be able to modify the width of the bucket seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Surot
  • Patent number: 5074575
    Abstract: Folding child's push chair which includes two lateral chassis units interconnected by at least one transverse bracing member and which can be deformed for the folding-up and unfolding of the push chair, each lateral chassis unit including a push bar integral with a handlebar, a front underframe and a rear underframe, the push bar being able to slide parallel to the front underframe via a sliding piece integral with the upper end of the front underframe, wherein two sleeves, each traversed freely by the push bar and the front underframe, are each integral with a support piece extending downwards and having a bearing for a hinge pin of the rear underframe, the rear underframe having an extension beyond the hinge pin, and wherein a connecting rod is articulated between the end of the extension of the rear underframe and a point next to the lower end of the push bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Jean Bigo
  • Patent number: 4844504
    Abstract: A folding push-chair comprises two side chassis assemblies 6, each including a main support arm 8 linked to a front strut 9 and a rear strut 10. Each main support arm 8 lies parallel to the front strut 9 and cooperates therewith in a sliding manner, between an outward position when the push-chair is opened-out and a retracted position when collapsed, the rear strut 10 being coupled to the main support arm 8 and to the front strut 9 so that, during the relative sliding movement, the rear strut moves between a collapsed position in which it is closed against the main support arm and the front strut, and an opened-out position, in which it is in an active position, able to support the push-chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Jean Bigo
  • Patent number: 4681340
    Abstract: The seat unit of a folding pushchair comprises a frame which is provided on each side, on the one hand with a seat-back side member swingably supported at the lower end thereof by the particular rear wheel-strut and stiffening link-rod which is pivotally attached to the lower end of the main supporting arm and, on the other hand, with a connecting-rod pivotally attached at one end to the seat-back side member and at the other end to the upper end of the front wheel-strut. For the purpose of folding the pushchair, the structural design is such as to ensure that, when the main supporting arm and the front wheel-strut withdraw in sliding motion and the rear wheel-strut is swung back against said arm and strut under the tractive force applied by the stiffening link-rod, the seat-back side member and the connecting-rod also return to the folded-back position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Ampafrance, S.A.
    Inventor: Henri Pasquini
  • Patent number: 4449732
    Abstract: A reversible foldable push-chair of the umbrella type comprises, on both sides of a hammock carried thereon, a tipping joint core and branches articulated to said core, each branch carrying a wheel, a control pushing arm for controlling sliding and tipping motions and passing through each of the cores, and link means connecting said arm to said branches such that depending on the tipping motion imposed upon the cores by said sliding arm, there is obtained display and locking of the push-chair to a "facing mother" or "look ahead" positions.The push-chair is usually applied to transportation of children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Surot
  • Patent number: D305012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Bigo, Henri Pasquini
  • Patent number: D305013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Ampafrance S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Bigo, Henri Pasquini