Abstract: A quick release structure for front wheels of baby strollers includes an upper mount disposed on one leg support thereof. A fixing pin is arranged on the upper mount for inserting into a locking hole on the leg support. Moreover, a lower mount assembled with a wheel is set on the bottom of the upper mount. A connection rod at the top of the lower mount is inserted into the upper mount. A fixing groove for locking with the fixing pin is formed around the side wall close to the top of the connection rod. A positioning slot is provided on the bottom of the upper mount for mounting a L-shaped positioning rod pivoted on the lower mount. Thus the stroller can keep moving forward without changes in directions by pressing the positioning rod to be locked into the positioning slot for the purposes of easy assembling, storage and transportation.

Abstract: A journal for coupling a wheel to an axle includes a main body portion and a separate locking element mounted to the main body portion. The locking element includes a locking arm and an integral resilient leaf spring. The locking element is pivotable about a pivot axis A-A extending through a pair of pivot extensions between a release position and a secured position. In the release position, the axle is movable into and out of a reception space within the main body portion. In this release position, the leaf spring bears against the main body portion to bias the locking arm towards the secured position. In the secured position, the locking arm engages with a groove in the axle to secure the axle in position in the reception space.

Abstract: A wheel, by which a base is configured to be wheeled across a floor, includes a tread and a hub. The hub has an inner surface that surrounds an axis and defines a bore. The hub further has an outer surface surrounding the inner surface and a slot extending radially outward from the bore to the outer surface. A shaft is centered on the axis and coupled to the base. The shaft is configured to be received in the bore and has a groove. A clip is configured to be attached to the hub in an installed position in which the clip extends from within the groove outward through the slot to secure the hub to the shaft. The installed position is axially between the base and the tread.

Abstract: A wheel-mounting sleeve and retainer is described. The wheel-mounting sleeve includes a sleeve body, formed and dimensioned for mounting through a wheel-bearing bore in a wheel and into telescoped relation over an axle having a retaining notch. The wheel-mounting sleeve includes at least one retainer discrete from the sleeve body. The retainer includes monolithic spring and lug portions, and is coupled to the sleeve body such that the lug portion is resiliently positionable through a port in the sleeve body and into the axle bore to a detent position wherein the lug portion engages the retaining notch of the axle to constrain the axle within the axle bore. A method of using the wheel-mounting sleeve and retainer is also described.

Abstract: A journal for coupling a wheel to an axle is configured to be mounted in a bore of the wheel. The journal defines a reception space for receiving an axle. A locking element is pivotally mounted on the journal from a release position in which the axle is removable from the reception space and secured position in which a tooth of the locking element is engaged with a groove in the axle. When the tooth of the locking element is engaged in the groove withdrawal of the axle is prevented.

Abstract: A journal for coupling a wheel to an axle has a main tubular body portion with a reception space for the axle and a separate locking element. The locking element is mounted in a cradle for pivotal movement about a pivot axis from a release position in which the axle is removable from the reception space to a position in which the axle is secured in position is the reception space. A biasing member such as a magnet, a spring or a tube of resilient material biases the locking element into the secured position.

Abstract: A mounting element for the wheels of rolling containers comprises: a load-bearing member rigidly attachable to a bottom edge of a container designed to be rolled along a surface; an arm supporting at least one wheel designed to enable the container to be rolled on the surface; a pivot connecting the load-bearing member to the arm; and a helical spring located between load-bearing member and the arm. The latter, together with the load-bearing member defines a substantially sealed chamber within which the spring is enclosed and protected, and presents three end portions located at respective vertices of a triangle, a first portion being rotatably attached to the pivot, a second portion rotatably supporting the wheel and a third portion being attached to the spring.

Abstract: A quick-release device for a golf cart wheel has a housing, an lock, a locking lever and a latch. A locking cavity is defined in the housing. The lock has a locking arm and is pivotally attached to the housing. The locking lever is pivotally attached to the housing and has a tongue corresponding to the lock. The latch is detachably inserted into the locking cavity of the housing and has an annular recess corresponding to the locking arm of the lock. The housing and the latch are respectively connected to the frame and the wheel of the golf cart. Accordingly, the wheel can be conveniently attached to or detached from the frame of the golf cart, and operation of the quick-release device is easy and convenient.

Abstract: A wheel axle mounting structure for golf cart is constructed to include a wheel axle pivoted to a wheel, and a wheel axle holder, the wheel axle holder including a receptacle block fixedly fastened to a golf card frame and cart and adapted to receive one end of the wheel axle, a lever pivoted to the receptacle block, and a hook plate controlled by the lever to hook a hook hole in one end of the wheel axle in said receptacle block, the hook plate having one end pivoted to the lever and an opposite end terminating in a hooked portion for hooking the wheel axle.

Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a front wheel axle on a stroller frame, includes a pair of hollow mounting seats, each of which has an inner side wall formed with an upwardly extending opening and an abutment edge that defines a top end of the opening. Each mounting seat has a resilient engaging plate which is disposed inwardly of the opening and which is inclined with respect to the inner side wall. The engaging plate has an engaging end proximate to the abutment edge and cooperating with the abutment edge to form a retaining space therebetween, and a connecting end distal to the abutment edge.

Abstract: A wheel supporter and shaft for a golf-cart includes a wheel shaft having an end portion protruding out of a wheel. The protruding end portion is formed with a recessed circumferential groove of a smaller size in an intermediate portion. The wheel supporter has a shaft hole for the wheel shaft to fit therein, and an eccentric push plate member is pivotally connected under a bottom wall of the shaft hole. The eccentric push member has a curved-up surface to protrude in the shaft hole to engage the recessed circumferential groove to lock the wheel shaft in a stabilized condition when the eccentric push member is pushed to rotate for a certain angle.

Abstract: A wheel mounting structure includes a holder plate connected to the frame of a golf cart, a wheel axle holding a wheel and having a rectangular coupling block at one end fitted into a rectangular coupling hole on the holder plate, the rectangular coupling block of the wheel axle having a positioning groove at a bottom side wall thereof, and a lock lever pivoted to the holder plate and turned to lock/unlock the wheel axle, wherein the lock lever has two engagement portions bilaterally disposed on a top end thereof, which are alternatiavely forced into engagement with the positioning groove at the retangular coupling block of the wheel axle when the lock lever is turned forwards or backwards.

Abstract: A volume control for in-wall building stereo systems. Specifically, there is a sliding switch coupled between a mounting bracket and a printed circuit board that has components mounted thereon including two multi-tap inductors or transformers. The in-wall mounted speaker volume control slide selector switch assembly. Specifically, the assembly has a sliding selector switch, for housing electrical components, having a shaft extending from the sliding selector switch, for sliding in a linear direction to control volume of the in-wall mounted speaker. Additionally, there is a transformer, for supplying power to the in-wall mounted speaker, having a plurality of transformer taps. Further, there is a printed circuit board, for electrically connecting and physically mounting the transformers and the sliding selector switch thereto. Also, there is a mounting bracket, for supporting the printed circuit board and the transformer and sliding selector switch.

Abstract: A wheel mounting structure including a wheel shaft fastened to a locating hole on the leg of a golf club carrier to hold a wheel, and a lever pivoted to the leg and turned to lock the wheel shaft. The wheel shaft has a locating block at one end fitted into the locating hole, a collar connected to the locating block and abutting the locating hole. The lever has a stop rod section and a retainer rod section which are respectively forced into engagment with a recessed bottom hole on the locating block and a bottom retaining groove on the collar when the lever is turned to the locking position to lock the wheel shaft on the leg of the gold club carrier.

Abstract: A handcart wheel-mounting assembly includes a mount member which has a first tubular portion, a pair of first lug portions formed on an outer periphery of the first tubular portion and each having a slot defined therein, a first socket vertically defined in each of the first lug portions and communicating with associated slot, a second tubular portion co-axially formed in the wheel and having a tubular compartment defined therein for receiving the first tubular portion, a pair of second lug portions formed on an outer periphery of the second tubular portion each having a substantially U-shaped recess defined therein and communicating with the compartment for receiving a corresponding one of the pair of first lug portions, a second socket vertically defined in each of the pair of second lug portions and communicating with associated recess for alignment with associated first socket, and a resilient member received in the slot of each of the pair of first lug portions and having a latch formed thereon which is

Abstract: A handcart wheel-mounting apparatus includes a wheel mounted by means of a number of latches each biased by means of an elastic element, on a hub member in turn mounted by means of an annular washer and a cap, on a wheel shaft mounted on a wheel support. The hub member comprises a rim, an axial bore formed therethrough, a tubular bearing coaxially formed therethrough about the axial bore, a plurality of recesses formed therein about the axial bore, and a plurality of holes radially formed therethrough so that each of the holes communicates with a corresponding one of said recesses. A number of elastic elements are received in the recesses. A number of latches each are formed on a corresponding one of the elastic elements and the latches are biased through the holes by means of the elastic elements. The wheel shaft is inserted through a passage formed transversely through the wheel support, the annular washer, and the axial bore. Then, a tip of the wheel shaft is firmly fitted in the cap.

Abstract: A wheel unit for a baby carriage comprises a wheel fixed on a wheel rim, a sleeve member rotatably and releasably disposed in an axial through opening of the wheel rim, and having an axial through bore, and a plurality of hooks and a flange formed on the first and second ends, respectively, of the sleeve member, a pair of pressing plates formed on the flange of the sleeve member, and an axle disposed in the axial through bore of the sleeve member and having an annular groove which is releasably engaged by arcuate-shaped, lower edges of the pressing plates.

Abstract: A detachable wheel mounting assembly for golf trolleys and the like comprises a plastics bearing sleeve (5) carrying the wheel (6) rotatably mounted thereon and held by a captive washer (9). Extending rearwardly of the sleeve (5) and integral therewith is a resilient finger tab (17) carrying a detent notch which engages a fixed detent (19) when the sleeve with the wheel attached is axially mounted on the stub axle or shaft (2) to lock the wheel on the shaft. When it is desired to detach the wheel, the detent is disengaged by finger pressure on the finger tab (17) permitting the wheel (6) and hearing sleeve (8) to be removed as a unitary assembly.

Abstract: A wheel assembly for a baby carriage is provided comprising two wheels mounted on opposing ends of a shaft supported by a shaft holder fixed at an end of a supporting rod of a baby carriage. The shaft is coupled to the two wheels and a combining disc is secured to the shaft by small projections inserted within an annular groove formed in the shaft. A cap covers a recessed aperture of each wheel and is pressed inwardly to compress the combining disc for disengagement of the combining disc from the shaft and the wheel from the shaft.

Abstract: A device for coupling a wheel to a golf club carrier includes a sleeve member axially and rotatably passed through the axle of the wheel. A head portion with a tongue is formed at an end of the sleeve member. Two lugs parallelly extend from the free end of the leg of the golf club carrier. A fixing rod has a first end connected to the leg of the golf club carrier near the free end of the leg and a second end passing through the head portion of the sleeve member into the sleeve member. A plurality of radial ribs extend outwardly near the first end of the fixing rod and are correspondingly fitted into a plurality of radial grooves formed in the head portion of the sleeve member so as to prevent the fixing rod from rotation relative to the sleeve member when the fixing rod is received in the sleeve member.

Abstract: A telescopically collapsible hand-pulled golf cart comprises a first tubular elongated member which includes bag supports and a pair of parallelogram linkages pivotally mounted at their upper ends to the first member and including wheels at their lower ends. A second elongated member is telescopically slidable in the first member and can be locked thereto. A third elongated member located inside the first member is slidable within the second member. A "Y"-connector is fixedly mounted as the lower end of the third member and has arms which protrude through a slot longitudinally defined on the rear part of the first member. A pair of links join the parallelogram linkages to the arms of the "Y"-connector. The third member is slidable a limited distance within the second member to provide a lost-motion movement to the latter. This allows an adjustment of the second member relative to the first member with no effect on the positions of the wheels.