Basket and stroller apparatus thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10053131-B2
Application number	US-201715660977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 28, 2016
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A basket is detachably mounted on a first mount of a carrier for allowing an infant car seat to be mounted on the carrier. The first mount has a first mounting slot. The basket includes a basket body and a mounting structure. The mounting structure is connected to a side of the basket body. The mounting structure has a body portion, an inserting portion and a mounting portion. The body portion is connected between the mounting portion and the inserting portion. The infant car seat is suspended on a storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A basket detachably mounted on at least one first mount of a carrier for allowing an infant car seat to be mounted on the carrier via the basket, the first mount having a first mounting slot formed thereon, the basket comprising:
a basket body having a storage space; and
at least one mounting structure connected to at least one side of the basket body corresponding to the first mount, the mounting structure having a body portion, an inserting portion and a mounting portion, the body portion being connected between the mounting portion and the inserting portion, the infant car seat being suspended on the storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.

2. The basket of claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion extends upward from a top side of the body portion, and the inserting portion extends downward from a bottom side of the body portion.

3. The basket of claim 2 , wherein the mounting structure further has a supporting structure, and the supporting structure extends downward from the bottom side of the body portion to be adjacent to an inner side of the inserting portion for supporting the infant car seat cooperatively with the mounting structure to be suspended on the storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.

4. The basket of claim 3 , wherein the supporting structure has at least one engaging groove formed thereon, the infant car seat has a protruding block formed at a side of the infant car seat corresponding to the engaging groove, and when the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion, the protruding block is engaged with the engaging groove for positioning the infant car seat.

5. The basket of claim 4 , wherein the supporting structure has two engaging grooves formed thereon; when the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion and the protruding block is engaged with one of the two engaging grooves, the infant car seat is positioned at a rearward facing position; when the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion and the protruding block is engaged with the other one of the two engaging grooves, the infant car seat is positioned at a forward facing position.

6. The basket of claim 1 , wherein a supporting structure is formed on an inner side of the first mount for supporting the infant car seat cooperatively with the mounting structure to be suspended on the storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.

7. The basket of claim 6 , wherein the supporting structure has at least one engaging groove formed thereon, the infant car seat has a protruding block formed at a side of the infant car seat corresponding to the engaging groove, and when the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion, the protruding block is engaged with the engaging groove for positioning the infant car seat.

8. The basket of claim 7 , wherein the supporting structure has two engaging grooves formed thereon; when the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion and the protruding block is engaged with one of the two engaging grooves, the infant car seat is positioned at a rearward facing position; when the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion and the protruding block is engaged with the other one of the two engaging grooves, the infant car seat is positioned at a forward facing position.

9. The basket of claim 1 , wherein the mounting structure further has a latch portion, the latch portion is pivotally hinged to the body portion and has an elastic arm and a fixing hook, the elastic arm bends from a first surface of the latch portion to abut against the inserting portion, the fixing hook protrudes from a second surface of the latch portion opposite to the first surface, and the elastic arm provides an elastic force to drive the fixing hook to be engaged with the first mounting slot when the inserting portion and the latch portion are inserted into the first mounting slot, so as to fix the latch portion and the inserting portion in the first mounting slot.

10. The basket of claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises two first mounts, the basket comprises two mounting structures, each first mount has the first mounting slot formed thereon, each mounting structure has the body portion, the inserting portion and the mounting portion, and the infant car seat is suspended on the storage space of the basket body when the two inserting portions are inserted into the two first mounting slots respectively and the infant car seat is mounted on the two mounting portions.

11. The basket of claim 10 , wherein the basket body comprises:
a tube structure; and
a basket fabric attached under the tube structure for forming the storage space, the two mounting structures being connected to two sides of the tube structure respectively.

12. The basket of claim 11 , wherein the tube structure comprises two bent tubes, and two ends of each bent tube are pivoted to the two body portions respectively to be upwardly foldable with the basket fabric, so as to make the basket foldable with the carrier.

13. The basket of claim 1 , wherein the carrier further has at least one second mount corresponding to the first mount and located at a different position from the first mount, the second mount has a second mounting slot formed thereon, and the basket is mounted on the carrier via the second mount when the inserting portion is inserted into the second mounting slot.

14. The basket of claim 1 , wherein the carrier is a stroller, the stroller has a handle assembly, a main frame assembly, and a wheel assembly, the main frame assembly is connected between the handle assembly and the wheel assembly, and the first mount is connected to the main frame assembly.

15. The basket of claim 14 , wherein the stroller further has at least one second mount corresponding to the first mount and located at a different position from the first mount, the second mount has a second mounting slot formed thereon, and the basket is mounted on the stroller via the second mount when the inserting portion is inserted into the second mounting slot.

16. The basket of claim 15 , wherein the second mount is located on the wheel assembly.

17. The basket of claim 1 , wherein the infant car seat has at least one engaging slot corresponding to the mounting portion, and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting structure when the engaging slot receives the mounting portion.

18. The basket of claim 17 , wherein the infant car seat comprises a handle and a seat body, at least one end of the handle has a connection base connected to a side of the seat body, the engaging slot is formed on the connection base, and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting structure when the engaging slot receives the mounting portion.

19. A stroller apparatus comprising:
an infant car seat;
a stroller having a handle assembly, a main frame assembly, a wheel assembly, and at least one first mount, the main frame assembly being connected between the handle assembly and the wheel frame, the first mount having a first mounting slot formed thereon and being connected to the main frame assembly; and
a basket detachably mounted on the first mount of the stroller for allowing the infant car seat to be mounted on the stroller via the basket, the basket c

Assignees

• Wonderland Switzerland Ag

Inventors

• Ruggiero Anthony V
• Taylor Andrew J
• Haut Robert E
• Hartenstine Curtis M

Classifications

• B62B9/147

  Attachments or holders for umbrellas, parasols or sunshade panels (details of umbrellas A45B25/00) · CPC title

• B62B7/12 Primary

  convertible, e.g. into children's furniture or toy (children's chairs convertible to pushchairs A47D1/06) · CPC title

• B60N2/2848

  being convertible or adaptable to a preambulator, e.g. a baby-carriage or a push-chair · CPC title

• A47D1/06

  convertible to a push chair · CPC title

• B62B7/006

  Carriages supporting a rigid seat (when detachable or rotatable B62B7/145) · CPC title