Child stroller apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10442453-B2
Application number	US-201815963731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2018
Priority date	Apr 26, 2017
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A child stroller apparatus includes a stroller frame, and an adapter assembled with the stroller frame and having a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, each of the first and second coupling portions being configurable as a mount for installation of a detachable part. The adapter is movable relative to the stroller frame to displace the first and second coupling portions, a first position of the adapter configuring the first coupling portion as the mount while maintaining an angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and a second position of the adapter configuring the second coupling portion as the mount while maintaining the angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A child stroller apparatus comprising:
a stroller frame; and
an adapter assembled with the stroller frame and having a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, the adapter being pivotally connected with the stroller frame about a pivot axis extending transversally from a left side to a right side of the stroller frame, and the first and second coupling portions protruding in different directions, each of the first and second coupling portions being configurable as a mount for installation of a detachable part;
wherein the adapter is rotatable relative to the stroller frame to displace the first and second coupling portions in a concurrent manner for modifying an orientation of the first and second coupling portions, a first position of the adapter configuring the first coupling portion as the mount while maintaining an angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and a second position of the adapter configuring the second coupling portion as the mount while maintaining the angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, a top of the second coupling portion in the second position of the adapter being at a substantially same height as a top of the first coupling portion in the first position of the adapter.

2. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter including the first and second coupling portions is a unitary part.

3. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coupling portion protrudes upward in the first position, and the second coupling portion protrudes upward in the second position, the adapter in the first and second position being engageable with a detachable child seat installed in a rearward or a forward facing position.

4. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mount formed by the second coupling portion in the second position of the adapter is located forward relative to the mount formed by the first coupling portion in the first position of the adapter.

5. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter is rotatable about 90 degrees between the first and second position.

6. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coupling portion extends along a radial direction relative to the pivot axis, and the second coupling portion protrudes at a side of the first coupling portion.

7. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter is locked in the first and second positions with a latch that is assembled for sliding movement along the pivot axis, the latch being movable between a locking position where the latch is engaged with and locks the adapter in either of the first and second position, and an unlocking position where the latch is disengaged from the adapter for rotation of the adapter between the first and second position.

8. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the latch includes at least one tooth, the tooth being engageable with the adapter to lock the adapter in the first or second position.

9. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the latch is connected with a spring, the spring biasing the latch toward the locking position.

10. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the adapter is assembled with a release actuator exposed for operation, the release actuator being operable to urge the latch to slide along the pivot axis from the locking position to the unlocking position.

11. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stroller frame includes a front leg frame having a first side segment, a push handle frame having a second side segment that is pivotally connected with the first side segment, a rear leg frame having a third side segment pivotally connected with the first side segment, and a linking bar respectively connected pivotally with the second side segment and the third side segment, the adapter being pivotally assembled with the second side segment.

12. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the rear leg frame is further connected with a rear support frame, the rear support frame being assembled with a second adapter configured to receive the installation of a detachable child seat.

13. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the second adapter is pivotally connected with the rear support frame and has a third coupling portion adapted to engage with a detachable child seat, the second adapter being rotatable between a use position where the third coupling portion protrudes upward and an unused position where the third coupling portion protrudes downward.

14. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter is configured so that the first position of the adapter is suitable to receive the installation of at least a detachable child safety seat or a detachable child stroller seat in a rearward facing position and a forward facing position, and the second position of the adapter is suitable to only receive the installation of a detachable child safety seat in a rearward facing position and a forward facing position.

15. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coupling portion has an axis of symmetry, and the adapter includes two first openings at two sides of the axis of symmetry of the first coupling portion that are used for engagement with a detachable child safety seat when the adapter is in the first position, the two openings being located below the pivot axis of the adapter when the child stroller apparatus is in an unfolded state for use with the adapter in the first position.

16. A child stroller apparatus comprising:
a stroller frame; and
a first and a second adapter respectively assembled with the stroller frame at a front and a rear position, the first adapter being pivotally connected with the stroller frame about a pivot axis extending transversally from a left side to a right side of the stroller frame, each of the first and second adapter being respectively connectible with a detachable child seat placed in a rearward facing position or a forward facing position;
wherein the first adapter has a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion protruding in different directions, each of the first and second coupling portions being configurable as a mount for installation of a detachable child seat, the first adapter being rotatable relative to the stroller frame to displace the first and second coupling portions in a concurrent manner for modifying an orientation of the first and second coupling portions, a first position of the first adapter configuring the first coupling portion as the mount while maintaining an angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and a second position of the first adapter configuring the second coupling portion as the mount while maintaining the angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, a top of the second coupling portion in the second position of the first adapter being at a substantially same height as a top of the first coupling portion in the first position of the first adapter.

17. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first adapter including the first and second coupling portions is a unitary part.

18. The child stroller apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first coupling portion protrudes upward in the first position, and the second coupling portion protrudes upward in the seco

Assignees

• Wonderland Switzerland Ag

Inventors

• Haut Robert E
• Taylor Andrew J

Classifications

• B62B9/28

  Auxiliary dismountable seats {; Additional platforms for children in standing-up position} · CPC title

• B62B7/142

  Means for securing the body to the frame · CPC title

• B62B7/008 Primary

  for two or more children · CPC title

• B62B7/064

  the handle bar being parallel to the front leg · CPC title

• B62B2205/24

  to hold in the folded position · CPC title