Stroller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12415560-B2
Application number	US-202117373743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2021
Priority date	May 21, 2018
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A stroller includes a front leg, a rear leg rotatably connected to the front leg, a handle assembly and a locking component. The handle assembly is rotatably connected to one of the front leg and the rear leg. The locking component is movably disposed on the handle assembly. The locking component can be driven to disengage from the one of the front leg and the rear leg for allowing the rotating movement of the handle assembly during a rotating movement of an upper handle portion of the handle assembly. Furthermore, the rotating movement of the handle assembly can drive the other one of the front leg and the rear leg to rotate. Therefore, the entire stroller is allowed to be folded easily and compactly by disengaging the locking component and then rotating the handle assembly, which brings convenience in use.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stroller comprising:
a front leg;
a rear leg rotatably connected to the front leg;
a handle assembly rotatably connected to the front leg, the handle assembly comprising a lower handle portion and an upper handle portion rotatable relative to the lower handle portion, the upper handle portion and the lower handle portion being tubular structures; and
a locking component movably disposed on the handle assembly, the locking component engaging with the front leg for restraining a rotating movement of the handle assembly relative to the front leg in a first pivoting direction and being further driven to disengage from the front leg for allowing the rotating movement of the handle assembly relative to the front leg in the first pivoting direction during a rotating movement of the upper handle portion relative to the lower handle portion in a second pivoting direction opposite to the first pivoting direction, the handle assembly and the front leg cooperatively engaging with the rear leg for restraining a rotating movement of the rear leg relative to the front leg when the locking component engages with the front leg.

2. The stroller of claim 1 , wherein the front leg comprises an engaging component engaging with the locking component.

3. The stroller of claim 1 , wherein the handle assembly comprises a first abutting portion, the front leg comprises a second abutting portion, and the rear leg is clamped by the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion cooperatively for restraining the rotating movement of the rear leg relative to the front leg.

4. The stroller of claim 1 , further comprising a linking component rotatably connected to the handle assembly and the rear leg, a pivoting point P 3 of the linking component and the rear leg is spaced from a pivoting point P 1 of the front leg and the rear leg, a pivoting point P 4 of the handle assembly and the linking component is spaced from a pivoting point P 2 of the handle assembly and the front leg, and the handle assembly driving the rear leg to rotate relative to the front leg by the linking component when the handle assembly rotates relative to the front leg.

5. The stroller of claim 1 , further comprising a resilient component abutting against the locking component to bias the locking component to engage with the front leg.

6. The stroller of claim 1 , further comprising a connecting component connected to the locking component, and the connecting component driving the locking component to disengage from the front leg.

7. The stroller of claim 6 , further comprising a handle pivoting assembly disposed between the upper handle portion and the lower handle portion, and the handle pivoting assembly configured to selectively restrain or allow the rotating movement of the upper handle portion relative to the lower handle portion in the second pivoting direction.

8. The stroller of claim 7 , wherein the connecting component is further connected to one of the handle pivoting assembly and the upper handle portion, and the handle pivoting assembly or the upper handle portion connected to the connecting component drives the locking component to disengage from the front leg by the connecting component during the rotating movement of the upper handle portion relative to the lower handle portion in the second pivoting direction.

9. The stroller of claim 7 , further comprising an operating component connected to the handle pivoting assembly, the operating component unlocking the handle pivoting assembly for allowing the rotating movement of the upper handle portion relative to the lower handle portion in the second pivoting direction when the operating component is operated.

10. A stroller comprising:
a front leg;
a rear leg rotatably connected to the front leg;
a handle assembly rotatably connected to the front leg, the handle assembly comprising a lower handle portion and an upper handle portion rotatable relative to the lower handle portion, the upper handle portion and the lower handle portion being tubular structures; and
a locking component movably disposed on the handle assembly, the locking component engaging with the front leg for restraining rotation of the handle assembly relative to the front leg in a first pivoting direction, the locking component being further driven by a rotating movement of the upper handle portion relative to the lower handle portion in a second pivoting direction opposite to the first pivoting direction to disengage from the front leg for allowing the rotating movement of the handle assembly relative to the front leg in the first pivoting direction during the rotating movement of the upper handle portion relative to the lower handle portion in the second pivoting direction;
wherein the handle assembly and the front leg cooperatively engage with the rear leg for restraining a rotating movement of the rear leg relative to the front leg when the locking component engages with the front leg.

Assignees

• Wonderland Switzerland Ag

Inventors

• Williams Bruce L
• Sellers Gregory

Classifications

• B62B7/062 Primary

  Coupling unit between front wheels, rear wheels and handle · CPC title

• B62B2205/06

  Foldable with a scissor-like mechanism · CPC title

• B62B2205/20

  Catches; Locking or releasing an articulation · CPC title

• B62B7/004

  Carriages supporting a hammock-style seat · CPC title

• B62B7/064

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