Child push chair frame and child push chair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9725106-B2
Application number	US-201514740697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2015
Priority date	Jun 16, 2014
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A child push chair frame, such as a child push chair sports frame, buggy frame or similar vehicle frame for children, includes two rear wheels, at least one front wheel, and a pusher for pushing the child push chair frame. The child push chair frame may also include stabilizing struts that are foldable from a spread-apart travelling position into a fully folded-together transportation position and vice versa, and are latchable between these two positions and at least one further position, such as a parking position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A child push chair frame having two rear wheels and at least one front wheel and a pusher to push the child push chair frame and a fastening means for fastening a child push chair upper part, wherein
the rear wheels and the at least one front wheel or rotary axles thereof are each connected to one another by means of one or more rear and front stabilizing struts in an articulated manner about a central axle which extends approximately parallel to a common rotary axle of the rear wheels such that said stabilizing struts are foldable from a spread-apart travelling position into a fully folded-together transportation position and vice versa, and are latchable between these two positions in at least one further position, the at least one further position comprising a parking position in which the child push chair frame is capable of standing up and is smaller in size compared to the travelling position.

2. The child push chair frame according to claim 1 , wherein
the stabilizing struts are also latchable in the fully folded-together transportation position.

3. The child push chair frame according to claim 1 , wherein
the spread-apart travelling position of the stabilizing struts can be fixed by means of the articulated connection between the rear and the front stabilizing struts.

4. The child push chair frame according to claim 1 , wherein
the stabilizing struts can also be fixed in the fully folded-together transportation position or in the at least one further position by means of the articulated connection between rear and front stabilizing struts and, if necessary, unlatched.

5. The child push chair frame according to claim 3 , wherein
the articulated connection between rear and front stabilizing struts comprises a switching unit by means of which the articulated connection is switchable from a fixing position into a releasing position and vice versa.

6. The child push chair frame according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two rear wheels is additionally connected to the at least one front wheel by means of a connecting piece, wherein
the connecting pieces are configured to be foldable such that they enable unforced folding together or folding apart of the rear and front stabilizing struts about the articulated connection thereof or through the central axle defined by the articulated connection.

7. The child push chair frame according to claim 6 , wherein
the connecting pieces each have a joint at approximately half the distance between the rear wheel and the front wheel.

8. The child push chair frame according to claim 6 , wherein
a foot actuating mechanism for initiating the folding process of the stabilizing struts and possibly also of the connecting pieces is provided at a proximal end of a connecting piece.

9. The child push chair frame according to claim 6 , wherein
the connecting pieces form at least part of a basket receiving frame.

10. The child push chair frame according to claim 1 , wherein
the fastening means for fastening the child push chair upper part are arranged in the region of the central axle.

11. The child push chair frame according to one of the claim 5 , wherein
the switching unit comprises an actuating portion and a front and a rear bearing portion, wherein the actuating portion serves to accommodate a limb of the pusher, the rear bearing portion serves to accommodate the proximal end of the rear stabilizing strut(s) and the front bearing portion serves to accommodate the proximal end of the front stabilizing strut(s).

12. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
the front and the rear bearing portion are arranged along the central axle directly adjoining one another.

13. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
the rear and the front bearing portion can be connected non-rotatably to one another in a normal operational state of the child push chair frame.

14. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
in order to initiate a folding process of the connecting pieces, the rear and the front bearing portion are rotatably connectable to one another.

15. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
switching over between a rotatable and a non-rotatable connection between the rear and the front bearing portion of a switching unit is advantageously achieved by means of a displacement of the pusher in the actuating portion of the respective switching unit.

16. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
a displacement of the pusher in the actuating portion causes a displacement of an unlatching bolt along the central axle.

17. The child push chair frame according to claim 5 , wherein
the switching unit is actuatable by means of a displacement of the pusher.

18. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
the front bearing portion and the actuating portion are each non-rotatably connected to the central axle and in that the fastening means firmly connected to the front bearing portion for fastening the child push chair upper part comprise an elastically pre-tensioned locking bolt which corresponds with a locking recess arranged on the outer periphery of the rear bearing portion and, together with said locking recess, forms a “soft lock”.

19. The child push chair frame according to claim 5 , wherein
the switching unit comprises a locking pin which is arranged, in the spread-apart travelling position of the stabilizing struts, within a locking recess, wherein the locking pin which is mounted longitudinally displaceable on a pusher receptacle, can be moved by means of an actuating pusher out of the locking recess and, together with the pusher, into an end position in which the front and rear stabilizing struts are fully folded together.

20. The child push chair frame according to claim 11 , wherein
the actuating portion is mounted rotatable relative to the front and the rear bearing portion of the switching unit.

21. A child push chair comprising the child push chair frame according to claim 1 and the child push chair upper part.

22. The child push chair frame of claim 1 , wherein the child push chair frame is implemented as a child push chair sports frame or a buggy frame.

23. The child push chair frame of claim 1 , wherein the at least one further position is a parking position.

24. The child push chair frame of claim 4 , wherein the at least one further position is a parking position.

25. The child push chair frame of claim 5 , wherein the articulated connection is switchable from a locked state into an unlocked state and vice versa.

26. The child push chair of claim 17 , wherein the displacement is either a sliding or a rotary movement.

27. The child push chair of claim 17 , wherein the displacement is a combination of a sliding movement and a rotary movement.

28. The child push chair of claim 19 , wherein the actuating pusher is an essentially circular arc-shaped guide section.

Assignees

• Cybex Gmbh

Inventors

• Pos Martin

Classifications

• B62B7/06 Primary

  collapsible or foldable · CPC title

• B62B2205/24

  to hold in the folded position · CPC title

• B62B7/08 Primary

  in the direction of, or at right angles to, the wheel axis · CPC title

• B62B7/062

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

• B62B9/085

  hand operated · CPC title