Moving carrier

• US 10,556,608 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2018
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unique Product & Design Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Unique Product & Design Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Cheng, Chih-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Gurari, Erez
• Application Number:
  US16/224,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20190202487A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 55/60 Wheeled carriers specially adapted for golf bags
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/404 Golf articles, e.g. golfbags
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/42 Persons or animals, dead or alive
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2203/44 Clamping or supporting circumferentially
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/00 Hand-propelled vehicles or sledges being foldable or dismountable when not in use
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/003 with actuation mechanisms which drive the folding or unfolding operation
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/022 folding down the body to the wheel carriage or by retracting projecting parts collapsible containers B65D, e.g. B65D7/24, B65D9/12, B65D11/18
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/04 involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Loading or unloading equipment
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/104 the object being of cylindrical shape, e.g. barrels, buckets, dustbins
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/106 the objects being bags
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/12 characterised by three-wheeled construction
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/06 Hand moving equipment, e.g. handle bars for cycles B62K11/14, B62K21/12
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/044 three wheeled
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/068 by sliding a bushing along a rod, e.g. like folding means of an umbrella
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/086 becoming smaller in all three dimensions

Abstract

A moving carrier is disclosed. A lower-frame assembly includes a first moving member disposed on the guiding member, a second moving member disposed on the guiding member, an elastic member disposed corresponding to the guiding member, and a third moving member disposed on the second moving member. A transmitting member of a front-wheel assembly has a guiding groove. One end of the third moving member is disposed in the guiding groove. When the first moving member moves along the guiding member, the first moving member enables the elastic member to store a first energy. When the elastic member releases the first energy, the second moving member drives the third moving member to move and the third moving member pushes the guiding groove to move, so that the transmitting member can drive the front-wheel frame to move toward the lower-frame assembly.

Claims

1. A moving carrier, comprising:

an upper-frame assembly;

a lower-frame assembly having a first end and a second end, wherein the upper-frame assembly is connected to the first end of the lower-frame assembly, the lower-frame assembly comprises a first moving member, a second moving member, an elastic member, a guiding member and a third moving member, the first moving member is disposed on the guiding member, the second moving member is disposed at one end of the guiding member away from the first moving member, the elastic member is disposed corresponding to the guiding member, and the third moving member is disposed on the second moving member; and

a front-wheel assembly connected to the second end of the lower-frame assembly, wherein the front-wheel assembly comprises a transmitting member and front-wheel frame, the transmitting member is connected to the front-wheel frame and has a guiding groove, and one end of the third moving member is disposed in the guiding groove;

wherein, when the first moving member moves along the guiding member, the first moving member enables the elastic member to store a first energy, and when the elastic member releases the first energy, the second moving member drives the third moving member to move and the third moving member pushes the guiding groove to move, so that the transmitting member drives the front-wheel frame to move toward the lower-frame assembly.

2. The moving carrier according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rear-wheel assembly connected to the first end of the lower-frame assembly; and

a first connecting member and a second connecting member, wherein two ends of the first connecting member connect to the first moving member and the upper-frame assembly, respectively, and two ends of the second connecting member connect to the first moving member and the rear-wheel assembly, respectively.

3. The moving carrier according to claim 2, wherein the upper-frame assembly moves toward the lower-frame assembly along a first direction, the upper-frame assembly drives the first moving member through the first connecting member to move along the guiding member toward a second direction, and the second connecting member drives the rear-wheel assembly to move toward the lower-frame assembly.

4. The moving carrier according to claim 1, wherein the guiding member passes through the elastic member.

5. The moving carrier according to claim 1, wherein the lower-frame assembly further comprises a first fixing member located at the second end of the lower-frame assembly, and the second moving member is disposed on the first fixing member.

6. The moving carrier according to claim 1, wherein the lower-frame assembly further comprises a first stopping member disposed at one side of the guiding member away from the first moving member and located between the first moving member and the second moving member.

7. The moving carrier according to claim 6, wherein when the first moving member moves along the guiding member toward a second direction, the first stopping member and the first moving member compress the elastic member.

8. The moving carrier according to claim 1, wherein the lower-frame assembly further comprises a linking member and a second fixing member, and two ends of the linking member connect to the first moving member and the second fixing member, respectively.

9. The moving carrier according to claim 8, wherein the upper-frame assembly drives the first moving member to move along the guiding member toward a second direction, and the first moving member further enables the linking member to store a second energy.

10. The moving carrier according to claim 9, wherein when the linking member releases the second energy, the first moving member moves along the guiding member toward an opposite direction of the second direction.

11. The moving carrier according to claim 10, wherein the lower-frame assembly further comprises a second stopping member disposed at one end of the guiding member away from the second moving member.

12. The moving carrier according to claim 11, wherein after the first moving member moves for a distance along the opposite direction of the second direction, the first moving member contacts against the second stopping member so as to move the guiding member toward the opposite direction of the second direction, thereby making the second moving member to drive the third moving member to push the guiding groove to move, and thus the transmitting member drives the front-wheel frame to move toward an opposite direction of a third direction.

13. The moving carrier according to claim 12, wherein a time that the first moving member starts to move along the opposite direction of the second direction is different from a time that the guiding member starts to move along the opposite direction of the second direction.

14. The moving carrier according to claim 1, wherein the third moving member passes through the second moving member.

15. The moving carrier according to claim 1, further comprising:

an engaging assembly disposed on the lower-frame assembly, wherein when the moving carrier is in a folded position, the upper-frame assembly is engaged with the engaging assembly.

16. The moving carrier according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rear-wheel assembly connected to the first end of the lower-frame assembly, wherein the rear-wheel assembly comprises two rear wheels, and when the moving carrier is in a folded position, the two rear wheels are located at two sides of the lower-frame assembly.

17. The moving carrier according to claim 1, further comprising:

a handlebar-frame assembly connected to one end of the upper-frame assembly away from the lower-frame assembly.

18. The moving carrier according to claim 17, further comprising:

a plurality of upper stopping members disposed at two sides of the handlebar-frame assembly close to the upper-frame assembly; and

a plurality of side stopping members disposed at two sides of the lower-frame assembly.

19. The moving carrier according to claim 1, wherein an opening width of the upper stopping members or the side stopping members is equal to or greater than 140 mm.

20. The moving carrier according to claim 1, further comprising:

a lower stopping member disposed at one side of the lower-frame assembly close to the front-wheel assembly.