Removable flexible dual-opening carrying basket

• US 20070075510A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Safian Company
• Original Assignee: Orbit Baby, Inc. (ERGO Baby Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Hei, Joseph, White, Bryan, Wong, Hoi
• Granted Patent: US 7,789,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/47.380
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/14 of bar fastenings
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/28 Combinations of handles with other devices
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2007/0004 convertible into an open planar surface, e.g. a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 9/26 Securing devices for bags or toys ; Arrangements of racks, bins, trays or other devices for transporting articles

Abstract

A basket for use alone or in conjunction with a stroller or similar device is provided. The basket is detachable from the stroller and is constructed so that it can be crushable for storage. The basket includes a two-piece handle that, when mated together, can slide into a track of the stroller. The two piece handle separates to open the basket. In a fully open configuration, the basket can lay flat.

Claims

1. A stroller comprising:

a child seat portion;

a track disposed beneath the child seat portion; and

a carrying basket including

a handle, comprising two separable pieces, that slidably engage with the track, and

a fabric pouch suspended beneath the handle,

the carrying basket being openable to a flat configuration when disengaged from the track.

2. The stroller of claim 1 wherein the two pieces of the handle are configured to lock together.

3. The stroller of claim 1 wherein the handle includes a first ring disposed at one end thereof, the first ring sized to receive a finger.

4. The stroller of claim 3 wherein the handle further includes a second ring disposed at an opposite end thereof.

5. The stroller of claim 1 wherein the pouch includes two horizontal spars connected to form a hoop, the horizontal spars being detachable from one another.

6. The stroller of claim 5 wherein the horizontal spars include snaps to connect the horizontal spars together to form the hoop.

7. The stroller of claim 5 wherein the horizontal spars comprise plastic.

8. The stroller of claim 1 wherein the pouch further includes first and second ends, each end including a separable seam.

9. The stroller of claim 8 wherein each separable seam includes a zipper.

10. The stroller of claim 1 wherein the carrying basket further including hooks attached to the stroller.

11. A carrying basket comprising:

a two-piece handle, the two pieces of the handle configured to mate with one another;

a fabric cover including two halves, a first half coupled to a first piece of the handle and a second half coupled to a second piece of the handle;

a fabric pouch having

a first side attached to the first half of the cover and a second side, opposite the first side, and attached to the second half of the cover,

two main horizontal spars attached together to form a hoop around a top of the pouch, and

a first end having a first separable seam and a second end, opposite the first end, having a second separable seam; and

a pair of vertical spars each extending from the first half of the cover, across a bottom of the pouch, to the second half of the cover;

the basket being openable to a flat configuration when the two pieces of the handle are detached from one another, the two main horizontal spars are detached from one another, and the two seams are separated.

12. The carrying basket of claim 11 wherein the handle is configured to engage a track.

13. The carrying basket of claim 11 wherein the two pieces of the handle each include a key slot and nub.

14. The carrying basket of claim 11 wherein the first and second separable seams each include a zipper.

15. The carrying basket of claim 11 wherein the vertical spars are essentially parallel to one another.

16. The carrying basket of claim 11 wherein the pouch further has a flap that at least partially covers the first seam.

17. A carrying basket comprising:

a fabric piece defining a major symmetry axis and a minor axis perpendicular thereto, the fabric piece including

two opposing sides and a cover flap extending from each along the minor axis, and

two opposing ends each including a V-shaped notch, each notch being symmetrically disposed about the major symmetry axis, the sides of each notch including means for joining the sides together in a seam;

two horizontal spars, one attached along each of the two opposing sides, and means for joining the two horizontal spars together to form a hoop;

two vertical spars crossing the two horizontal spars and attached to both cover flaps; and

a handle piece attached to each of the two horizontal flaps, the two handle pieces configured to mate together to form a handle.

18. The carrying basket of claim 17 wherein the minor axis is also a symmetry axis.

19. The carrying basket of claim 17 wherein the two vertical spars are essentially parallel.

20. The carrying basket of claim 17 wherein the two vertical spars cross each other at the center of the fabric piece.

21. The carrying basket of claim 17 further comprising a triangular flap that at least partially cover the seam created when the sides of one of the V-shaped notches are joined together.