Child carrier with detachable base

• US 5,478,135 A
• Filed: 10/28/1994
• Issued: 12/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Evenflo Company Incorporated (Goodbaby International Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Lisco Incorporated
• Inventors: Kain, James M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US08/330,452
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250.1, 297/256.16, 297/156.17, 297/184.13
• US Class Current: 297/256.16
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2845 having handles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/144 Adaptations for transporting children; Mounting of toys for the children
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1444 Transporting devices mounted on the shopping cart

Abstract

A child carrier having a seat which may be attached and removed from a base. The base has a spring-loaded locking mechanism which automatically secures the seat in the base. The seat has a spring-loaded release trigger extending from its head end. The trigger is integral with an elongated member which engages a connection to the locking mechanism in the base so as to release the seat from the base. The base and seat comprise an infant car seat.

Claims

1. A child carrier comprising seat means having a seat base including a foot end, head end, a back, and side walls;

a spring-biased latch extending through said back of said seat means;

a base geometrically configured so as to mate with the bottom of said seat means, said base having a bottom surface, a head end, foot end, and side walls;

a frame movably mounted within said base and being configured at one end so as to mate with and move with said spring-biased latch;

a pair of steel hooks pivotally mounted within said base, said hooks being of a substantially wear-resistant material;

means for securing the other end of said frame to said hooks;

a second spring for biasing said frame in a direction so as to maintain said hooks in a substantially upwardly extending position;

a pair of orifices in the bottom of said seat means configured so as to mate with said hooks when said seat means is placed on said base;

an L-shaped steel plate secured adjacent each of said orifices for mating with said hooks, said L-shaped plates being of a substantially wear-resistant material;

whereby movement of said spring biased latch in one direction moves said frame so as to overcome the bias of said second spring and rotate said hooks to a position of non-engagement with said L-shaped plates so as to permit removal of said seat means from said base.

2. The child carrier of claim 1 wherein each of said hooks has a camming surface which bears against said L-shaped plates when said hooks are inserted into said orifices.