Child's carriage, in particular a stroller

• US 8,251,381 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2010
• Issued: 08/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Babyzen
• Original Assignee: Jean-Michel Francois Chaudeurge
• Inventors: Chaudeurge, Jean-Michel Francois
• Primary Examiner(s): Shriver, II, J. Allen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Coolman, Travis
• Application Number:
  US12/963,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20110133913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• Field of Search: 280 4738- 4741, 280/47.131, 280/47.17, 280/47.18, 280/47.24, 280/47.25, 280642-644, 280647-650, 280/658
• US Class Current: 280/47.38
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/044 three wheeled
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 9/005 Safety means for traffic, e.g. lights, reflectors, mirrors etc. signaling means for cycles B62J

Abstract

A child'"'"'s carriage including a frame that supports a seat for a child and from which a rear bar extends for pushing the carriage and from which a front rod extends to a fork to which a front wheel is mounted. A swivel is mounted between the front rod and the fork which swivel is covered by a housing for at least one light source and wherein the light source is controlled by a switch on the rear bar.

Claims

1. A child'"'"'s carriage comprising a frame supporting a seat or a cot for the child including a rod extending forward of all other components of the frame;

a front wheel for bearing on the ground and connected to a front free end of the rod by a fork that is mounted by a swivel to the front free end of the rod;

a front warning light source and an outer housing mounted so as to project above and forward of the front free end of the rod so that the front warning light source is positioned forward of all components of the frame including the rod, the outer housing covering and protecting the front warning light source and including a decorative cover extending over and hiding the swivel between the fork and the front free end of the rod; and

at least one rear thrust element for pushing the carriage and provided with a switch for switching the light source on and off.

2. The carriage according to claim 1, wherein the housing for the at least one light source includes a substantially hemispherical top cap made of a translucent material to permit passage of light emitted by the at least one light source inside the housing, and a bottom base in the form of a hemisphere with a truncated bottom portion made of an opaque material.

3. The carriage according to claim 2, wherein the truncated bottom portion of the base forms a docking and sliding plane for a top end of the fork.

4. The carriage according to claim 2, wherein the top cap is provided with a plurality of lens-forming internal facets distributed around a periphery thereof, with the at least one light source including at least one LED being disposed facing each facet.

5. The carriage according to claim 1, wherein the front warning light is associated with electrical power supply means for the at least one light source that are adapted to cause the at least one light source to flash.

6. The carriage according to claim 5, including a locking mechanism adapted to block the orientation of the fork relative to the frame, the locking mechanism being internal to the housing and having a latch button engagable from an exterior of the housing and wherein the locking mechanism includes an electromagnet connected to the electrical power supply and controlled by the switch carried by the thrust element.

7. The carriage according to claim 1, including a locking mechanism adapted to block the orientation of the fork relative to the frame, the locking mechanism being mounted internal to the housing and having a latch button engagable from an exterior of the housing.

8. The carriage according to claim 1, wherein the housing of the at least one light source is provided on an outside face with at least one retro-reflector zone.

9. The carriage according to claim 1, wherein the thrust element is permanently secured to the frame, and electrical connection means between the switch and the light being contained within the frame.

10. The carriage according to claim 1, wherein the thrust element is releasably connected to the frame and is associated with separable electrical connection means between the switch and the at least one light source.

11. The carriage according to claim 1, wherein the frame is a frame of a wheeled device selected from a group of devices consisting of strollers, baby carriages, and tricycles.