Foldable trolley

• US 9,079,598 B1
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Acrox Technologies Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Acrox Technologies Company Limited
• Inventors: Oreyang, Yia-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hau
• Assistant Examiner(s): MEYER, JACOB B
• Application Number:
  US14/300,237
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 280/642, 280/647, 280/651, 280/47.26, 280/DIG.5, 280/DIG.6, 206/315.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/404 Golf articles, e.g. golfbags
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/12 Collapsible wheels
• 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

Abstract

A foldable trolley includes a chassis frame, which includes a front wheel set and a rear wheel set between a slidable plate is arranged for driving the rear wheel set to collapse toward the front wheel set. The first frame is coupled to a first driver device and is mounted on the slidable plate. The second frame is coupled to a second driver device and connected to the first frame. The first driver device drives the first frame to bend toward the front wheel set and the first frame drives the slidable plate to move simultaneously so as to have the rear wheel set to collapse towards the front wheel set. The second driver device drives the second frame to bend toward the rear wheel set so as to achieve an effect of multiple-stage folding to effectively reduce the overall size after folding.

Claims

1. A foldable trolley, comprising:

a chassis frame, which comprises;

a front wheel set, which comprises a shaft, the shaft having an end to which a first axle is mounted, the first axle comprising two front wheels mounted thereto, the shaft comprising a slide rail formed on each of two opposite sides thereof,

a slidable plate, which is fit over the shaft to be linearly movable along the shaft, the slidable plate comprising a first through hole formed therein, the first through hole being fit over the shaft, the slidable plate comprising a first pivotal joint section and a second pivotal joint section formed on each of two opposite side portions thereof, the slidable plate comprising a first driver device mounted thereon, and

a rear wheel set, which comprises two second axles, each of the second axles having an end to which a rear wheel is mounted and an opposite end in which a third pivotal joint section is formed, the second axles being each pivotally connected to a first link and a second link, the first link having a free end in which a fourth pivotal joint section is formed, the second link having a free end in which a fifth pivotal joint section is formed, wherein the third pivotal joint sections of the second axles are respectively and pivotally connected to the first pivotal joint sections of the slidable plate and the fourth pivotal joint sections of the first links are respectively and pivotally connected to the second pivotal joint sections of the slidable plate so that the two second axles and the two first link of the rear wheel set are in operative and synchronously movable coupling with the slidable plate;

a first frame, which is mounted on the chassis frame and has an end forming a first connection end and an opposite end forming a second connection end, the first connection end being coupled to the first driver device so that the first driver device selectively drives the first frame to rotate, the first frame comprising a third link pivotally connected thereto at a location adjacent to the first connection end, the third link having a free end to which a slide block is pivotally connected, the slide block comprising an engaging section, the slide block comprising a sixth pivotal joint section formed in each of two opposite side portions thereof, the engaging section being engageable with the slide rails of the shaft, the sixth pivotal joint sections being respectively and pivotally connected to the fifth pivotal joint sections of the second links so that the second links are in operative and synchronously movable coupling with the slide block; and

a second frame, which is connected to the first frame and has an end forming a third connection end and an opposite end forming a fourth connection end, the third connection end being coupled to a second driver device, so that the second driver device selectively drives the second frame to rotate, the second driver device comprising a coupling section, the coupling section being coupled to the second connection end of the first frame so that the second frame and the first frame are connected to each other.

2. The foldable trolley according to claim 1, wherein the shaft of the front wheel set is further connected to a positioning bar, the slidable plate comprising a second through hole formed therein, the second through hole being fit over the positioning bar, the slide block comprising a third through hole formed therein, the third through hole being fit over the positioning bar.

3. The foldable trolley according to claim 1 further comprising a control device, the control device comprising at least one battery module, the control device being electrically connected to the first driver device and the second driver device to control the first driver device and the second driver device to rotate forward or backward.

4. The foldable trolley according to claim 1, wherein the first connection end of the first frame and the first driver device are provided with gears at coupling engagement therebetween, the first frame comprising a first latch mounted at the coupling engagement of the first connection end and the first driver device.

5. The foldable trolley according to claim 1, wherein the third connection end of the second frame and the second driver device are provided with gears at coupling engagement therebetween, the second frame comprising a second latch mounted at the coupling engagement of the third connection end and the second driver device.

6. The foldable trolley according to claim 1, wherein the second frame comprises a handlebar mounted to the fourth connection end.