Foldable stroller with passenger support base

• US 6,666,473 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2001
• Issued: 12/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Graco Children's Products, Inc. (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Graco Children's Products, Inc. (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: Tuckey, Peter, Hartenstine, Curtis M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Brian L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAN, HAU VAN
• Application Number:
  US09/850,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20020005628A1
• Time in Patent Office: 959 Days
• Field of Search: 280/647, 280/641, 280/642, 280/648, 280/650, 280/639, 280/654, 280/657, 280/658, 280/47.38, 297/256.16, 297/256.15, 297/256.17
• US Class Current: 280/647
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/06 Children's play- pens
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/22 remotely controlled, e.g. from the handlebar
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/26 Arrangements for standing up in folded position
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/064 adaptable for different users, e.g. by means of pivoting elements
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/06 collapsible or foldable
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/14 with detachable or rotatably-mounted body the body usable as a child's seat in a vehicle B60N2/2848
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/145 the body being a rigid seat, e.g. a shell
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 9/14 Equipment protecting from environmental influences, e.g. Hoods; Weather screens; Cat nets
• 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 child seat structure for attachment to a stroller frame includes a child seat having a seat cushion and a seat back support. The seat cushion has a front portion with at least one tab affixed thereto. The child seat structure also includes a passenger support base attachable to the stroller frame. The passenger support base has a trough and at least one opening through the trough. The passenger support base also has at least one projection thereon, such that the tab can pass through the opening and connect to the projection to secure the front portion of the seat cushion in the trough of the passenger support base.

Claims

1. A stroller comprising:

a stroller frame having first and second front legs, first and second rear legs, and a seat support frame having first and second arms, the first arm connected to the first front leg and the first rear leg, and the second arm connected to the second front leg and the second rear leg;

a passenger support base connectable to the first and second arms of the seat support frame, the passenger support base having an upper surface, the upper surface having a trough provided therein; and

a child seat having a seat cushion, the seat cushion having a front portion that fits into and is secured in the trough,

wherein the stroller has a first pivot rod extending between the first front leg and the first arm and a second pivot rod extending between the second front leg and the second arm, and the passenger support base has first and second clips on opposite sides of the front portion thereof, the first clip attachable to the first pivot rod and the second clip attachable to the second pivot rod.

2. A stroller comprising:

a frame having first and second front legs, first and second rear legs, and a seat support frame having first and second arms, the first arm pivotally connected to the first front leg and the first rear leg, and the second arm pivotally connected to the second front leg and the second rear leg;

a passenger support base connectable to the first and second arms of the seat support frame, the passenger support base having an upper surface, a bottom surface with at least one projection downwardly depending therefrom, and an opening therethrough; and

a seat cushion having a front portion, the front portion having a front edge with at least one tab, the seat cushion configured to be secured to the passenger support base so that the front portion extends into the opening from the upper surface toward the bottom surface, and the at least one tab attaches to the at least one projection.

3. The stroller according to claim 2, wherein the at least one projection comprises four, spaced projections downwardly depending from the bottom surface of the passenger support base, and the at least one tab comprises four, spaced tabs on the front edge of the front portion of the seat cushion for attachment to the four, spaced projections, respectively.

4. The stroller according to claim 3, wherein the passenger support base includes four openings there through, and the four, spaced tabs are located on the front edge to align with the four openings.

5. The stroller according to claim 2, wherein the at least one projection depends downwardly from the bottom surface directly adjacent the opening.