Force finger
AssigneeMonahan Products, LLC
InventorRichard M. Bastien
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Abstract
A child stroller comprises a wheel assembly that includes a wheel disposed on a wheel mount, a wheel bushing including a bore, a pivot pin including an upper end, the pivot pin extending from an upper portion of the wheel mount and into the bore of the wheel bushing, and a force finger disposed in an upper end of the bore and at least partially surrounding and frictionally engaging the upper end of the pivot pin.
Claims21
A child stroller comprising:
- a wheel assembly including:
- a wheel disposed on a wheel mount;
- a wheel bushing including a bore;
- a pivot pin including an upper end portion including a sloped side that is sloped relative to a side of a lower portion of the pivot pin, the pivot pin extending from an upper portion of the wheel mount and into the bore of the wheel bushing;
- and
- a force finger disposed in an upper end of the bore and at least partially surrounding and frictionally engaging the sloped side of the upper end portion of the pivot pin.
A wheel assembly for a child stroller, the wheel assembly comprising
- a wheel bushing including a bore configured to receive a pivot pin extending from an upper portion of a wheel mount for a wheel of the stroller;
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- a force finger disposed in an upper end of the bore, the force finger including a substantially cylindrical body and an engagement element extending radially inward from an internal surface thereof, the engagement element configured to at least partially surround and frictionally engage a sloped surface of an upper end portion of the pivot pin that is sloped relative to a side of a lower portion of the pivot pin.
A method of reducing noise generated by a wheel assembly of a child stroller, the wheel assembly including a wheel disposed on a wheel mount, a wheel bushing including a bore, and a pivot pin including an upper end portion having a sloped side surface that is sloped relative to a side of a lower portion of the pivot pin and extending from an upper portion of the wheel mount and configured to be releasably and rotatably retained within the bore of the wheel bushing, the method comprising disposing a force finger in an upper end of the bore, the force finger configured to at least partially surround and frictionally engage the sloped side surface of the upper end portion of the pivot pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.