Passenger transport carriers
AssigneeThule Sweden AB
InventorsDaniel William Britton, Matthew Stengler, Paramjit Singh
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Abstract
A child transport carrier includes a lower frame, an upper frame, a rear frame, and a first upper seat support. The lower frame includes a first end and a second end. The upper frame includes a first end and a second end. The rear frame extends from the second end of the lower frame to the second end of the upper frame. The first upper seat support includes a cross-member extending transversely across the first upper seat support and having a first end and a second end. The cross-member is configured to move the first upper seat support between a first seat position and a second seat position. The upper frame extends from an upper end of the rear frame and the lower frame extends from a lower end of the rear frame.
Claims26
A child transport carrier comprising:
- a frame assembly defining a passenger compartment, the frame assembly comprising a lower frame portion, an upper frame portion, a forward frame portion, and a rear frame portion, the forward frame portion rotatable relative to the lower frame portion, the upper frame portion comprising a left upper frame portion member, a middle upper frame portion member, and a right upper frame portion member;
- a cover coupled to the frame assembly for at least partially enclosing the passenger compartment;
- a first passenger seat comprising a first seat back and a first seat bottom;
- a first cross-member extending in a transverse direction of the carrier and coupled to an upper end of the first seat back of the first passenger seat, the first cross-member having a first end coupled to the left upper frame portion member and a second end coupled to the middle upper frame portion member;
- a first actuator positioned on the first cross-member, wherein actuating the first actuator allows the cross-member to be moved from a first seat position to a second seat position;
- a second passenger seat comprising a second seat back and a second seat bottom;
- a second cross-member extending in the transverse direction of the carrier and coupled to an upper end of the second seat back of the second passenger seat, the second cross-member having a first end coupled to the middle upper frame portion member and a second end coupled to the right upper frame portion member;
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- a second actuator positioned on the second cross-member, wherein actuating the second actuator allows the second cross-member to be moved independently of the first cross-member from a first seat position to a second seat position.
A child transport carrier comprising:
- a frame assembly defining a passenger compartment, the frame assembly comprising a lower frame portion, an upper frame portion, a forward frame portion, and a rear frame portion, the forward frame portion rotatable relative to the lower frame portion, the upper frame portion comprising a first upper frame portion member and a second upper frame portion member;
- a cover coupled to the frame assembly for at least partially enclosing the passenger compartment;
- a handle for pushing the carrier coupled to the frame assembly;
- a passenger seat comprising a seat back and a seat bottom;
- a cross-member extending in a transverse direction of the carrier and coupled to an upper end of the seat back, the cross-member having a first end coupled to the first upper frame portion member and a second end coupled to the second upper frame portion member;
- a lock configured to lock the cross-member in a first seat position and a second seat position;
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- an actuator positioned on the cross-member,
- wherein the cross-member is movable from the first seat position to the second seat position by actuating the actuator to disengage the lock and moving the cross-member to the second seat position,
- wherein the cross-member is movable from the second seat position to the first seat position by actuating the actuator to disengage the lock and moving the cross-member to the first seat position, and
- wherein the carrier is usable in a bicycle mode in which the carrier is pulled by a bicycle and a stroller mode in which the carrier is pushed by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.