US 2024/0092413 A1Published application

Bicycle trailer

AssigneeRadio Flyer Inc.

InventorsMichael Boyle, Igor Zemskov, Timothy Stevens

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Abstract

A folding bicycle trailer that converts between a bicycle trailer mode, a stroller mode, and a folded mode. The trailer has a frame having a first and second side frame assemblies, and a floor assembly. Each side frame assembly has a front wheel and a rear wheel. The front wheels are removed from the frame in the bicycle trailer mode, and are connected to the frame in the stroller and folded modes. A connection arm removably connects to a bicycle in bicycle trailer mode. The connection arm is removable in the stroller and folded modes, but can be connected to the trailer in a second position in those modes. The trailer has a removable push bar for stroller mode. The first and second side frame assemblies remain vertical but move closer to one another in the folded mode.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A folding bicycle trailer that is convertible into a stroller, and which has a bicycle trailer mode, a stroller mode, and a folded mode, comprising:

a frame having a first side frame assembly, a second side frame assembly, a floor assembly between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly, and a linkage assembly between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly and under the floor assembly;
the floor assembly having a first floor assembly, a second floor assembly and a center brace, the first floor assembly being pivotally connected to the first side frame assembly at a first end and being pivotally connected to the center brace at a second end, the second floor assembly being pivotally connected to the second side frame assembly at a first end and being pivotally connected to the center brace at a second end;
the linkage assembly pivotally connecting the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly;
a push bar having a first end and a second end, the first end removably connected to one of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly, and the second end removably connected to the other of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly;
a connection arm to removably connect the bicycle trailer to a bicycle, the connection arm having a first end and a second end, the second end being removably secured to the first side frame assembly in a first position in the bicycle trailer mode whereby the first end of the connection arm extends away from a front of the bicycle trailer, and the connection arm being removable from the first position and repositioned in a second position connected to the first side frame assembly whereby the connection arm does not extend beyond a front of the bicycle trailer;
a first front wheel and a first rear wheel removably secured to the first side frame assembly, wherein the first front wheel is removed from the first side frame assembly in the bicycle trailer mode;
a second front wheel and a second rear wheel removably secured to the second side frame assembly, wherein the second front wheel is removed from the second side frame assembly in the bicycle trailer mode;
and,
wherein the floor assembly and the linkage assembly pivots between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly to move the first and second side frame assemblies closer to one another in the folded position.

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A folding bicycle trailer that is convertible into a stroller, and which has a bicycle trailer mode, a stroller mode, and a folded mode, comprising:

a frame having a first side frame assembly, a second side frame assembly, and a floor assembly between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly;
a push bar having a first end and a second end, the first end removably connected to one of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly adjacent a rear of the bicycle trailer, and the second end removably connected to the other of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly adjacent the rear of the bicycle trailer;
a connection arm to removably connect the bicycle trailer to a bicycle, the connection arm having a first end and a second end, the second end being removably secured to one of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly in a first position in the bicycle trailer mode whereby the first end of the connection arm extends away from a front of the bicycle trailer;
a first front wheel and a first rear wheel removably secured to the first side frame assembly, wherein the first front wheel is removed from the first side frame assembly in the bicycle trailer mode, and wherein the first front wheel is connected to the first side frame assembly in the stroller mode and folded mode;
a second front wheel and a second rear wheel removably secured to the second side frame assembly, wherein the second front wheel is removed from the second side frame assembly in the bicycle trailer mode, and wherein the second front wheel is connected to the second side frame assembly in the stroller mode and folded mode;
and,
wherein the floor assembly pivots from a flat position in the bicycle trailer mode to a folded position between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly in the folded mode, wherein the first and second side frame assemblies are vertical in the bicycle trailer mode, and wherein the first and second side frame assemblies remain vertical and move closer to one another in the folded mode.

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A folding bicycle trailer that is convertible into a stroller, and which has a bicycle trailer mode, a stroller mode, and a folded mode, comprising:

a frame having a first side frame assembly, a second side frame assembly, and a floor assembly between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly;
a first front wheel and a first rear wheel removably secured to the first side frame assembly, wherein the first front wheel is removed from the first side frame assembly in the bicycle trailer mode, and wherein the first front wheel is connected to the first side frame assembly in the stroller mode and folded mode;
a second front wheel and a second rear wheel removably secured to the second side frame assembly, wherein the second front wheel is removed from the second side frame assembly in the bicycle trailer mode, and wherein the second front wheel is connected to the second side frame assembly in the stroller mode and folded mode;
a connection arm to removably connect the bicycle trailer to a bicycle, the connection arm having a first end and a second end, the second end being removably secured to one of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly in a first position in the bicycle trailer mode whereby the first end of the connection arm extends away from a front of the bicycle trailer, the connection arm being removable from the frame and repositionable to a second position when the bicycle trailer is in the stroller mode and the folded mode, the second position being connected to one of the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly, and whereby the connection arm does not extend beyond the front of the bicycle trailer in the second position;
and,
wherein the floor assembly pivots from a flat position in the bicycle trailer mode to a folded position between the first side frame assembly and the second side frame assembly in the folded mode, wherein the first and second side frame assemblies are vertical in the bicycle trailer mode, and wherein the first and second side frame assemblies remain vertical and move closer to one another in the folded mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/467,220Filed 14 Sep 2023
Priority: 15 Sep 2022
Published: 21 Mar 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B62B 7/126
Convertible, e.g. into children's furniture or toy: into a trailer, e.g. bicycle trailer
B62B 7/06
Having more than one wheel axis; Steering devices therefor: collapsible or foldable
B62B 9/26
Accessories or details specially adapted for children's carriages or perambulators: securing devices for bags or toys ; Arrangements of racks,…
B62K 27/003
Sidecars; Forecars; Trailers or the like specially adapted to be attached to cycles: trailers