US 4,786,064 AGranted

Convertible infant seat

OwnerVarouj G. Baghdasarianinventor

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Abstract

An infant seat which converts from a car seat into a stroller. The infant seat comprises a chair connected to a wheel frame on which the wheel set is mounted. The wheel set consists of front and rear wheels connected by a linking means. When the wheel frame is in a stowed condition, it supports the chair in either a forward-facing or rearward-facing car seat configuration. The wheel set is stowed behind or below the chair while the car seat is secured to the automobile seat by the automobile safety belts threaded through the wheel frame. To convert the car seat into a stroller, the wheel frame rotates about its pinned connections to the chair to simultaneously deploy the linked front and rear wheels. The chair back reclines with respect to the chair bottom to convert the stroller into a carriage. Modifications of the wheel frame allow the infant seat to be converted into an infant rocker. Accessories such as a sun shade and footrest also extend from the chair. A handle lock assembly secures the handle in a variety of positions. An articulated chair has side wall extenders which deploy as the back of the chair is reclined with respect to the chair bottom.

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Dependent claims

An infant seat, converting from a car seat which can be secured to an automobile seat to a stroller, comprising:

a chair, having a back, and a bottom;
a wheel frame connected to said chair, wherein said wheel frame further comprises a front wheel strut configured as a loop, said loop being continuous and unitary, said loop having a generally rectangular shape consisting of two horizontal portions and two vertical side portions, along two of the corners of which said rectangle shape, front wheels of said wheel set are mounted, and having a frontal barrier portion, said frontal barrier portion extending across the front of said chair while said wheel frame is deployed, said loop generally being bent along said side portions into a generally L-shape, said loop pivotally connected to chair side panels near the apex of said bends in said side portions;
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a wheel set mounted to said wheel frame including said front wheels and rear wheels, said wheel frame configured into a stowed position when the infant seat is secured to the automobile seat and configured into a deployed position to convert the infant seat into a stroller, said wheel frame connecting said front wheels to said rear wheels such that said wheel set is synchronized to deploy said front wheels and said rear wheels simultaneously as the infant seat is converted from a car seat into a stroller.

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