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US 5,201,535 AGranted
Folding stroller with detachable seat
AssigneeCombi Corporation
InventorsHitoshi Kato, Yuichi Arai
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Abstract
A stroller with a releasable seat, having a reclining backrest. The seat is releasably attachable to a stroller body. When not attached to the stroller body, the seat may be utilized as a carrier by virtue of an integral carrying strap. Either a leg guard or a leg cover may be attached to the seat for protection of the baby's legs.
Claims10
A folding stroller, comprising:
- a foldable body, said body comprising;
- at least two front leg pipes with wheels at lower ends thereof;
- at least two rear leg pipes with wheels at lower ends thereof;
- upper end portions of said front leg pipes are pivotally connected to upper end portions of a respective one of said rear leg pipes;
- a handle having lower ends which are connected to respective upper ends of said front leg pipes, said handle extending essentially along a longitudinal axis of said front leg pipes when said body is in an unfolded position;
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- a bracket pivotally mounted to each lower end of said handle and a respective one of said rear leg pipes so as to cause said body to assume a shape wherein said rear leg pipes and respective ones of said front leg pipes intersect at a predetermined angle when said body is in said unfolded position;
- a seat having a backrest and a seat portion that are swingably attached to each other, at a hinge, so as to allow said backrest to be folded onto said seat portion or reclined respective to said seat portion;
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- a retaining piece pivotally mounted on said body so as to extend between said upper end portions of said rear leg pipes and lower end portions of said handle, said retaining piece having a recessed portion formed therein, a portion of said seat fitting in said recessed portion, said retaining piece having a closing lever pivotally mounted thereon, said closing lever closes said recessed portion so as to retain said portion of said seat in said recessed portion when said closing lever is pivoted to a closed position.
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A folding stroller, comprising:
- a foldable body, said body comprising:
- at least two front leg pipes having wheels at lower ends thereof;
- at least two rear leg pipes having wheels at lower ends thereof, upper end portions of said front leg pipes being pivotally connected to upper end portions of a respective one of said rear leg pipes;
- a handle having lower ends which are connected to respective upper ends of said front leg pipes, said handle extending essentially along a longitudinal axis of said front leg pipes when said body is in an unfolded position;
- a bracket pivotally mounted to each lower end of said handle and a respective one of said rear leg pipes so as to cause said body to assume a shape wherein said rear leg pipes and respective ones of said front leg pipes intersect at a predetermined angle when said body is in an unfolded position;
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- at least one retaining piece pivotally mounted on said body so as to extend between said upper end portions of said rear leg pipes and lower end portions of said handle;
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- a seat having a backrest and a seat portion that are swingably attached to each other, at a hinge, so as to allow said backrest to be folded onto said seat portion or reclined respective to said seat portion, said seat having at least one retaining pin projecting therefrom which is adapted to be received in receiving means formed on said retaining piece, each of said at least one retaining pins being detachably retained by a retaining means movably mounted on each of said at least one retaining pieces when said seat is attached to said body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.