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US 5,509,172 AGranted
Support assembly for mounting casters to a frame of a stroller
AssigneeKolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
InventorCharles W. Lauro
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Abstract
A support assembly is provided for mounting a wheel to a frame member. The assembly includes a sleeve for telescopingly receiving a frame member, a collar for telescopingly receiving the sleeve, a housing for separable connection to the collar and for mounting to a wheel axle, and a locking member on the housing for engaging a recess in the sleeve in order to couple the housing to the sleeve.
Claims14
A support assembly for mounting a wheel to a tubular frame member comprising:
- a sleeve having a recess located in a periphery thereof, said sleeve being adapted to telescopingly receive a tubular frame member;
- a collar having an opening therein and adapted to telescoping receive said sleeve, said opening and said recess being substantially aligned when said sleeve is received in said collar;
- a housing separably connected to said collar, said housing including means for mounting said assembly to a wheel axle;
- a locking member integral with and extending out from said housing, said locking member being adapted to be removably inserted through said collar opening and engageable with said sleeve recess to releasably couple said housing to said sleeve;
- and,
- latch means extending from one of said collar and said housing for releasably latching said housing to said collar, whereby upon disconnecting said latch means, said locking member disengages from said sleeve recess and said collar opening.
3 more elements
A support assembly for mounting a wheel to a tubular frame, said assembly comprising:
- a tubular sleeve having a recess located in a periphery thereof, said sleeve being adapted to telescopingly receive a tubular shaft;
- a collar having an opening therein adapted to telescopingly receive said sleeve;
- a housing having a locking member joined thereto for coupling said housing to said sleeve, said housing including a pivot means for pivotally connecting said collar and housing;
- a latch means for releasably locking said housing to said collar whereby when said latch means is in a locked position, said housing locking member extends through said collar opening and engages said sleeve recess;
- said locking member comprises a pin adapted to be removably inserted through said collar opening which is substantially aligned with said recess and engage said recess;
- and,
- said latch means include a tab member extending from one of said collar and said housing and being adapted to releasably connect to one of said collar and housing whereby upon disconnecting said latch means, said locking pin disengages from said sleeve and said collar opening such that said housing and collar are removable from said sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.