Stroller with improved features

A stroller for transporting children along generally horizontal surfaces, comprising:

• a support frame having a pair of upper side edges with receptacles defined therein, the receptacles having latching surfaces formed thereon;
• a plurality of wheels mountable on the support frame;
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• a canopy attachable to the support frame, wherein the canopy includes a canopy frame attachable to the support frame via the receptacles and a canopy fabric attached to the canopy frame, the canopy frame including a plurality of U-shaped ribs pivotably linked together along a common axis at opposite ends thereof at a multiple-membered pivotable hub assembly to allow the canopy frame to be moved between an extended position where the ribs are pivoted to spaced-apart positions relative to each other and a retracted position where the ribs are aligned with each other, wherein the canopy fabric is attached at spaced-apart positions on the canopy fabric to the plurality of ribs of the canopy frame to allow the canopy fabric to be stretched into an extended position when the canopy frame is moved to its extended position, wherein the canopy further includes a frameless front visor attached thereto along a front edge of the canopy and a frameless rear visor attached to the canopy along a rear edge of the canopy, wherein each of the front and rear visors are selectively movable between an extended position and a retracted position, and wherein the pivotable hub assembly includes an extended finger protruding downward therefrom for insertion into a corresponding one of the receptacles on the upper side edges of the support assembly, the finger having latching surfaces formed thereon for engagement with the latching surfaces on the receptacles, the latching surfaces on the finger including a resilient flap that is provided in a position that slightly protrudes from the outer surface of the finger, the flap being movable from this protruding position to a position along the outer surface of the finger when the flap is forced toward the surface of the finger by insertion of the finger into the receptacle, and the flap moving back toward the protruding position due to the resilient nature of the flap when the flap is no longer forced toward the surface of the finger, to allow for selectively and removably attaching the canopy to the support frame.

A stroller for transporting children along generally horizontal surfaces, comprising:

• a foldable support frame that is foldable between an operational configuration and a collapsed configuration;
• a plurality of wheels mountable on the support frame;
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• a bed/seat assembly attachable to the support frame, the bed/seat assembly having a forward, fixed portion thereof that is fixed relative to the support frame when the support frame is in the operational configuration and a rear, movable portion pivotably attached to the fixed portion to allow the bed/seat assembly to be placed in one of a plurality of orientations including a bassinet orientation in which the movable portion is generally parallel to and aligned with the fixed portion, and a seating orientation in which the movable portion is pivoted to an angle relative to the fixed portion where the movable portion is generally at an intersecting angle to the fixed portion, the fixed portion having a lower frame portion and an upper frame portion, the movable portion having a lower frame portion and an upper frame portion, with the lower frame portions of the fixed portion and the movable portion being pivotably coupled together and the upper frame portions of the fixed portion and the movable portion being slidably coupled together, the movable portion having a rear wall which is pivotably attached thereto and which interconnects the lower frame portion of the movable portion to the upper frame portion of the movable portion, and can be folded forward toward the fixed portion from an upright position to a collapsed and folded position relative to the remainder of the movable portion for a reduced profile when the support frame is folded into the collapsed configuration, while also providing a barrier to substantially prevent ingress and egress through the rear wall while the seat assembly is in the bassinet orientation.

A stroller for transporting children along generally horizontal surfaces, comprising:

• a support frame;
• a plurality of wheels mountable on the support frame;
• a seating portion mounted on the support frame, the seating portion including two generally-horizontal side barriers and a front barrier bridging across the seating portion between the two side barriers, the front barrier having an upper shape thereto, the two side barriers having latching surfaces defined thereon on lateral outer sides thereof, the seating portion having a forward fixed portion that includes the front barrier and the two side barriers and the seating portion having a rear pivotable portion to allow the seating portion to be placed into a bassinet orientation when the rear portion is pivoted to a lower position and into an upright seating orientation when the rear portion is pivoted to an upper position;
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• an article-receiving tray having a lower surface corresponding to and mating with the upper shape of the front barrier, the tray being selectively attachable to and detachable from the seating portion, by mating with and being supported across the entire width of the tray by the front barrier and the two side barriers of the seating portion, the tray having latching surfaces defined thereon for releasably engaging the latching surfaces on the two side barriers of the seating portion when the seating portion is in either of the bassinet or upright seating orientations.