Shock absorbing device for a stroller
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Abstract
A shock absorbing device is adapted for damping impact transmitted from a front wheel of a stroller. The device includes left and right lever members, left and right front leg members, a pair of coupling members, and a pair of biasing members. Each lever member has an anchoring end adapted to be secured to one end of a front wheel axle, and is pivotally mounted on the coupling member. Each front leg member has one end connected to a seat frame of the stroller, and the other end retained in the corresponding coupling member. The biasing members are disposed to bias engaged ends of the front leg members to move towards or away from intermediate portions of the lever members when tensioned or compressed.
Claims7
A shock absorbing device for damping impact transmitted from a front wheel of a stroller which includes a seat frame having front and rear sides opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, each of the front and rear sides having left and right ends opposite to each other in a first transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction, the stroller further including a rear wheel axle disposed transverse to the longitudinal direction and having two lateral ends provided with two rear wheels which are rotatable about a first axis parallel to the rear wheel axle, a pair of rear legs each disposed to interconnect a respective one of the two lateral ends and a respective one of the left and right ends of the rear side, and a front wheel axle having two anchored ends and defining a second axis parallel to the first axis, the front wheel being mounted on the front wheel axle and being rotatable about the second axis, said shocking absorbing device comprising:
- left and right lever members, each including an anchoring end adapted to be secured to a respective one of the two anchored ends, an intermediate portion extending rearwardly and upwardly from said anchoring end so as to form an upward surface, and a weight end extending from said intermediate portion towards the seat frame;
- left and right front leg members, each including an upper end adapted to be connected to a respective one of the left and right ends of the front side, a middle portion extending forwardly and downwardly from said upper end so as to form a downward surface which faces said upward surface of a respective one of said left and right lever members in a second transverse direction, and an engaged end extending from said middle portion towards the front wheel axle;
- a pair of coupling members, each including a mounting wall extending in the second transverse direction for positioning said engaged end of a respective one of said left and right front leg members, and a pivoting pin disposed on said mounting wall with a pivoting axis transverse to the second transverse direction for mounting pivotally said intermediate portion of a respective one of said left and right lever members at a fulcrum proximate to said weight end such that a part of said intermediate portion proximate to said anchoring end is spaced apart from said engaged end in the second transverse direction;
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- a pair of biasing members, each disposed to bias said engaged end of a respective one of said left and right front leg members to move towards or away from said intermediate portion of a respective one of said left and right lever members in the second transverse direction when said biasing member is tensioned or compressed.
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