Adjustable cable compensating knuckle for a stroller

A stroller comprising:

• a handle bar;
• a push arm;
• a lock element disposed in the push arm;
• a manually operable actuator disposed on the handle bar;
• a knuckle interconnecting the handle bar and the push arm which permits angular adjustment of the handle bar with respect to the push arm;
• a cable interconnecting the manually operable actuator and the lock element, the cable passing through a portion of the knuckle and through an interior of the push arm, the cable having a length selected to permit an operative connection between the manually operable actuator and the lock element and to be essentially equal to a maximum path length between the manually operable actuator and the lock element, which occurs when an angle between the handle bar and the push bar assumes a maximum path length angle;
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• first and second cable slack absorption members disposed on the knuckle and arranged so that, when the handle bar and the push bar are angled at the maximum path length angle, the cable passes between the first and second slack absorption members with the minimum amount of deflection and so that, as the angle between the handle bar and the push bar changes from the maximum path length angle, the amount of cable engaging a periphery of one of first and second slack absorption members increases.

A method of assembly of a stroller handle having a handle bar and a push bar connected by a knuckle which allows the angle of the handle bar to be selectively adjusted with respect to the push bar, a method of assembly comprising:

• providing a manually operable actuator on the handle bar, the actuator including a cable;
• feeding the cable through cable guides formed in the knuckle so that the cable passes between a pair of slack absorption members in the knuckle;
• connecting an end of the cable to a lock element;
• disposing a pair of tongs through a hollow of a push arm so that gripping elements of the tongs protrude out through a first end of the push arm;
• gripping the lock element with the gripping elements of the tongs;
• pulling the lock element into the hollow of the push arm using the tongs;
• inserting the push arm into a socket formed in the knuckle;
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• pulling the tongs out of the push arm until a portion of the lock element protrudes from a second end of the push arm.

An adjustable knuckle comprising:

• a first knuckle member having a first cable guide;
• a second knuckle member having a second cable guide, the second knuckle member being rotatable relative to the first knuckle member so that a plurality of angular positions can be established between the first and second knuckle members;
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• first and second cable slack absorption members disposed on the first knuckle member in first and second predetermined positions, the first and second cable slack absorption members being located and dimensioned so that a cable, passing from the first cable guide to the second cable guide, passes between the first and second cable slack absorption members.