Stroller with articulating structure
AssigneeEurope Brands S.à.r.l.
InventorsLouis Doucette, Thomas Perrin, Matthew Ransil, Todd Sorzano, Brady M. Schroeder
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Abstract
A stroller has a seat assembly with a seat bottom and a seat back that is movable from an upright in-use orientation to a forward folded orientation closer to the seat bottom. A structure such as an arm bar extends across the seat assembly above the seat bottom and in front of the seat back. The structure is in a raised in-use position with the seat back in the in-use orientation. The structure moves from the in-use position to a lowered stowed position closer to the seat bottom when the seat back is moved to the folded forward orientation.
Claims20
A stroller comprising:
- a seat assembly with a seat bottom and a seat back that is movable from an upright in-use orientation to a forward folded orientation closer to the seat bottom;
- a structure extending across the seat assembly in the in-use orientation above the seat bottom and in front of the seat back with the structure in a raised in-use position, wherein when the structure is in the raised in-use position, the seat back is in the in-use orientation;
- a drive link having one end coupled to the structure;
- a slot formed in the drive link;
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- a pivot shaft at a lower end of the seat back about which the seat back pivots, the pivot shaft extending through the slot,
- wherein the structure is driven by the drive link from the in-use position to a lowered stowed position closer to the seat bottom when the seat back is moved to the folded forward orientation.
A stroller seat assembly comprising:
- a seat bottom having a generally upward facing seat surface;
- a seat back having a back support surface, the seat back being pivotable forward from a generally upright in-use orientation to a stowed orientation with the back support surface facing toward the seat surface;
- an armrest support positioned on each side of the seat bottom;
- a structure having an end at each of the armrest supports, the structure in a raised in-use position extending across the seat assembly in the in-use orientation above the seat bottom and in front of the seat back;
- an articulating link pivotally coupled to each armrest support and coupled to a respective end of the structure;
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- a drive link on each side of the seat back, each drive link having one end rotationally coupled to a respective articulating link and an opposite end pivotally coupled to the seat back,
- wherein the structure is in a raised in-use position when the seat back is in the in-use orientation, and wherein the structure moves toward the seat bottom from the in-use position to a lowered stowed position when the seat back is moved to the stowed orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.