Title: Stroller with car seat fastening arrangement
Abstract: A stroller, which incorporates with a car seat fastening arrangement, includes a stroller frame for substantially supporting a car seat thereon. The car seat fastening arrangement includes a holding belt extended from the stroller frame and a connecting unit securely locked up the two ends of the holding belt to form a holding loop, having a predetermined length, for encirclingly holding the car seat on the stroller frame through the fastening slot. Therefore, the car seat is securely supported on the stroller frame and firmly fastened by the two ends of the holding belt connecting with each other through the fastening slot of the car seat.
Patent Number: 6,923,467 Issued on 08/02/2005 to Hsia
| Inventors:
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Hsia; Ben M. (19401 Business Center Dr., Northridge, CA 91324)
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| Appl. No.:
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645230 |
| Filed:
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August 18, 2003 |
| Current U.S. Class: |
280/648; 280/642; 280/47.38; 280/643; 297/256.16 |
| Intern'l Class: |
B62B 007/14 |
| Field of Search: |
280/648,642,647,650,30,473.8,870.51,643,644,657,658,474.1
297/256.15,256.16,256.17,474.1
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Primary Examiner: Shriver; J. Allen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Chan; Raymond Y., David and Raymond
Parent Case Text
CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
This is a Divisional Application of a non-provisional application, application
Ser. No. 10/038,201, filed Oct. 18, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,702,316.
Claims
1. A stroller adapted for securely supporting a car seat which has a fastening
slot of a securing arrangement for a seat belt of a vehicle to fasten in position, comprising:
a stroller frame comprising a supporting frame having two front frame legs, a
boundary frame frontwardly extended from said supporting frame and a handle frame
upwardly extended from said supporting frame;
a regular seat comprising a seat support horizontally supported by said supporting
frame and a back support upwardly extended from a rear portion of said seat support,
wherein a receiving cavity, having a size adapted for substantially disposing said
car seat therein, is formed between said boundary frame and said regular seat;
and
a car seat fastening arrangement comprising:
a connecting unit provided at a rear side of said back support of said regular
seat, wherein said connecting unit comprises at least a unit connector; and
a holding belt having a first end connected to said connecting unit and a second
end affixed with a belt connector detachably fastened with said unit connector
to form a holding loop having a size enough for encirclingly holding said car seat
on said stroller through said fastening slot of said car seat to retain said car
seat on said stroller at a position that a baby or a young child sat on said car
seat is facing rearward.
2. The stroller, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a buckle plug affixed
to said second end of said holding belt and a buckle socket provided at said unit
connector to detachably connect with said buckle plug so as to form said holding
loop of said holding belt for securing with said car seat.
3. The stroller, as recited in claim 1, wherein said car seat fastening arrangement
further comprises means for selectively adjusting said size of said holding loop
of said holding belt for tightly holding said car seat with said stroller frame.
4. The stroller, as recited in claim 2, wherein said car seat fastening arrangement
further comprises means far selectively adjusting said size of said holding loop
of said holding belt for tightly holding said car seat with said stroller frame.
5. The stroller, as recited in claim 3, wherein said adjustment means comprises
at least an adjusting member coupled on said holding belt to selectively lock up
said belt connector at a position along said holding belt such that said size of
said holding loop is adjusted when said length of between said belt connector and
said first end of said holding belt is adjusted.
6. The stroller, as recited in claim 4, wherein said adjustment means comprises
at least an adjusting member coupled on said holding belt to selectively lock up
said belt connector at a position along said holding belt such that said size of
said holding loop is adjusted when said length of between said belt connector and
said first end of said holding belt is adjusted.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to baby's accessories, and particularly to a stroller
equipped with a car seat fastening arrangement, wherein a car seat is adapted to
be securely mounted on the stroller. Therefore, the parents do not have to move
the baby or young child back and forth from the car seat to the stroller and thus
individually carry the car seat and the stroller at the same time.
2. Description of Related Arts
When babies grow up, their parents must purchase thousands of baby's accessories,
such as childbed or playpen. Among of all the baby's accessories, a stroller and
a car seat become the two necessities to every family having a young child or baby.
According to rules and regulations, the car seat must be employed in every vehicle
for transporting the baby or young child. Besides, the stroller is considered as
a conveniences tool to carry the baby or young child during outdoor activities
such as foot traveling and shopping. Therefore, the stroller and the car seat play
the main role for the parents to carry their babies.
However, it is a hassle for the parent to move the baby back and forth from
the car seat to the stroller. Especially when the baby falls asleep, the parent
may merely wake him or her up while moving him or her from/to the car seat to/from
the stroller. Once the baby wakes up, the parent may take longer time to soothe
him or her back to sleep. So, most parents may merely take the baby with the car
seat from the vehicle in order to carry the baby everywhere. It is unreasonable
for the parent to carry the car seat as a bassinet at one hand while another hand
to control the stroller. Therefore, the parent may put the car seat on the stroller
so as to carry the car seat and the stroller at the same time. However, the car
seat may easily flip over from the stroller and cause an unwanted injury to the
soft and weak baby.
Moreover, when the parent has more than on baby, they may immediately purchase
one more stroller, but it is impossible for a single parent to handle two strollers
at the same time. Even an improved stroller comprising two regular seats can solve
the above problem, such stroller must have a relatively large size in order to
fit the two regular seats constructed therewith. The problem is that the parents
may merely have difficulty to handle both the car seat and the stroller at the
same time.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
A main object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car seat
fastening
arrangement, wherein a car seat is capable of securely mounting on the stroller
such that the parents can put the car seat in the vehicle or mount on the stroller
anytime especially while the baby is sleeping.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car
seat fastening arrangement which comprises a holding belt extended from the stroller
to substantially encircle the car seat, so as to prevent the car seat from flipping
over from the stroller accidentally.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car
seat fastening arrangement which does not require to change the original structural
design of the stroller, so as to minimize the manufacturing cost of the stroller
incorporating with the car seat fastening arrangement.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car
seat fastening arrangement, wherein the fastening operation of the car seat with
the is easy and fast that an individual is able to attach/detach the car seat to/from
the stroller.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car
seat fastening arrangement wherein the holding belt can be adjusted its length
for fittedly holding any size of the ordinary car seat. Therefore, the parent does
not need to purchase a particular car seat in order to incorporate with the present invention.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car
seat fastening arrangement, wherein when the car seat is mounted on the stroller,
the stroller can be formed as a double-seated stroller so as to provide an extra
seat for a second baby.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stroller with car
seat fastening arrangement, wherein no expensive or mechanical structure is required
to employ in the present invention in order to achieve the above mentioned objects.
Therefore, the present invention successfully provides an economic and efficient
solution for providing reinforced fastening configuration for the car seat supported
on the stroller.
Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention
provides a stroller with a car seat fastening arrangement, wherein the stroller
comprises a stroller frame for substantially supporting a car seat having a fastening slot.
The car seat fastening arrangement comprises a holding belt, having a predetermined
length, extended from the stroller frame and a connecting unit securely locked
up the two ends of the holding belt to form a holding loop for encirclingly holding
the car seat on the stroller frame through the fastening slot.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stroller with car seat fastening arrangement
according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating
a car seat being mounted on the stroller.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the car seat fastening arrangement of the stroller
according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative mode of the car seat fastening arrangement
of the stroller according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a stroller with car seat fastening arrangement
according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a tubular holder of the stroller with car fastening
arrangement according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the stroller with car seat fastening arrangement
according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating
the car seat being mounted on the stroller.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, a stroller incorporated with a car
seat fastening arrangement
20 according to a first preferred embodiment
of the present invention is illustrated, wherein the stroller comprises a stroller
frame
10 for substantially supporting a car seat
3 having a fastening
slot
30.
The car seat fastening arrangement
20 comprises a holding belt
21,
each having a predetermined length, extended from the stroller frame
10
and a connecting unit
23 securely locked up two ends of the holding belt
21 to form a holding loop for encirclingly holding the car seat
3
on the stroller frame
10 through the fastening slot
30.
According to the preferred embodiment, the stroller frame
10, such
as an ordinary stroller frame, comprises a supporting frame
11 having two
front frame legs
111, a regular seat
12 comprising a seat support
121 horizontally supported by the supporting frame
11 and a back
support
122 upwardly extended from the seat support
121, and a handle
frame
13 upwardly extended from the supporting frame
11. The stroller
frame
10 further comprises a boundary frame
14 frontwardly extended
from the supporting frame
11 so as to limit a frontward movement of the
baby or a young child sat on the regular seat
12 wherein a receiving cavity
101, having a size adapted for substantially disposing the car seat
3
therein, is defined between the boundary frame
14 and the regular seat
12.
The car seat
3 comprises a car regular seat
31 having a supporting
chamber
311 for substantially supporting a baby therein wherein a bottom
portion of the bassinet frame
31 is adapted to be disposed in the receiving
cavity
101 of the stroller frame
10. The fastening slot
30
is transversely provided on the car regular seat
31 for a seat belt of a
car extended therethrough. It is worth to mention that every conventional car seat
3 must have the fastening slot
30 such that when the car seat
3
is placed in the car, the seat belt can be passed through the fastening slot
30
in order to fasten the car seat
3 on the seat of the car.
As shown in FIG. 2, the holding belt
21 has a length adapted to extend
from one side portion of the back support
122 of the regular seat
12
to another opposed side portion of the back support
122 of the regular seat
12 through the fastening slot
30 of the car seat
3 when the
car seat
3 is supported on the stroller frame
10.
In order to adjust the length of the holding loop of the holding belt
21,
the car seat fastening arrangement
20 further comprises at least an adjusting
member
22 having two slots for a free end portion of the holding belt
21
slidably entangled therethrough respectively so as to adjust a position of the
adjusting member
22 along the holding belt
21. In other words, the
length of the holding loop of the holding belt
21 can be selectively adjusted
to fit any size of the car seat
3 on the vehicle frame
10.
The connecting unit
23 comprises two first connectors
231 provided
at two free end portions of the holding belt
21 and two second connectors
232 provided at two side portions of a rear surface of the back support
122 of the regular seat
12 respectively wherein the first connectors
231 are adapted to securely engage with the second connectors
232
respectively so as to form the holding loop of the holding belt
21. Accordingly,
the first and second connectors
231,
232 are a pair of buckle sockets
and buckle plugs adjustably affixed to the free end portions of the holding belt
21 and firmly attached to the rear surface of the back support
122
of the regular seat
12 respectively.
As shown in FIG. 2, the car seat fastening arrangement
20 further comprises
a belt pocket
24 provided at the rear side of the back support
122
of the regular seat
12 for storing the holding belt
21 when the holding
belt
21 is detached. The belt pocket
24 is formed by a fabric flap
having a three edges firmly affixed by stitching on the rear surface of the back
support
122 while a top edge is remained open to form a top opening such
that the holding belt
21 can be stored in the belt pocket
24 through
the top opening.
It is worth to mention that the movement of the car seat
3 is restricted
by the regular seat
12 and the boundary frame
14 within the receiving
cavity
101, so as to prevent a lateral movement of the car seat
3
with respect to the stroller frame
10. Moreover, the holding belt
21
is extended to pass through the fastening slot
30 of the car seat
3
and then connected to the first connectors
231 with the second connectors
232 respectively, so as to lock up the upward movement of the car seat
3
with respect to the stroller frame
10. Besides, by selectively adjusting
the length of the holding loop, any size of the ordinary car seat can be fittedly
mounted on the stroller frame
10 in a secure manner.
FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative mode of the car seat fastening arrangement
20A wherein the holding belt
21A has an affixing end extended from
the rear side of the back support
122A of the regular seat
12A wherein
the belt connector
231A of the connecting unit
23A is adjustably
connected to a free end portion of the holding belt
21A in such a manner
that the holding belt
21A is arranged for passing through the fastening
slot
30A of the car seat
3A on the stroller and connected the belt
connector
231A with the unit connector
232A of the connecting unit
23A provided at the rear side of the back support
122A. Thus, the
length of the holding loop of the holding belt
21A can be selectively adjusted
by the adjusting member
22A.
Referring to FIG. 4, a second embodiment of the car seat fastening arrangement
20′ illustrates an alternative mode of the first embodiment of the
present invention, wherein the stroller' is capable of providing two seats for
supporting an extra baby.
As shown in FIG. 4, the stroller comprises a supporting frame
11′
having two front frame legs
111′ and two back frame legs
112′,
a regular seat
12′ comprising a seat support
121′ horizontally
supported by the supporting frame
11′ and a back support
122′
upwardly extended from the seat support
121′, and a handle frame
13′ upwardly extended from the supporting frame
11′.
The car seat
3′ comprises a car regular seat
31′
having a supporting chamber
311′ for substantially supporting a baby
therein, and a fastening slot
30′ transversely extended from the
car regular seat
31 ′ for the seat belt of the car passing through.
The holding belt
21′ has a length adapted to extend from one side
portion of the back support
122′ of the regular seat
12′
to another opposed side portion of the back support
122′ of the regular
seat
12′ through the fastening slot
30′ of the car
seat
3′ when the car seat
3′ is supported on the stroller
frame
10′. The car seat fastening arrangement
20′ further
comprises at least an adjusting member
22′ having two slots for a
free end portion of the holding belt
21′ slidably entangled therethrough
respectively so as to adjust a position of the adjusting member
22′
along the holding belt
21′.
The connecting unit
23′ comprises two first connectors
231′
provided at two free end portions of the holding belt
21′ and two
second connectors
232′ provided at two side portions of a rear surface
of the back support
122′ of the regular seat
12′ respectively
wherein the first connectors
231′ are adapted to securely engage
with the second connectors
232′ respectively so as to connect the
holding belt
21′ to form the holding loop of the holding belt
21′.
Accordingly, the first and second connectors
231′,
232′
are a pair of buckle sockets and buckle plugs adjustably affixed to the free end
portions of the holding belt
21′ and firmly attached to the rear
surface of the back support
122′ of the regular seat
12′ respectively.
As shown in FIG. 5, the car seat fastening arrangement
20′ further
comprises a car seat adaptor frame
25′ detachably mounted in front
of the vehicle frame
10′ and adapted for substantially supporting
the car seat
3′ thereon. The car seat adaptor frame
25′
comprises a support frame
251 ′ for substantially supporting the
car seat
3′ thereon, a pair of supporting frame legs
252′
downwardly extended from the support frame
251′, and a pair of tubular
holders
253′ provided on the two front frame legs
111′
respectively such that the tubular holders
253′ is adapted to detachably
hold the two supporting frame legs
252′ respectively so as to substantially
mount the support frame
251 ′ in front of the stroller frame
10′.
Each of the tubular holders
253′ comprises a holder body
2531′
affixed to the respective front frame leg
111′ and having a holder
socket
2532′ which has a diameter slightly larger than the supporting
frame leg
252′ and vertically extended to the holder body
2531′
for an end portion of the supporting frame leg
252′ slidably inserting
thereinto, as shown in FIG.
5.
In other words, the stroller can provide two seats when the car seat
3′
is mounted in front of the stroller. Thus, the car seat
3′ can be
securely mounted on the stroller′ by inserting the supporting frame legs
252′ into the tubular holders
253′ respectively and
fastening by the holding belt
21 ′ with the connecting unit
23′,
as shown in FIG.
6.
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