Foldable canopy for baby carriages

Claim 1

In a baby stroller of the type having main diagonal brace members terminating in upper handle portions, a seat portion, and supporting frame means between said diagonal brace members cooperating to support said baby carriage with said diagonal brace members spaced apart in an extended position when in use and being foldable to permit inward collapsing of said diagonal brace members toward one another when not in use into a compact stored position, the combination therewith of: a canopy including a flexible cover and side frame members extending along opposite sides of said canopy and adapted when connected to said baby carriage to extend forwardly in the direction of travel of the baby carriage; an end support member at the rearward end of each side frame member for releasable connection of each side frame member to one of said brace members adjacent to its upper handle portion, each end support member including terminal connecting means connected to a diagonal brace member to permit pivotal swinging movement of said cnaopy about said terminal connecting means and limit stop means on said end support normally limiting forward and downward movement of said canopy to a position extending horizontally and forwardly from said diagonal brace members in spaced relation above the seat portion of said baby carriage; and releasable brace means extending transversely between said side frame members for holding said canopy in an extended position and being releasable to permit said canopy to collapse inwardly in a direction permitting said side frame members to move inwardly toward one another into closely spaced parallel relation to one another, said releasable brace means being defined by a pair of bars extending transversely inwardly toward one another from said opposite side frame members at a location relatively near the rearward end of said canopy, said bars being pivotally interconnected and having limit stops limiting pivotal movement of said bars to slightly beyond fully extended position, the flexible cover and said bars being dimensionally proportioned such that said flexible cover is elastically stressed in tension when said bars are fully extended whereby said bars are forcibly retained against said limit stops and said opposite side frame members are braced in rigid spaced-apart relation to one another.