Combination car seat and stroller

Claim 1

A child seating device adapted for use as a protective car seat and as a stroller, comprising: a child support having a seat member for a child, said seat member having an upright back supporting portion and a generally horizonally aligned seat portion extending forwardly from the lower portion of said back supporting portion, said child support further having means defining first and second openings on the reawardly facing side of said back supporting portion and extending parallel to the longitudinal extent of said back supporting portion; sidewall means extending downwardly from the lower peripheral edge of said seat portion at the front and two sides thereof to define a downwardly and rearwardly opening recess immediately below said seat portion; a U-shaped base having a bight and two generally parallel legs, said bight and legs extending approximatley horizontally and parallel to said seat portion, said base further having a pair of upwardly extending rods contiguous with the ends of each of said legs remote from said bight and being slidingly received in said first openings in said child support, said legs of said base having wheels rotatably supported thereon for movably supporting said base on a floor surface, said bight and legs of said base being oriented beneath said seat portion and parallel thereto with said bight being located adjacent said front of said seat member and said two legs extending rearwardly therefrom; means cooperable with said two upwardly extending rods and said child support for releasably securing said child support against movement relative to said upwardly extending rods in first and second positions thereof, said bight, legs and wheels being housed between said sidewall means in said first position and lowered downwardly out of said sidewall means in said second position, the parallel relationship between said bight, parallel legs and said seat portion being maintained throughout a movement between said first and second positions by the sliding connection between said upwardly extending rods and child support; a handle including a manually engagable grip and two downwardly extending rods thereon being slidably received in said second openings in said child support; and means for releasably securing said child support and downwardly extending rod against relative movement in a third position in which said handle is adjacent said child support and a fourth position in which said handle is spaced from said child support.