Mechanism for locking opened state of baby carriage

Claim 1

A mechanism for locking the opened state of a baby carriage, which baby carriage comprises a pair of first legs, a pair of second legs, and a pair of lateral frames each extending between said first leg and said second leg on the same side, each said lateral frame being foldable in a lateral plane of the baby carriage, whereby when each said lateral frame assumes its unfolded state, said first leg and said corresponding second leg are moved away from each other to establish the opened state of the baby carriage and, on the other hand, when each said lateral frame assumes its folded state, said first leg and said corresponding second leg are moved toward each other to establish the closed state of the baby carriage, said mechanism being characterized in that: at least one of said second legs is provided with a bracket extending toward said first leg on the same side, with a foldable locking rod turnably connected between said bracket and said corresponding first leg, said second leg is provided with a fixed attitude control surface and a slider, which hold said locking rod therebetween while abutting against lateral portions of said locking rod, said slider being constantly urged by a spring to move toward the attitude control surface; an unlocking engagement portion on one side of said locking rod and on the same side of said attitude control surface is formed to extend from said slider; and said slider is provided with an operating lever adapted upon turning to abut against said bracket to slide said slider away from said attitude control surface, whereby said unlocking engagement portion engages said locking rod to move the latter toward the folded state.