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Convertible car seat stroller

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-09-08
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Granted: 1989-05-09
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Expires: 2007-09-08
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Abstract

Abstract A child's safety car seat is set forth selectively convertible into a stroller. In a first configuration, the child safety car seat is formed of two units wherein the first is nestable within the second to enable convenient positioning on a typical automotive car seat. By disengaging the first portion from the second, a rearwardly positioned handle is pivoted substantialy 180 degrees into an upright lock position simultaneously extending plural pairs of rollers positioned to extending linkage to enable the apparatus to perform the function of a child's stroller.

Inventors

  • 👤 David K. Sanchas

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 08:32
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286; B60N2/2842; B60N2/2848; B62; B62B; B62B7/00; B62B7/04; B62B7/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S297/00; Y10S297/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 244 words
A convertible apparatus for selective use in an automotive environment or as a stroller comprising, first and second portions releasably securable together in a first position wherein said second portion is securable to said first portion therebelow and wherein said second portion includes opening means for acceptance of a seat belt or the like therethrough for securement of said apparatus, and said first portion terminating in a lower continuous peripheral edge of a first contour and said second portion terminating in an upper continuous peripheral edge of a second contour wherein said first and second contours are of a complementary configuration to mate said upper and lower continuous peripheral edges in a contiguous, non-overlapping relationship, and further including a plurality of individual fastening means to secure said first and second positions together, and said second portions removable from said first portion in a second position to expose mobility means, for enabling selective maneuvering of said apparatus and a pivotal handle means associated with said first portion for enabling pivotment from a lowered position to a raised position relative to said first portion to extend said mobility means, and said handle means completely positioned interiorly when in said lowered position within said first and second portions when said first and second portions are secured together and extending upwardly of said first portion when said handle means is in said raised position, and said first portion including a recessed seat for acceptance of an occupant therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 244 words
A convertible apparatus for selective use in an automotive environment or as a stroller comprising, first and second portions releasably securable together in a first position wherein said second portion is securable to said first portion therebelow and wherein said second portion includes opening means for acceptance of a seat belt or the like therethrough for securement of said apparatus, and said first portion terminating in a lower continuous peripheral edge of a first contour and said second portion terminating in an upper continuous peripheral edge of a second contour wherein said first and second contours are of a complementary configuration to mate said upper and lower continuous peripheral edges in a contiguous, non-overlapping relationship, and further including a plurality of individual fastening means to secure said first and second positions together, and said second portions removable from said first portion in a second position to expose mobility means, for enabling selective maneuvering of said apparatus and a pivotal handle means associated with said first portion for enabling pivotment from a lowered position to a raised position relative to said first portion to extend said mobility means, and said handle means completely positioned interiorly when in said lowered position within said first and second portions when said first and second portions are secured together and extending upwardly of said first portion when said handle means is in said raised position, and said first portion including a recessed seat for acceptance of an occupant therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
An apparatus as set fourth in claim 1 wherein said mobility means include a rearward oriented pair of fixed wheels and a forwardly oriented pair of pivotal wheels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 28 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said handle means is operably associated to plural pair of scissor links to extend and retract said mobility means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 29 words
A convertible apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein latch means is secured to said handle means for locking said handle means in said lowered or raised position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first portion includes a seat belt means for securing of an occupant within said recessed seat.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 35 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said mobility means are secured to a perimeter frame extensible and retractable relative to said seat means by means of a plural pair of scissor links.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 61 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 6 wherein each pair of scissor links comprises a plural pair of links pivoted relative to one another by means of a common pivot and one end of each of said links is operably secured to said lower perimeter frame and said other end of each of said links operably secured to said seat.

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