Combination infant seat and stroller

Claim 1

A combination infant seat-stroller apparatus comprising: (a) a frame assembly having opposing upstanding hollow side panels and at least one supporting cross member; (b) an infant body support shell having back and seat portions secured to the frame assembly between the opposing upstanding side panels; (c) a pair of articulated wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly being retractable within one of said opposing upstanding side panels of the frame assembly and having a central element, a pair of elongated extension elements each pivotally mounted on one end thereof to opposing ends of the central element and a wheel mounted on the free end of each of such extension element; and (d) separate means to vertically move each articulated wheel assembly to a first upper position within one of the opposing upstanding side panels wherein the extension elements are pivoted inwardly toward one another in a vertical orientation with the wheels positioned out of the way above the lower edge of the frame assembly so the apparatus may be used as an infant seat and to a second lower position wherein the extension elements may be pivoted outwardly away from one another to extend laterally from the central element with the wheels in an operative position below the lower edge of the frame assembly and fore and aft of the opposing side panels so the apparatus may be used as a stroller.