Information
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Patent Grant
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6612645
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Patent Number
6,612,645
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Date Filed
Thursday, June 6, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, September 2, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Cuomo; Peter M.
- Edell; Joseph
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 297 19513
- 297 130
- 280 642
- 280 643
- 280 647
- 280 648
- 280 650
- 280 657
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International Classifications
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Abstract
An improved baby seat structure for bicycles has mainly a back unit, a seat unit connected to the back unit via coupling means and an L-shaped frame, an extensible handle set attached to the rear side of the back unit, two front-wheel bracket sets pivotally joined to the front of a seat body of said seat unit thereof, a base unit attached to the underside of the seat unit, a pair of rear-wheel bracket sets pivotally engaged with a wheel pivot body of said base unit via splined couplings, a mounting seat secured to the underside of the base unit, a plurality of inserted pins and screws, and a long round rod to engage the wheel pivot body thereof with a base body mounted thereon. Via a pair of eccentric means, the extensible handle set can be adjusted in height for use. Via the rotation of a pair of stopper blocks, up and down, and adjusting blocks, to and fro, the base body thereof can be swung up or down upon the wheel pivot seat thereof to relocate the L-shaped frame for adjusting the angle of the back unit thereof. Via rotary heads and rotary wheels, the front-wheel and rear-wheel bracket sets can be either let down or folded up respectively for different uses such as a stroller or a normal baby seat. Via triangular fixing pieces and wing panel, the mounting seat thereof can be fixedly fastened to a rear carrier of a bicycle for the use of a bicycle baby seat.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a baby seat structure for bicycles, comprising mainly a back unit, a seat unit, an extensible handle set, two front-wheel bracket sets, two rear-wheel bracket sets, a base unit, a mounting seat, a plurality of inserted pins and screws, and a long round rod wherein via a pair of eccentric means, said extensible handle set can be adjusted in height at the rear side of said back unit thereof, and via the rotation of a pair of stopper blocks and adjusting blocks, a base body of said base unit can be swung up or down upon a wheel pivot seat to relocate an L-shaped frame for adjusting the angle of said back unit thereof. Via rotary heads and rotary wheels, said front-wheel and rear-wheel bracket sets can be either let down or folded up respectively for different uses such as a stroller or a normal baby seat. Via triangular fixing pieces and a wing panel, said mounting seat thereof can be fixedly fastened to a rear carrier of a bicycle for the use of a bicycle baby seat.
Please refer to
FIG. 1. A
conventional baby seat structure for bicycles usually has a back body
10
with a pair of arm boards
11
extending at both lateral sides thereof, a seat plate
12
with a pair of side plates
13
extending downwards at both lateral sides thereof, a pair of footboards
14
connected with said arm boards
11
at the inner side and said side plates
13
at one lateral side thereof, and a pair of foot guards
15
attached to the outer side of said footboards
14
thereof. There are several drawbacks to such conventional baby seat structure for bicycles. First, said baby seat structure can only be adapted to the bicycles for use, which is simple in function and greatly reduced in its efficiency and practical uses. Second, said back body
10
thereof cannot be adjusted in angle to cater to the comfort of the users. Third, said footboards
14
are fixedly located, unable to meet the height of different users.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTNION
It is, therefore, the primary purpose of the present invention to provide a multifunctional baby seat structure which can be adapted to a rear carrier of a bicycle as a bicycle baby seat, or used as a baby stroller, or simply as a normal baby seat.
It is, therefore, the second purpose of the present invention to provide an improved baby seat structure wherein said improved baby seat structure thereof has a back unit which can be adjusted into different angles to cater to the comfort of different users.
It is, therefore, the third purpose of the present invention to provide an improved baby seat structure wherein said baby seat thereof is provided with a pair of footboards which can be adjusted to fit the height of different users.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a conventional baby seat structure.
FIG. 2
is a perspective exploded view of a back unit of the present invention.
FIG. 3
is a partially exploded view of the present invention.
FIG. 3-A
is an exploded enlarged view of a seat unit and a front-wheel bracket of the present invention.
FIG. 3-B
is an exploded enlarged view of a rear-wheel bracket of the present invention.
FIG. 3-C
is an exploded enlarged view of a base unit of the present invention.
FIG. 3-D
is an exploded enlarged view of a mounting seat of the present invention.
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of the present invention in assembly.
FIG. 5
is a diagram showing the adjustment of said back unit thereof in angles.
FIG. 5-A
is a partially enlarged diagram showing the rotation of a stopper block and an adjusting block of the present invention.
FIG. 6
is a diagram showing the mounting of the present invention onto a rear carrier of a bicycle in practical use.
FIG. 7
is a diagram showing the present invention used as a baby stroller.
FIG. 8
is a diagram showing the present invention used as a normal baby seat.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Please refer to
FIGS. 2
,
3
, and
FIGS. 3-A
,
3
-B,
3
-C, and
3
-D. The present invention is related to an improved baby seat structure for bicycles, comprising a back unit
20
, an extensible handle set
30
, a seat unit
40
, two front-wheel bracket sets
50
, two rear-wheel bracket sets
60
, a base unit
70
, a mounting seat
80
, a plurality of inserted pins
90
, a plurality of screws
91
and a long round rod
92
.
Please refer to FIG.
2
. The back unit
20
is made up of a back body
21
, a securing block
22
, a sleeve body
23
, two fixing members
24
, two friction blocks
25
, two eccentric means
26
, and said extensible handle set
30
. The rear side of said back body
21
is provided with a plurality of fixing columns
211
distributed at both upper and lower sections thereof, a plurality of screw holes
212
circumscribed by an indented groove
213
at the middle section thereof, and a pair of arch sliding grooves
214
extending vertically at both left and right sections thereof. A two-stepped locating post
215
is disposed at both lower lateral sides of said back body
21
respectively. The securing block
22
, wide top and narrow bottom in shape, is provided with a plurality of fitting posts
221
aligned into a triangular shape at the inner top and lower sections thereof, and two recesses
222
defining both lateral flanges at the middle section thereof. The sleeve body
23
, a U-shaped block body, is equipped with a pair of semi-round guide ways
231
extending vertically at both left and right arms thereof. The top end of each semi-round guide ways
231
thereof is provided with a pair of securing plates
232
, each having a securing hole
233
disposed thereon, extending outwards from both left and right sides thereof, and an elongated slot
234
disposed at the front side thereof. The transverse bottom side of said sleeve body
23
is provided with an engaging plate
235
having a pair of screw holes
235
disposed thereon and a pair of U-shaped engaging slots
237
defining both left and right sides thereof, extending out and downwards thereof.
The fixing member
24
is provided with a pair of fixing plates
241
, each having a through hole disposed thereon, extending outwards at both left and right sides thereof and an elongated through hole
242
disposed at the front side thereof. Both top and bottom sides of said elongated through slot
242
are extended outwards with a pair of semi-round fixing parts
243
, each having a through hole disposed thereon. The friction block
25
, an elongated block body, is defined by elongated grooves
251
at the front side thereof. The eccentric means
26
is equipped with an oval-shaped pivot head
261
disposed at one side and a push blade
262
extending at the other side thereof. The oval-shaped pivot head
261
is provided with a through hole at the non-central section thereof.
The extensible handle set
30
comprises two stop parts
31
, two extensible inner tubes
32
, a lower tube
33
, an upper tube
34
, two outer tubes
35
, and two stopper covers
36
. The stop part
31
, a two-stepped round column, has a pin hole
311
disposed at the outer sphere of the small-diameter step thereof. The extensible inner tube
32
, a round pipe body, has a fixing hole
321
disposed at the outer sphere of both upper and lower ends thereof respectively. The lower tube
33
, a semi-round tubular body and faced upwards, is provided with a plurality of engaging columns
331
equidistantly distributed at the bottom thereof, and a pair of engaging grooves
332
disposed at both left and right sides thereof. The upper tube
34
, a semi-round tubular body and faced downwards, is provided with a plurality of engaging posts
341
equidistantly distributed at the bottom thereof, and a pair of projecting fixed columns
342
disposed at both left and right sides thereof. Each of said projecting fixed column
342
has an inserting hole
343
disposed at one side of the upper section thereof. The outer tube
35
, a round tubular body, is provided with an engaging groove
351
disposed at the bottom thereof and an engaging hole
352
disposed at one side of the outer sphere thereof. The stopper cover
36
, a semi-round cover body, has a pair of hook plates
361
, each extending into an inverted hook at the inner side thereof.
Please refer to
FIGS. 2
,
3
,
3
-A. The seat unit
40
is equipped with a seat body
41
, two coupling parts
42
, an L-shaped frame
43
, two footboards
44
, and two supporting plates
45
. The seat body
41
is made up of an inverted L-shaped seat board
411
and arched side flanges
412
projecting at both lateral sides thereof. At the lower front side of said seat board
411
and the inner side of both arched side flanges
412
thereof are disposed a multiple of equidistantly inserting slots
413
. At the lower outer side of both arched side flanges
412
are disposed a pair of semi-arch receiving grooves
414
, each equipped with a pair of fixing plates
415
with pin holes disposed at the center thereof. One of said fixing plate
415
disposed at the outer sides thereof is further provided with four slots. The underside of said seat board
411
is provided with a multiple of serrated engaging ribs
416
and four screw columns
417
, and the front side thereof is disposed an inverted U-shaped recess defined by projecting flanges
418
and inserting slots
413
at the edges thereof. A slant indent
419
is disposed at the rear end of each said arch side flange
412
thereof.
The coupling part
42
, an elongated box body and faced inwards, has an L-shaped sliding groove
421
disposed at the interior therein, and an elongated fixing piece
422
projecting at the front side thereof. The footboard
44
has locating pieces
441
disposed at the rear side and the back of one lateral side thereof, and an L-shaped hook means
442
projecting at the front of the other lateral side thereof. Said L-shaped hook means
442
is equipped with a pair of hook pieces
443
and a locating key
444
disposed below said hook pieces
443
at the bottom side thereof. The supporting plate
45
, a plate body of wide bottom and narrow top, has three oval through holes disposed at the bottom thereof, and a multiple of elongated locating holes
451
equidistantly distributed at the middle section thereon.
Please refer to
FIG. 3-A
. The front-wheel bracket set
50
comprises a rotary head
51
, a locking bolt
52
, an engaging block
53
, a big spring
54
, a small spring
55
, a front-wheel bracket
56
, and a screw nut
57
. Said rotary head
51
, a circular cover body and faced inward, has a rotary plate
521
disposed at the outer top side thereof, and a sleeve rod
512
with an inserted hole
513
disposed at one end thereon projecting at the inner side thereof. Said locking bolt
52
has a fitting hole
521
disposed at one side of one end thereof and outer threads
522
disposed at the other end thereof. Said engaging block
53
, circular in shape, is provided with a slot
531
disposed at the center thereof, and four engaging legs
532
projecting at the inner side from the edge thereof. Said front-wheel bracket
56
is provided with a locating groove
561
disposed at the upper side thereof, four locating holes
562
encircling said locating groove
561
thereof, and a rolling wheel
563
pivotally joined to the bottom side thereof.
Please refer to
FIG. 3-B
. The rear-wheel bracket set
60
comprises a rivet
61
, a rear-wheel bracket
62
, a strengthening plate
63
, a linking plate
64
, an extensible plate
65
, a compressing spring
66
, a rotary wheel
67
, and a multiple of ring washers
68
. The rear-wheel bracket
62
has a splined projecting hole
621
disposed at the inner side of one end thereof, and a rolling wheel
622
pivotally joined at the other end thereof with a multiple of screw piles
623
disposed at the inner middle section thereof. The strengthening plate
63
has a multiple of screw holes
631
disposed thereon, a ring
632
defined by three sets of equidistant engaging keys
633
disposed at one end thereof. The linking plate
64
has a linking hole
641
disposed at both ends thereof respectively, and an abutting block
642
disposed at the bottom side of one end thereof. The extensible plate
65
has a pivot hole
651
disposed both ends thereof respectively. The rotary wheel
67
is equipped with a two-stepped through hole
671
disposed at the center therein, splined groove
672
disposed at one side thereof, three equidistant indents
673
further defined the inner side of said splined groove
672
thereof, a splined shaft
674
disposed at the other side thereof, and a key
675
projecting at the surface of said splined shaft
674
thereon.
Please refer to
FIGS. 3
,
3
-C. The base unit
70
comprises a base body
71
, two stopper blocks
72
, two springs
73
, a wheel pivot seat
74
, a strengthening piece
75
, two strengthening rods
76
, two spring washers
77
, two adjusting blocks
78
, and two splined plates
79
. The base
71
is made up of a long pivot hole
711
disposed at the front side thereof, a pair of sliding slots
712
disposed at both lateral sides thereof, a multiple of locating flanges
713
equidistantly disposed at the bottom side thereof, a pair of hollow inserting posts
714
disposed at the rear left and right sides thereof, and four engaging ribs
715
disposed at the surface of each said hollow inserting post
714
thereof. The stopper block
72
is provided with a two-stepped rotary hole
721
disposed at the upper section thereof, four engaging holes
722
disposed at the front surface of the smaller diameter of said two-stepped rotary hole
721
thereof. The wheel pivot seat
74
is equipped with two pivot blocks
741
disposed at both left and right front sides thereof, four fixing columns
742
disposed at the top surface thereof, an arch shell
743
extending upwards at the rear side thereof, two pivot members
744
with pivot holes disposed at both left and right sides of said arch shell
743
thereof, and a trapezoid retaining room
745
defined at the front bottom side thereof.
Said trapezoid retaining room
745
has an inserting part
7451
disposed at the front inner side thereof, and four through holes
7452
disposed at the middle top side thereof. At the left and right back side of said trapezoid retaining room
745
is disposed a pair of mounting plates
746
with fixing holes disposed thereon. And a pair of elongated arch splined couplings
747
is disposed at the rear lateral sides of said base
74
thereof. At one end of said splined coupling
747
is disposed a splined joint
7471
having a slot disposed at the center thereof and two stopper grooves
7472
disposed at the outer surface thereof. At the top surface of said splined coupling
747
are disposed two screw columns
7473
extending vertically downwards, and a pin hole
7474
disposed at one lateral side thereof. A pair of wheel guards
748
is disposed at the front left and right sides of said base
74
thereof.
The strengthening piece
75
is made up of a large and a small parts with four screw holes
751
distributed at the surface of the small part thereof, and the strengthening rod
76
is formed a two-stepped hollow column. The adjusting block
78
, an elongated block body, is provided with a two-stepped pivot hinge
781
disposed at one lateral side thereof. The splined plate
79
has a splined hole
791
disposed at one side thereof, an arch flange
792
circumscribing the other side thereof, and a fixing means
793
extending at the bottom side thereof. The top surface of both said arch flange
792
and said fixing means
793
are provided with a pair of screw holes
794
respectively, while a pin hole
795
is disposed at the other side of said splined hole
791
thereof.
Please refer to
FIG. 3-D
. The mounting seat
80
is equipped with a mounting body
81
, two pin blocks
82
, two compressing springs
83
, a drawing member
84
, two inserting bolts
85
, two triangular fixing pieces
86
, and a wing panel
87
. The mounting body
81
is formed a trapezoid housing, having a slide guide way
811
disposed at the front top side thereof, a multiple of ribs
812
projecting at the front of said slide guide way
811
thereof, a multiple of locating posts
813
distributed properly at the underside thereof, and a mounting piece
814
with left and right mounting holes
8141
disposed thereon disposed at the back side thereof. An inserting piece
815
having left and right U-shaped escape grooves
8151
defined thereon is disposed, corresponding to said mounting piece
814
. A pair of left and right rectangular inserting blocks
816
, each having a connecting holes
8161
disposed at one side, is abutted against said inserting piece
815
thereof with said connecting holes
8161
thereof corresponding to said U-shaped escape grooves
8151
and said mounting holes
8141
thereof. The top side of each said inserting block
816
is provided with an engaging slot
8162
and the underside of said mounting body
81
is defined by a U-shaped retaining groove
817
.
The pin block
82
, a two-stepped means, has a pin hole
821
disposed at the end of smaller diameter thereof. The drawing member
84
is provided with a pair of mounting columns
841
disposed at the left and right sides thereof, and an arch drawing part
842
disposed at the upper middle section thereof. The inserting bolt
85
, a two-stepped bolt, has an inserting hole
851
disposed at the front end of the smaller diameter thereof. The triangular fixing piece
86
defined by an arch in the middle has fixing holes
861
disposed at the three comers thereof, while said wing panel
87
, a rectangular wing body with an arch middle section, is provided with four fitting holes
871
disposed at the four comers thereof.
Please refer to FIG.
4
. In assembly, the stop parts
31
are located at the lower end of said extensible inner tubes
32
and fixedly joined via inserted pins
90
led through said fixing holes
321
and said pin holes
311
thereof. Said upper and lower tubes
34
,
33
are closed and fixedly engaged therewith via screws
91
screwed up said engaging columns
331
and said engaging posts
342
thereof. The outer tube
35
is guided and sleeve joined to the periphery of said engaged upper and lower tubes
34
,
33
thereof. Said extensible inner tubes
32
are inserted to said projecting fixed columns
342
thereof and securely joined thereto via inserted pins
90
led and fixed said engaging holes
352
, inserting holes
343
and fixing holes
321
thereof. Said stopper covers
36
are located and hooked to both ends of said engaged upper, lower tubes
34
,
33
, and outer tubes
35
thereof via said hook plates
361
thereof.
The sleeve body
23
is placed at the rear side of said back body
21
. Said fixing members
24
are located at the upper section of said semi-round guide ways
231
thereof with said fixing plates
241
thereof abutting against said securing plates
232
thereof. Screws
91
are adapted to fixedly attach said sleeve body
23
to said back body
21
via said fixing plates
241
and said securing plates
232
thereof screw joined to the fixing columns
211
disposed at the upper section of said back body
21
thereof, and also via said screw holes
236
thereof engaged with the fixing columns
211
disposed at the lower section thereof. The extensible inner tubes
32
are led through the space formed by said arch sliding grooves
214
and said semi-round guide ways
231
thereof. The friction blocks
25
are led through the elongated through holes
242
thereof and pushed to the inner side of said elongated slots
234
thereof. The eccentric means
26
are located at said fixing members
24
via inserted pins
90
led through said fixing parts
243
and abutted tightly against said friction blocks
25
at one lateral side thereof. The two-stepped locating posts
215
are guided through the slant indents
419
thereof and located thereto via said coupling parts
42
whose sliding grooves
421
disposed therein are led through said locating posts
215
thereof and engaged said coupling parts
42
thereto. Via said coupling parts
42
, said back body
21
can be adjusted back and forth within said slant indents
419
thereof.
The L-shaped frame
43
is abutted against the rear side of the back body
21
and the underside of said seat body
41
. The lower section of said L-shaped frame
43
is engaged with said serrated engaging ribs
416
thereof and the upper section thereof is located by the U-shaped engaging slots
237
thereof to abut against the rear side of said back body
21
. The securing block
22
is fixed to the indented groove
413
via screws
91
, limiting the upper end of said L-shaped frame
43
at the recesses
222
therein. Said back body
21
will be limited in movement due to said L-shaped frame
43
. The footboards
44
are inserted to the inserting slots
413
of proper height via said locating pieces
441
. The supporting plates
45
are guided through said hook pieces
443
and fixed via said locating holes
451
thereof hooked to locating keys
444
of proper height for location.
The locking bolt
52
is inserted to the sleeve rod
512
of said rotary head
51
thereof and fixedly attached thereto via an inserted pin
90
led through said pin hole
513
and said fitting hole
521
thereof. Said engaging block
53
is led through said locking bolt
52
and received at the interior of said rotary head
51
thereof. The big spring
54
with said small spring
55
engaged therein is sleeve joined to the periphery of said sleeve rod
512
thereof. The front-wheel bracket
56
is located at said receiving groove
414
defined by said fixing plates
415
thereof. Said locking bolt
52
engaged with said rotary head
51
at one end is led through one of said fixing plate
415
thereof and the locating groove
561
thereof to be screwed up to the screw nut
57
disposed at the other fixing plate
415
thereof via said outer threads
522
disposed at the other end thereof. The four engaging legs
531
of said engaging block
53
thereof, inserted onto the four slots of said fixing plate
415
thereof and said four locating holes
562
thereof, will fixedly locate said front-wheel bracket
56
onto said fixing plates
415
thereof.
The stopper block
72
is joined to the hollow inserting post
714
via said two-stepped rotary hole
721
with the four engaging holes
722
thereof matching and joining to said four engaging ribs
715
thereof. A screw
91
with the spring
73
sleeve joined at the periphery thereof is led through the two-stepped rotary hole
721
and fastened to the hollow inserting post
714
, having said spring abutted against the small step of said two-step rotary hole
721
therein. Via said hollow inserting post
714
as a pivot, said stopper block
72
can be rotated up and down thereon. Said strengthening piece
75
is screw joined to the four through holes
7452
of said trapezoid retaining room
745
thereof via the four screw holes
751
thereof. The spring washer
77
is located at the two-stepped pivot hinge
781
of said adjusting block
78
thereof. The small step of said two-step strengthening rod is adapted to cover the top side of said pivot member
744
thereof. Said adjusting block
78
is then located at the underside of said pivot member
744
and pivotally joined thereto via a screw
91
. Via said pivot member
744
, said adjusting block
78
can be rotated back and forth thereon.
The long round rod
92
is led through the long pivot hole
711
thereof and the two pivot blocks
741
thereof at both end, engaging said base body
71
thereof with said wheel pivot seat
74
thereof at the front side thereof. The base body
71
is located at the top surface of said wheel pivot seat
74
, abutting against said adjusting blocks
78
at both rear left and right sides thereof. Said stopper blocks
72
are then rotated downwards at the other side of said adjusting blocks
78
to locate said adjusting blocks
78
into position, preventing said adjusting blocks
78
from being dislocated in use. Said wheel pivot seat
74
with said base body
71
located thereon is screw joined to the underside of said seat body
41
via screws
91
engaging the four fixing columns
742
thereof and said four screw columns
417
thereof. Said L-shaped frame
43
is engaged with said locating flanges
713
thereof at the bottom side thereof. Said splined plates
79
are engaged with said splined couplings
747
thereof via bolts joining the screw holes
794
thereof and the screw columns
7473
thereof.
The strengthening plate
63
is fastened to said rear-wheel bracket
62
via screws
91
. The compressing spring
66
is led and located at the large step of said two-stepped through hole
671
thereof. The rivet
61
along with a ring washer
68
is guided through said splined projecting hole
621
and said two-stepped through hole
671
thereof, and rivet joined to the slot disposed at the center of said splined joint
7471
thereof, pivotally engaging said rear-wheel bracket
62
and said rotary wheel
67
thereof with said wheel pivot seat
74
thereof. The extensible plate
65
along with a ring washers
68
is pivotally joined at one end to said splined coupling
747
thereof and said splined plate
79
attached thereto via an inserted pin
90
. The linking plate
64
along with a ring washer
68
is pivotally fixed at one end to the screw hole
631
of said strengthening plate
63
via an inserted pin
90
. The other end of said linking plate
64
along with a ring washer
68
is pivotally secured to the other end of said extensible plate
65
so that said extensible plate
65
can be stretched outwards for a certain distance for use.
The inserting bolts
85
are led through the mounting columns
841
thereof, and said compressing springs
83
are sandwiched at said mounting piece
814
and said inserting piece
815
therebetween. The small step of said two-stepped pin blocks
82
is led to the connecting holes
8161
thereof. Said drawing member
821
with said inserting bolts
85
attached thereto is covered from the back of said mounting body
81
, having said inserting bolts
85
led through the mounting holes
8141
thereof, said compressing springs
83
thereof, and the U-shaped escape grooves
8151
thereof and sleeve joined to said pin blocks
82
thereof. Inserted pins
90
are adapted to fixedly connect said inserting bolts
85
and said pin blocks
82
thereof via said engaging slots
8162
thereof to complete the assembly of the present invention.
Please refer to FIG.
5
. To adjust the angle of said back body
21
thereof, said stopper blocks
72
thereof are rotated upwards for said adjusting blocks
78
thereof to be rotated outwards as shown in
FIG. 5-A
. Without the abutment of said adjusting blocks
78
thereof, said base body
71
, hinging on said pivot blocks
741
thereof at the front, will descend for a certain height at the rear side thereof. Said L-shaped frame
43
can then be dislocated from said locating flanges
713
and easily adjusted back and forth on said serrated engaging ribs
416
thereof. Meanwhile, said back body
21
will be adjusted into different angles depending on the movement of said L-shaped frame
43
. When said back body
21
is adjusted into a proper angle, said base body
71
is raised upwards, and said adjusting blocks
78
and said stopper blocks
72
are rotated back to abut tightly against said base body
71
thereof. Said L-shaped frame
43
is re-located and engaged with said locating flanges
713
thereof and said back body
21
is proper adjusted into an angle.
Please refer to FIG.
6
. To assembly the present invention onto a rear carrier A of a bicycle, the ribs
812
of said mounting body
81
thereof are led through the slide guide way
811
of said wheel pivot seat
74
and engaged with the inserting part
7451
thereof. The drawing member
84
engaged with said mounting body
81
is withdrawn, pulling back said inserting bolts
85
and said pin blocks
82
thereof, and compressing said compressing springs
83
thereof. When said inserting bolts
85
and said pin blocks
82
are drawn backwards, said mounting body
81
is raised upwards to abut against the underside of said wheel pivot seat
74
and received at said trapezoid retaining room
745
therein. The mounting pates
746
of said wheel pivot seat
74
are led through the slots
8162
thereof and engaged with said inserting blocks
816
therein. When the withdrawn drawing member
84
is released, said inserting bolts
85
and said pin blocks
82
thereof will be brought back via said compressing springs
83
thereof. Said pin blocks
82
led through said connecting holes
8161
will be relocated at said inserting blocks
816
therein to secure said wheel pivot seat
74
onto said mounting seat
80
thereof. Said mounting seat
80
engaged with said wheel pivot seat
74
thereof is then adapted to said rear carrier A thereof. Said triangular pieces
86
and wing panel
87
are applied from the underside of said mounting body
81
to fixedly secure said mounting seat
80
thereof onto said rear carrier A of a bicycle as shown in FIG.
6
.
Please refer to FIG.
7
. To use the present invention as a stroller, said back-wheel brackets
62
along with said rotary wheels
67
are pulled backwards for a proper distance. Said compressing springs
66
are thus compressed tight accordingly. After being stretched to the maximum, said back-wheel brackets
62
are released to bring back said rotary wheels
67
via said compressing springs
66
. The keys disposed at the surface of said splined shaft
674
thereof will be engaged with the stopper grooves
7472
disposed at the lower surface of said splined joints
7471
thereof, having said rear-wheel brackets
62
relocated in position and said rolling wheels
622
abutted against the ground for use. Said splined projecting holes
621
thereof are securely engaged with said splined grooves
672
thereof, preventing said rear-wheel brackets
62
from dislocation when pushed in practical use.
Said rotary heads
51
are rotated outwards via said locking bolts
52
to get said engaging blocks
53
retained therein and abutted by the compressed big and small springs
54
thereof to slide outwards accordingly. The four engaging legs
532
thereof will be dislocated from the four locating holes
562
of said front-wheel brackets
56
which is then bent downwards for said rolling wheels
563
attached thereto to abut against the ground. Said rotary heads
51
are rotated back to the first place, having said front-wheel brackets
56
re-located via said four engaging legs
532
thereof re-engaged with said four locating holes
562
thereof.
Said eccentric means
26
abutted against said friction blocks
25
at one side are swung in a certain angle to release said friction blocks
25
thereof and produce a gap therebetween. The engaged upper and lower tubes
34
,
33
are then pulled upwards to draw up and adjust said extensible inner tubes
32
into a proper height. Said stop parts
31
thereof will prevent said extensible inner tubes
32
from sliding out of said sleeve body
23
thereof. Said eccentric means
26
are then swung back to abut tightly against said friction blocks
25
which will hold the adjusted extensible inner tubes
32
in location for use as shown in FIG.
7
.
Please refer to FIG.
8
. To use the present invention as a normal baby seat, both back-wheel brackets
62
are let down first. Said supporting plates are adjusted at said hook pieces
443
thereon into proper height and fixedly located via said elongated locating holes
451
thereof engaged with said locating keys
444
thereof. Said front-wheel brackets
56
are swung inwards and stored away. Said footboards
44
can be dislocated from said inserting slots
413
thereof and relocated into inserting slots
413
of proper height so as to adjust said footboards
44
for use.
Claims
- 1. An improved baby seat structure for bicycles, comprising a back unit, a seat unit, an extensible handle set, two front-wheel bracket sets, two rear-wheel bracket sets, a base unit, a mounting seat, a plurality of inserted pins and screws, and a long round rod; wherein:said back unit is made up of a back body, a securing block, a sleeve body, two fixing members, two friction blocks, two eccentric means, and an extensible handle set wherein the rear side of said back body having a plurality of fixing columns distributed at both upper and lower sections thereof, a plurality of screw holes circumscribed by an indented groove at the middle section thereof, and a pair of arch sliding grooves extending vertically at both left and right sections thereof, a two-stepped locating post being disposed at both lower lateral sides of said back body respectively; said securing block, wide top and narrow bottom in shape, having a plurality of fitting posts disposed thereon and two recesses defining both lateral flanges thereof; said sleeve body, a U-shaped block body, having a pair of semi-round guide ways extending at both left and right arms thereof, a pair of securing plates with securing holes thereon disposed at the top end of each said guide way, an elongated slot disposed at the front side of each said guide way, and an engaging plate having a pair of screw holes and a pair of U-shaped engaging slots defined thereon disposed at the transverse bottom side of said sleeve body thereof; said fixing member having a pair of fixing plates with through holes thereon disposed at both left and right sides thereof, an elongated through hole disposed at the front side thereof and a pair of semi-round fixing parts disposed at both top and bottom sides of said elongated through holes; said friction blocks having elongated grooves disposed at the front side thereof; said eccentric means having an oval-shaped pivot head with a through hole thereon disposed at the one side and a push blade extending at the other end thereof; said extensible handle set comprising two stop parts, two extensible inner tubes, an upper tube and a lower tube, two outer tubes, and two stopper covers wherein each said stop part, a two-stepped round column, having a pin hole disposed at the outer sphere of the small step thereof; each said extensible inner tube, a round pipe body, having a fixing hole disposed at the outer sphere of both upper and lower ends thereof respectively; said lower tube, a semi-round tubular body, having a plurality of engaging columns equidistantly distributed at the bottom thereof, and a pair of left and right engaging grooves disposed thereon; said upper tube, a semi-round tubular body, having a plurality of engaging posts equidistantly distributed at the bottom thereof, and a pair of left and right projecting fixed columns with inserting holes disposed thereon; said outer tube, a round tubular body, having an engaging groove disposed at the bottom thereof and an engaging hole disposed at one side thereof; each said stopper cover, a semi-round cover body, having a pair of hook plates disposed at the inner side thereof; said seat unit is equipped with a seat body, two coupling parts, an L-shaped frame, two footboards, and two supporting plates wherein said seat body has an inverted L-shaped seat board, arched side flanges with a multiple of inserting slots disposed thereon projecting at both lateral sides thereof, and a pair of semi-arch receiving grooves each defined by a pair of fixing plates disposed at the lower side of said arched side flanges thereof; one of said fixing plates thereof having four slots disposed thereon; the underside of said seat board having a multiple of serrated engaging ribs and four screw columns, and the front side thereof having an inverted U-shaped recess defined by projecting flanges and inserting slots at the edges thereof; a slant indent being disposed at the rear of each said arch side flange thereof; said coupling part, an elongated box body, having an L-shaped sliding groove disposed at the interior therein, and an elongated fixing piece projecting at the front side thereof; each said footboard having locating pieces disposed at two sides thereof, and an L-shaped hook means with a pair of hook pieces and a locating key disposed thereon projecting at the third side thereof; each said supporting plate having three oval through holes disposed at the bottom thereof, and a multiple of elongated locating holes equidistantly distributed at the middle section thereon; said front-wheel bracket set comprises a rotary head, a locking bolt, an engaging block, a big spring and a small spring, a front-wheel bracket, and a screw nut wherein said rotary head, a circular cover body, having a rotary plate disposed at the outer top side thereof, and a sleeve rod with an inserted hole thereon projecting at the inner side thereof; said locking bolt having a fining hole disposed at one end thereof and outer threads disposed at the other end thereof; said engaging block, circular in shape, having a slot disposed at the center thereof, and four engaging legs projecting at one side thereof; said front-wheel bracket having a locating groove encircled by four locating holes disposed at one end thereof and a rolling wheel pivotally joined to the other end thereof; said rear-wheel bracket set comprises a rivet, a rear-wheel bracket, a strengthening plate, a linking plate, an extensible plate, a compressing spring, a rotary wheel, and a multiple of ring washers wherein said rear-wheel bracket having a splined projecting hole disposed at the inner side of one end thereof, and a rolling wheel pivotally joined at the other end thereof with a multiple of screw piles disposed at the inner middle section thereof; said strengthening plate having a multiple of screw holes disposed thereon, and a ring defined by three sets of equidistant engaging keys disposed at one end thereof; said linking plate having a linking hole disposed at both ends thereof respectively, and an abutting block disposed at the bottom side thereof; said extensible plate having a pivot hole disposed on both ends thereof respectively; said rotary wheel having a two-stepped through hole disposed at the center therein, a splined groove with three equidistant indents defined at the inner side thereon disposed at one side thereof, and a splined shaft with a key projected thereon disposed at the other side thereof; said base unit comprises a base body, two stopper blocks, two springs, a wheel pivot seat, a strengthening piece, two strengthening rods, two spring washers, two adjusting blocks, and two splined plates wherein said base body having a long pivot hole disposed at the front side thereof, a pair of sliding slots disposed at both lateral sides thereof, a multiple of locating flanges equidistantly disposed at the bottom side thereof, a pair of left and right hollow inserting posts, each having four engaging ribs disposed thereon, disposed at the rear side thereof; said stopper block having a two-stepped rotary hole with four engaging holes disposed at the small step thereof disposed at the upper section thereof; said wheel pivot seat having left and right pivot blocks disposed at the front side thereof, four fixing columns disposed at the top surface thereof, an arch shell extending upwards at the rear side thereof, two pivot members with pivot holes disposed at both left and right sides of said arch shell thereof, a trapezoid retaining room with an inserting part, four through holes, and a pair of mounting plates disposed thereon defined at the front bottom side thereof, and a pair of elongated arch splined couplings, each having a splined joint with a slot and two stopper grooves disposed at one side, and two screw columns and a pin hole disposed at the other side, attached at the rear lateral sides thereof, and a pair of left and right wheel guards disposed at the front side thereof; said strengthening piece having a large and a small parts with four screw holes distributed at the small part thereon; said strengthening rod being a two-stepped hollow column; said adjusting block having a two-stepped pivot hinge disposed at one lateral side thereof; said splined plate having a splined hole disposed at one side thereof, an arch flange and a fixing means both of which having a pair of screw holes disposed thereon, and a pin hole disposed at the other side thereof; said mounting seat is equipped with a mounting body, two pin blocks, two compressing springs, a drawing member, two inserting bolts, two triangular fixing pieces, and a wing panel wherein said mounting body of a trapezoid housing having a slide guide way and a multiple of ribs disposed at the front top side thereof, a multiple of locating posts, and a mounting piece with left and right mounting holes disposed thereon, an inserting piece with left and right U-shaped escape grooves defined thereon, a pair of left and right rectangular inserting blocks with connecting holes disposed at one side corresponding to said U-shaped escape grooves and said mounting holes thereof and an engaging slot disposed at the top thereof, and a U-shaped retaining groove disposed at the underside thereof; said pin blocks, a two-stepped means, having a pin hole disposed at the small step thereof; said drawing member having a pair of mounting columns disposed at the left and right sides thereof, and an arch drawing part disposed at the upper middle section thereof; each said inserting bolt, a two-stepped bolt, having an inserting hole disposed at the front end of the small step; said triangular fixing piece having fixing holes disposed at the three corners thereof; said wing panel having four fitting holes disposed at the four corners thereof; in assembly, the stop parts are located at the lower end of said extensible inner tubes and fixedly joined thereto via inserted pins; after said upper and lower tubes are fixedly engaged therewith via screws, said outer tube is sleeve joined to the periphery of said engaged upper and lower tubes; said extensible inner tubes are then inserted to said projecting fixed columns thereof and securely joined thereto via inserted pins; said stopper covers are fixed to both ends of said engaged upper, lower, and outer tubes via said hook plates thereof; said sleeve body is placed at the rear side of said back body; said fixing members are located at the upper section of said semi-round guide ways thereof to fix said sleeve body to said back body via screws; said extensible inner tubes are led through the space formed by said arch sliding grooves and said semi-round guide ways thereof; said friction blocks are led through the elongated through holes thereof and pushed to the inner side of said elongated slots thereof;. said eccentric means are located at said fixing members via inserted pins to abut tightly against said friction blocks at one lateral side thereof; said two-stepped locating posts are guided through the slant indents thereof and located thereto via said coupling parts thereof which can adjust said back body back and forth within said slant indents thereof; said L-shaped frame is abutted against the rear side of said back body and the underside of said seat body, whose lower section is engaged with said serrated engaging ribs thereof and the upper section thereof is located by the U-shaped engaging slots thereof; said securing block is fixed to the indented groove via screws, limiting the upper end of said L-shaped frame at the recesses therein; said footboards are inserted to the inserting slots of proper height via said locating pieces thereof; said supporting plates are guided through said hook pieces and fixed in location via said locating holes thereof hooked to locating keys of proper height; said locking bolt is fixedly attached to the sleeve rod of said rotary head thereof via an inserted pin; said engaging block is led through said locking bolt and received at the interior of said rotary head thereof; said big spring engaged with said small spring is sleeve joined to the periphery of said sleeve rod thereof; said front-wheel bracket is located at said receiving groove defined by said fixing plates of said seat body thereof; said locking bolt engaged with said rotary head at one end is led through one of said fixing plates thereof and screwed up to the screw nut disposed at the other fixing plate thereof via said outer threads disposed at the other end thereof with the four engaging legs of said engaging block thereof inserted onto the four slots of said fixing plate thereof and said four locating holes thereof to fixedly locate said front-wheel bracket onto said seat body thereof; said stopper block is joined to the hollow inserting post via said two-stepped rotary hole; a screw with the spring thereof joined at the periphery thereof is led through the two-stepped rotary hole and fastened to the hollow inserting post with said spring abutted against the small step of said rotary hole thereof; via said hollow inserting post, said stopper block can be rotated up and down thereon; said strengthening piece is screw joined to the four through holes of said trapezoid retaining room thereof; the small step of said two-step strengthening rod is adapted to cover the top side of said pivot member thereof and said adjusting block is located at the underside of said pivot member and pivotally joined thereto via a screw; via said pivot member, said adjusting block can be swung back and forth thereon; said long round rod is led through the long pivot hole of said base body and the two pivot blocks of said wheel pivot seat to engage said base body thereof with said wheel pivot seat thereof at the front side thereof; said base body is located at the top surface of said wheel pivot seat, abutting against said adjusting blocks at the rear thereof; said stopper blocks are then rotated downwards at the other side of said adjusting blocks to locate said adjusting blocks, preventing the dislocation of said base body in use; said wheel pivot seat with said base body located thereon is screw joined to the underside of said seat body via screws, having said L-shaped frame located by said locating flanges of said base body thereof at the bottom end thereof; said splined plates, pivotally joined to said rear wheel brackets via said rotary and said strengthening, linking, and extensible plates, are engaged with said splined couplings to attach said rear-wheel brackets onto said wheel pivot seat thereof; said two-stepped pin blocks of said mounting seat are led to the connecting holes of said inserting blocks thereof by the small step thereof; said drawing member is engaged with said mounting body thereof via said inserting bolts led through the mounting holes of said mounting piece thereof, said compressing springs thereof, and the U-shaped escape grooves of said inserting piece thereof and sleeve joined to said pin blocks thereof; inserted pins are adapted to fixedly connect said inserting bolts and said pin blocks thereof via said engaging slots of said inserting blocks thereof to complete the assembly of the improved baby seat station; whereby, the improved baby seat station can be easily adjusted for different uses such as a baby seat for bicycles wherein said mounting seat thereof is fixedly secured onto a rear carrier of a bicycle via said triangular fixing pieces and said panel wing, a baby stroller wherein said front-wheel brackets and said rear-wheel brackets are swung down to abut against the ground while said extensible handle set is drawn to a proper height for use, and a normal baby seat wherein said rear-wheel brackets are swung downwards to abut against the ground while said front-wheel brackets are stored away at said receiving grooves of said seat body thereof, and said supporting plates are adjusted at said L-shaped hook means of said seat body into a proper height to abut against the ground and then located via said locating key thereof engaged with said locating holes of proper height.
- 2. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein the two extensible inner tubes thereof can slide in the space formed by the semi-round guide ways of said sleeve body thereof and the arch sliding grooves disposed at the rear side of said back body thereof.
- 3. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said eccentric means abutting against said friction block at one lateral side thereof and attached to said semi-round fixing parts of said fixing members thereof at the top and bottom sides thereof can be swung back and forth thereon.
- 4. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said L-shaped frame can be moved back and forth on said serrated engaging ribs of said seat body thereof for relocation to adjust the angle of said back unit thereof for use.
- 5. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base body thereof can swing up and down via the two pivot blocks of said wheel pivot seat thereof.
- 6. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said stopper blocks thereof can be rotated up and down via said hollow inserting posts of said base body thereof.
- 7. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said adjusting blocks can be rotated to and fro via said pivot members of said wheel pivot seat thereof.
- 8. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said footboards engaged with said inserting slots of said seat body thereof can be dislocated and adjusted into a proper height before relocated thereto.
- 9. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said supporting plates can be adjusted on the hook pieces of said footboards into a proper height and relocated via said locating keys of said L-shaped hook means engaged with locating holes of proper height thereof.
- 10. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rotary head can be rotated via said locking bolt secured to one of said fixing plates of said seat body thereof at one end thereof.
- 11. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said engaging block retained at the inner side of said rotary head can slide to and fro therewith when pressed by said compressed big and small springs thereof.
- 12. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said front-wheel brackets can be swung up and down at said semi-arch receiving grooves defined by said fixing plates of said seat body thereof.
- 13. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claim in claim 1 wherein said rear-wheel brackets with said rotary wheels thereof can be swung up and down at said wheel pivot seat thereof via said splined couplings thereof.
- 14. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said mounting seat can be moved up and down to engage with or disengage from said wheel pivot seat thereof.
- 15. The improved baby seat structure for bicycles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said drawing member can be pulled and released back and forth at the rear of said mounting body thereof.
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Number |
Date |
Country |
0232800 |
Feb 1987 |
DE |
2718410 |
Apr 1994 |
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