Baby seat structure for bicycles

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6612645
  • Patent Number
    6,612,645
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, June 6, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, September 2, 2003
    20 years ago
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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