Claims
- 1. A collapsible three-wheeled stroller for transporting a child, said stroller comprising:
a frame movable between folded and unfolded conditions, a handle mounted on an upper portion of the frame for pushing the stroller, only one front wheel and two rear wheels rotatably mounted on a lower portion of the frame, a seat on the frame for supporting a child, the frame being constructed from a plurality of articulated frame members movable from said unfolded condition to said folded condition with accompanying motion of the rear wheels toward one another and a generally forward and downward motion of the handle.
- 2. A stroller as set forth in claim 1 wherein the upper portion of the frame includes a pair of side members movable from an inclined position when the frame is in its unfolded condition to a collapsed position overlying the lower portion of the frame when the frame is in said folded condition.
- 3. A stroller as set forth in claim 2 wherein said side members extend rearwardly from generally adjacent the front wheel of the stroller toward the back of the stroller, the upper frame portion having no transverse members between said side members so that the stroller is adapted to automatically move to a collapsed condition when a rear frame member is moved to its collapsed condition.
- 4. A stroller as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a single locking mechanism to lock the frame in its unfolded condition, and wherein the frame is free of any other locking mechanism so that movement of the frame from said unfolded condition to said folded condition may be accomplished without the need to disengage any locking mechanism other than said single locking mechanism.
- 5. A method of collapsing a collapsible three-wheeled stroller for transporting a child, the stroller including a frame having upper and lower portions movable between folded and unfolded conditions, said frame comprising a plurality of articulated frame members, a handle mounted on the upper portion of the frame for pushing the stroller, only one front wheel and two rear wheels rotatably mounted on the lower portion of the frame, a seat on the frame for supporting a child, and a latching device for locking the frame in said unfolded condition, the method comprising:
simultaneously disengaging the latching device and moving one of said articulated frame members toward a collapsed position to cause accompanying motion of the rear wheels toward one another and a generally forward and downward motion of the handle.
- 6. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the simultaneous disengaging and moving steps are accomplished solely by a foot of a user.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/415,096 filed Oct. 8, 1999, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Continuations (1)
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09415096 |
Oct 1999 |
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09969070 |
Oct 2001 |
US |