The present invention relates generally to a divider to be used within a stroller for use in transporting young children, and, more particularly, to a divider structure between the adjacent seats that will restrict contact by and between the children.
Strollers for transporting young children are widely available, and typically come in two varieties—collapsible and non-collapsible versions. The collapsible design allows for folding the stroller into a position to allow ease of storage. The non-collapsible design is ordinarily constructed with seats molded into the stroller frame. Strollers are operated by pushing the stroller manually after the children are secured into their seats.
On occasion, in the course of operating the stroller, children will reach across the stroller to the adjacent seat and make physical contact with the child seated in the adjacent seat. This contact may at times be innocuous, but at other times may result in annoyance or actual injury involving poking, punching or the pulling of hair. There currently is no product designed to prevent such contact. Caregivers are charged with the duty of maintaining the safety of the children being transported. The ability of children to make contact with another child presents an obvious impediment to a caregiver's ability to properly protect the children. The solution to this problem with currently commercially available strollers is to create a vertical divider between the children spanning the entire length of the seated body, inhibiting a child's ability to touch his/her seated neighbor.
It is an object of this invention to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a split occupant dividing structure that prevents contact between children seated next to one another in a stroller.
It is a feature of this invention that the dividing structure is constructed of a PMMA material that allows children and the caregiver(s) the ability to see one another at all times.
It is another feature of this invention that the mounting bar and the entire unit, is removable such that it need not be utilized in instances where non-aggressive children are seated
It is an advantage of this invention that the divider is of a thickness to withstand tactile pressure exerted by a child under the age of 3½ years old.
It is still another feature of this invention that assembly is affixed to the mounting bar by means of two releasable mounting clamps designed to reasonably prevent lateral rotation of the assembly when in use.
It is another advantage of this invention that the stroller geometry is of a shape that will prevent contact of the upper and lower bodies of occupants in adjacent seats of the stroller.
These and other objects, features and advantages are accomplished according to the instant invention by providing An Occupant divider structure for a child's stroller utilizes a PMMA acrylic plastic sheet affixed by two releasable clamps to a bar extending vertically from a slotted insert receptacle that extends upwardly from the seat hack center between two “side-by-side occupant seats in a molded stroller frame. The shape of the PMMA sheet is designed so as to prevent contact by and between infants/toddlers occupying adjacent seats.
Now referring to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout,
Although a structure contemplated by the inventors for carrying out the invention is disclosed above, practice of the invention disclosed herein is not limited thereto. It will be manifest that various additions, modifications, and rearrangements of the features of the disclosed invention may be made without deviating from the spirit and scope of the underlying inventive concept.
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