Adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control
View Patent ↗An adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control has a seat, a pair of rotating joints, and a one-handed adjusting mechanism. The pair of rotating joints are rotatively mounted on both sides of the seat and have a pair of connectors for detachably insertion into a pair of hold sockets firmly mounted on two sides of a baby stroller frame. A clutch member is movably received and engaged inside the rotating joint, and operatively associated with the one-handed adjusting mechanism via a flexible element. When a user actuates the clutch member by manipulating the one-handed adjusting mechanism, the rotating joint can rotatively modify its inclination relative to the baby stroller frame, so as to modify the inclination of the seat.
1. An adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control, comprising:
a seat having a seat support, a back support, and a pair of pivotal bases firmly connected at the both sides of the seat, wherein each of the pivotal bases has a toothed inner surface;
a pair of rotating joints pivotally connected to the pair of pivotal bases, each of the rotating joints having a toothed inner surface and a connector, the connector extending downwardly at one end for detachably connecting with a baby stroller frame;
a clutch member having a toothed wheel, a resilient element and a propeller, the resilient element being biased on the toothed wheel to keep the toothed wheel movably and slidably engaged with both the toothed inner surface of the pivotal base and the toothed inner surface of the rotating joint simultaneously; and
a one handed adjusting mechanism having a remote actuator and a flexible element, the remote actuator being connected to the propeller by the flexible element to drive the toothed wheel to disengage from the toothed inner surface of the rotating joint.
2. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a pair of holder sockets is mounted on both sides of the baby stroller frame for detachably receiving the respective connectors of the pair of rotating joints.
3. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the baby stroller frame has a linkage system that is reversibly foldable from an erect position to a collapsed position.
4. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clutch member is driven by the one handed adjusting mechanism to disengage from the toothed inner surface of the rotating joint, so as to allow the seat to rotate about the rotating joint, thereby modifying the inclination of the seat.
5. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat is integrally made of plastic.
6. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat includes a seat frame with a flexible seat fabric for forming the seat support and the back support.
7. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the propeller is rotatably received within the rotating joint and has a slanted surface for urging in the toothed wheel to move and disengage from the toothed inner surface of the rotating joint.
8. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the toothed wheel has a prop-up slanted surface corresponding to the slanted surface of the propeller.
9. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is a compression spring.
10. The adjustable seat for a baby stroller with one-handed inclination control as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the remote actuator includes a base and a manipulating handle, the base being mounted at one end of the seat and the manipulating handle being pivotally connected to the base and connected to the propeller via the flexible element.