Wagon-car seat adapter
View Patent ↗An apparatus for releasably mounting an infant carrier to a wagon includes a first member having a lower portion with a substantially U-shaped cross-section and configured to detachably engage a top portion of an end wall of said wagon, and at least one crossbar fixedly attached to an upper portion of the first member. A second member is detachably affixed in a transverse fashion between two side walls of said wagon. A distance between the first member and the second member is adjustable to suit the locking assembly arranged on the infant carrier and/or on the first and second members in order to releasably mount the infant carrier on the wagon.
1. An apparatus for releasably mounting an infant carrier to a wagon having a bottom wall, sidewalls supported at opposite lateral edges of the bottom wall and end walls supported at opposite end edges of the bottom wall, the apparatus comprising:
a first securing unit having a lower portion with a substantially U-shaped cross-section that detachably affixes to a top portion of one end wall of said wagon, and a first crossbar fixedly attached to an upper portion of said first securing unit; and
a second securing unit that includes (a) two attachment units, each attachment unit having a lower portion with a substantially U-shaped cross-section that detachably affixes to a top portion of one sidewall and (b) a second crossbar extending between the attachment units,
wherein,
the first and second crossbars are parallel to each other when the first and second securing units are mounted on the wagon,
each of the first crossbar and the second crossbar accommodates a first clamping unit or a second clamping unit of a mounting assembly on the infant carrier, the first and second clamping units being separated by a distance,
a distance between the first securing unit and the second securing unit is adjusted by sliding both attachment units along the top portion of the sidewalls of the wagon to match the distance between the first clamping unit and the second clamping unit of the mounting assembly on the infant carrier.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the infant carrier is a car seat.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first crossbar is separated into two sections.
4. A method for releasably mounting an infant carrier to a wagon having a bottom wall, side walls supported at opposite lateral edges of the bottom wall and end walls supported at opposite end edges of the bottom wall, the method comprising the steps of:
detachably affixing a lower portion of a first securing unit having a substantially U-shaped cross-section to a top portion of one end wall of said wagon, the first securing unit having a first crossbar fixedly attached to an upper portion of said first securing unit ;and
detachably affixing two attachment units of a second securing unit each having a lower portion with a substantially U-shaped cross-section to a top portion of one sidewall, a second crossbar extending between the attachment units, each of the first crossbar and the second crossbar accommodates a first clamping unit or a second clamping unit of a mounting assembly on the infant carrier, the first and second clamping units being separated by a distance; and adjusting a distance between
the first securing unit and the second securing unit by sliding both attachment units along the top portion of the sidewalls of the wagon to match the distance between the first clamping unit and the second clamping unit of the mounting assembly on the infant carrier
wherein,
the first and second crossbar are parallel to each other when the first and second securing units are mounted on the wagon.