IP Library Granted Patent US 8,727,191
Granted Patent B2
US 8,727,191 · App. 13/274,449 · Granted May 20, 2014

Child stroller apparatus having a tray mounted with a cup holder

Inventors: Andrew J. Winterhalter (West Lawn, PA); Robert E. Haut (West Chester, PA); Joseph F. Fiore, Jr. (Lebanon, PA); Curtis M. Hartenstine (Birdsboro, PA); Linhai Shan (Central Hong Kong, HK)
Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,727,191
App. No.
13/274,449
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stroller apparatus can comprise a handle having two side segments, a tray assembled between the two side segments, and a cup holder movably mounted with the tray. The cup holder is adjustable between a first position retracted close to the tray to limit access to the cup holder, and a second position deployed away from the tray to facilitate access to the cup holder.

Claims (14)

1. A tray assembly suitable for use with a stroller apparatus, comprising:

a tray having an interior cavity that is substantially opened downward and is delimited upward by an upper wall of the tray, the tray including a connection element arranged at an underside of the upper wall; and

an adjustable cup holder restrainedly held with the upper wall via a fastening element that fixedly engages with the upper wall, the cup holder including a holder portion, and an arm joined with the holder portion and pivotally connected with the tray about the connection element, the cup holder being operable to rotate relative to the tray between a first position retracted in the interior cavity, and a second position deployed substantially outside the interior cavity, the cup holder hanging from the upper wall in the first and second positions;

wherein the connection element includes a post protruding downward from the upper wall and having a surface provided with a first stop structure and a second stop structure spaced apart from each other, and the arm includes a cavity through which the post is inserted, an end of the post terminating in the cavity, the cavity having a sidewall provided with an interference element configured to engage with either of the first and second stop structures to hold the cup holder in either of the first and second positions.

2. The tray assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the holder portion is substantially stowed in an interior of the tray when the cup holder is in the first position.

3. A stroller apparatus comprising:

a handle having two side segments;

a tray assembled between the two side segments, the tray having an interior cavity that is substantially opened downward and is delimited upward by an upper wall of the tray, the tray including a connection element arranged at an underside of the upper wall; and

a cup holder restrainedly held with the upper wall of the tray via a fastening assembly that prevents falling of the cup holder, the cup holder including a holder portion, and an arm joined with the holder portion and pivotally connected with the tray about the connection element, the cup holder being operable to rotate relative to the tray between a first position retracted in the interior cavity, and a second position deployed substantially outside the interior cavity, the cup holder hanging from the upper wall in the first and second positions;

wherein the connection element includes a post protruding downward from the upper wall and having a surface provided with a first stop structure and a second stop structure spaced apart from each other, and the arm includes a cavity through which the post is inserted, an end of the post terminating in the cavity, the cavity having a sidewall provided with an interference element configured to engage with either of the first and second stop structures to hold the cup holder in either of the first and second positions.

4. The stroller apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first and second stop structures include recesses, and the interference element includes a detent.

5. The stroller apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the holder portion is substantially stowed in an interior of the tray when the cup holder is in the first position.

6. The stroller apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein one of the side segments extends at an inclined angle right above the holder portion to limit access to the holder portion when the cup holder is located in the first position.

7. The stroller apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the holder portion is located at an outer side of the handle when the cup holder is in the second position.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2018
From: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
To: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 046239/0356 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2011
From: WINTERHALTER, ANDREW J.; HAUT, ROBERT E.; FIORE, JOSEPH F., JR; HARTENSTINE, CURTIS M.; SHAN, LINHAI
To: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027069/0702 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61455565 · Oct 21, 2010
Provisional Application 61459560 · Dec 15, 2010
Related Publication 20120097721A1 · Apr 26, 2012