IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,493,179
Granted Patent B2
US 9,493,179 · App. 10/493,652 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Trolley

Inventor: Bjørn Refsum (Alesund, NO)
Assignee: Stokke AS
B62B9/26B62B1/002B62B3/027B62B5/082B62B7/02B62B7/08B62B7/123B62B5/065
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Patent No.
US 9,493,179
App. No.
10/493,652
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention comprises a trolley with an frame ( 1 ) with wheels ( 10, 11 ) and at least one handle ( 5 ), which is characterized in that the frame ( 1 ) comprises: a main supporting rod ( 2 ), equipped with the handle ( 5 ) at the upper end, and at least one wheel ( 11 ) at the lower end; a sub-supporting rod ( 7 ), fastened at its upper end to the main supporting rod ( 2 ) between the extreme ends of the main supporting rod, and equipped with at least one wheel ( 10 ) at the lower end; and wherein the wheels ( 11 ) are fastened to the main supporting rod via a first crosspiece ( 4 ) and/or where the wheels ( 10 ) are fastened to the sub-supporting rod via a second crosspiece ( 9 ).

Claims (13)

1. A trolley for children, comprising a frame with wheels, and at least one detachable seat module the frame of the trolley comprising: a central main supporting rod; and a central sub-supporting rod, fastened at its upper end to the main supporting rod between the outer ends of the main supporting rod in a rotatable fashion directly or via a joint for rotation in the plane through the main supporting rod and the sub-supporting rod, said sub-supporting rod having a second crosspiece at the lower end, and said sub-supporting rod and second crosspiece being in one piece; wherein the trolley further comprises a handle at the upper end of the main supporting rod and a first crosspiece at the lower end of the main supporting rod, where the first crosspiece is a platform configured to support a standing child and having wheels at each extremity; wherein the second crosspiece has wheels at each extremity; and

wherein the seat module is detachably fastened to the main supporting rod, alternatively by the slider track, or on the opposite side in relation to the sub-supporting rod.

2. The trolley according to claim 1 , wherein the seat module is fastened to the main supporting rod alternatively by the slider track via a fastening bracket.

3. The trolley according to claim 1 , wherein the seat module may be fastened to the main supporting rod, alternatively by the slider track, or by fastening the fastening bracket with the seating direction, either against or away from the main supporting rod.

4. The trolley according to claim 1 , wherein the seat module is a child car-seat.

5. The trolley according to claim 1 , the seat module, or a back-of-the-seat on the seat module, may be rotated and alternatively locked between two outer positions in relation to the main supporting rod.

6. The trolley according to claim 5 , wherein the two outer positions include a sitting position and a sleeping position.

7. The trolley according to claim 1 , wherein the seat module has a foot rest mounted in the lower edge of the sitting area.

8. The trolley according to claim 1 , wherein the seat module is height adjustable.

9. A trolley for children, comprising a frame with wheels, and at least one detachable seat module the frame of the trolley comprising: a central main supporting rod; and a central sub-supporting rod, fastened at its upper end to the main supporting rod between the outer ends of the main supporting rod in a rotatable fashion directly or via a joint for rotation in the plane through the main supporting rod and the sub-supporting rod, said sub-supporting rod having a second crosspiece at the lower end, and said sub-supporting rod and second crosspiece being in one piece; wherein the trolley further comprises a handle at the upper end of the main supporting rod and a first crosspiece at the lower end of the main supporting rod, where the first crosspiece is a platform configured to support a standing child and having wheels at each extremity; wherein the second crosspiece has wheels at each extremity; and

wherein the sub-supporting rod may be rotated into a folded position in which the wheels at each extremity of the sub-supporting rod lay outside the wheels at each extremity of the first crosspiece, overlapping said wheels.

10. A trolley for children, comprising a frame with wheels, and at least one detachable seat module the frame of the trolley comprising: a central main supporting rod; and a central sub-supporting rod, fastened at its upper end to the main supporting rod between the outer ends of the main supporting rod in a rotatable fashion directly or via a joint for rotation in the plane through the main supporting rod and the sub-supporting rod, said sub-supporting rod having a second crosspiece at the lower end, and said sub-supporting rod and second crosspiece being in one piece; wherein the trolley further comprises a handle at the upper end of the main supporting rod and a first crosspiece at the lower end of the main supporting rod, where the first crosspiece is a platform configured to support a standing child and having wheels at each extremity; wherein the second crosspiece has wheels at each extremity; and

wherein the sub-supporting rod may be rotated into a folded position in which the wheels of the sub-supporting rod overlap the wheels of the main supporting rod, and wherein the trolley is configured to support a child in the seat module in either of the folded or unfolded positions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2005
From: REFSUM, BJORN
To: STOKKE AS
Reel/Frame 016906/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
NO 20015159 · Oct 22, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060001226A1 · Jan 5, 2006