Reduced size folding stroller
The apparatus is a reduced size baby stroller with a structure that counteracts the usual lengthening when the stroller is folded. The rear wheels of the stroller are interconnected with the front legs and attached to the rear legs by a pivoting wheel link so that the rear wheels do not separate from the front wheels when folded, but instead pivot out of alignment with the rear legs. The stroller handles are mounted on tubes that can telescope inward because all the attachments to the outer tubes are made by external fixtures that do not penetrate into the interior of the tubes, and the canopy can also slide inward when the stroller is folded because the canopy frame is mounted on a fixture with a track.
1. A folding baby stroller frame comprising:
two front legs interconnected by and separated from each other by a width folding apparatus that permits the two front legs to move toward and away from each other;
at least one front wheel mounted on each front leg;
a rear leg interconnected with each front leg at a first pivoting fixture that permits the rear leg to pivot in a plane that includes the front leg;
a wheel link with a first end attached to each rear leg at a second pivoting fixture that permits the wheel link to be in a position essentially in line with its rear leg and to pivot toward the at least one front wheel in a plane defined by the rear leg to which the wheel link is attached and the front leg to which its rear leg is interconnected;
a rear wheel mounted on a second end of each wheel link; and
a pivoting support interconnecting said second end of each wheel link to the front leg to which its rear leg is connected with the pivoting support pivoting at both the wheel link and the front leg.
2. The folding baby stroller frame of claim 1 further including a third pivoting fixture within the length of each front leg, located between the first pivoting fixture and the pivoting support and permitting the top of each front leg to fold forward toward the at least one forward wheel and pivot in the plane determined by the front leg and the attached rear leg.
3. The folding baby stroller frame of claim 1 wherein the pivoting supports also support an accessories basket.
4. The folding baby stroller frame of claim 1 further including a canopy frame with ends interconnected with the two front legs by a canopy mounting fixture that includes a sliding structure, which, when the stroller is folded, permits the canopy frame to be moved far enough toward the rear wheels to place the entire canopy frame between the front wheels and the rear wheels.