Stroller adapter for an infant car seat

Abstract

A juvenile product includes a frame, a hub assembly mounted on the frame and including first and second hubs, and first and second seat supports coupled to the first and second hubs, respectively, for pivotal movement between an in-use orientation and a folded orientation. The first hub includes a cam to release the first and second seat supports for the pivotable movement toward the folded orientation in response to rotation of the first seat support.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 160,626, filed March 16, 2009, entitled "Stroller Adapter for an Infant Car Seat," and The entire disclosure of the aforementioned US provisional application is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention is directed generally to strollers and, more particularly, to strollers with adapters for infant car seats. Background technique [0004] Some strollers can be reconfigured to fit an infant car seat carrier. A typical approach involves an adapter coupled to the seat frame of the stroller to present a mounting point for securing the infant car seat carrier to the seat frame. [0005] Unfortunately, infant car seat adapters have complicated folding strollers for storage and loading. The adapters are often not collapsible, forcing the caregiver to remove the adapters before folding the stro...

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Problems solved by technology

The result could be a significantly less compact folded orientation or the stroller not being able to achieve the folded orientation

[0006] Existing infant car seat adapters have also been undesirably complex both in appearance and function

Caregivers have found the appearance of typical adapters intimidating, which can lead to unusable or improper installation

Complexity may also result in the inability to decouple the adapter from the stroller, which in turn may result in the inability to fold the stroller for stowage in a vehicle or other storage

The complicated appearance of the adapter can also cause problems when, for example, a caregiver is unsure whether the infant car seat is secured and installed correctly

That said, even when the infant car seat is securely fastened to the stroller, the complexity of the adapter makes caregivers uncomfortably uncertain

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