Patent ID: 9227536
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B60N,B62B

Claim Text:
1. A convertible car seat and stroller comprising: a car seat having a seat portion, a rearwardly inclined back portion, a front portion, a pair of V-shaped side portions comprising a right side portion and a left side portion, and a base having a bottom surface, the base bottom surface having a right side and a left side; a support member disposed within the car seat base; a pair of openings comprising a right opening and a left opening, each of the right opening and the left opening is disposed proximal the right side and the left side, respectively, on the bottom surface of the car seat base from proximal the car seat back portion to proximal the car seat front portion; a pair of middle supports comprising a right middle support and a left middle support, each of the right middle support and the left middle support having a top surface and a front surface, wherein the right middle support and the left middle support are substantially medially disposed within the right side portion and the left side portion, respectively; a plurality of a pair of wheels comprising a front pair of wheels and a rear pair of wheels, each of the front pair of wheels and the rear pair of wheels having a right wheel colinearly disposed with a left wheel, wherein the front pair of wheels and the rear pair of wheels are pivotally attached to the support member; wherein the plurality of a pair of wheels has a retracted position and an alternate extended position; wherein the plurality of a pair of wheels is in the retracted position when the right wheel of each of the front pair of wheels and the rear pair of wheels is fully disposed within the right opening, and the left wheel of each of the front pair of wheels and the rear pair of wheels is fully disposed within the left opening; wherein the plurality of a pair of wheels is in the extended position when each of the front pair of wheels and the rear pair of wheels is fully disposed outside the car seat base underneath the bottom surface of the car seat base; an inverted U-shaped telescopic handle having a right edge, a left edge, and a middle portion, each of the right edge and the left edge pivotally attached to the top surface of each of the right middle support and the left middle support, respectively; wherein the handle has an elongated position and an alternate abbreviated position; wherein the handle is in the elongated position when the handle is fully extended; wherein the handle is in the abbreviated position when the handle is fully retracted; a grip portion continuously medially disposed around a perimeter of the handle middle portion; an activation control disposed on a top side of the grip portion; wherein the activation control is configured to simultaneously transition the handle and the plurality of a pair of wheels between the elongated position and the extended position, respectively, and the abbreviated position and the retracted position, respectively; and a pair of handle adjustment controls comprising a right handle adjustment control and a left handle adjustment control, wherein each of the right handle adjustment control and the left handle adjustment control is disposed on the front surface of each of the right middle support and the left middle support, respectively; wherein each of the right handle adjustment control and the left handle adjustment control is configured to pivotally rotate the handle toward the car seat front portion and alternately toward the car seat back portion.