Patent ID: 9561816
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B62B

Claim:
1. A mobile cart adapted for use in a stroller, the mobile cart comprising a rolling base including a left wheeled leg and a right wheeled leg, a foldable frame including a base stabilizer coupled to the rolling base to pivot about a frame axis and a base pusher coupled to the rolling base to pivot about a pusher axis, and a frame-motion controller adapted to provide fold means for releasing the foldable frame to move from a folded-out position in which the base stabilizer and the base pusher extend away from the rolling base to support a child sitting on a seat mounted to the mobile cart when the mobile cart is in use to a folded-in position in which the base stabilizer and the base pusher extend along the rolling base reducing the footprint of the mobile cart to allow storage of the mobile cart in response to a user lifting upwardly with one hand on a fold handle included in the frame-motion controller and for coordinating movement of the base stabilizer included in the foldable frame and the base pusher included in the foldable frame as they move from the folded-out position to the folded-in position in response to continued upward lifting of the fold handle with one hand by a user that causes a gravitational force to pull the base stabilizer and the base pusher of the foldable frame toward the folded-in position so that a user can move the foldable frame from the folded-out position to the folded-in position for storage using only a first hand freeing a second hand to carry a child, wherein the frame-motion controller includes a left pivot lock coupled to the left wheeled leg along a left side of the rolling base, a right pivot lock coupled to the right wheeled leg along a right side of the rolling base, and the fold handle that interconnects the left pivot lock and the right pivot lock, wherein each of the left pivot lock and the right pivot lock includes a motion blocker coupled to the rolling base to slide relative to the rolling base from a locked position arranged to block the base stabilizer included in the foldable frame and the base pusher included in the foldable frame from rotation relative to the rolling base when the foldable frame is in the folded-out position to an unlocked position arranged to allow the base stabilizer included in the foldable frame and the base pusher included in the foldable frame to rotate relative to the rolling base when the foldable frame is in the folded-out position, and wherein the base stabilizer includes a stabilizer frame member, a left pivot hub coupled to the stabilizer frame member, and a right pivot hub coupled to the stabilizer frame member, each of the left and the right pivot hubs is formed to include a stabilizer frame receiver that receives a portion of the stabilizer frame member to couple the left and the right pivot hubs to the stabilizer frame member and a finger that extends away from the stabilizer frame member, and the fingers of the left and the right pivot hubs included in the base stabilizer are engaged by the motion blockers of the corresponding left and right pivot locks to block rotation of the base stabilizer relative to the rolling base when the foldable frame is in the folded-out position and the motion blockers of the left and the right pivot locks are in the locked position.