Patent ID: 6916028
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A carrier device for children which, when erected, simulates the appearance of a motor-driven vehicle, said device comprising: a base member defining a side elevational profile, an outer perimeter and a plurality of stub walls; and a plurality of simulative motor vehicle components, the simulative motor vehicle components being at least partly movable and having a first, operative position, wherein said components simulate a motor vehicle appearance, and a second, stowed position wherein said simulative components stow substantially within the side elevational profile of the base member; a seat component mounted to the base member which serves at least partly as a seat for at least one occupant of the carrier device; a plurality of wheel support units mounted to said base member, said units defining a movable wheel mounting member, which incorporates wheel attaching means, and a wheel having an outer periphery, and a central axis of rotation, and movable between a first, operative, position wherein said wheels are erected to provide rolling support for said base member and a second, stowed, position wherein said wheels and their central axis of rotation are displaced through an angle from said first position so as to be disposed substantially parallel with, and substantially within, the side elevational profile of the base member, the central axis of rotation of each said wheel being wholly within, and the outer wheel periphery being substantially within, the outer perimeter defined by said base member; and each movable wheel mounting member which incorporates the wheel attaching means is mounted by oppositely extending mounting elements, and in said first operative position the movable wheel mounting member includes an outer wall which substantially emulates and melds with the contiguous outer stub wall profile, and in the second, stowed position of said movable wheel mounting member the outer stub wall profile is interrupted revealing a cavity, and the movable wheel mounting member is at least close to perpendicular to said movable wheel support member's first operative position; and releasable latching means for positively latching each said wheel support unit in said first and second positions, by interaction of said latching means with the movable wheel mounting member.