Patent ID: 8056921
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A stroller comprising: a frame structure with two laterally spaced apart sides; a frame extension on each side of the frame structure, each frame extension projecting rearward and terminating at a free end, the frame structure being collapsible laterally from a side-to-side in-use spacing between the frame extensions to a side-to-side compact spacing less than the in-use spacing between the frame extensions; a push handle on the free end of each of the frame extensions; a cross-brace extending between and interconnecting the frame extensions, the cross-brace having a central section and a pair of flanking sections each pivotally connected to the central section, each of the pair of flanking sections also pivotally linked to a respective frame extension, wherein the cross-brace is selectively reconfigurable from a stiff condition to a loose condition with the frame extensions in the in-use spacing, the stiff condition maintaining the in-use spacing between the frame extensions and the loose condition permitting the cross-brace and frame extensions to collapse to the compact spacing, wherein the central section is a handle assembly having opposed ends and wherein the handle assembly further includes a puck carried on each end of the handle assembly, each puck being rotatable about an axis relative to the handle assembly, and a pair of links positioned between the pucks, each link coupled to one side of one puck and the opposite side of the other puck and crossing one another between the pucks, wherein each puck is rigidly coupled to another part of the cross-brace adjacent the respective end of the handle assembly.