Patent ID: 6402186
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A collapsible stroller comprising:a collapsible frame having a width; a seat mounted across the width of said collapsible frame, said collapsible frame and said seat being constructed and arranged for movement between an open condition for normal use and a collapsed condition wherein said collapsible frame and said seat are generally disposed within in a common folding plane defined across the width of said collapsible frame, said collapsible frame having predetermined peripheral edge boundaries when in a collapsed condition; at least one front wheel mounted to said collapsible frame; and first and second rear wheel assemblies, each of said first and second rear wheel assemblies including a wheel frame respectively movably mounted to said collapsible frame and a wheel connected to said wheel frame, each of said wheel frames being movably mounted to said collapsible frame so as to permit the wheel to be aligned perpendicular to said width of said collapsible frame when said collapsible frame is in said open condition, and to permit said wheel to be aligned generally parallel to said folding plane of said collapsible frame and also substantially within said peripheral edge boundaries of said collapsible frame when said collapsible frame is in said collapsed condition, said first and second wheel assemblies overlapping each other when the stroller is in said collapsed condition.