Patent ID: 6612645
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B62B,B62J

Abstract:
An improved baby seat structure for bicycles, comprising a back unit, a seat unit, an extensible handle set, two front-wheel bracket sets, two rear-wheel bracket sets, a base unit, a mounting seat, a plurality of inserted pins and screws, and a long round rod; wherein:said back unit is made up of a back body, a securing block, a sleeve body, two fixing members, two friction blocks, two eccentric means, and an extensible handle set wherein the rear side of said back body having a plurality of fixing columns distributed at both upper and lower sections thereof, a plurality of screw holes circumscribed by an indented groove at the middle section thereof, and a pair of arch sliding grooves extending vertically at both left and right sections thereof, a two-stepped locating post being disposed at both lower lateral sides of said back body respectively; said securing block, wide top and narrow bottom in shape, having a plurality of fitting posts disposed thereon and two recesses defining both lateral flanges thereof; said sleeve body, a U-shaped block body, having a pair of semi-round guide ways extending at both left and right arms thereof, a pair of securing plates with securing holes thereon disposed at the top end of each said guide way, an elongated slot disposed at the front side of each said guide way, and an engaging plate having a pair of screw holes and a pair of U-shaped engaging slots defined thereon disposed at the transverse bottom side of said sleeve body thereof; said fixing member having a pair of fixing plates with through holes thereon disposed at both left and right sides thereof, an elongated through hole disposed at the front side thereof and a pair of semi-round fixing parts disposed at both top and bottom sides of said elongated through holes; said friction blocks having elongated grooves disposed at the front side thereof; said eccentric means having an oval-shaped pivot head with a through hole thereon disposed at the one side and a push blade extending at the other end thereof; said extensible handle set comprising two stop parts, two extensible inner tubes, an upper tube and a lower tube, two outer tubes, and two stopper covers wherein each said stop part, a two-stepped round column, having a pin hole disposed at the outer sphere of the small step thereof; each said extensible inner tube, a round pipe body, having a fixing hole disposed at the outer sphere of both upper and lower ends thereof respectively; said lower tube, a semi-round tubular body, having a plurality of engaging columns equidistantly distributed at the bottom thereof, and a pair of left and right engaging grooves disposed thereon; said upper tube, a semi-round tubular body, having a plurality of engaging posts equidistantly distributed at the bottom thereof, and a pair of left and right projecting fixed columns with inserting holes disposed thereon; said outer tube, a round tubular body, having an engaging groove disposed at the bottom thereof and an engaging hole disposed at one side thereof; each said stopper cover, a semi-round cover body, having a pair of hook plates disposed at the inner side thereof; said seat unit is equipped with a seat body, two coupling parts, an L-shaped frame, two footboards, and two supporting plates wherein said seat body has an inverted L-shaped seat board, arched side flanges with a multiple of inserting slots disposed thereon projecting at both lateral sides thereof, and a pair of semi-arch receiving grooves each defined by a pair of fixing plates disposed at the lower side of said arched side flanges thereof; one of said fixing plates thereof having four slots disposed thereon; the underside of said seat board having a multiple of serrated engaging ribs and four screw columns, and the front side thereof having an inverted U-shaped recess defined by projecting flanges and inserting slots at the edges thereof; a slant indent being disposed at the rear of each said arch side flange thereof; said coupling part, an elongated box body, having an L-shaped sliding groove disposed at the interior therein, and an elongated fixing piece projecting at the front side thereof; each said footboard having locating pieces disposed at two sides thereof, and an L-shaped hook means with a pair of hook pieces and a locating key disposed thereon projecting at the third side thereof; each said supporting plate having three oval through holes disposed at the bottom thereof, and a multiple of elongated locating holes equidistantly distributed at the middle section thereon; said front-wheel bracket set comprises a rotary head, a locking bolt, an engaging block, a big spring and a small spring, a front-wheel bracket, and a screw nut wherein said rotary head, a circular cover body, having a rotary plate disposed at the outer top side thereof, and a sleeve rod with an inserted hole thereon projecting at the inner side thereof; said locking bolt having a fining hole disposed at one end thereof and outer threads disposed at the other end thereof; said engaging block, circular in shape, having a slot disposed at the center thereof, and four engaging legs projecting at one side thereof; said front-wheel bracket having a locating groove encircled by four locating holes disposed at one end thereof and a rolling wheel pivotally joined to the other end thereof; said rear-wheel bracket set comprises a rivet, a rear-wheel bracket, a strengthening plate, a linking plate, an extensible plate, a compressing spring, a rotary wheel, and a multiple of ring washers wherein said rear-wheel bracket having a splined projecting hole disposed at the inner side of one end thereof, and a rolling wheel pivotally joined at the other end thereof with a multiple of screw piles disposed at the inner middle section thereof; said strengthening plate having a multiple of screw holes disposed thereon, and a ring defined by three sets of equidistant engaging keys disposed at one end thereof; said linking plate having a linking hole disposed at both ends thereof respectively, and an abutting block disposed at the bottom side thereof; said extensible plate having a pivot hole disposed on both ends thereof respectively; said rotary wheel having a two-stepped through hole disposed at the center therein, a splined groove with three equidistant indents defined at the inner side thereon disposed at one side thereof, and a splined shaft with a key projected thereon disposed at the other side thereof; said base unit comprises a base body, two stopper blocks, two springs, a wheel pivot seat, a strengthening piece, two strengthening rods, two spring washers, two adjusting blocks, and two splined plates wherein said base body having a long pivot hole disposed at the front side thereof, a pair of sliding slots disposed at both lateral sides thereof, a multiple of locating flanges equidistantly disposed at the bottom side thereof, a pair of left and right hollow inserting posts, each having four engaging ribs disposed thereon, disposed at the rear side thereof; said stopper block having a two-stepped rotary hole with four engaging holes disposed at the small step thereof disposed at the upper section thereof; said wheel pivot seat having left and right pivot blocks disposed at the front side thereof, four fixing columns disposed at the top surface thereof, an arch shell extending upwards at the rear side thereof, two pivot members with pivot holes disposed at both left and right sides of said arch shell thereof, a trapezoid retaining room with an inserting part, four through holes, and a pair of mounting plates disposed thereon defined at the front bottom side thereof, and a pair of elongated arch splined couplings, each having a splined joint with a slot and two stopper grooves disposed at one side, and two screw columns and a pin hole disposed at the other side, attached at the rear lateral sides thereof, and a pair of left and right wheel guards disposed at the front side thereof; said strengthening piece having a large and a small parts with four screw holes distributed at the small part thereon; said strengthening rod being a two-stepped hollow column; said adjusting block having a two-stepped pivot hinge disposed at one lateral side thereof; said splined plate having a splined hole disposed at one side thereof, an arch flange and a fixing means both of which having a pair of screw holes disposed thereon, and a pin hole disposed at the other side thereof; said mounting seat is equipped with a mounting body, two pin blocks, two compressing springs, a drawing member, two inserting bolts, two triangular fixing pieces, and a wing panel wherein said mounting body of a trapezoid housing having a slide guide way and a multiple of ribs disposed at the front top side thereof, a multiple of locating posts, and a mounting piece with left and right mounting holes disposed thereon, an inserting piece with left and right U-shaped escape grooves defined thereon, a pair of left and right rectangular inserting blocks with connecting holes disposed at one side corresponding to said U-shaped escape grooves and said mounting holes thereof and an engaging slot disposed at the top thereof, and a U-shaped retaining groove disposed at the underside thereof; said pin blocks, a two-stepped means, having a pin hole disposed at the small step thereof; said drawing member having a pair of mounting columns disposed at the left and right sides thereof, and an arch drawing part disposed at the upper middle section thereof; each said inserting bolt, a two-stepped bolt, having an inserting hole disposed at the front end of the small step; said triangular fixing piece having fixing holes disposed at the three corners thereof; said wing panel having four fitting holes disposed at the four corners thereof; in assembly, the stop parts are located at the lower end of said extensible inner tubes and fixedly joined thereto via inserted pins; after said upper and lower tubes are fixedly engaged therewith via screws, said outer tube is sleeve joined to the periphery of said engaged upper and lower tubes; said extensible inner tubes are then inserted to said projecting fixed columns thereof and securely joined thereto via inserted pins; said stopper covers are fixed to both ends of said engaged upper, lower, and outer tubes via said hook plates thereof; said sleeve body is placed at the rear side of said back body; said fixing members are located at the upper section of said semi-round guide ways thereof to fix said sleeve body to said back body via screws; said extensible inner tubes are led through the space formed by said arch sliding grooves and said semi-round guide ways thereof; said friction blocks are led through the elongated through holes thereof and pushed to the inner side of said elongated slots thereof;. said eccentric means are located at said fixing members via inserted pins to abut tightly against said friction blocks at one lateral side thereof; said two-stepped locating posts are guided through the slant indents thereof and located thereto via said coupling parts thereof which can adjust said back body back and forth within said slant indents thereof; said L-shaped frame is abutted against the rear side of said back body and the underside of said seat body, whose lower section is engaged with said serrated engaging ribs thereof and the upper section thereof is located by the U-shaped engaging slots thereof; said securing block is fixed to the indented groove via screws, limiting the upper end of said L-shaped frame at the recesses therein; said footboards are inserted to the inserting slots of proper height via said locating pieces thereof; said supporting plates are guided through said hook pieces and fixed in location via said locating holes thereof hooked to locating keys of proper height; said locking bolt is fixedly attached to the sleeve rod of said rotary head thereof via an inserted pin; said engaging block is led through said locking bolt and received at the interior of said rotary head thereof; said big spring engaged with said small spring is sleeve joined to the periphery of said sleeve rod thereof; said front-wheel bracket is located at said receiving groove defined by said fixing plates of said seat body thereof; said locking bolt engaged with said rotary head at one end is led through one of said fixing plates thereof and screwed up to the screw nut disposed at the other fixing plate thereof via said outer threads disposed at the other end thereof with the four engaging legs of said engaging block thereof inserted onto the four slots of said fixing plate thereof and said four locating holes thereof to fixedly locate said front-wheel bracket onto said seat body thereof; said stopper block is joined to the hollow inserting post via said two-stepped rotary hole; a screw with the spring thereof joined at the periphery thereof is led through the two-stepped rotary hole and fastened to the hollow inserting post with said spring abutted against the small step of said rotary hole thereof; via said hollow inserting post, said stopper block can be rotated up and down thereon; said strengthening piece is screw joined to the four through holes of said trapezoid retaining room thereof; the small step of said two-step strengthening rod is adapted to cover the top side of said pivot member thereof and said adjusting block is located at the underside of said pivot member and pivotally joined thereto via a screw; via said pivot member, said adjusting block can be swung back and forth thereon; said long round rod is led through the long pivot hole of said base body and the two pivot blocks of said wheel pivot seat to engage said base body thereof with said wheel pivot seat thereof at the front side thereof; said base body is located at the top surface of said wheel pivot seat, abutting against said adjusting blocks at the rear thereof; said stopper blocks are then rotated downwards at the other side of said adjusting blocks to locate said adjusting blocks, preventing the dislocation of said base body in use; said wheel pivot seat with said base body located thereon is screw joined to the underside of said seat body via screws, having said L-shaped frame located by said locating flanges of said base body thereof at the bottom end thereof; said splined plates, pivotally joined to said rear wheel brackets via said rotary and said strengthening, linking, and extensible plates, are engaged with said splined couplings to attach said rear-wheel brackets onto said wheel pivot seat thereof; said two-stepped pin blocks of said mounting seat are led to the connecting holes of said inserting blocks thereof by the small step thereof; said drawing member is engaged with said mounting body thereof via said inserting bolts led through the mounting holes of said mounting piece thereof, said compressing springs thereof, and the U-shaped escape grooves of said inserting piece thereof and sleeve joined to said pin blocks thereof; inserted pins are adapted to fixedly connect said inserting bolts and said pin blocks thereof via said engaging slots of said inserting blocks thereof to complete the assembly of the improved baby seat station; whereby, the improved baby seat station can be easily adjusted for different uses such as a baby seat for bicycles wherein said mounting seat thereof is fixedly secured onto a rear carrier of a bicycle via said triangular fixing pieces and said panel wing, a baby stroller wherein said front-wheel brackets and said rear-wheel brackets are swung down to abut against the ground while said extensible handle set is drawn to a proper height for use, and a normal baby seat wherein said rear-wheel brackets are swung downwards to abut against the ground while said front-wheel brackets are stored away at said receiving grooves of said seat body thereof, and said supporting plates are adjusted at said L-shaped hook means of said seat body into a proper height to abut against the ground and then located via said locating key thereof engaged with said locating holes of proper height.