Patent ID: 6276759
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B60B,B62B

Abstract:
A mounting device for mounting a front wheel axle on two spaced-apart side tubes of a stroller frame, the side tubes having distal end portions, the front wheel axle having two opposite end portions, said mounting device comprising:a pair of hollow mounting seats, each of which is adapted to be disposed between a respective one of the end portions of the wheel axle and the distal end portion of a respective one of the side tubes, each of said mounting seats having an inner side wall facing the other one of said mounting seats, an outer side wall opposite to said inner side wall, a bottom end wall interconnecting said inner and outer side walls, and a top end wall opposite to said bottom end wall, said inner side wall being formed with an elongated opening which extends in an upward direction along said inner side wall and which is adapted to permit extension of the respective one of the end portions of the wheel axle thereinto, said inner side wall having an abutment edge portion that defines a top end of said elongated opening, each of said mounting seats further having a resilient engaging plate which is disposed inwardly of said opening between said inner and outer side walls and which is inclined with respect to said inner side wall, said engaging plate having an engaging end which is proximate to said abutment edge portion of said inner side wall and which cooperates with said abutment edge portion to form a retaining space therebetween, and a connecting end distal to said abutment edge portion, said retaining space being adapted to receive the respective one of the end portions of the front wheel axle therein, the distance between said connecting ends of said engaging plates of said mounting seats being longer than the distance between said engaging ends of said engaging plates of said mounting seats, said openings in said inner side walls of said mounting seats being adapted to permit the front wheel axle to slide therealong toward said abutment edge portions of said inner side walls of said mounting seats so as to enable the end portions of the front wheel axle to push said engaging ends of said engaging plates away from each other and to further enable said engaging ends of said engaging plates to spring back toward each other for retaining the end portions of the wheel axle in the retaining spaces when the end portions of the wheel axle extend into the retaining spaces.