Patent ID: 6196560
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
Combined luggage trolley and seat (1) comprising a main frame (5) and a supporting frame (10), the main frame having ends (12,14) by which the main frame (5) and the supporting frame (10) are rotatably joined with each other around a first shaft;a wheel arrangement connected to the trolley in the region of the first shaft (15);a seat which is rotatably connected with the main frame around a second shaft (30) parallel with the first shaft (15) for rotation of the seat (25) between a folded-up position and a sitting position, wherein the seat (25) in the folded-up position extends essentially in a plane coplanar with the main frame (5); anda drawbar (35), which extends in a plane essentially coplanar with the main frame (5) when the seat (25) is in the folded-up position; the improvement wherein the drawbar (35) is U-shaped and has legs with free ends which are rotatably connected with the seat (25) around a third shaft (40), which is parallel with and situated at a distance from the second shaft (30); and the drawbar (35) forms a support leg for the seat (25) when the seat (25) is in the sitting position, the drawbar having an end remote from the seat (25) that is engagable with an end of the supporting frame (10) remote from the main frame (5) when the seat (25) is in said sitting position, the remote end functioning as a handle for the luggage trolley when the seat is in said folded-up position.