Patent ID: 7021650
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A collapsing device for a carrier comprising: a shell further comprising a first cover and a second cover which are connected with each other by a fixing element, each of the covers correspondingly having a pair of transverse grooves laterally arranged on a respective inner surface; a button accommodated and longitudinally sliding in the shell, having a pair of inclined slots perpendicularly penetrating a surface along which the button slides; and a pair of pins respectively penetrating the inclined slots of the button, both ends of the pins movably received in the corresponding grooves of the first cover and the second cover, the pins respectively connected with a cable for controlling a remote collapsing joint; wherein by longitudinally pressing the button into the shell, the pins are transversely moved and simultaneously cooperate the cables in order to control the collapsing joint; the collapsing device further comprising a safety lock pivotally connected onto an outer surface of the second cover, the safety lock comprising: a push portion having an elastic element between the push portion and the outer surface of the second cover so as to permit the push portion being repeatedly pressed relative to the second cover; and a projection being engaged into a slit on an outer surface of the button by a restoration force of the elastic element; whereby the button is prevented from sliding by engagement of the projection with the slit.