Child-carrying and diaper changing cart

A child-carrying and diaper-changing cart for providing a mobile stand that is prevented from tipping. The child-carrying and diaper-changing cart includes a base assembly including a frame, legs depending from the frame, and wheels rotatably mounted to ends of the legs; and also includes a first basket member being securely disposed upon the frame; and further includes a second basket member being securely mounted to the legs intermediate of the first basket member and the wheels; and also includes a handle assembly being securely attached to the first basket member; and further includes a skirt assembly including skirt fastening members detachably attached to the frame and also including a skirt fastened to the frame with the skirt fastening members and extending about the base assembly; and also includes a mat removably disposed upon a bottom of the first basket member and including a plurality of padded sections; and further includes a bottle holding assembly being detachably attached to the first basket member.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a child carrier wagon and more particularly pertains to a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart for providing a mobile stand that is prevented from tipping.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of a child carrier wagon is known in the prior art. More specifically, a child carrier wagon heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart. The inventive device includes a base assembly including a frame, legs depending from the frame, and wheels rotatably mounted to ends of the legs; and also includes a first basket member being securely disposed upon the frame; and further includes a second basket member being securely mounted to the legs intermediate of the first basket member and the wheels; and also includes a handle assembly being securely attached to the first basket member; and further includes a skirt assembly including skirt fastening members detachably attached to the frame and also including a skirt fastened to the frame with the skirt fastening members and extending about the base assembly; and also includes a mat removably disposed upon a bottom of the first basket member and including a plurality of padded sections; and further includes a bottle holding assembly being detachably attached to the first basket member.

In these respects, the child-carrying and diaper-changing cart according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a mobile stand that is prevented from tipping.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of child carrier wagon now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a mobile stand that is prevented from tipping.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which has many of the advantages of the child carrier wagon mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art child carrier wagon, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base assembly including a frame, legs depending from the frame, and wheels rotatably mounted to ends of the legs; and also includes a first basket member being securely disposed upon the frame; and further includes a second basket member being securely mounted to the legs intermediate of the first basket member and the wheels; and also includes a handle assembly being securely attached to the first basket member; and further includes a skirt assembly including skirt fastening members detachably attached to the frame and also including a skirt fastened to the frame with the skirt fastening members and extending about the base assembly; and also includes a mat removably disposed upon a bottom of the first basket member and including a plurality of padded sections; and further includes a bottle holding assembly being detachably attached to the first basket member.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which has many of the advantages of the child carrier wagon mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art child carrier wagon, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which is of a durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such child-carrying and diaper-changing cart economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart for providing a mobile stand that is prevented from tipping.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart which includes a base assembly including a frame, legs depending from the frame, and wheels rotatably mounted to ends of the legs; and also includes a first basket member being securely disposed upon the frame; and further includes a second basket member being securely mounted to the legs intermediate of the first basket member and the wheels; and also includes a handle assembly being securely attached to the first basket member; and further includes a skirt assembly including skirt fastening members detachably attached to the frame and also including a skirt fastened to the frame with the skirt fastening members and extending about the base assembly; and also includes a mat removably disposed upon a bottom of the first basket member and including a plurality of padded sections; and further includes a bottle holding assembly being detachably attached to the first basket member.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart that allows parents to have greater flexibility and peace of mind knowing where the child is at all times

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart that is easy and convenient to use by the parents without safety concerns.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new child-carrying and diaper-changing cart embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6 , the child-carrying and diaper-changing cart 10 generally comprises a base assembly 11 including a frame 12 , legs 13 conventionally depending from the frame 12 , and wheels 14 rotatably and conventionally mounted to ends of the legs 13 . The base assembly 11 includes brake members 19 being securely attached to a plurality of the wheels 14 for locking the wheels 14 to prevent the child-carrying and diaper-changing cart 10 from moving. The legs 13 are angled outwardly relative to the frame 12 to essentially stabilize and prevent the child-carrying and diaper-changing cart 10 from tipping over.

A first basket member 15 is securely and conventionally disposed upon the frame 12 with the first basket member 15 having an opening 17 through one end 16 thereof. The opening 17 is adapted to allow legs 13 of a child to extend through while seated upon the first basket member 15 . The first basket member 15 is made essentially of wire and has a length of approximately 26 inches and a width of approximately 18 inches and a depth of approximately 10 inches with the opening 17 being approximately 10 inches long and approximately 4 inches wide and extending through a top edge of the end 16 of the first basket member 15 . A second basket member 24 is securely and conventionally mounted to the legs 13 intermediate of the first basket member 15 and the wheels 14 for storing items for a user.

A handle assembly is securely and conventionally attached to the first basket member 15 . The handle assembly includes bracket members 20 , 22 securely and conventionally mounted to the end 16 of the first basket-member 15 , and also includes a handle member 40 hingedly and lockingly attached to the bracket members 20 , 22 . Each of the bracket members 20 , 22 includes a slot 21 , 23 extending inwardly through an edge thereof with the handle assembly also including pin-like members 44 extending through and from ends of the handle member 40 and being adapted to be removably received in the slots 21 , 23 of the bracket members 20 , 22 . The handle member 40 includes a main portion 41 and end portions 42 , 43 which are angled relative to the main portion 41 .

A skirt assembly includes skirt fastening members 27 detachably attached to the frame 12 and also includes a skirt 30 fastened to the frame 12 with the skirt fastening members 27 and extending about the base assembly 11 . Each of the skirt fastening members 27 is an elongate ring member having longitudinal end portions 28 , 29 which curve away from each other. The ring member 27 is adapted to fasten the skirt 30 about a portion of the frame 12 . A mat 25 is removably disposed upon a bottom 18 of the first basket member 15 and includes a plurality of padded sections 26 with the padded sections 26 of the mat 25 being hingedly attached side-by-side and being foldable upon one another.

A bottle holding assembly 31 is detachably attached to the first basket member 15 . The bottle holding assembly 31 includes a cylindrical member 32 having a side wall 33 , a bottom wall 35 , and an open top 34 , and also includes clip members 36 , 38 being spaced apart and extending outwardly from an exterior of the side wall 33 . Each of the clip members 36 , 38 is sinusoidal shaped and has a longitudinally-curved end portion 37 , 39 . The longitudinally-curved end portions 37 , 39 are curved away from one another. Each one of the clip members 36 , 38 engages a vertical grid portion of the first basket member 15 . Thus, each one of the clip members 36 , 38 supports an associated side of the cylindrical member 32 .

In use, the user positions a child's carrier seat 45 upon the bottom 18 of the first basket member 15 and extends the child's feet through the opening 17 in the end 16 of the first basket member 15 and can move the child-carrying and diaper-changing cart 10 about the house. When the child needs to have one's diaper changed, the user can remove the carrier seat 45 and place the mat 25 upon the bottom 18 of the first basket member 15 and lay the child upon the mat 25 . Additionally, the bottle holding assembly 31 allows the user to place the child's bottle in the cylindrical member 32 .