CN106043402A - Child stroller - Google Patents

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CN106043402A
CN106043402A CN201610559376.5A CN201610559376A CN106043402A CN 106043402 A CN106043402 A CN 106043402A CN 201610559376 A CN201610559376 A CN 201610559376A CN 106043402 A CN106043402 A CN 106043402A
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顾小聪
唐良振
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62BHAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B7/00Carriages for children; Perambulators, e.g. dolls' perambulators
    • B62B7/04Carriages for children; Perambulators, e.g. dolls' perambulators having more than one wheel axis; Steering devices therefor
    • B62B7/06Carriages for children; Perambulators, e.g. dolls' perambulators having more than one wheel axis; Steering devices therefor collapsible or foldable
    • B62B7/08Carriages for children; Perambulators, e.g. dolls' perambulators having more than one wheel axis; Steering devices therefor collapsible or foldable in the direction of, or at right angles to, the wheel axis
    • B62B7/083Carriages for children; Perambulators, e.g. dolls' perambulators having more than one wheel axis; Steering devices therefor collapsible or foldable in the direction of, or at right angles to, the wheel axis the wheel axes being moved from each other during folding
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62BHAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B2205/00Hand-propelled vehicles or sledges being foldable or dismountable when not in use
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62BHAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B2205/00Hand-propelled vehicles or sledges being foldable or dismountable when not in use
    • B62B2205/20Catches; Locking or releasing an articulation

Abstract

The invention discloses a child stroller which comprises a stroller frame having an unfolded state and a folded state, wheel assemblies arranged at the bottom of the stroller frame and a locking mechanism used for locking the stroller frame in the unfolded state. The stroller frame only comprises a front support, a rear support, push rods, front pull rods, rear pull rods and connecting rods. The stroller frame is simple and elegant in the unfolded state. After the locking mechanism is unlocked, the push rods are turned backwards so that the front pull rods, the rear pull rods and the connecting rods can drive the front support and the rear support to be gradually folded in the front and back direction, and the stroller frame is then folded. Folding operation is quite simple and convenient, the folded structure is quite compact, and convenience is brought for daily use of a user.

Description

Children trolley
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of children trolley.
Background technology
In prior art, children trolley of a great variety, its rod member connects the most different, correspondingly, each children trolley Folding principle and fold after structure also differ.At present, children trolley present on market, mostly there is rod member quantity The shortcomings such as many, folded configuration size is big, production cost is higher, daily deposit with carry the most inconvenient.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide that a kind of rod member quantity is few, simple for structure, folding operation children trolley simply and easily.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution used in the present invention is: a kind of children trolley, including have deployed condition and The vehicle frame of folded state, it is located at the wheel assembly of described bottom of frame, for by described vehicle frame locking locking in the deployed state Mechanism, described vehicle frame includes fore-stock, after-poppet, push rod, front tension bar, back stay and connecting rod, wherein, described fore-stock upper Two of which parts phase pivot in the bottom these three parts of portion, the top of after-poppet and push rod connects and the 3rd parts pivot Three parts on the parts that axle is connected in both of the aforesaid parts or described mutually pivot together;Described Connecting rod is vertically extending, and the upper end of described connecting rod is pivotally connected on described push rod, the lower end of described connecting rod, described before draw Wherein both phase pivots connections and the third party of the rear end of bar and this three of front end of described back stay are pivotally connected in aforementioned two In one in person or described three's phase pivot links together;The front end of described front tension bar is pivotally connected in described front On frame, the rear end of described back stay is pivotally connected on described after-poppet.
Preferably, described front tension bar is positioned at below the rear side of described fore-stock, and described back stay is positioned at described after-poppet Below Qian Ce, during described vehicle frame folding, turn over after described push rod and described fore-stock is the most gradually received with described after-poppet Holding together, described front tension bar, described back stay and described connecting rod draw between described fore-stock and described after-poppet.
Preferably, the first axle phase is passed through in the bottom of the top of described fore-stock, the top of described after-poppet and described push rod Pivoting together, the upper end of described connecting rod is pivotally connected in the bottom of described push rod by the second axle, described first axle with The axis parallel of described second axle is arranged.
Preferably, the rear end of described front tension bar, the front end of described back stay are pivotally connected in the lower end of described connecting rod respectively On.
Preferably, the lower end of the rear end of described front tension bar, the front end of described back stay and described connecting rod is around same rotating shaft phase Pivot together.
Further, described connecting rod include the cross bar portion extended in left-right direction, from the two ends in described cross bar portion respectively to The side lever portion of upper extension, forms opening up U-shaped, described front tension bar between described side lever portion and the described cross bar portion of both sides Rear end, the front end of described back stay is rotatably connected in described cross bar portion rotating around the axial line in described cross bar portion.
Preferably, the top of the top of described fore-stock, the top of after-poppet and push rod connects rotatably around same axial line Connecing together, the lower end of the rear end of described front tension bar, the front end of back stay and connecting rod is pivotally connected to together around same axial line, The first quadric chain is constituted, described fore-stock, back stay, connecting rod and push away between described fore-stock, front tension bar, connecting rod and push rod The second quadric chain is constituted between bar.
Further, described locking mechanism includes being located at the upper of the upper end of described fore-stock, the upper end of after-poppet and push rod End is for locking joint piece three locked.
Preferably, the most pivotally connected upper end having handle, the lower end of described handle and described push rod, the upper end of described push rod Between be additionally provided with the handle locking piece for both being locked.
Preferably, described wheel assembly includes that front wheels and rear wheels, described front-wheel at least include being fixed on described fore-stock lower end Front-wheel seat, the front end of described front tension bar is pivotally connected on described front-wheel seat;Described trailing wheel at least includes fixing in the rear The rear wheel seat of pedestal lower end, the rear end of described back stay is pivotally connected on described rear wheel seat.
Due to the utilization of technique scheme, the present invention compared with prior art has the advantage that the child of the present invention Go-cart, its vehicle frame only includes these rod members of fore-stock, after-poppet, push rod, front tension bar, back stay and connecting rod, and vehicle frame is launching Simplicity generosity under state, turns over push rod after locking mechanism unlocks and front tension bar, back stay and connecting rod just can be made to drive Fore-stock the most gradually draws in after-poppet, thus realizes the folding of vehicle frame, folding operation very simple and convenient, folding The structure of poststack the most very compact, the routine use for user brings facility.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is that the children trolley of the present invention is in the axonometric chart under deployed condition;
Accompanying drawing 2 is that the children trolley of the present invention is in the side view under deployed condition;
Accompanying drawing 3 is that the children trolley of the present invention is in the axonometric chart under semi-collapsed condition;
Accompanying drawing 4 is that the children trolley of the present invention is in the side view under semi-collapsed condition;
Accompanying drawing 5 is that the children trolley of the present invention is in the axonometric chart under folded state;
Accompanying drawing 6 is that the children trolley of the present invention is in the side view under folded state;
Wherein: 1, fore-stock;2, after-poppet;3, push rod;4, front tension bar;5, back stay;6, connecting rod;61, cross bar portion;62, side lever Portion;7, handle;8, knuckle lock locking member;9, handle locking piece;20, front-wheel;20a, front-wheel seat;30, trailing wheel;30a, rear wheel seat.
Detailed description of the invention
With specific embodiment, technical scheme is further elaborated below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Seeing the children trolley shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, it includes having deployed condition and the vehicle frame of folded state, be located at car Wheel assembly bottom frame, for by vehicle frame locking locking mechanism in the deployed state.
Vehicle frame includes fore-stock 1, after-poppet 2, push rod 3, front tension bar 4, back stay 5 and connecting rod 6, the top of fore-stock 1, after Two of which parts phase pivot in the top of support 2 and the bottom these three parts of push rod 3 connects and the 3rd parts pivot On the parts being connected in both of the aforesaid parts, or the top of fore-stock 1, the top of after-poppet 2 and the bottom of push rod 3 These three parts mutually pivot together;Connecting rod 6 is vertically extending, and the upper pivot of connecting rod 6 is connected to push rod 3 On, wherein both phase pivots of this three of front end of the lower end of connecting rod 6, the rear end of front tension bar 4 and back stay 5 connect and the third party Be pivotally connected in aforementioned one in both, or the front end of the lower end of connecting rod 6, the rear end of front tension bar 4 and back stay 5 this three Person mutually pivots together, and the front end of front tension bar 4 is pivotally connected on fore-stock 1, and the rear end of back stay 5 is pivotally connected in On after-poppet 2.
Specifically, seeing shown in each accompanying drawing, front tension bar 4 the most gradually updip is extended, and this front tension bar 4 is positioned at Below the rear side of fore-stock 1, the front end of front tension bar 4 is pivotally connected on the bottom of fore-stock 1;Back stay 5 the most from back to front by Gradually updip is extended, and back stay 5 is positioned at below the front side of after-poppet 2, and the rear end of back stay 5 is pivotally connected in after-poppet 2 On bottom.In the present embodiment, wheel assembly includes front-wheel 20 and trailing wheel 30, and front-wheel 20 at least includes being fixed on fore-stock 1 lower end Front-wheel seat 20a, trailing wheel 30 at least includes the rear wheel seat 30a being fixed on after-poppet 2 lower end, and the front end of front tension bar 4 is pivotally connected On front-wheel seat 20a, the rear end of back stay 5 is pivotally connected on rear wheel seat 30a.
In the present embodiment, the first axle is passed through (in figure in the bottom of the top of fore-stock 1, the top of after-poppet 2 and push rod 3 Not shown) phase pivot links together, and the upper end of connecting rod 6 is pivotally connected in push rod 3 times by the second axle (not shown) End, the axial line of the first axle and the second axle is arranged in parallel, and both axial line non-colinears extend.
The rear end of front tension bar 4 can be respectively connecting on the lower end of connecting rod 6 with the front end of back stay 5, it is also possible to such as this enforcement Example uses the lower end of the rear end of front tension bar 4, the front end of back stay 5 and connecting rod 6 is linked together around same rotating shaft phase pivot. Specifically, in the present embodiment, shown in Figure 1, connecting rod 6 includes the cross bar portion 61 extended in left-right direction, from cross bar portion 61 Respective upwardly extending side lever portion, two ends 62, form opening up U-shaped between side lever portion 62 and the cross bar portion 61 of both sides, The front end of the rear end of front tension bar 4 and back stay 5 is rotatably connected in cross bar portion 61 rotating around the axial line in cross bar portion 61.
In the present embodiment, fore-stock 1 at least includes the front support rod being positioned at the left and right sides, and after-poppet 2 at least includes being positioned at The back stay of the left and right sides, front tension bar 4, back stay 5 have two respectively and lay respectively at the left and right sides, push rod 3 also have two and Lay respectively at the left and right sides.On the same side of vehicle frame, the lower end of the upper end of front support rod, the upper end of back stay and push rod 3 is around same Axial line is pivotally connected to together, and the upper end, side lever portion 62 of connecting rod 6 is pivotally connected to this side push rod 3 around another axial line On, the rear end of front tension bar 4, the front end of back stay 5 are pivotally connected to cross bar portion rotating around the axial line in connecting rod 6 cross tube portion 61 On 61.So, on the same side of vehicle frame, between front support rod, front tension bar 4, connecting rod 6 and push rod 3, constitute the first quadric chain, after The second quadric chain is constituted between pole, back stay 5, connecting rod 6 and push rod 3.
Locking mechanism includes the two groups of locking joint pieces 8 laying respectively at the left and right sides, and this locking joint piece 8 is located at front support rod Upper end, the upper end of back stay and push rod 3 lower end between for by three lock, this locking joint piece 8 can make when locking First quadric chain and the second quadric chain are locked simultaneously.
Seeing shown in each accompanying drawing, the upper end of push rod 3 is the most pivotally connected handle 6, this handle 6 in downward opening U-shaped, The lower end in its two side levers portion push rod 3 upper end phase pivot respectively at both sides connects, and the lower end of handle 6 is with end pivoting on push rod 3 even The place of connecing is additionally provided with the handle locking piece 9 for both being locked, to be locked under multiple use state by relative for handle 7 push rod 3. When arranging, handle locking piece 9 can be set to and locking joint piece 8 linkage of unlocking, such as, in certain embodiments, can arrange Just can be by the structure of handle locking piece 9 with locking joint piece 8 synchronizing unlocking when drawing close for relative for handle 7 push rod 3 is overturn forward.
Seeing shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, when vehicle frame is locked in deployed condition, fore-stock 1 and push rod 3 are approximately along same length direction The most gradually updip extends, and front tension bar 4, back stay 5 and connecting rod 6 are positioned at the space below fore-stock 1 and after-poppet 2, Constitute triangular structure between fore-stock 1, front tension bar 4 and connecting rod 6, also constitute between after-poppet 2, back stay 5 and connecting rod 6 Triangular structure;Handle 7 upwardly extends from the top of push rod 3 and passes through handle locking piece 9 and locks, and can carry out needs according to reality Operate handle locking piece 9 and adjust the relative position of the relative push rod 3 of handle 7.The letter very of vehicle frame structure in the folded-out situation Clean.
When vehicle frame folding is got up by needs, see shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, first handle 7 is overturn forward and relatively push rod 3 leans on Holding together, be then pressed downward against push rod 3 and make its relative after-poppet 2 turn over, the upper end of the lower end drivening rod 6 of push rod 3 is up so that Connecting rod 6 drives front tension bar 4 and back stay 5 to overturn relative to fore-stock 1, after-poppet 2 respectively, and drives fore-stock 1 and after-poppet 2 edge Fore-and-aft direction is gradually drawn close.Finally, as shown in Figure 5, Figure 6, together with fore-stock 1 draws in along the longitudinal direction with after-poppet 2, front draw Bar 4, back stay 5 and connecting rod 6 draw between fore-stock 1 and after-poppet 2, and push rod 3 draws close the rear side at after-poppet 2.After folding Body frame structure for automotive very compact, take up room the least.
Above-described embodiment, only for technology design and the feature of the explanation present invention, its object is to allow person skilled in the art's energy Solution present disclosure much of that is also implemented according to this, can not limit the scope of the invention with this.All according to present invention spirit The equivalence that essence is made changes or modifies, and all should contain within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a children trolley, including have deployed condition and folded state vehicle frame, be located at described bottom of frame wheel assembly, For described vehicle frame is locked locking mechanism in the deployed state, it is characterised in that: described vehicle frame includes fore-stock, props up afterwards Frame, push rod, front tension bar, back stay and connecting rod, wherein, the bottom of the top of described fore-stock, the top of after-poppet and push rod this Two of which parts phase pivot in three parts connects and the 3rd parts are pivotally connected in both of the aforesaid parts one Three parts on parts or described mutually pivot together;Described connecting rod is vertically extending, described connecting rod Upper end is pivotally connected on described push rod, the front end of the lower end of described connecting rod, the rear end of described front tension bar and described back stay this Wherein both phase pivots of three connect and the third party is pivotally connected in aforementioned one in both or described three's phase Pivot together;The front end of described front tension bar is pivotally connected on described fore-stock, and the rear end pivoting of described back stay is even It is connected on described after-poppet.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described front tension bar is positioned under the rear side of described fore-stock Side, described back stay is positioned at below the front side of described after-poppet, during described vehicle frame folding, turns over and described fore-stock after described push rod The most gradually drawing in described after-poppet, described front tension bar, described back stay and described connecting rod draw in and prop up before described Between frame and described after-poppet.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the top of described fore-stock, described after-poppet upper The bottom of portion and described push rod is linked together by the first axle phase pivot, and the upper end of described connecting rod is pivotally connected by the second axle In the bottom of described push rod, described first axle is arranged with the axis parallel of described second axle.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: before the rear end of described front tension bar, described back stay End is pivotally connected on the lower end of described connecting rod respectively.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: before the rear end of described front tension bar, described back stay The lower end of end and described connecting rod links together around same rotating shaft phase pivot.
Children trolley the most according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: described connecting rod includes the cross bar extended in left-right direction Portion, from shape between the respective upwardly extending side lever portion, two ends in described cross bar portion, described side lever portion and the described cross bar portion of both sides Become opening up U-shaped, the rear end of described front tension bar, described back stay front end can rotating around the axial line in described cross bar portion It is connected to rotationally in described cross bar portion.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the top of described fore-stock, the top of after-poppet and The top of push rod connects rotatably around same axial line, under the rear end of described front tension bar, the front end of back stay and connecting rod End is pivotally connected to together around same axial line, constitutes the first double leval jib between described fore-stock, front tension bar, connecting rod and push rod Mechanism, constitutes the second quadric chain between described fore-stock, back stay, connecting rod and push rod.
Children trolley the most according to claim 7, it is characterised in that: described locking mechanism includes being located at described fore-stock The upper end of upper end, the upper end of after-poppet and push rod is for locking joint piece three locked.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the upper end of described push rod is the most pivotally connected handle, It is additionally provided with the handle locking piece for both being locked between lower end and the upper end of described push rod of described handle.
Children trolley the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described wheel assembly includes front wheels and rear wheels, described before Wheel at least includes being fixed on the front-wheel seat of described fore-stock lower end, and the front end of described front tension bar is pivotally connected in described front-wheel seat On;Described trailing wheel at least includes the rear wheel seat being fixed on described after-poppet lower end, and the rear end of described back stay is pivotally connected in institute State on rear wheel seat.
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