DE3522270A1 - CHANGEABLE GONDOLA FOR CHILDREN - Google Patents

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92100 Boulogne-Billancourt

France

B 6328 Kn / a

description

Transformable gondola for children

The invention relates to gondolas that are intended to accommodate a child.

It relates in particular, but in a non-limiting way, to gondolas designed to carry strollers equip, especially the foldable pushchairs.

At present, depending on whether you want to stretch your child out flat or get them into a sitting position wants to have two pieces of equipment: a gondola in the narrower sense, i.e. a kind of bed that is essentially flat Has a base, and a seat, which in particular has a backrest and a base plate, which in relation is inclined to the former.

This condition results in several disadvantages, which means the space required to set up the equipment concerns when these are not needed, in terms of costs, since you have to buy two pieces of equipment, and what the handling concerns; at this last point when either both equipments are intended on a single one A common substructure, e.g. the frame of a child's stroller, has to be mounted, this forces a piece of equipment to dismantle from the substructure in order to replace them with the other, the first equipment in the following

Must be put away, or if these equipments are both fitted with their own substructure, what nevertheless enforces the clearance procedures.

In the special case of pushchairs, the replacement of one piece of equipment for the other is only possible at home or generally 'in a place where you have the two

Equipment can be set up at the same time, for example near a motor vehicle, if one has the foresight possessed to bring both sets of equipment; in any case it is not possible for the mother to do so during the change of location to carry out the replacement, because then she only has the individual equipment within her reach that is on the stroller is mounted, which forbids you to move the child from a normal sitting position to a fully stretched out position Convict location and vice versa.

The solution has already been proposed that consists of a seat exists with adjustable inclination, but in this case the extended position is not comfortable for the child because it must remain on its back with the legs bent.

The invention aims to remedy these disadvantages and to indicate gondola-type equipment that easily transitions from the "bed" state to the "seat" state and vice versa can, the two positions being very comfortable and natural for the child.

For this purpose, the gondola according to the invention has a floor and a side skirt for connecting the floor with the upper peripheral edge of the substructure and for fastening the nacelle, characterized by the fact that the soil is deformable along at least one transverse

g ₅ running axis line of Biea and in that means for restraint are provided in order to locally vary the active height of the skirt on each side of the gondola from the edge, at least at one point and in front of

preferably at at least two points on both sides of the

Bending axis line are located, the compilation so is that, on the one hand, when the restraint devices are released, the skirt is at its maximum active Assumes height and the bottom is unfolded essentially flat to assume the "bed" position, and that on the other Side, when the restraint facilities are put into operation, they localize the ground in relation to the edge lift so that the floor bends over and forms a back and a seat to obtain the "seat" position.

The transverse bending axis line of the floor corresponds to the connection between the back and the seat for the "seat" position.

Preferably, the base is deformable in the same way along a second transverse bending axis line which corresponds to the front edge of the seat for the seat position, so that the floor for this position is a front one represents the outer surface inclined with respect to the seat to support the lower part of the child's legs.

In the special application with reversible pushchairs, the gondola is symmetrical, what its apron and hers Ground concerns, and preferably the same as regards the means of restraint in relation to a transverse one Level affects to get in "face to mother" or "face forward direction" position by simply tilting around one Transverse axis can be set to face without turning the front of the floor, in such a way that the gondola in each their positions seat or bed can be aligned in the direction of travel or in the opposite direction.

The gondola can have facilities to make the excess material of the apron disappear in the "seat" position exhibit. These disappearance devices comprise, for example, a bellows or a fold includes the excess and is closed by closed

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Appropriate facilities (tying, sliding lock, hooking, lacing, self-clinging lock, belt strap, etc. ...), or, further, this excess is gathered up in itself, against the apron and / or against the inner one

5 or outer surface of the bottom of the nacelle.

Where appropriate, the facilities for withholding and the facilities for enforced disappearance may be common, for example, if you have straps or similar, self-

IQ clinging locks, locking rings or knots, or if you continue to use slide fasteners to suddenly increase the active height of the Apron to reduce and the excess of it for the position To make the seat disappear.

Advantageously, the floor has incorporated means for stiffening, for example in the form of Slats or plates that spare the pivot axis described above. These stiffeners are

2Q all formed from a relatively stiff material, for example Made of polypropylene with a thickness of a few millimeters, which nevertheless gives the floor a certain flexibility of the arrangement impart, for example by weakening lines or through spaces in these stiffening devices.

In the special case of application to collapsible Strollers, and this property is also useful in applications other than strollers, if the bottom has at least one bending axis line in the longitudinal direction in such a way that the gondola closes in on itself.

₃ Q can be folded together about this bending axis in the longitudinal direction.

According to a particular embodiment, the bottom has separate Stiffening plates, the adjacent edges of which “f. are parallel, with these plates between two layers of fabric or the like are arranged and held in their position by seam lines or the like that extend extend between the adjacent edges of the panels,

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to define pockets to prevent movement.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the upper edge of the nacelle is tied to two longitudinal beams which pass through outer cross members are connected, with side central handles being provided to keep the gondola from its Substructure can be lifted up and used as a baby carrier. If necessary, in an application on foldable stroller of the type "bundle", in which the stroller in itself also in the transverse direction is folded up, the cross members can be adjusted or deformed so that the lateral folding is possible.

Further advantages, features and possible applications of the invention emerge from the following description of exemplary embodiments in conjunction with the drawing. Show in it:

Fig. 1 is an elevational perspective view illustrating the inventive Gondola shows in a free seat position that is mounted on a stroller is,

Fig.2 is a view similar to Fig.1 showing the nacelle in the position of the bed shows

Fig.3 is a view similar to Fig.1 and 2, showing the gondola shows in the position of a seat that is laterally protected,

Figure 4 is a side view, in elevation, showing the gondola of the Fig. 1 to 3 shows, in solid lines for the bed position and in dash-dotted lines for the seat position,

5 shows the arrangement of the stiffening plates in plan of the bottom of the nacelle of Figures 1 to 4,

Fig. 6

to 8 similar views as Fig.5, which relate to three Refer to variants of the arrangement of the panels,

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a sub-support body the gondola for building a baby carrier shows, which can be adapted to a foldable one Strollers of the type "Bundle" and

Fig.10 is a perspective view of the longitudinal members of 10

Gondola according to one variant.

In Fig.1 to 4 a gondola is shown which is intended to take in a child.

The gondola is preferably 1

mounted on a frame 2 of a pushchair, for example of the "walking stick" type which carries arms 3 with their handle 4, with a front foot part 5 front wheels carries (not shown) and a rear foot part 6 carries rear wheels (also not shown).

The gondola 1 is mounted on the frame 2 with the help of stops 7 which allow the adjustment of its angular position and allow their detection.

The gondola 1 has a floor 8 and a side skirt

9 for connecting the bottom 8 to the upper peripheral edge

10 of the assembly of the gondola on the frame 2 by means of the stops 7. In practice, this will be the top edge of the apron 9 received on each side by a support beam 11 (Figure 9), for example by means of mounting brackets and / or a tubular hem. The side members either form part of a frame (Fig. 9) or are parallel and independently of each other (Fig. 10).

The apron 9 is formed from a flexible or deformable material, for example from linen (toile).

It consists on each side of a surface which extends at the level from the edge 10 to its connection with the Floor 8 extends.

The floor 8 extends over the entire length of the gondola in order to connect its two small transverse sides of it.

The bottom 8 is deformable along a transverse bending axis line 12 and retaining devices 13 are provided, to locally vary the active height of the skirt on each side of the nacelle from the edge; how to get into the 1 to 4, these devices 13 are provided on both sides of the bending axis line 12.

In the illustrated embodiment, these facilities 13 for restraint formed by characteristic straps which, in their active position, overlap the edge 10.

The rear straps 13 are at one end on the outer surface of the nacelle at the connection between the Apron and attached to the floor.

At their other end they carry a button or the like 14 which cooperates with a complementary part 15 can, for example with a counter button, at a suitable height on the inner side of the apron (Fig. 3). The front straps 13 are at one end on the inner side of the nacelle at the connection between the skirt and attached to the floor and near the front edge of the seat. On the other end, they wear one

Button or the like 16, which can cooperate with a complementary part 17, for example one Counter button which is provided on the outer surface of the apron just below the edge 10. As a variant one could arrange the two pairs of straps 13 in the same way, for example as the front straps. In in another variation, the straps could be of the self-clinching type Tapes can be or replaced by slide fasteners 18, which are shown schematically and partially in Fig.4

are shown.

From the foregoing and from reviewing FIGS. 1 to 4 it follows that, because of the bending axis 12 and the devices, to to vary the active height of the apron

the gondola according to the invention has a bed position (FIG. 2 and 4) can give, for which the bottom 8 is substantially flat and the skirt 9 is stretched, and a position Seat (Fig.1 and 3), for which the bottom is curved around the line 12 and the apron is raised locally, what the local Raising the floor to the edge 10 accompanies and / or causes.

For the seat position, the gondola represents a back part 8a and a seat part 8b through its bottom 8, the one is inclined with respect to the other and they are connected along line 12.

When the front straps 13 are used, If the floor 8 rises in its part 8b to form the seat, the rear straps 13 can either equally can be used to obtain a free seat (Fig. 1) or can be left unused to maintain a laterally protected seat in the upper part of the back part 8b (FIG. 3). If necessary, you could go to the rear Do not use belts 13 or similar, whereby the gondola then remains laterally protected in the seat position.

The gondola can advantageously be supplemented by a protective hood 19, which is only shown in FIGS and which can be used in both positions.

For the bed position, the gondola is placed in a normal horizontal position, whereas for the position Seat can be set in any desired angular position.

Because of the fact that for the seat position, the skirt locally represents a lower active height than that which has it in the bed position, there is a local excess of material for the seat position, which is normally Forms folds 20 (Fig.1 and 3), which set up in a random way.

Means are provided to make this surplus material disappear. For example, these devices can be formed by a bellows, a folded pocket or a closed one Fold of a suitable type, in particular by buttoning, sliding, hooking, lacing, self-clasping Closure, etc. As an example, there are two bellows or slide closures 21 on the inner side in FIG of the bottom 8, these devices can still belong to the restraint devices 13. For example the straps 13 can extend over the outer side of the apron and in this way retain the folds 20; as another example, one can resort to slide locks, such as those with the reference numeral 18 in FIG Fig.4 are described to at once the local and controlled Raising the apron and making the

to ensure the resulting excess material. 25th

The bottom is

"deformable along a second bending axis line in the transverse direction 22, which is the front edge of the seat 8b corresponds, in such a way that the bottom 8 for the position of the

Seat a front outer part 8c which is inclined with respect to the seat 8b to form a support surface for the lower part of the child's legs.

The front outer part 8c can be situated in the plane of the upper edge 10 for the seat position. For this Position is the height of the skirt 9 in the front outer zone, which corresponds to the part 3c, equal to zero, where the excess material, which is triangular in shape.

can be accommodated in a bellows which is closed by one of the slide locks 18 which are shown in FIG 4 are shown.

In this figure the gondola is shown in full lines for the bed position and in dash-dotted lines for the seat position. It can be seen that, for the seat position, the excess material of the apron in the area of the back part 8a is essentially triangular with a tip that is located above the bending axis line in the transverse direction 12 is; the excess material of the apron in the areas of parts 8b and 8c are equally triangular, with a point above the line 12 and above the front outer transverse edge of the nacelle.

In Figure 4 is also with the help of an elevation Type shown with which the bottom 8 can be formed. The floor 8 has integrated stiffening devices, which are formed by slats or panels 2 3.

These slats or plates are separate from one another; they are between two Skins or layers 24, 25 of linen or the like sewn along seam lines 26, which are carried out in space zones between the slats.

These lines 26 ensure the combination of the two layers of linen 24, 25 and define pockets or flaps to fix the slats. As a variant, the seam lines 26 can be replaced by welding lines, in particular Ultrasonic welding lines.

There are at least two transverse seam lines 26 or the like that correspond to the bending axis lines 12 and 22.

As a variant, the bending axes 12 and 22 can be designed as weakening lines that connect the plates. In this case, the entirety of the slats or panels is held in one piece and can also be flexible notches exhibit.

As an example, the slats or plates 23 can be made of polypropylene and have a layer thickness of a few millimeters.

Preferably the stiffening means are in the parts 8a, 8b and 8c, in order to nevertheless show a certain flexibility and this either by inserting in each part 8a, 8b and 8c provides slats or panels 23 separated by seam lines 26, or by Provide lines of weakness in the material making up the battens or panels.

In Figures 5 through 8 are four examples of stiffening plate assemblies 23 shown. These examples are preferably carried in gondolas

which are intended to be collapsible into bundles To equip strollers. In these examples the stiffeners are made up of different plates 23 formed, the adjacent edges of which are parallel and which are separated by seam lines 26, which are dashed are shown. For clarity of the drawing, the top linen layer 24 is omitted. For folding to form a bundle, the bases 8 of FIGS. 5 to 8 have a central longitudinal bending axis line 27 which is located in the vertical central longitudinal plane PP of the nacelle, this plane being a plane of symmetry.

In FIG. 5, the back part 8a has a longitudinal plate 23a in trapezoidal shape on each side of the plane PP, which extends over half the width of the gondola and is continued in the lumbar region by two small triangular plates 23a ¹ and 23a ″, which are arranged upside down The seat 8b is formed on each side by a rectangular plate 23b which extends over half the width of the gondola up to the vicinity of the transverse bending lines 12 and 22, which are realized by seams. The part 8c is formed in a way that similar to the seat 8b, with two symmetrical plates 23c. The plates 23a to 23c give the floor 8 a good local stiffness at the same time.

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and a certain flexibility of the whole. This flexibility can be further improved by providing lines of weakness 28 in the longitudinal direction in the plates 23a, 23b and 23c.
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The pod of Figure 6 comprises di _e property to also be symmetric with respect to an average QuerebeneQQzu what concerns its edge 10, its skirt and its bottom 8, and preferably equally as regards their retainers 13 and its means for disappearance if they exist. This gondola is intended to equip a pushchair, especially a foldable one, as indicated above; it is of a type that can be reversed by simply tilting it about the stops 7, the tilt axis of which is located in the plane of symmetry QQ, without reversing the front side of the base 8 towards the front. This gondola has two first transverse bending axis lines 12 and two second transverse bending axis lines 22, which are symmetrical in pairs with respect to the plane QQ.

Each quadrant is formed from an outer plate 23ac (23ca), an intermediate plate 23 ab (23ba) and a middle one Plate 23ab '(23ba'); these plates can, like the plates 5, have weakening lines in the longitudinal direction (not shown).

For the seated position and in the position of reversibility, face in the direction of travel, the back part 8a has eight Plates 23ac, 23ab and 23ab "and 23ba ', the seat 8b has the two plates 23ba and the support part 8c has the two plates 23ca. In the position the reversibility face to mother, the back part has the eight plates 23ca, 23ba, 23ba 'and 23ab', the seat has the two plates 23ab and the support part has the two plates 23ac.

In the variant of FIG. 7, the back part 8a is formed of two longitudinal plates 23a in trapezoidal shape, which with the bending

axis 12 form a free lumbar pocket 29, the seat 8b and the outer support part 8c being formed from plates similar to the plates 23b and 23c of Figure 5; in this Figure 5 the plates 23a, 23b and 23c may have lines of weakness 28 in the longitudinal direction. While the gondolas of FIGS. 5 to 7 can be folded in a V shape because of the central bending axis 27 in the longitudinal direction, the gondolas of FIG. 8 can be folded in a W shape. To this end, it has on both sides of the center plane in the longitudinal IQ tung PP two additional longitudinal axis of bending lines 27 ', which are located in the quarter of the width of the gondola, and are realized by discontinuities or lines of weakening. In this figure the plates themselves are not shown. Mind you, this property of folding in W-shape just described is applicable to each of the gondolas of FIGS. 5 to 7.

In Fig. 9 a further detail is shown. The longitudinal girders 11 of the nacelle are formed by outer cross girders 30 connected, each in the form of a circle, articulated in the middle at point 31. The articulated connections 31 are of the stop type in the unfolded position of the associated compass, corresponding to the alignment of the two arms of the circle. The articulated connections 31 allow

the folding of the gondola with or independently of the pushchair; the stop in the open position prevents the gondola from closing under the weight of the child. The whole can be equipped with central handles 32 be that allow the gondola as a baby carrier

ο «to use.

From the foregoing it follows that the

Gondola without a noticeable increase in the manufacturing price and without the need for long and difficult Some operations and separate accessories can be used indiscriminately as a seat or as a bed in normal configurations can, in particular, the child can be in the bed position if it has a substantially flat floor.

1 can be stretched on the back, on the stomach or on the side, which is not possible with the tilting seats of the State of the art.

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PATENT AND LAWYERS BARDEHLE PAGENBERG DOST ALTENBURG FROHWITTER «, PARTNER 3522270 LAWYERS - PATENTANWÄLTE - EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS JOCHEN PAGENBERG dr jur ll μ harvard HEINZ BARDEHLE ehpl-ing BERNHARD FROHWITTER dipl-ing WOLFGANG A. DOST dr .. dipl-chem GÜNTER FRHR. v. GRAVENREUTH DiPL-iNG (FH) UDO W. ALTENBURG dipl phys POST BOX 660620 8000 MUNICH 86 TELEPHONE (089) 88 03 61 TELEX 522 781 padd TELEFAX (089) 0897 63 HYPOBANK MUC 6860130600 (BLZ 70020001) PGA MUC 337 37-BOe (BLZ 70010080) OFFICE GALILEIPLATZ 1, BOOO MUNICH BO date June 21, 1985 B 6328 Kn / a Patent pending 1 . Transformable gondola for children, especially for strollers and especially for foldable strollers, one Floor (8) and a side skirt (9) connecting the floor to the upper peripheral edge (10) of the substructure and the Have fastening of the gondola, characterized in that the bottom (8) is deformable along is at least one transverse bending axis line (12), and that retaining devices (13) are provided, local to the active height of the skirt (9) on each side of the nacelle from the edge (10) at least at one point to be able to vary, the composition being such that, on the one hand, when the retaining devices (13) are free, the skirt (9) assumes its maximum active height and the floor (8) is spread out essentially flat to maintain the "bed" position and that, on the other hand, when these restraint devices (13) are in use they lift the floor (8) locally with respect to the edge (10) so that the floor (8) bends and a back part (8a) and a seat part (8b) defined to obtain the "seat" position. 2. Gondola according to claim 1, characterized in that it Has retaining devices (13) on both sides of the bending axis line (12). 3. Gondola according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that that the bending axis line (12) corresponds to the connection between the back part (8a) and the seat part (8b). 4. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the bottom (8a) is equally deformable along a second transverse bending axis line (22), which corresponds to the front edge of the seat part (8b) in the seat position, so that the floor (8) for this position represents a front outer surface (8c) inclined with respect to the seat part (8b), to support the lower part of the child's legs. 5. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that that it is symmetrical in the special application in reversible pushchairs, what theirs Apron (9) and its base (8) are concerned, and preferably equally with regard to the retaining devices (13) concerns, in terms of a transverse plane (QQ), to put it in a "face to mother" or "face to face" position in the direction of travel "can be set by simply pivoting around a transverse axis, without reversing the front of the floor (8) forwards so that the gondola in each of the "seat" and "bed" positions faces the direction of travel or in the opposite direction. 6. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that they have means for disappearing the excess material of the skirt (9) in position Has "seat". 7. Gondola according to claim 6, characterized in that the means for disappearing belong to the group which is formed from at least one bellows, a fold or a fold pocket, and that it are closed by devices such as buttons, slide fasteners, hooks, laces, self-clasping Fasteners, straps. 8. Gondola according to one of claims 6 and 7, characterized in that that the excess material is agglomerated against the skirt (9) or against the lower outer Side of the bottom (8). 9. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 8 / characterized in, that the disappearance means and the restraint means (13) are common. 10. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that that the bottom (8) has incorporated stiffening devices (23), in particular in the shape of slats or plates that take the transverse bending axes (12, 22) into account. 11. Gondola according to claim 10, characterized in that the stiffening devices, which consist of a rigid Material exist, give the bottom (8) a certain flexibility. 12. Gondola according to claim 11, characterized in that the flexibility of the entirety of the bottom (8) by weakening lines (28) or by interruption lines (27, 27 '). 13. Gondola according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that that the stiffeners made of plates, especially made of polypropylene of a few millimeters Layer thickness, are formed. 14. Gondola according to one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that that the bottom (8) has separate stiffening plates (23), the adjacent edges of which are parallel are, with these plates lying between two linen skins and held in position by seam lines (26) extending between these adjacent edges of the Panels extend to form fastening pockets. 15. Gondola according to one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that that the bottom (8) is formed from one part in one piece, the notches and / or lines of weakness which form the bending axes and optionally participate in the flexibility of the gondola. 16. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the bottom (8) has at least one longitudinal bending axis line (27, 27 '), in the manner / that the gondola collapses around this bending axis can be. 1517. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that that the upper edge (10) is subjected to two longitudinal members (11), which are supported by outer cross members (30) are connected, with side middle handles (32) are provided so that the gondola from its base Can be lifted up and used as a baby carrier can be. 18. Gondola according to claim 17, characterized in that the cross members (30) are adjustable or deformable, especially by a compass-like articulated connection (31) for folding the gondola. 19. Gondola according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that that it has two parallel and independent longitudinal members (11).