FR2840371A1 - System for temporary connecting accessory, such as umbrella, to child care device comprises male and complementary female elements - Google Patents

Abstract

The temporary connecting system comprises a male element (12) and a complementary female element (13). Only the female element is mobile allowing its connection to and disconnection from the male element.

Description

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  System for temporarily securing at least one accessory on at least one childcare device, childcare device and corresponding accessory. The field of the invention is that of childcare. More precisely, the invention relates to the implementation of accessories on a childcare device. By child care device is meant here all the devices intended to receive, in one form or another, one (or more) newborn or child in teas age, such as strollers, prams, deckchairs, seats, car seats, fits, etc. By accessory is meant all the optional elements which can be attached to or removed from a childcare device, such as, for example, parasols, canopies, bottle holders, toys, etc. Generally speaking, the mounting and / or dismantling of such accessories on a childcare device that is not easy. It is for example impossible, at present, to easily set up or remove with one hand a

parasol on a stroller.

  Another drawback of the known techniques is that the accessories which are generally developed for a device like this, having its own characteristics, or at best for a single type of device. It is, for example, difficult to transfer easily and efficiently one stroller umbrella to another

type of devices.

  Solutions to these drawbacks have however been proposed, but prove to be unsuitable or ineffective in practice. Wiles classically assume the presence of a female temporary fastening element, which is equipped with

  means of age / dev lock interlocking mounted on the pueri culture device.

  The accessory includes a male end, designed to cooperate with

the female parasol.

  This system has the disadvantage of being dedicated to a single childcare device, the cost of which is likely to be increased, by the presence of the element.

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  female, if this is planned from the origin, when there is no certainty that

  the user will want to use the accessory, optional by definition.

  The presence of the locking / unlocking means also introduces risks of pinching, or jamming, for the child. In addition, this female element is generally unattractive, and may collect dust, water. Furthermore, when there is no tubular chassis, for example on a seat for an automobile, it is very difficult. to fix such a fastening element, and therefore, for example to set up a canopy, in a simple, gable and efficient manner. The inventi on has in particular the objective of overcoming these different

disadvantages of art.

  More precisely, a first objective of the invention is to provide a system for temporarily securing an accessory which is simple to implement, without requiring complex mobile elements on the device.

childcare correspond.

  Another object of the invention is to provide such a temporary fastening system, which allows simple assembly and disassembly and

comfortable, without multiple manipulations.

  Yet another objective of the invention is to provide such a temporary fastening system, which makes it possible to use the same accessory

  on several devices, without significant additional cost for these devices.

  According to the same approach, a particular objective of the invention is to provide such a temporary fastening system, allowing the implementation

of a plurality of accessories.

  According to yet another objective, the invention aims to provide such a temporary joining system, presenting good qualities of aesthetics, ergonomics and safety, in particular when no accessory is fitted on the childcare system These objectives, as well as others which will appear later, have been achieved.

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  Using a system for temporarily securing at least one accessory on at least one childcare device, in which, according to the invention, said childcare device comprises at least one male element and said accessory comprises at least one element female complementary to said male element, senl said female element comprising movable means allowing the joining

  and / or the separation of said male and female elements.

  Thus, the part of the joining system linked to the childcare device is very simple, and therefore inexpensive. It is then possible to set up these means on many devices, and to allow to move

  easily an accessory from one device to another.

  The implementation of one or more accessories is also, according to this

technical, very simple.

  According to a first advantageous embodiment of the invention, said female element has a sleeve movable along the axis of said male element, between a rest position in which said system is locked, and a release position, allowing separation to said element female and audit

element male.

  Preferably, said sleeve is returned to said rest position

by means of recall.

  Advantageously, said sleeve is designed so that a same movement with one hand allows said sleeve to pass from its rest position to its release position and to separate said female element from said male element.

  This provides a particularly easy system to implement.

  According to an advantageous aspect of the invention, said male element has a cross section chosen so that axial rotation of said female element is prevented by

audit element male report.

  Said secti on can for example be hexagonal.

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  According to a preferred characteristic of the invention, said male element comprises at least one housing provided to cooperate with a movable lug mounted

on said female element.

  Said sleeve can thus advantageously have a portion acting on said lug, keeping it in said housing when said sleeve is in the rest position and releasing it from said housing when said sleeve is in

liberation position.

  According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention, said male element has an elongated guide portion to said female element and a securing portion, extending substantially perpendicular to said guide portion, and on which said means can be fixed. of

locking said female element.

  In order to allow easy positioning, said guide portion

  preferably has a substantially frustoconical or ovoid shape.

  According to an advantageous embodiment, said female element comprises a securing part, having a housing of dimension corresponding to that of said securing portion, and a passage portion defining an elastic opening, of width less than said dimension of the

  securing portion, in its rest position.

  Childcare devices may include a male element (to receive, for example, an umbrella). At least some of said childcare devices may also include two similar male elements (for

receive for example a canopy).

  In this case, said male elements are advantageously distributed in a symmetrical manner on said childcare device, at the level of the latter's backrest. This is for example suitable for the implementation of a canopy, for example

on a car seat.

  The invention also relates to childcare devices comprising at least one male element of a temporary fastening system as described above.

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  These childcare devices can in particular belong to the group comprising: - baby carriages; - car seats; - children's chairs; - children's deckchairs;

- fits for children.

  According to a particular aspect of the invention, the childcare device can

  include two male elements, designed to receive a canopy in particular.

  The invention also relates to accessories for at least one childcare device, comprising at least one female element of a system of

  temporary joining as described above.

  These accessories can in particular belong to the group comprising: - parasols; - canopys; - bottle holders;

- toys.

  Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become more apparent

  clearly on the following reading of the description of two embodiments

  preferentials of the invention, and annexed drawings among which: FIG. 1 illustrates a stroller implementing a first embodiment of the invention, for example for receiving an umbrella; - Figures 2A and 2B respectively show the principle of assembly and disassembly of the umbrella of Figure 1; - Figures 3 A and 3B are sectional views of the securing system of Figures 2A and 2B, respectively in the locked position and in the release position; - Figure 4 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention, implemented on a car seat, for example to receive a canopy;

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  - Figure 5 shows more precisely one of the male elements of the seat of Figure 4; FIG. 6 illustrates, in section, the female element present on the canopy,

  to cooperate with the male element of figure 5.

  Figure 1 shows a stroller 10, conventional in itself, on which can be attached an accessory, such as an umbrella 11. For this, the stroller 10 and the umbrella 11 include temporary securing means

  complementary 12 and 13 respectively.

  On the stroller, a male element 12 is provided, comprising no movable means of locking or unlocking, but only an extension

  121 designed to receive the female accommodation.

  We therefore obtain a very simple, and therefore inexpensive, means 12 which can easily be placed on any type of stroller, and any other type of childcare device, without significant additional cost. There is thus the possibility of easily mounting the accessory, in this case the umbrella 11, on several devices (for example a stroller and a deckchair), all equipped or

pre-equipped with male means 12.

  This male means 12 can, optionally, be provided with conventional means 122 per se making it possible to tilt the parasol, if necessary. It can be mounted in a definitive manner on the chassis of the stroller 10, as soon as the construction of

  the latter, or eke solidarises by fixing means such as a piece 123.

  The umbrella 11 is itself fitted with a female element 13 coming from

get into the male element 12.

  As explained below, it is this female element which carries the movable means allowing locking and unlocking. It is thus possible to transfer most of the costs of the joining system on the accessory (whether the user decides or not to buy), and not on the device.

  of childcare itself, which is therefore possible to pre-equip.

  This approach thus makes it possible to equip a whole range of

  childcare with a wide range of accessories, easily interchangeable.

  The manipulations are very simplex, and are based on displacements

  axial illustrated by arrow 14, and achievable with one hand.

  FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate this operation more precisely. It suffices (FIG. A) to place, or to embotter, the female element 13 on the male element

  S 12 to obtain mounting and locking of the accessory.

  Unlocking and withdrawal (Figure 2B) are obtained by acting on the

  ring 131, according to the natural direction of withdrawal (arrow 22).

  It can be noted that the mechanism used is similar to that used in garden centers, for piping connections. There is, however, a major difference. In fact, in the case of piping, both

  male and female elements remain mobile in rotation relative to each other.

  This is not the case, preferably, with regard to the invention. The position of the accessory (whether it is a parasol, a bottle holder, a toy ...) is predefined, and must not change fac, it is untimely at

slightest movement.

  For this, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, the male element 121 has a non-circular section, not allowing rotation. This section is here

  hexagonal. Wile can of course present other shapes, as needed.

  Locking is obtained by the cooperation of a lug 32 secured to the female element, and of a housing 33 provided in the male element to receive the lug 32. Thus, as soon as the accessory is put in place, it is linked to the childcare system. It is not possible to remove it by simply pulling it. To ensure unlocking, however, it suffices to act on the ring, or sleeve, 34. This behind is held in the position ensuring locking (FIG. 3A) by a return spring 35. When one acts on the ring ( arrow 36, FIG. 3B), opposing the restoring force of the spring 35, the stop 37 is moved, mounted on this ring 36, and which acts on an extension 38 integral with [lug 32, to bring out the one housing 33. The accessory can

then be separated from the device.

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  There can of course be several lugs, or a crown, used

according to a similar principle.

  It will be noted that the male element can be covered, in the absence of an accessory, by a plug 39, for reasons of aesthetics, safety and comfort. According to another embodiment of the invention, the male element can have a guide portion of the female element and a portion allowing a

  snap-on of this female element.

  In the example of Figure 4, this technique is implemented on a car seat 41. The same approach can be implemented for other types of

child care devices.

  In this example, two male elements have been provided, each on one of the sides of the seat, to allow the attachment of a canopy 44. It is of course possible to mount in the same way other accessories, such as a parasol , in

  then using only one of the male elements.

  Canopy 44 is shown here in the folded position. It expands conventionally,

by pulling on it.

  Figure 5 illustrates the male part 51 secured to the seat 41, at a suitable location for the deployment of a canopy (in the extension of the

armrests, at the back).

  This male part comprises a first portion 511, substantially planar and ovoid in shape. This shape is adapted to facilitate guiding and setting

place of the female element.

  This first portion is therefore narrow at the start (upper part) to allow introduction even when the female element is not exactly in the axis, then gradually widens in fa, con to bring the female part in

the desired position.

  Wile also comprises a second portion 512, extending substantially perpendicular to the first portion 511, and securing this behind the body of the seat 41. This second portion 512 is for example of

cylindrical section.

  Wile forms the part on which the female element will lock,

during assembly.

  For this, as illustrated in FIG. 6, which presents a section of the female element, a part 61 allowing the joining is provided. This piece 61 is deformable, to allow the passage of the cylindrical portion 512, which comes

  register in housing 611, when the female element is in place.

  The passage 612 allowing access to the housing 611 presents at rest a width less than the diameter of the cylindrical portion 512, which ensures locking. It suffices to apply sufficient force, attempting to assemble than disassembly, to deform the piece 61, at its passage 612, to

  introduce or release the cylindrical portion 512.

  The female element also has a receiving element 62 at the end of a whale carrying the end of the canopy. A 612 tooth fixing system (known per se), for example, makes it possible to control the inclination of this

  whale, and therefore the deployment of the canopy.

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DREAM NDI CAT IONS

  1. System for temporarily securing at least one accessory on at least one childcare device, characterized in that said childcare device comprises at least one male element and in that said accessory comprises at least one female element complementary to said male element , only said female element comprising mobile means allowing the connection and / or the separation of said

male and female elements.

  2. temporary fastening system according to claim l, characterized l0 in that said female element has a sleeve movable along the axis of said male element, between a rest position in which said system is locked, and a release position, allowing separation from said element

female and male audit element.

  3. Temporary connection system according to claim 2, characterized lS in that said sleeve is returned to said rest position by means

reminder.

  4. Temporary connection system according to any one of

  claims 2 and 3, characterized in that said sleeve is designed so

  that the same movement with one hand allows said sleeve to pass from its rest position to its release position and to separate said female element

audit element male.

  S. Temporary connection system according to any one of

  Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said male element has a cross-section

  chosen so as to prevent axial rotation of said female element with respect to

audit element male.

  6. Temporary solidarisati on system according to claim 5, characterized

  in that said section is hexagonal.

  7. Temporary connection system according to any one of

  Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that said male element comprises at least

  a housing provided to cooperate with a movable lug mounted on said element

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  female. 8. Temporary connection system according to claim 7 and one

  any of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that said sleeve has

  a portion acting on said lug, keeping it in said housing when said sleeve is in the rest position and releasing it from said housing when

  said sleeve is in the release position.

  9. Temporary connection system according to claim 1, characterized in that said male element has an elongated guide portion to said female element and a connection portion, extending substantially perpendicular to said guide portion, and on which can come to stare

  said locking means to said female element.

  10. Temporary connection system according to claim 9, characterized in that said guide portion has a substantially frustoconical shape

or ovode.

  11. Temporary connection system according to any one of

  Claims 9 and 10, characterized in that said female element comprises a

  fastening piece, having a housing dimension corresponding to that of said fastening portion, and a passage portion defining an elastic opening, of width less than said dimension of the portion of

  joining, in its rest position.

  12. Temporary connection system according to any one of

  claims 1 to 11, characterized in that at least one of said

  child care includes two similar male elements.

  13. Temporary connection system according to claim 12, characterized in that said male elements are distributed in a fa, con symmetrical on said

  childcare system, at the level of the latter's file.

  14. Childcare device comprising at least one male element of a

  temporary joining system according to any one of claims 1

  a 13. 15. Child care device according to claim 14, characterized in that it

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  belongs to the group comprising: - baby carriages; - car seats; - children's chairs; - children's deckchairs;

- fits for children.

  16. Child care device according to any one of claims 14 and

  , characterized in that it comprises two male elements, designed to receive

including a canopy.

  17. Accessory for at least one childcare device, characterized in that it comprises at least one female element of a fastening system

  temporary according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

  18. Accessory according to claim 17, characterized in that it belongs to the group comprising: - parasols; - canopys; - bottle holders;