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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Brady Matthew Schroeder, Milton, GA (US);
Thomas M. Perrin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Brady Matthew Schroeder, Milton, GA (US);
Thomas M. Perrin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Graco Children's Products Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A stroller fold joint has first and second joint parts. The first part has a hosel coupled to a hub body with a circumferential surface and a pivot axis. The second part has a connector coupled to two plates. The hub body is between the plates and the two joint parts pivot about the pivot axis between a folded and an unfolded orientation. A tunnel through the hub body is perpendicular to the pivot axis. A shuttle slides within the tunnel and has latch end and an actuator end. The latch end is adjacent the hub body's circumferential surface at one tunnel end and the actuator end extends into the hosel. The shuttle is not exposed and is covered when the fold joint is in the folded or unfolded orientations and when moving therebetween.