US 11,718,338 B2 | ||
Stroller with heating and cooling seat | ||
Amina Showell, Santa Teresa, NM (US) | ||
Filed by Amina Showell, Santa Teresa, NM (US) | ||
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,352. | ||
Prior Publication US 2023/0094092 A1, Mar. 30, 2023 | ||
Int. Cl. B62B 9/10 (2006.01); B62B 9/14 (2006.01); B62B 9/20 (2006.01); B62B 9/12 (2006.01); B62B 11/00 (2006.01); G01K 3/00 (2006.01) |
CPC B62B 9/142 (2013.01) [B62B 9/102 (2013.01); B62B 9/12 (2013.01); B62B 9/20 (2013.01); B62B 11/00 (2013.01); G01K 3/005 (2013.01); B62B 2204/02 (2013.01); B62B 2204/04 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. A stroller comprising:
a frame having a rear handle; a plurality of support legs attached to the frame; a wheel attached to a lower end of each support leg; a seat attached to the frame, the seating having an internal Peltier device for selectively heating or cooling the seat, the internal Peltier device disposed between a pair of sheets to form a Peltier assembly that is installed within a lining of the seat, such that the Peltier assembly is beneath an outermost layer of the seat along both a lower portion of the seat and a seatback portions of the seat; wherein the pair of sheets are made of a material having a high thermal conductivity such as to help to enhance the heating and cooling properties of the Peltier device; a blanket removably secured to the seat via one or more fastener; and an electronics housing comprising a battery, a plurality of battery ports, a temperature sensor, a processor, a non-transitory computer readable medium operatively connected to the processor, and a logic stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed by the processor, causes the stroller to perform a method wherein the method performed regulates the temperature of the Peltier device by activating the Peltier device to a preset temperature, detecting a temperature of an area within the seat, and modifying that temperature based on a temperature setting determined by a temperature control button disposed on the handle; wherein the Peltier device is deactivated if the current temperature of the area within the seat is greater than a threshold safe upper temperature. |