US 11,745,781 B2
Passenger transport carriers
Daniel William Britton, Calgary (CA); Matthew Stengler, Calgary (CA); and Paramjit Singh, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp (SE)
Filed by Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp (SE)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,704.
Application 17/738,704 is a continuation of application No. 16/399,556, filed on Apr. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,325,633.
Application 16/399,556 is a continuation of application No. 15/529,442, granted, now 10,328,965, issued on Jun. 25, 2019, previously published as PCT/IB2015/058986, filed on Nov. 19, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/084,992, filed on Nov. 26, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055485 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B62B 9/10 (2006.01); B62B 7/00 (2006.01); B62B 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 9/104 (2013.01) [B62B 7/008 (2013.01); B62B 7/006 (2013.01); B62B 9/24 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A child transport carrier comprising:
a frame assembly defining a passenger compartment, the frame assembly comprising a lower frame portion, an upper frame portion, a forward frame portion, and a rear frame portion, the forward frame portion rotatable relative to the lower frame portion, the upper frame portion comprising a left upper frame portion member, a middle upper frame portion member, and a right upper frame portion member;
a cover coupled to the frame assembly for at least partially enclosing the passenger compartment;
a first passenger seat comprising a first seat back and a first seat bottom;
a first cross-member extending in a transverse direction of the carrier and coupled to an upper end of the first seat back of the first passenger seat, the first cross-member having a first end coupled to the left upper frame portion member and a second end coupled to the middle upper frame portion member;
a first actuator positioned on the first cross-member, wherein actuating the first actuator allows the cross-member to be moved from a first seat position to a second seat position;
a second passenger seat comprising a second seat back and a second seat bottom;
a second cross-member extending in the transverse direction of the carrier and coupled to an upper end of the second seat back of the second passenger seat, the second cross-member having a first end coupled to the middle upper frame portion member and a second end coupled to the right upper frame portion member; and
a second actuator positioned on the second cross-member, wherein actuating the second actuator allows the second cross-member to be moved independently of the first cross-member from a first seat position to a second seat position.