US 12,291,253 B2
Wagon lock
Samantha Sturgeon, Chicago, IL (US); and Anne Goodman, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to The Radio Flyer Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Radio Flyer Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,974.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/257,323, filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117703 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B62B 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 3/02 (2013.01) [B62B 2205/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lock for a folding wagon, the folding wagon having a first frame member and an opposing second frame member, and a folding mechanism connecting the first frame member with the second frame member, the lock comprising:
an arm having a first end and a second end;
a receiver adjacent the first end of the arm, the receiver fixably connected to the first frame member of the wagon, the receiver comprising two opposing flanges extending from the arm; and,
a latch adjacent the opposing second end of the arm, wherein the latch has a ramp and a shoulder, the ramp having a first end and a second end, the ramp extending from approximately the second end of the arm at an acute angle upward from the arm toward the first end of the arm, the shoulder extending from the second end of the ramp at a transverse angle to the arm and toward a top surface of the arm, wherein the shoulder is adapted to engage the second frame member when the folding wagon is moved to a folded position to secure the wagon in the folded position, and wherein the shoulder is adapted to disengage from the second frame member when the latch is moved downwardly to allow the wagon to move to a use position.