US 12,441,385 B2
Winch systems for child containment devices
Brandon Michael Burkholder, Atlanta, GA (US); Brandon Seth Cross, Atlanta, GA (US); David Thomas Hotard, Peachtree Corners, GA (US); Karl Hewson, Cambridgeshire (GB); Claire Georgina Radha Wilkinson, Cambridgeshire (GB); Andrew Wynne, Cambridgeshire (GB); Neil Lester Campbell, Cambridgeshire (GB); Paul Edward Hopkinson, Cambridgeshire (GB); and Conor Mark Devine, Cambridgeshire (GB)
Assigned to Graco Children's Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/926,954
Filed by Graco Children's Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed May 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/033438
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/236946, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,289, filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202550 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B62B 9/24 (2006.01); B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B62B 9/10 (2006.01); B62B 9/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 9/245 (2013.01) [B60N 2/2809 (2013.01); B60N 2/2812 (2013.01); B62B 9/104 (2013.01); B62B 9/12 (2013.01); B62B 2206/003 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stroller comprising:
a child containment device;
a winch reel, wherein the winch reel is configured to adjust at least one feature of the stroller, and wherein the winch reel comprises at least one of: a one-way winch reel, a two-way winch reel, a multi-cord winch reel, or a drawstring winch reel; and
a toothed pawl, wherein the toothed pawl engages the winch reel to adjust the at least one feature of the stroller, and wherein the toothed pawl is one of a toothed pawl, a ratchet, a catch, a cog, a sprocket, pinions, fangs, tusks, a tine, a gear, or a cam.