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If you are looking for a buggy for your baby with the excellence of patented engineering, the Bugaboo® is for you! Variously equipped with such features as single-hand operation, advanced suspension and brake systems, and/or swivel wheels for unrivaled maneuverability, Bugaboo® strollers boast hundreds of patents, both design and utility. In other words, utility patents were granted for specific stroller functionalities, as well as design patents for particular ornamental aspects of the strollers. Bugaboo®, a Dutch company, has been pioneering advanced parenting products since 1990.
Consider, for example, the US utility patent application, US2022/0194457A1, titled Foldable stroller, foldable bassinet, foldable seat, stroller, and stroller and luggage system. The application was filed on December 17th, 2021. The inventors on record are Marco Willem Hendricus Nieuwenhuizen, Mattijs Hogeland, and Daan Jans Vos.
The patent recites some of the prized mechanical modularity of the Bugaboo® strollers. For example, infant bassinet (i.e., pram) and toddler seat configurations are interchangeable on a single stroller frame. Different configurations that were designed to accommodate a growing child. Strollers are foldable with the seat or bassinet attached for easy storage and travel. And, the possibility of placing a child alternatively facing a parent or caretaker, or forward-facing, with their back to the parent or caretaker.
The three patent figure drawings below, Figures 1A, 1B, and 1C, respectively depict the three configurations a given Bugaboo® stroller model: toddler seat facing-forward, toddler seat facing-parent or caretaker, and infant bassinet.
The three patent drawings, Figures 18H, 17J, and 3E, respectively correspond to the folded forms of the toddler and infant stroller configurations shown in Figures 1A, 1B, and 1C.
The Youtube video below demonstrates some of the valued Bugaboo® modularity, particularly switching from folded to unfolded bassinet pram, and from folded to unfolded toddler stroller.
Reference
Bugaboo® (website)
www.bugaboo.com
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