Child carrying convertible suitcase

Abstract

There is disclosed a suitcase which may be converted into a child carrying stroller assembly, the suitcase including a top, bottom, rear and front, and having at least a pair of rear wheels and a pair of front stabilizer legs, the suitcase having a rear compartment formed along the rear of the suitcase, the rear compartment supporting a child carrying seat sub-assembly, the rear compartment provided with upper and lower support braces supporting a pair of opposed vertical support tubes there between, and a pair of telescoping tubular members within the vertical support tubes and movable between a lower rest position and a raised use position, the opposed tube telescoping tubular member supporting a seat member pivotally secured thereto and a seatback secured between the telescoping tubular members above the seat member, the telescoping tubular members interconnected by a handlebar at the top end thereof whereby the child carrying seat sub-assembly may be retracted into the rear compartment of the suitcase in its rest position, and alternatively, raised to a use position by raising the telescoping tubular members upwardly until the seat pivots into a use position on the top portion of the suitcase and having the seatback in a position above the seat member.

1 . A child carrying convertible suitcase of the type constructed with a top, bottom, rear and front and having at least a pair of rear wheels and a pair of front stabilizer legs, the suitcase having a plurality of compartments including a rear compartment, said rear compartment formed along the rear of the suitcase, said rear compartment supporting a child carrying seat sub-assembly comprising, 
 a rear compartment provided with an upper support brace and a lower support brace supporting a pair of opposed vertical support tubes there between    a pair of opposed telescoping tubular members telescopically carried by said vertical support tubes and movable between a lower rest position within said rear compartment and a raised use position,    said pair of opposed telescoping tubular members supporting a seat member pivotally secured thereto and seatback secured between two of opposed telescoping tubular members are positioned above-said seat member,    said pair of opposed telescoping tubular members interconnected by a handlebar at the top end thereof,    whereby said opposed telescoping tubular members may be raised from the lower rest position within said rear compartment to a raised use position by grasping said handlebar to raise said telescopic tubular members until said seat member is withdrawn from said rear compartment and pivots into a seat position on the top of the said suitcase and said seatback rises to a seatback position above said seat member, thereby to provide a child wheeled roller assembly.    
   
   
       2 . The child carrying convertible suitcase as set forth in  claim 1  above, wherein said upper support bracket and lower support bracket are mounted within said rear compartment in a manner to support said vertical support tubes therein.  
   
   
       3 . A child carrying convertible suitcase as set forth in  claim 1  above, wherein said seat member automatically pivots into a used position when said opposed telescoping tubular members are raised to the use position, the top of said suitcase providing a support platform for said seat member in the use position and provide a child carrying seat.  
   
   
       4 . The child carrying convertible suitcase as set forth in  claim 1  above, wherein said front stabilizer legs each including a contractible outrigger ledge, said outrigger ledge being movable between an extended use position and a retracted rest position, 
 and each of said outrigger ledges providing a footrest for a child being carried on said convertible suitcase.    
   
   
       5 . The child carrying convertible suitcase as set forth in  claim 1  above, wherein said rear compartment is provided with closure means for closing said child carrying seat sub-assembly when said sub-assembly is retracted into its rest position within said rear compartment.  
   
   
       6 . The child carrying convertible suitcase as set forth in  claim 4  above, wherein each of said outrigger ledges is provided a spring-loaded retraction mechanism whereby said spring-loaded retraction mechanism will withdraw the outrigger ledge to rest position when the stabilizer leg is raised from the ground, and alternatively, said spring mechanism will extend said outrigger ledge when weight is applied in a downward direction against said stabilizer leg.