Stroller with passive restraint arrangement

Abstract

A stroller has at least one seat supported by a frame assembly. The seat has a seat back and a seat bottom. A traversing structure extends laterally across the seat, is spaced forward of a surface of the seat back, and is spaced upward of a surface of the seat bottom. A foot opening is positioned beneath the traversing structure, above the seat bottom, and between opposed and spaced apart side frame sections of the frame assembly. A passive restraint obstruction extends from a portion of the stroller into the foot opening and reduces a size of the foot opening. The obstruction creates a passive restraint to inhibit a child from fitting through the foot opening.

1 . A stroller comprising: 
 at least one seat supported by a frame assembly, the seat having a seat back and a seat bottom;    a traversing structure extending laterally across the seat, spaced forward of a surface of the seat back, and spaced upward of a surface of the seat bottom;    a foot opening beneath the traversing structure, above the seat bottom, and between opposed, spaced apart side frame sections of the frame assembly; and    a passive restraint obstruction including 1) a structure extending downward from a portion of the traversing structure into and reducing a size of the foot opening, and 2) a structure extending upward from the seat bottom, wherein the downward extending structure does not contact the upward extending structures,    wherein the downwardly extending structure extends downwardly a first distance, and wherein the upwardly extending structure extends upwardly a second distance such that the first distance is not equal to the second distance.    
   
   
       2 . (canceled)  
   
   
       3 . (canceled)  
   
   
       4 . (canceled)  
   
   
       5 . The stroller according to  claim 1 , wherein the traversing structure is a tray.  
   
   
       6 . The stroller according to  claim 5 , wherein the downward extending structure is a plastic component, integrally molded as a part of the traversing structure.  
   
   
       7 . (canceled)  
   
   
       8 . The stroller according to  claim 1 , wherein the downward extending structure is permanently connected to the traversing structure.  
   
   
       9 . The stroller according to  claim 4 , wherein the upward extending structure is permanently connected to the seat bottom.  
   
   
       10 . (canceled)  
   
   
       11 . The stroller according to  claim 1 , wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.