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Baby Train
Modular strollers
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I recently heard a story about a woman who has 3 kids aged 2, 1 and a couple of months old. She can't afford a three-seat stroller so her travel options are pretty limited. It seems like the cost of these strollers are high because the market for them is low. A modular stroller design should make things more affordable. The base unit would be a single stroller. Additional units could be hooked on as needed, sort of like a train, with the body of each being locked together and the wheels being free to roll the way shopping cart wheels do. This way manufacturers wouldn't have to go out on a limb when forecasting how many double and tripled strollers to make. They'd just make the base and a reasonable amount of add-ons. The parents would also get the added benefit of not having to buy a smaller stroller when one of the kids gets too big. They could just unhook the modules as they become unnecessary.

I did a quick search of google and this website for similar ideas and didn't find any. If you come across one just send me a link and I'll delete this idea.

longshot9999, Mar 10 2008


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       I propose that Ozzy is the one to sing the advertisement, with lyrics amalgamating his "Crazy Train" and "Crazy Babies".
bungston, Mar 10 2008
   

       There's not really a need to find yourself with three children. These days, they know what causes it.
MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 10 2008
   

       Maxwell - We can't speak for all cultures. Although this lady doesn't belong to mine she's following her beliefs and trying to live with the consequences as best she can.
longshot9999, Mar 10 2008
   

       Here's the problem: Stumble up with one stroller? There's a baby falling down, you're pretty close to it and you might be able to save the baby so it's all good.   

       Stumble into a ten stroller train, and the front 7 detach from you as you fall into the caboose? These babies are in for a wild ride.
daseva, Mar 10 2008
   

       I freakin' love babies, dude.   

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Giblet, Mar 10 2008
   

       Do you push these or pull them?
RayfordSteele, Mar 11 2008
   

       All of the twin and triple strollers I've seen are push models which is why there would have to be fixed connections between modules and free-rolling wheels. Otherwise it would probably be pretty hard to steer the thing.
longshot9999, Mar 11 2008
   

       Hitch 'em together in such a way so that only the middle wheels touch ground while the others float, or are simply fold up out of the way.
RayfordSteele, Mar 11 2008
   

       RayfordSteele has got a point. But your idea can easily have rotational freedom between the links (like an Australian road-train)...   

       ..just include a harness with a strap so that the parent can pull the train....like those chaps who pull locomotives.
samosa_pirate, Mar 11 2008
   

       Uh, lawsuit in embryo. I see the end result being permanent injury from the perambulator version of crack-the-whip.   

       -elfling
elfling, Mar 13 2008
   


 
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