Abstract: A baby carriage comprises longitudinal side frame members, a backrest sheet portion, a head protection part positioned at an upper end region of the backrest sheet portion, a backside support connected to the longitudinal side frame member to reclinably support the backrest sheet portion from a backside, and a guard member of a rigid structure having an inverted U shape as a whole. The guard member has both ends rotatably connected to the longitudinal side frame members and a central portion extending in the width direction and positioned along a back surface of the head protection part in both forms of a chair state and a bed state.

Abstract: A seat forming member is mounted on a child-care instrument which can be changed between a chair state and a bed state, to form a seat and comprises a backrest wall and a top wall flexibly connected to an upper part of the backrest wall. In the bed state, the top wall bends forward so as to form an angle with the backrest wall. The seat forming member comprises a pair of side protecting members extending sideward from both sides of the top wall. Each of side protecting members is guided by a side wall of the seat and bends forward from the top wall so as to be positioned over the backrest wall in the bed state.

Abstract: A baby carriage comprises a body frame including a pair of longitudinal side frame members, a seat hammock including a backrest sheet portion, a backside support, and an upper end connecting member. The backside support includes backside string members extending so as to support the backrest sheet portion from the back side such that it can be reclined. The upper end connecting member comprises an upper end string member extending along the whole width of the backrest sheet portion at the upper end in a width direction and having both ends connected to the pair of longitudinal side frame members.

Abstract: The life log or journal is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly divided into a fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself/herself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, an instruction is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions throughout the childhood and adulthood of the child.

Abstract: A seat structure includes a seat plate, a backrest plate adjustable in inclination angle, and a bridging member covering up a flexion portion between the seat plate and the backrest plate for bridging the seat plate and the backrest plate smoothly. The bridging member is a member shaped like a thin flat plate having a flexural elasticity and stably supports a baby's buttocks while dispersing a body pressure with its entire surface. This structure can provide such a seat structure that can prevent local loads from acting on the buttocks both in the form of a bed and in the form of a chair.

Abstract: A child car seat comprises a seat body including a seat wall and a backrest wall, and a V-shaped shield structure extending from above both shoulders to a crotch of a child. The V-shaped shield structure includes a belt extending in the shape of the letter V, a belt guiding member guiding the belt and an elastic cover surrounding the belt guiding member.

Abstract: A seat of a child-care instrument comprises a seat plate, a backrest plate which can be reclined, and a lapping plate. The lapping plate integrally has a seat surface portion facing the seat plate, and a back surface portion facing the backrest plate. The seat plate and the backrest plate each have first openings penetrating in the thickness direction. The lapping plate has second openings penetrating in the thickness direction, in its seat surface portion and the back surface portion. The lapping plate is provided such that it can be displaced between a first position in which the first opening and second openings are aligned and a second position in which the positions of both openings are shifted. A plurality of hinge portions extending in the width direction are provided so as to be spaced in the vertical direction, in a corner region connecting the seat surface portion and the back surface portion of the lapping plate.

Abstract: A seat hammock for a child-care instrument includes a seat surface portion, a backrest surface portion and a pair of lower side surface portions extending to rise upward from both side edges of the seat surface portion in a used state. Each lower side surface portion has a bottom connection end connected to a side edge of the seat surface portion, a back connection end, and an upper connection end. The back connection end is provided behind and overlaps a back surface of the backrest surface portion and is connected to the back surface of the backrest surface portion at a position laterally inwardly at a distance from both side edges thereof. The upper connection end is adapted to be connected to an upward extension frame member extending upward from a rear end of a member forming a seat portion of the child-care instrument.

Abstract: Between a user wear member and a baby holding member of a baby carrier, provided are: first connection means for enabling lateral hold of a baby that is laid down, using the baby holding member on the front side of a mother; second connection means for enabling front side vertical hold of the baby in an upright posture, using the baby holding member on the front side of the mother; and third connection means for enabling back side vertical hold of the baby in an upright posture, using the baby holding member on the back of the mother. In this manner, the baby carrier with a structure implementing lateral hold, i.e. a state in which a newborn or a baby of which neck or lower body is not stable is held laid-down, front side vertical hold, and back side vertical hold, can be provided.

Abstract: A neonate dummy make it possible to sense or measure a movement of the head of a neonate, the values of impacts applied to the thoracic part and the abdominal part (including the lumbar part) of the neonate, and the value or magnitude of the effect on the cervical vertebrae, as well as to clarify the mechanism of cervical disorder resulting from an impact in a car crash or the like. This neonate dummy includes a head part, a body part (including a lumbar part), arm parts and leg parts. A bar-shaped backbone member corresponding to the backbone of a neonate is provided in the body part (including a lumbar part), and a neck part is formed on an upper region of the backbone member. A triaxial acceleration sensor is provided on the centroidal position of the head part.

Abstract: A baby's play gym for supporting suspended toys can be reconfigured to form a magazine rack or a chair. The play gym includes upwardly convex arcuate first and second side supports arranged laterally opposite one another with a spacing distance therebetween. First and second hanger bars coupling the first and second side supports with each other for hanging toys thereon extend between upper portions of the first and second side supports. Third and fourth hanger bars for hanging other toys extend between lower portions of the first and second side supports. When reconfigured as a magazine rack or a chair, a strip member is supported from at least two of the hanger bars to form a sling trough to support books and magazines or a sling seat to support a person, while the play members are removed and some of the hanger bars may be removed.

Abstract: A childcare instrument or baby carriage has a core member contained removably in a bag placed on the rear side of the carriage, and the core member includes a first plate member and a second plate member arranged to overlap each other. The first plate member has first apertures piercing therethrough in the direction of thickness. The second plate member has second apertures piercing therethrough in the direction of thickness, and the second plate member is relatively displaceable between a first position to align the first apertures with the second apertures and a second position to displace the first apertures from the second apertures. The childcare instrument thus provided is accordingly capable of adjusting the degree of breathing.

Abstract: A folding baby carriage comprises an open-state locking member 4 which locks an open state of a baby carriage by engaging with a reversing member 3, an operating member 6 which moves the open-state locking member to release a lock of the baby carriage, and a stopper 10 which is rotatably supported by a handrail member 7 and directly abuts on the open-state locking member 4 so as to prohibit movement of the open-state locking member 4. When the baby carriage is changed to a closed state, it is necessary to turn the stopper provided so as to be operationally and positionally separate from the operating member 6 first and then, in this state continuously operate the operating member.

Abstract: A baby carriage comprises longitudinal side frame members, a backrest sheet portion, a head protection part positioned at an upper end region of the backrest sheet portion, a backside support connected to the longitudinal side frame member to reclinably support the backrest sheet portion from a backside, and a guard member of a rigid structure having an inverted U shape as a whole. The guard member has both ends rotatably connected to the longitudinal side frame members and a central portion extending in the width direction and positioned along a back surface of the head protection part in both forms of a chair state and a bed state.

Abstract: A neonate dummy enabling grasp of a movement of the head of a neonate, the values of impacts applied to the thoracic part and the abdominal part (including the lumbar part) and the value of affection on the cervical vertebrae as well as clarification of the mechanism of cervical disorder resulting from an impact in a car crash or the like is provided. This neonate dummy comprises a head part, a body part (including a lumbar part), arm parts and leg parts. A bar-shaped backbone member corresponding to the backbone of a neonate is provided in the body part (including a lumbar part), and a neck part is formed on an upper region of the backbone member. A triaxial acceleration sensor is provided on the centroidal position of the head part.

Abstract: In this nursery instrument, a selection plate (100) is fixed to a reinforcing plate (29) with a pin (110), to be slidable through a slot (125e). A through hole (125a, 125b, 125c) has the same bore diameter as an engaging hole (25a, 25b, 25c), and a through hole (125d) consists of a slot having a length substantially twice that of an engaging hole (25d) in a sliding direction. According to this mechanism, only a bed state can be selected up to a lapse of a constant time after birth of a baby. Thus, a nursery instrument capable of protecting respiration of the baby can be provided on the basis of medical criteria for the baby.

Abstract: A child car seat comprises a seat body including a seat wall and a backrest wall, and a V-shaped shield structure extending from above both shoulders to a crotch of a child. The V-shaped shield structure includes a belt extending in the shape of the letter V, a belt guiding member guiding the belt and an elastic cover surrounding the belt guiding member.