CARRYING HARNESS FOR SMALL CHILDREN
The present invention relates to a carrying harness for small children. The carrying harness comprises a fastening that is fastened to the fixed carrier as well as a front piece (23) that is fixed to the carrier by a number of separate clasps. The fastening harness comprises a waist strap (1A, 1 B), two shoulder straps (2, 3) as well as a lumbar plate (4) at which there are fasteners (25, 26) on the shoulder straps for the front piece's (21) middle part (2). The lumbar plate (33) affords an advantageous load distribution and simple adjustment of the fastening harness. The shoulder straps are bent back at the lumbar plate so that both ends of each shoulder strap are brought together on the same side of the carrier of the carrying harness.
This application is the US National Phase under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/SE2008/000100 filed Feb. 6, 2007, which, in turn, claims priority to Swedish App. No. 0700385-8 filed Feb. 9, 2007, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUNDThe present invention relates to a carrying harness, primarily designed for carrying a small child against the carrier's chest and stomach.
SUMMARYThe purpose of the present invention is to show an improved carrying harness for small children. Depending on how the harness is employed, improvements may be achieved with regard to the management of the harness upon putting it on and placing the child in it as well as with regard to both the carrier and the child's comfort.
A carrying harness according to the invention comprises a fastening harness that is strapped fast to a carrier as well as a front piece that is fixed to the fastening harness. The fastening harness and the front piece each have a strap system that are also jointly referred to as the strap system. The front piece with strap system that supports and holds up the carried child, is fixed to the fastening harness at several points by means of separate clasps or similar items that can easily be released individually. This facilitates the use of the carrying harness both with regard to putting the carrying harness on and upon putting the child in the carrying harness. The bearing pressure on the carrying harness is borne entirely by the harness by means of this strap system. A further advantage of the arrangement according to the invention is that the size of the front piece is controllable through the strap system being adjustable and the fact that a tab projecting from the front piece can lie against the carrier's chest, between the carrier and the child.
The invention shall be described in detail below in connection with the example of a preferred form of the carrying harness as shown in the attached drawings, in which:
The fastening harness comprises a waist strap with a right and left part 1A, 1B, two shoulder straps 2, 3 as well as a back piece or lumbar plate 4. On the shoulder straps there are the fastenings 5, 6 which engage a middle part of the front piece 23 and fastenings 7, 8 which engage a head support part of the front piece 23. The shape of the front piece 23 is shown in greater detail in
The carrying harness also comprises two plates of stiff material, preferably a plastic material. One of the plates, designated a lumbar plate, is positioned on the carrier's back and the other plate, designated the back plate, is placed in the front piece 23 behind the carried child's back. Both of the plates are wholly or partly covered by textile material when the carrying harness is being used.
The back part or lumbar plate 4 is primarily formed as an upside down T, as seen in
The fastening harness has, preferably, a large number of adjustment possibilities as will be seen from the following. The harness's waist strap has two parts, 1A and 1B that are fastened to the lower part of the lumbar plate 4. Each part of the waist strap possesses a clasp 10, 11 or similar adjustment means for adjusting the length of the waist strap whereby each strap part can be further divided into two parts at the adjustment position. The length adjustment can also be arranged at the fitting on the lumbar plate. The shoulder straps 2, 3 are fixed on the waist strap's forward part close to the protruding strap parts 14, 15. From here the shoulder straps extend to the upper part of the lumbar plate 4 where they are passed through their respective holes 21, 22, (or one joint corresponding hole) of the lumbar plate. The holes 21, 22 are somewhat diagonal in relation to the lumbar plate's vertical middle axis, and allow for the shoulder straps to be freely adjusted. The shoulder straps are then bent back to the side from which they came out and are fastened to the same respective waist strap part. This can be seen in
The front piece 23 (
Within the framework of the invention concept other variations of the carrying harness are also possible. The strap in the head support can form part of the harness system and be connected with the seat strap. The back plate can also be reduced in size and be possibly replaced by the seat strap, alternatively via the tightening strap, being directly connected with the laterally-directed tightening straps.
COMPONENT LIST
- 1 Waist strap
- 2, 3 Shoulder strap
- 4 Lumbar plate
- 5,6,7,8 Clasp
- 9 Clasp
- 10, 11 Adjustment
- 12, 13 Adjustment
- 14, 15 Strap ends with fastening parts
- 16 Middle part of lumbar plate
- 17 Lower part
- 18 Upper part
- 19,20 Hole
- 21,22 Hole
- 23 Front part
- 24 Lower part of front piece
- 25 Head support part
- 26,27 Strap
- 28, 29 Side part
- 30 Back plate
- 31,32 Tightening strap
- 33,34 Clasp
- 35,36 Clasp
- 37 Tightening strap
- 38 Seat strap
Claims
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3. (canceled)
4. (canceled)
5. (canceled)
6. A carrying harness for small children comprising a fastening harness and a front piece connectable to said fastening harness and which supports a child, wherein said fastening harness is configured to be firmly fixed to a person carrying said harness and comprises shoulder straps and a waist strap; said waist strap being comprised of two parts each of which has a protruding strap portion; said shoulder straps are bent around when worn by a person to resemble a loop or slot on a rear side of said carrying person in such a way that said respective shoulder strap remains on the respective side of said carrying person; said shoulder straps extending from a foremost portion of said waist strap parts close to said protruding strap portions, and to said bending round arrangement where they are carried through respective holes, or a common corresponding hole, and wherein said shoulder straps are configured to be freely adjusted and bent back to a side from which they extend, and to be fastened to the same respective waist strap part.
7. The carrying harness as claimed in claim 6, comprising a lumbar plate which includes means for bending back said shoulder straps.
8. The carrying harness as claimed in claim 7, wherein an upper portion of said lumbar plate comprises holes for said bending back of said shoulder straps, said holes being arranged diagonally in relation to a center axis of said lumbar plate.
9. The carrying harness as claimed in claim 8, wherein said lumbar plate is formed in one piece.
10. The carrying harness as claimed in claim 8, wherein said lumbar plate is formed in several pieces which are configured to be interconnected by means of links, straps or other suitable means.
11. A carrying harness for small children comprising a carrying harness adapted to be worn by a person and a front piece securable to said carrying harness and adapted to hold a small child; said carrying harness comprising:
- a lumbar support having an upper section and a lower section; said upper section defining a pair of openings;
- right and left shoulder straps; each shoulder strap passing through a respective one of said openings of said lumbar support and defining a loop, such that when said carrying harness is worn, each shoulder straps remains on the respective side of said person; and
- a waist strap at said bottom of said lumbar support; said waist strap being comprised of two parts each of which has a protruding strap portion; each waist strap part extending through the loop defined by said right and left shoulder straps; said protruding strap portions of said waist strap parts being removably connected together by a clasp.
12. The carrying harness of claim 11 wherein said shoulder straps and/or waist straps are adjustable in length.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 6, 2008
Publication Date: Apr 29, 2010
Inventor: Jöran Lundh (Kowloon)
Application Number: 12/525,577
International Classification: A47D 13/02 (20060101);