Child-carrying device II
A child-carrying device comprising a baby carrier (1, 2, 52), a flexible front piece (3), which at upper laterally spaced-apart portions, by means of detachable couplings (31), is connected to the baby carrier, the front piece (3) having a lower central portion that, by an appurtenant connection (40), is connected to an adjacent part of the baby carrier, whereby the front piece (3) forms a child-carrying pocket, the front piece (3) having an upper border part that extends above the level of the upper laterally spaced-apart fittings and has laterally projecting end portions at each side, each of the end portions at the end thereof carrying a first coupling part, which detachably can co-operate with an appurtenant other coupling part, the second coupling parts being carried by the baby carrier in laterally spaced-apart positions. The first and second coupling fittings have formations (85, 72) that co-operate with each other and, in the coupled state of the first and second coupling fittings, rotationally secure the first coupling fitting (51) in one of a plurality of mutually selectable rotary positions.
The invention relates to a child-carrying device of the kind that is defined in the preamble of claim 1.
Thus, the invention relates to a child-carrying device, which comprises a baby carrier that can be worn on a user's upper body part and that has a child-carrying pocket in which a child can be received, the carrying pocket being formed of a flexible front piece that, in laterally spaced-apart upper positions, is connected to the baby carrier, and that has a lower central portion connected to the carrying structure. The front piece has an upper border part that extends up above the level of the upper laterally spaced-apart connection positions. The upper border part has laterally projecting end portions. Which at the ends have fitting parts that can be coupled to the appurtenant respective fitting parts of the baby carrier, in order to support the head of the child. A child-carrying device of this kind is known, for instance, from WO 03/003880. Baby carriers of the kind in question may possibly include a stiff element, for instance in the form of a sheet on the chest side of the wearer, the sheet carrying the two fittings to which the fittings of the lateral ends of the upper front-piece portion are connected.
An object of the invention is, in such a baby carrier, with or without stiff chest plate, to provide means to form a headrest of the upper border part of the front piece, which headrest is easily adjustable and forms spaced-apart support areas against the front side of the head of the child, on either side of the mouth and nose of the child, when the child is sitting in the carrying pocket with the chest thereof facing the chest side of the wearer.
An additional object of the invention is to efficiently and comfortable afford a support of the head of the child in a generally upright orientation. An additional object is to provide simple and comfortable adjustment of the inner circumference of the head-supporting area surrounded by the upper border part of the front piece.
The objects are entirely or partly attained by the invention.
The invention is defined in the appended independent claim 1.
Embodiments of the invention are defined in the appended dependent claims.
In the following, the invention will be described by way of examples, reference being made to a baby carrier of a special design, but it should be appreciated that the invention can be applied in other forms of the baby carrier, with or without stiff lateral coupling between the laterally spaced-apart fitting parts on the front side of the baby carrier, to which parts the associated appurtenant fitting parts mounted to the laterally projecting end portions of the front piece connect.
The invention will now be described by way of examples, reference being made to the appended drawing.
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In the new placement of the carrying pocket 4, the user can again urge the buckle 10 so that the load from the child is carried against the hips via the sheet 2 and the waist belt 1. The child-carrying device may naturally also be provided with the shoulder strap 52 arranged in the opposite diagonal direction.
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By the fact that the slide rails 50 extend as a continuous arch between the two vertical side edges and horizontal upper edge of the sheet, the portion 53 of the shoulder strap 52 can be displaced into an optimal position that is regulated by the body dimensions of the user and the load in question.
The waist strap 1 has, of course, adjustment fittings that allow selectable adjustment of the circumference of the waist belt 1 and that allow opening of the waist belt.
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The fitting parts 54 have both been shown stiffly connected to laterally spaced-apart positions of the stiff sheet 25, on a common height level, but it is feasible to dispense with a stiff lateral mutual coupling between the fitting parts 54, and instead let them be carried, for instance, on a chest strap portion each of a baby carrier of the kind that is disclosed in WO 03/003880, wherein one of co-operating fitting parts 51, 54 should be formed for mutual rotational securing, and, wherein the lateral end portions of the upper border portion of the front piece should be made to be folded over at a radial distance from the centre of the fitting part, for the formation of the laterally displaceable bent-over portions of the end portions of the upper border portion.
Claims
1-6. (canceled)
7. A child-carrying device comprising a baby carrier (1, 2, 52), a flexible front piece (3), which at upper laterally spaced-apart portions, by means of detachable laterally spaced-apart couplings (31), is connected to the baby carrier, the front piece (3) having a lower central portion that, by an appurtenant connection (40), is connected to an adjacent part of the baby carrier, whereby the front piece (3) forms a child-carrying pocket, the front piece (3) having an upper border part that extends above the level of the upper laterally spaced-apart couplings and has laterally projecting end portions at each side, each of the end portions at the end thereof carrying a first coupling fitting (51), which detachably can co-operate with an appurtenant second coupling fitting (54), the second coupling fitting being carried by the baby carrier in laterally spaced-apart positions, characterized in that the first and second coupling fittings have formations (85, 72) that in the coupled state of the first and second coupling fittings co-operate with each other and provide rotationally security of the first coupling fitting (51) in one of a plurality of mutually selectable rotary positions relative the second coupling fitting in a plane, corresponding to the front side or the back side of the user of the child-carrying device.
8. Child-carrying device according to claim 7, characterized in that the projecting end portions of the upper border part of the front piece are flexible and resiliently elastic at least in a longitudinal section (38) thereof that substantially rigidly connects to the first coupling fitting, and conveyed by the first coupling fitting (51) to its rotary orientation around the second coupling fitting (54), the end portions of the front piece being bendable to form bent-over areas (37) that form support against the respective side of the face of the child.
9. Child-carrying device according to claim 7, characterized in that the second coupling fitting (54) is in the form of a post having a waist (57) for locking lugs (61) belonging to the first coupling fitting that is ring-shaped and fits over the post, the locking lugs (61) being spring-loaded against a displacement position in which they engage with the waist, and the locking lugs being coupled to outer press buttons that upon actuation retract the lugs from the engagement with the waist.
10. Child-carrying device according to claim 7, characterized in that, on a foot plate from which the post projects, the second coupling device (54) has at least one formation (55) that can engage in one of a plurality of formations (72) complementary herewith on the first coupling fitting (51) is in axial locking engagement with the second coupling fitting (54).
11. Child-carrying device according to claim 7, characterized in that the baby carrier comprises a stiff sheet (2) on which the second coupling fittings (54) are mounted.
12. Child-carrying device according to claim 11, characterized in that the stiff sheet is carried from a waist belt (1) included in the baby carrier, and that the second coupling fittings (54) are carried in the vicinity of the upper border of the stiff sheet (2).
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 4, 2007
Publication Date: Mar 18, 2010
Inventors: Joakim Liljedahl (Enebyberg), Filip Sauer (Stockholm), Jens O. Johansson (Stockholm), Fredrik Hallander (Alvsjo)
Application Number: 12/311,607
International Classification: A47D 13/02 (20060101);