AU2020102046A4 - Design of a collapsible and portable lactation module for mothers - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable, collapsible, private and secure lactation for use by working moms who might want to comfortably express milk at work utilizing a breast pump or breastfeed their babies. The lactation is a generally lightweight rectangular unit with promptly collapsible walls, floor, and screened roof, taking into consideration ventilation and surrounding light. The inside is light, secure, open and welcoming for the mother and incorporates seating for the mother, and a table and electrical outlet for a siphon. The creation contains a room body, wherein the room body involves a top plate, a left wallboard, a correct wallboard, a back wallboard and a base plate, just as an entryway masterminded in the front of the room body; seats for rest of lactating ladies are orchestrated in the room body; an air feeder is organized on the top plate, and guideline/control press catches of the air feeder are mounted on the left wallboard or the correct wallboard; a vent gap is framed on in any event one of the left wallboard, the correct wallboard and the entryway; and a lighting light, a savvy human body sensor and a programmed circuit control gadget and various security ready frameworks including facial acknowledgment calculation and biometric sensors are masterminded in the room body. The matemal-infant feeding room in the public places is practicable, light, convenient for moving, and suitable for maternal-infant feeding in the public places (various waiting rooms, large and medium-sized shopping malls, as well as supermarkets, hospital waiting halls, airplane waiting halls, large and medium-sized restaurants and the like). Therefore, inconvenience and embarrassment caused by feeding in the public places are avoided, and the privacy of the women is also protected. TNFL^'rA&Le...Po.p~aXp.fT - ----- --- - act1'Futa Sa.Aea oan CL P04

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DESIGN OF A COLLAPSIBLE AND PORTABLE LACTATION MODULE FOR MOTHERS Field of the Invention This application unveils an innovation which is connected by and large and in different exemplifications, to a convenient, folding, private and secure walled in area for use by working moms who might want to easily communicate milk and bosom feed the babies at open situations with no uneasiness.

Background and prior art of the Invention

Mother feeding has been appeared to have expanded health benefits to babies. Working moms who might want to keep on breastfeeding subsequent to returning to work may confront an unsupportive workplace. Ordinarily, nursing moms may require different breaks for the duration of the day to communicate mother milk with a breast pump at work so as to take care of their children with the communicated milk later. One trouble working moms face is finding a perfect and private spot to use as a siphoning station or lactation room while at work.

Mothers who breastfeed their children in broad daylight have gotten progressively frightened from antagonistic individuals who item to their activities. A mother with a new baby might need to go out and stroll through a mall. While strolling through an open spot, for example, a mall, a mother may need to unexpectedly breastfeed. A mall commonly will have mother feeding room, changing table that a mother can use for breastfeeding and changing her infant's diaper. In any case, the open restroom is normally a separation away, and is anything but an absolutely private condition for the mother to breastfeed. Likewise, the child changing station in the open bathroom is definitely not a solid situation for a mother to breastfeed. The time required for a mother to nurture her infant is regularly from 12 hour to 2 hours because of the breastfeeding time which differs with the passionate association that the mother and child share, which can be affected by nature and environmental factors The mall owners and employers may face costly construction in order to adapt their facilities to comply with these requirements. Construction of permanent on-site lactation facilities can be messy and inconvenient. A need exists, therefore, for convenient, portable and economical lactation accommodations.

A portable, collapsible, private and secure lactation for use by working moms who might want to easily communicate milk at work utilizing a breast pump or breastfeed their child. The lactation fenced in area is a generally lightweight rectangular unit with promptly collapsible walls, floor, and screened roof, taking into consideration ventilation and encompassing light. The inside is light, secure, large and welcoming for the mother and incorporates seating for the mother, and a table and electrical outlet for a pump. This invention contains a room body, wherein the room body involves a top plate, a left wallboard, a correct wallboard, a back wallboard and a base plate, just as an entryway orchestrated in the front of the room body; seats for rest of lactating ladies are organized in the room body; an air feeder is masterminded on the top plate, and guideline/control press catches of the air feeder are mounted on the left wallboard or the correct wallboard; a vent gap is framed on at any rate one of the left wallboard, the correct wallboard and the entryway; and a lighting light, a brilliant human body sensor and a programmed circuit control gadget and different security ready frameworks including facial acknowledgment calculation and biometric sensors are orchestrated in the room body. The maternal-newborn child taking care of room in the open spots is practicable, light, advantageous for moving, and reasonable for maternal-baby taking care of in the open spots (different sitting areas, huge and medium-sized shopping centers, just as stores, emergency clinic holding up corridors, plane holding up lobbies, huge and medium-sized caf6s and such). In this manner, burden and humiliation brought about by taking care of in the open spots are kept away from, and the security of the ladies is likewise ensured. Detailed description of the Invention

According to the drawings, there are demonstrated embodiments of a portable, collapsible, private and secure lactation room or fenced in area for use by working moms who might want to easily communicate milk at work or different spots utilizing a breast pump. Lactation walled in area may likewise be utilized by moms to breastfeed their child. Lactation pod is generally lightweight rectangular unit with promptly collapsible walls, floor, and screened roof, taking into account ventilation and encompassing light. The inside is light, secure, ample and welcoming for the mother and incorporates seating for the mother, and a table and electrical outlet for a pump.

The current invention is a portable breastfeeding (or lactation) module that can be set in an open area and in which a mother can sit in securely and in security from the public around her and care for her baby.

According to FIGS, the lactation walled in area as indicated by exemplifications of the creation incorporates a front board having an entryway gathering and a door frame, first and second side panel assemblies, a rear panel, a base and a ceiling unit.

Front panel including the entryway gathering and door frame are appeared in FIG. A full length piano hinge (not-illustrated) pivotally secures down the entryway get together to the door frame. . Door assembly together further incorporates a turn entryway handle and an interior lock. Entryway gathering additionally ideally has an opening marker.

The portable lactation module wherein a mother can enter and breastfeed her baby in comfort, in private and in wellbeing from general society around the module. The module incorporates a delicate seat on which the mother can sit to nurse her baby. Windows around the module are single direction glass, frosted glass, or another kind of glass that will permit the mother to see outside yet limit the general population from watching the mother nursing inside. Opposite the seat is an baby changing table on which the mother can put her child to clean and change the diaper while inside the module. Situated beneath the table is an opening in the module into which the mother can stop a child buggy to securely make sure about the carriage from burglary while giving admittance to things in the carriage from inside the module. The entryway can be bolted from inside to keep others from entering while the mother is inside. A sensor on the module is utilized to distinguish the nearness of a carriage in the opening and open the entryway to permit the mother to enter.

The module contains security measures over the changing table and opposite the seat to give directions to the mother and to introduce publicizing or other valuable data to the mother while the nursing cycle is happening. The module incorporates a distributor of items inside simple admittance to the mother from the infant changing table that will apportion items, for example, a sterile fabric or sheet to put on the table before laying the infant on the table, clean wipes to clean the cove, cream or salve to apply to the recently cleaned child, a diaper whenever required, and different things for use in taking care of or cleaning an baby.

The module likewise incorporates a garbage can open from either to within the module or from directly outside of the module to dispense with the soiled sheets and diapers after the mother has finished caring for her baby. The module incorporates a self purifying framework to shower a disinfectant or sparkle a cleaning light inside the module to sterilize the module after the mother has left the module and before the following mother enters. The module additionally incorporates an independent ventilation framework to channel smells from the utilization of the module and to keep the scents from getting away into the region around the module where general society can be influenced.

A sensor, for example, a laser light or a proximity sensor is utilized to distinguish the nearness of a buggy in the opening to open the door and permit the mother to enter the module. prevent theft of the stroller while the mother is inside the module, a cable with a lockable hook connected inside the module is placed onto a portion of the stroller to prevent someone from pulling the stroller out from the opening. The link could be made sure about to the side of the edge of the module close to the floor so the mother can without much of a stretch expand the link with the lockable snare and interface it to the edge of the carriage. The length of the link is with the end goal that the vast majority of the leeway is taken up when the snare is put onto the carriage outline.

In the module and along the back wall is a delicate and agreeable seat broadening the width of the module for the mother to sit while nursing her baby. The seat can be open beneath or part of a crate structure with side wall and a front wall as delineated in FIGS. In one embodiment, the seat can be pivoted to the back divider for ease in cleaning the floor of the module. Opposite the seat is the child changing table and the opening wherein the buggy is stopped. The size of the module is with the end goal that the mother can reach from a situated position and access the substance of the carriage or stand and spot the child onto the table and curve down to get to the substance of the stroller.

The entryway likewise incorporates a lock that is enacted from inside the module so the mother can bolt the entryway and keep others from entering. The lock can be an magnetic lock or an electric lock like a lock on a plane washroom. In one encapsulation, the entryway is bolted until a baby stroller is stopped in the opening. This is to prevent people other than moms with a straight from entering the module for unapproved use. For a mother with an infant that doesn't have a buggy, a card peruser or a key cushion could be utilized for a mother that has an approved admittance to open the entryway and enter the module. The card or key code could be given from a data comer or table inside the structure that the module is put. A crisis supersede can likewise be utilized to open the entryway if the buggy is taken out before the mother leaves the module.

The module can be sound proofed to that the mother does not hear activities from outside of the module. The module is powered by a 12 volt DC battery system with battery backup that plugs into a 110 volt AC outlet of the building in which the module is placed for use. To prevent child uneasiness, changing station of the innovation further contains an insulative surface shaped of a plastic material, for example, ABS or Polystyrene. The insulative surface is framed ideally looking like a bed which is designed to fit within the trough characterized by the base divider and the side dividers of the help stage. Insulative bed gets a child put on the help stage and is operable to keep up an uncovered skin surface of the infant out of contact with the treated steel of help stage. In that manner, during the changing of the infant's diapers, the infant is commonly shielded from being chilled by the treated steel which might be surprising for the child. The plastic bed is framed to give a smooth, hole free surface for simpler cleaning. The smooth surface opposes the gathering of soil and different contaminants on the bed.

Insulative surface or bed ideally is removable from the stage and incorporates a smoothed fringe spine divide which encompasses the insulative bed. The rib divide connects with a rack conformed to the side mass of help stage. In this way, the bed is upheld inside the trough of the help stage and is arranged in a by and large flat direction like the help stage. Bed incorporates a cylindrically curved portion disposed generally along the length of the bed for receiving and containing a baby placed on the bed. The cylindrically bended state of part permits side-to-side moving of the child, however keeps up the infant inside the bed. Bed further incorporates utility plate framed in that for holding actualizes utilized in the diaper evolving measure, for example, additional diapers, infant wipes, powder, moisturizer or different things.

While the current creation has been outlined by a description of different embodiments and keeping in mind that these encapsulations have been depicted in significant detail, it isn't the goal of the candidates to confine or in any capacity limit the extent of the affixed cases to such detail. Extra favorable circumstances and changes will promptly appear to those gifted in the workmanship. The development in its more extensive perspectives is subsequently not restricted to the particular subtleties, agent device and strategy, and illustrative model appeared and portrayed. Likewise, flights might be produced using such subtleties without withdrawing from the soul or extent of candidate's overall innovative idea.

Claims (2)

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1. A portable lactation module comprising: A lockable door; A seat for a mother to sit while breastfeeding a baby; A baby changing table inside the module; and, One way glass means to allow the mother inside the module to see outside while preventing people from outside from clearing seeing the mother; A plurality of security means including face recognition patterns and Al for providing the necessary safety to the mother and child inside the pod at public locations. A utility space defined by inner walls extending from said inner shell, and separating said utility space from said interior space;

2. The portable lactation module as claimed in claim 1 wherein it comprises at least one support structure which is capable of supporting at least one person and a platform arranged so as to form a floor; wherein the module can be folded between an erected disposition and a collapsed disposition.

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Fig.1 - Front View of the Permanent Pod.

Figure 2- Side View of the Permanent Pod