CN1960661A

CN1960661A - A baby/child support

Info

Publication number: CN1960661A
Application number: CNA2005800179449A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阿尔伯特·希门尼斯
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-06-03
Filing date: 2005-06-03
Publication date: 2007-05-09
Also published as: WO2005117661A1; GB0412401D0; ES2354680T3; ATE484982T1; US20070241597A1; EP1768521A1; JP4879169B2; DE602005024273D1; JP2008501395A; EP1768521B1; AU2005249271A1

Abstract

There is provided a baby support (10) having a base (11) and a support portion (12). The support portion has a back portion (13) and a pair of side portions (15, 16). The baby support (10) has a waist harness for retaining a baby (31) in the support. The baby support (10) enables the baby (31) to reach in many directions, including forwards and sideways, whilst remaining in a safe, seated position.

Description

Baby/child support

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of baby/child support.

Background technology

Along with the baby grows up, it can begin to adopt sitting posture.Yet when being in sitting posture, the baby is unstable at first, and is easy to fall forward or backward or fall down to the side.This may injure the baby and may cause suffering to baby and father and mother thereof or caregiver.In this stage of growth, need father and mother/caregiver vigilant especially usually to guarantee that the baby maintains a good state.It is more difficult that situation becomes, because in this stage that the baby grows up, he (she) is unwilling to sit quietly and attempts usually to reach and grab toy and other object or person.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, a kind of baby/child support is provided, it comprises: base; The support portion, it is holded up from this base; And holding device, be used for baby/child is maintained with respect to this support portion, this support portion has flexibility and elasticity to a certain degree and comprises the back of rising and the sidepiece that is oppositely arranged, the height of this sidepiece is lower than this back, this base horizontal expansion surpasses the floor space of this support portion, make that sidepiece extends under the arm of baby/child when using, with permission lateral tilt to a certain degree, and this holding device comprises lap belt.

In preferably being provided with, base is the form of base plate.Usually the front view of this support portion is roughly U-shaped, and the back is crooked and is connected to two sidepieces smoothly.Ideally, the back is higher than two sidepieces and extends.

Preferred feature is that holding device comprises safety belt.Usually safety belt comprise two side bands being fixed to this each sidepiece of support portion and from base extend band.Preferably, the length of safety belt is adjustable and safety belt utilizes releasable bracelet secured to one another to together.Another preferred feature is the crooked base with the applying bearing in smooth interior surfaces ground at back.

In some were provided with, this base comprised the device that is used for activity/study equipment is attached to base.Preferably, the device that is used to the activity of being attached to/study equipment comprises releasable clip.By this embodiment, this activity/study equipment comprises keyboard and screen, and it comprises by the computer disk of able to programme or pre-programmed or tape-controlled device.

According to some embodiment, this support portion is made by the material of nonrigid plastics or rubber-based.In some were provided with, this support portion had the rigidity core.

Preferably, this support portion releasably is fixed to base, can use suitable clip.

Description of drawings

To introduce embodiments of the present invention in more detail now.Reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the plane according to baby support of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the side view of the baby support shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 show the baby be positioned at the similar baby support of the baby support shown in Fig. 1 and 2 in side view;

Fig. 4 is the plane of study equipment, and it is used to be attached to the baby support shown in the figure;

Fig. 5 is the upward view according to the base plate of another kind of baby support of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the side view that is used for the support portion that the base plate with Fig. 5 uses; And

Fig. 7 is the front view that the part of the another kind of baby support that assembles is cut open.

The specific embodiment

Show baby support 10 in the drawings, it comprises base plate 11 and support portion 12 mounted thereto.Base plate 11 is formed by rigid plastic material, but also can use other material, and is for example wooden.In this embodiment, base plate 11 is roughly heart, but other shape also is possible.

Support portion 12 is roughly U-shaped and is fixed on the base plate 11.With the attached of base plate 11 can be fix attached, perhaps support portion 12 can utilize the releasable device (being expressed as 30 among Fig. 3) such as screw or clip to be attached to removably on the base plate 11.Support portion 12 has back 13, and it is crooked in plane, thereby snugly engages baby 31 back, and it extends up to the baby's who is sitting on the base plate 11 omoplate zone, falls down backward to prevent the baby.In some embodiments, back 13 more highland extends to after baby's the head/neck, thereby supports baby's head/neck.If when the baby was tired or sleeping, this was useful.Certainly, back 13 reach the baby what highly depend on baby's size.In this specific embodiment, the inner surface at back 13 is crooked smoothly with base plate 11 meets 14, thereby for the baby provides comfort level and support, but the meet between back 13 and the bottom 11 can steeper (as shown in Figure 3).

Back 13 slopes downwardly into two

sidepieces

15,16 that highly reduce.Ideally, the sidepiece height be back 13 height 1/3 to 2/3 between, preferably be about half of back height, make sidepiece below baby's arm, to extend.If the baby attempts to tilt to sidepiece,

sidepiece

15,16 provides lateral support for it.What be attached to each

sidepiece

15,16 is

side band

17,18, and it forms the part of restriction safety belt 19.Be with 20 in also being provided with, and three can be by releasably same fixed the arriving together of suitable buckle device 21 with 17,18,20.Ideally, the length with 17,18,20 is adjustable, thereby cosily adapts to the baby with different size.In shown embodiment, in be with 20 to pass base plate 11 and extend, and can be based on taking off such as the selected purpose of cleaning.

Support portion 12 is made by flexible, elastomeric material ideally.For example some foamed materials of open cell foam will be suitable.Preferably, this material is the plastics of soft feel or the material of rubber-based, and it will provide sufficient flexibility, so that the baby can move, but can be simply owing to baby's weight is subsided.And this material will be flexible, make that it returns to original shape after the bending.For example, the sponge rubber with suitable rebound quality can be suitable, although definite material is the problem of design alternative.If anyone drops on the support portion 12, the plastics of soft feel or rubbery material will also have the littler possibility that damages.Ideally, all material can both clean totally easily.Another possibility is that this support portion has the removable lid that can wash.Also possible is that this support portion can have the more core of rigidity, also provides necessary flexibility and rigidity for this support portion 12 simultaneously so that intensity to be provided.

When babies learn was sat, they seldom sat quietly, and will be easy to tilt in all directions, particularly when something or other (for example toy or other target) or someone attract their notice.When the baby just can need not to help ground to sit down, this tilting action will always make the baby fall down, and this may make that the baby is injured, misery and suffering setbacks, also can make father and mother or caregiver's misery certainly.

When using baby support 10, the baby is placed in the support portion 12, and holds it in the there by using of seat belts.Thereby, by support portion 12 and safety belt 19 baby being supported for sitting posture,

sidepiece

15,16 extends below baby's arm simultaneously.If the baby turns forward, this baby of harness supports, and tend to inwardly draw

sidepiece

15,16 to clamp baby's sidepiece.If baby leans back, back 13 allows some motion, but finally limits the baby, and this motion tends to inwardly draw

sidepiece

15,16 once more, to clamp baby's sidepiece.Allow motion similarly to a certain extent to sidepiece, but finally by 15,16 restrictions of sidepiece.Around the marginal portion of the base plate 11 of support portion 12 by making that the baby is very difficult to baby support 10 overturnings are helped to stablize baby support 10.When the baby is in more not in the dangerous environment, need more undemanding supervision, and when father and mother/caregiver turned round, they can be more random.

Figure 4 illustrates the activity/study equipment 40 that can be fixed to base plate 11.This is attached to be releasable ideally, and can comprise clip, sucker, bolt or other the device that can form connection arbitrarily.In shown the setting, this equipment has the pin 41 that separates, and it clips in the hole that separates 42 that is arranged in the base plate 11.The definite kind of activity/study equipment is the problem of design alternative, but can comprise keyboard 43 and screen 44, Shape Classification device, iron wire beading (bead coaster) or be used to improve any other device of baby's sensitivity, notice, study or amusement.Keyboard 43 and screen 44 can be controlled by for example using the able to programme and/or pre-programmed means of computer disk or tape, CD, DVD etc.Thereby the complexity of study/play tasks can change according to age and/or growth.Activity/study equipment 40 is positioned at baby the place ahead, also can extend around baby's sidepiece.

Fig. 5 to 7 shows another kind of baby support, and it is similar with previously described embodiment in many aspects.Thereby similar parts have similar Reference numeral.Base plate 11 is formed with U-shaped hole 50, its downside have around recess 51.Support portion 12 is roughly U-shaped in plane, and has back 13,

sidepiece

15,16 and around the flange 52 of its lower limb.The hole of passing in the base plate 11 50 is inserted in support portion 12, makes flange 52 be arranged in recess 51.This is shown clearly in Fig. 7.Thereby support portion 12 can easily be taken off, for cleaning or replacement.Extra securing member can be set, support portion 12 is remained on its suitable position.

In base plate 11, also have the band accommodation hole 53, and this hole also have around recess 54.Be with 20 insertions to pass hole 53 in the safety belt, and the holding plate (not shown) with 20 1 ends is contained in the recess 54 in being attached to.

Fig. 7 also shows extra shoulder/body harness 55, and it can be attached to the

basic waistband

17,18 of restriction safety belt 19.Also show optional seat cushion 56, its can around in be with 20 and be held, and fix with respect to base by for example Velcro (VELCRO) type securing member.

Fig. 6 shows the groove 57 that is formed at each

sidepiece

15,16, so that

side band

17,18 passes.Then the side band 13 rear portion passes around the back, and fixed to one another in adjustable mode.Suitable band retaining ring can be arranged on the support portion 12, correctly to keep the side band.

In particularly preferred the setting, 300 millimeters of the height at back 13,150 millimeters of the height of

sidepiece

15,16 about base plate 11 tops about base plate 11 tops.

Will be appreciated that, can make change the accurate structure of baby support and employed material type and precise shapes.For example the end of (in plane) U-shaped can be revised as and be made that the front end of

sidepiece

15,16 is inside a little toward each other, thereby improves the well-formedness of the bearing part around the baby.

Claims

1. a baby/child support comprises base; The support portion, it is holded up from base; And holding device, it comprises lap belt, be used for keeping baby/child with respect to the support portion, the support portion has flexibility and elasticity to a certain degree and comprises the back of rising and the sidepiece that is oppositely arranged, the height of sidepiece is lower than the back, the base horizontal expansion surpasses the floor space of support portion, makes that sidepiece extends under the arm of baby/child when using, to allow lateral tilt to a certain degree.

2. bearing as claimed in claim 3, wherein the support portion is roughly U-shaped in plane, and the back is crooked and is connected to two sidepieces smoothly.

3. bearing as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein lap belt comprise with respect to the fixing two side bands of each sidepiece of support portion and from base extend band.

4. bearing as claimed in claim 3, wherein the length of safety belt is adjustable, and fixed to one another by using releasable bracelet.

5. as claim 3 or 4 described bearings, wherein said two side bands extend through its corresponding sidepiece and extend around the rear at the back that raises, and fixed to one another in adjustable mode.

6. as each described bearing in the claim 1 to 5, wherein the smooth interior surfaces at back ground is crooked, with the base of applying bearing.

7. as each described bearing in the claim 1 to 6, wherein base comprises the device that is used for activity/study equipment is attached to base.

8. bearing as claimed in claim 7, the device that wherein is used for attached activity/study equipment comprises releasable clip.

9. as claim 7 or 8 described bearings, wherein activity/study equipment comprises keyboard and screen, and it comprises the device of controlling by the computer disk of able to programme or pre-programmed or tape.

10. as each described bearing in the claim 1 to 9, wherein the support portion is made by nonrigid plastics or rubbery material or foamed material.

11. bearing as claimed in claim 10, wherein the support portion has the rigidity core.

12. as each described bearing in the claim 1 to 11, wherein base is the form of base plate.

13. bearing as claimed in claim 12, wherein the support portion is releasably fixing with respect to base plate.

14. bearing as claimed in claim 13, wherein base plate has the hole, and the support portion is passed this hole and inserted.

15. bearing as claimed in claim 14, its mesopore have relevant around recess, and the support portion has the flange around its lower limb, described flange is contained in the recess.

16. as each described bearing in the claim 1 to 15, wherein the height of sidepiece is in 1/3 to 2/3 scope of the height at back.