GB2260687A

GB2260687A - Multipurpose bag and baby carrier

Info

Publication number: GB2260687A
Application number: GB9122530A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Min-Chao Lin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1991-10-23
Filing date: 1991-10-23
Publication date: 1993-04-28
Also published as: DE9207803U1; CA2070540A1; AU1807092A; FR2692456A3; GB9122530D0; FR2692456B3

Abstract

A two-compartment waist bag has a top cover 11, a baby-carrying piece 2, two shoulder straps 21, 22 and two waist band portions 14, 15 each provided with a receiving member or an inserting member 16 thereon engageable with complementary receiving or inserting members 23 at the free ends of the shoulder straps. An auxiliary band 24, 25 is also provided. When not used as a baby carrier, the baby-carrying piece, waist bands, shoulder straps, and the connecting means thereof may be folded and stored in the upper compartment of the waist bag. However, when used as a baby carrier the bands and straps may be arranged for carrying a baby at the front (Figs. 2, 3), back (Figs. 4, 5) or towards the side (Fig. 8) of a person, or against a car seat (Fig. 9). <IMAGE>

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a multipurpose babycarrying means which facilitates a user to carry a baby either in front of the user or on back of the user and can be folded to form a waist bag when it is not in use, and therefore, is a very useful article.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Different embodiments and usages of the present invention can be understood by referring to the following detailed description of preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional perspective showing one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention; Fig. 2 illustrates a baby carried in front of a user with the present invention; Fig. 3 is a rear view of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 illustrates a baby carried on back of a user with the present invention; Fig. 5 is a rear view of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a three-dimensional perspective showing a waist bag formed after the present invention is folded; Fig. 7 is a three-dimensional perspective showing a second preferred embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 8 illustrates the usage of the third preferred embodiment of the present invention; and Fig. 9 illustrates the present invention used together with a car seat back to carry and hold a baby in a car. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Please refer to Fig. 1, the present invention includes a two-compartment waist bag 1 as its main part. The waist bag 1 has a top cover 11, and two laterally extending waist bands 14, 15 which each has a first receiving member 141 and a first inserting member 151, respectively, at their free end and has a second receiving member 16 provided on them at proper position. A generally reverse triangle-shaped babycarrying piece 2 is sewed to and extends outward from front edge of the top cover 11.Two shoulder straps 21, 22 separately extend from two ends of top side of the babycarrying piece 2 and each has a second inserting member 23 connected to their free end permitting them to engage with the second receiving members 16 on the waist bands 19, 15. The baby-carrying piece 2 further has two auxiliary belts 24, 25 sewed to and extending laterally from top end of its two sides, and the auxiliary belts 24, 25 each has a third inserting member 241 and a third receiving member 251 at their free end, respectively, so that they can be connected together by engaging the third receiving member 251 with the third inserting member 241.

Two dual-head zippers 12, 13 are used to control the opening and closing of upper and lower compartments of the waist bag 1, respectively. The upper compartment of the waist bag 1 is used to accommodate and store the baby carrying piece 2, two shoulder straps 21, 22, two auxiliary belts 24, 25, and the connecting means thereof. The lower compartment of the waist bag 1 provides users with space to store articles that require close attention and protection.

The present invention can be used to carry a baby either in front of the user or on back of the user. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate the present invention being used to carry a baby in front of the user. Please first refer to Fig. 2 for the manner in which the present invention is used. First, circle the waist bands 14, 15 around the user's waist and then, connect their two free ends by engaging the first receiving member 141 with the' first inserting member 151, permitting the waist bag 1 to locate at the user's abdomen. Second, pull the baby-carrying piece 2 upward and have the two shoulder straps 21, 22 cross over the user's shoulders and, as shown in Fig. 3, intersect on the user's back before the two second inserting members 23 engage with the two second receiving members 16 separately on the waist bands 14, 15.

Please further refer to Figs. 4 and 5, the present invention is used to carry a baby on the back of the user.

Again, circle the two waist bands 14, 15 around the user's waist and connect their two free ends by engaging the first receiving member 141 with the first inserting member 151, but let the waist bag 1 locate at the user's lower back.

Pull the two shoulder straps 21, 22 upward from the user's back, permit them cross over the user's shoulders and intersect at the user's chest, and then, engage the two second inserting members 23 with the two second receiving members 16 separately.

In the above two embodiments of the present invention, the two auxiliary belts 24, 25 may be further connected together by engaging the third receiving member 241 with the third inserting member 251 whenever it is necessary to further ensure the safety of baby carried with the present invention.

When the present invention is not used to carry a baby, the baby-carrying piece 2, shoulder straps 21, 22, auxiliary belts 24, 25, and all the connecting means thereof may be folded and stored in the upper compartment of the waist bag 1 before a tongue-like cover 17 connected to the babycarrying piece 2 is covered downward so that the folded babycarrying means of the present invention looks like a common waist bag. The storage space of the lower compartment of the waist bag 1 is not affected by the filled upper compartment.

Fig. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the two shoulder straps 21, 22 directly connect to and extend from the front edge of the top cover 11 of the waist bag 1 at one point in such a manner that they look like a character V. The original reverse triangle-shaped baby-carrying piece 2 is removed. On the two shoulder straps 21, 22, at a proper distance from their common lower end, a transversely stretched supporting band 20 is provided to bridge the two shoulder straps 21, 22 and thereby, forms a reverse triangular area permitting a baby to be carried thereon securely.

Fig. 8 shows still another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the two shoulder straps 21, 22 have a fourth receiving member 211 and a fourth inserting member 221, respectively, at their free ends to permit them to connect with each other by engaging the fourth receiving with the fourth inserting members 211 and 221.

Fig. 9 shows the present invention being used together with a car seat back to from a baby seat. In this case, the two shoulder straps 21, 22 are connected and fixed in the manner as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, except the user is replaced by the seat back. The baby is securely and safely positioned between the baby-carrying means and the car seat back on a car seat 3.

Claims

WHAT I CLAIMED IS:

1. A multipurpose baby-carrying means comprising: a waist bag consisting of an upper compartment and a lower compartment, having a top cover and two laterally extending waist bands; said two laterally extending waist bands having a first receiving member and a first inserting member at their free ends, respectively, permitting said two free ends to engage with each other, and a second receiving or inserting member separately on them at proper position; said lower and upper compartments each being provided with a dual-head zipper for controlling the opening and closing of said lower and upper compartments; a baby-carrying piece sewed to and extending from front edge of said top cover of said waist bag; and two shoulder straps sewed to and upward and outward extending from two ends of top side of said baby carrying piece, having a second receiving or inserting member provided at their free ends for engaging with said second inserting or receiving member on said two waist band, respectively.

2. A multipurpose baby-carrying means as claimed in claim 1, wherein said baby-carrying piece is removed and said two shoulder straps are directly sewed to and extend upward and outward from a point on front edge of said top cover of said waist bag to look like a character V with a transverse supporting band provided therebetween at a position properly above said top cover to bridge said two shoulder straps and form a triangluar area for carrying a baby therein.

3. A multipurpose baby-carrying means as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein said two shoulder straps are provided with a receiving member and an inserting member, respectively, at their free ends permitting said free ends to engage with each other to form a loop for hanging on and around a user's neck so that a baby may be carried in said baby carrying piece or triangular area in front of said user or to the side of said user.

4. The multipurpose baby-carrying means substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.