GB2355913A

GB2355913A - A harness-type baby carrier with integral hat and wind-break

Info

Publication number: GB2355913A
Application number: GB9925948A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Chung-Han Chang
Original assignee: CHANG CHUNG HAN
Current assignee: CHANG CHUNG HAN
Priority date: 1999-11-02
Filing date: 1999-11-02
Publication date: 2001-05-09
Also published as: DE20000361U1; FR2802398A3; GB9925948D0; FR2802398B3

Abstract

A baby carrier comprising a seat 1 combined with a sealable back pad 2 that has a front section 20 and rear section 21 that can be closed e.g. with a zip (figure 1, 22). The back pad contains a stowable hat 3 and wind-break cloth 4 for positioning around the baby when required. Shoulder straps, 5, and waist straps, 6, are provided for locating the carrier on the upper torso of a person via clamping buckles 61, 62, 63 and 52 (fig. 1).

Description

2355913 A BABY CARRIER

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a baby carrier, and especially to a baby carrier with a hat and windproof cloth which can be taken out and buckled so as to tightly enclose the baby.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Since recently, air pollution is more and more serious, the ozone layer in the atmosphere is destroyed, so that UV ray will radiate to human bodies directly. Moreover, acid material is distributed in the air so, as to induce acid rain which will harm human body, even some diseases about skins are induce. Moreover, it is possible to get a cancer. In some area, climate is changed frequently in a day, for example, raining in morning while sunny in evening. Furthermore, dusts in the air also threaten the human health. If the baby is carried in the baby carrier by the parents, in general, the prior art baby carrier has no complete protection to the baby so that the baby must be harmed by wind, rain, dust, or intensive sunlight to cause the baby is exposed to a dangerous environment. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the prior art baby carrier so as to provide more protections to babies in order not to be exposed in a dangerous environment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly. the first object of the present invention is to provide a clamped layer back pad, wherein the seat combined to the clamped layer back pad, a hat and a wind preventing cloth being installed between the front back pad and the rear back pad, when the clamped layer back pad is opened, the hat can put into the baby's head, and the wind preventing cloth and put into the baby's body.

The second object of the present invention is to provide a clamped layer back pad, wherein matched nail buckles are installed at the respective surface of the front back pad and the rear back pad.

The third object of the present invention is to provide a clamped layer back pad, wherein the clamped layer back pad is installed with a zipper with a zipper for closing or opening the pads, and so as to close the clamped layer.

The fourth object of the present invention is to provide a clamped layer back pad, wherein the clamped layer back pad is made as a pocket, and the hat and wind preventing cloth are place in the pocket.

The fifth object of the present invention is to provide a clamped layer back pad, wherein the hat and the wind preventing cloth are separated as independent bodies. The fixing elements are installed between the hat, the wind preventing cloth and the clamped layer back pads; by the fixing elements, the hat and the wind preventing cloth are detached from the back pad.

The sixth object of the present invention is to provide a clamped layer back pad, wherein a second clamped layer can be installed at the bottom of the seat for replacing the clamped layer back pad, the hat and the wind preventing cloth are seamed together to the second 2 clamped layer, when the clamped layer back pad is opened, the hat and the wind preventing cloth can be taken out.

The present invention comprises a baby carrier comprising: a se at for locating a baby, and the seat being combined with back strips and waist strips; a clamped layer back pad combined to the seat, the clamped layer back pad including a front back pad and a rear back pad, the front back pad and rear back pad can be closed and opened one another; a hat and a wind preventing cloth being installed between the front back pad and the rear back pad, when the clamped layer back pad is opened, the hat and the wind preventing cloth can be taken out.

The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. I shows an embodiment illustrating that the clamped layer back pad of the present invention is closed.

Fig. 2 shows an embodiment illustrating that the clamped layer back pad of the present invention is opened.

Fig. 3 is a plane view showing that the clamped layer back pad of the present invention is opened, and the wind preventing cloth is opened and expanded.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the use of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the clamped layer back pad 3 of the present invention which is made as a pocket.

Fig. 6 shows the clamped layer back pad of Fig. 5, wherein the cloth is seamed to the front pack pad.

Fig. 7 shows that buckling blankets are installed at two sides of the front back pad and the hat and wind preventing cloth are installed with a hook blanket with respective buckling blanket, by the sticking of the buckling blanket and the hook blanket, the hat and the wind preventing cloth are combined with the front back pad.

Fig. 8 shows a perspective view showing that a second clamped 10 layer being installed at the bottom of the seat in the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing an embodiment, wherein the second layer of Fig. 8 is opened, and the wind preventing cloth and hat are taken out from the second clamped layer.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing an embodiment, wherein the front back pad and rear back pad of the present invention is installed with a plurality of nail buckles for controlling the opening and closing the back pad.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to Figs. I and 2, the present invention has a seat I for carrying a baby, a back pad 2 is installed at the upper portion of the seat I for supporting the head, neck and back of a baby. Two holes 10 are installed at two sides of the seat near the lower end 4 thereof, and thus, thereby, the legs of the baby may protrude out from the two legs. The back pad 2 is formed by a front back pad 20 and a rear back pad 2 1. In a preferred embodiment, the front back pad 20 and rear back pad 21 are made of cloth. The front back pad 20 is integrally connected to the rear side of the upper side of the seat 1. While one side of the rear back pad 21 is respectively connected to the lower side of the front back pad 20 so that the rear back pad 21 may fold with respect to the front back pad 20 so as to open or close. The rim of the outlook of the pads 20 and 21 are installed with a zipper 22 for closing or opening the pads 20 and 22 so as to close the clamped layer. A hat 3 is seamed to the upper end of the front bad pad 20. Wind preventing cloth 4 are formed at two sides of the front back pad 20 with a plurality of buckles 41 and at least two tying strips 42 at proper positions. After overlapping the wind preventing cloth 4 and the hat 3 to a proper small volume, the zipper is closed for closing the back pad 2 and then the zipper is opened. Thus, the hat 3 and the wind preventing cloth 4 can be taken out and then the wind preventing cloth can be expanded (as shown in Fig. 3).

Each of the two sides at the rear upper end of the seat 1 is installed with a respective back strip 5. The end portion of the back strip 5 is installed with a clamping buckle 52. A back strip nail buckle 51 is installed at the buckle 41 of the wind preventing cloth 4. A waist strip 61 is installed at the seat I near the lower portion of the front side thereof. Two ends of the waist strip 6 are installed with a first clamping buckle 61 and a second clamping buckle 62, respectively. At ZD least two third clamping buckle 63 are installed at proper positions of the waist strip 6.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in using this embodiment, the waist strip surrounds the waist of the body, then the first waist strip clamping buckle 61 is buckled to the second waist strip clamping buckle 62. Then the back strip 5 wound around the shoulder so that the back strip clamping buckle 52 is buckled to the third waist strip clamping buckle 63. Now, the baby can be put on the seat 1. Then, the zipper is opened, the nail buckle 41 on the wind preventing cloth 4 is buckled to the nail buckle 5 1 of the shoulder strip and is fixed thereon so that the wind preventing cloth 4 encloses two sides of the baby, and the hat covers the head of the baby. When the present invention is not used, a reverse process is performed, the nail buckle is released from a buckling condition, and then the wind preventing cloth 4 and the hat 3 is folded into the front back pad 20 and the rear back pad 2 1. Finally, the zipper 22 is closed.

Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 5, the clamped layer back pad 2 of the present invention is designed as a pocket. The correspondent edges of the front back pad 20 and the rear back pad 21 are seamed but only an opening 23 is remained at the upper end thereof. The aforesaid hat 3) and the wind preventing cloth 4 are seamed directly so as to be fixed to the pocket. In using, the hat 3 and the wind preventing cloth 4 are pulled directly from the opening 23 and then are expanded.

As shown in Fig. 6, another embodiment of the present invention 6 is illustrated, wherein the clamped layer back pad of the present invention is formed as a pocket. In this embodiment, a cloth 24 with an area smaller than that of one of the front back pad 20 or rear back pad 21 is seamed to the front back pad 20 at the lower, left and right sides thereof so as to be formed as a pocket with an opening at the upper edge. While the back pad is seamed with the aforesaid hat and wind preventing cloth. In using the hat 3 and the wind preventing cloth 4 are pulled out from the back pad and then are expanded. While as the wind preventing cloth 4 and the hat 3 are not used, it will be received within 10 the pocket.

As shown in Fig. 7, another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. In this embodiment, the hat 3 and the wind preventing cloth 4 are separated as independent bodies. Then fixing elements are installed between the hat 3, the wind preventing cloth 4, and the back pad. Then fixing elements are installed between the hat, wind preventing cloth and back pads; by the fixing elements, the hat 3 and the wind preventing cloth 4 are fixed to or detached from the back pad. In the present invention, the fixing elements have the following ways. The fixing elements are formed by hook blankets 31 and 43 and buckling blanket 25. Namely, buckling blankets 25are installed at the upper side and two sides of the outer surface of the clamped layer back pad, and the lower end of the hat is installed hook blankets 31 with respect to the buckling blankets 25; so that the hook blanket 31 can stick to the buckling blanket 25 so that the hat can be buckled to the back pad. The wind preventing cloth 4 is installed with hook blankets 7 43 at positions with respect to the buckling blankets 25 of the back pad so that the hook blankets 43 of the wind preventing cloth 4 can be stick to buckling blankets 43 of the back pad so as to be fixed thereon.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, a further embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, wherein a second clamped layer I I can be installed at the bottom of the seat for replacing the clamped layer back pad 2 1, the second clamped layer I I is installed with zipper I I I and is installed with hat 3 and wind preventing cloth 4 therewithin. The aforesaid wind preventing cloth 4 and the hat 3 can be seamed as an integral body. The lower end of the wind preventing cloth 4 can be seamed into the second clamped layer 11. The hat 5 and the wind preventing cloth 4 are folded and then is stored in the second clamped layers 11. Then, closing the zipper I 11. When it is desired to use the hat 5. The wind preventing cloth 4 can be opened and then the hat 5 is expanded. Therefore, the wind preventing cloth 4 encloses the body of the baby, and the hat 5 covers the head of the baby.

As shown in Fig. 10, another embodiment of back pad 2 of the present invention is illustrated. Two nail buckles 26 which are engaged with one another are installed at the correspondent edges of the front back pad 20 and the rear back pad 21. When the two nail buckles 26 are buckled, the front back pad 20 and the rear back pad 21 can be buckled and then are closed. Inversely, when the nail buckles 26 are released, the front back pad 20 and the rear back pad 21 can be opened.

8 Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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Claims

What is claimed is:

1 1. A baby carrier comprising:

2 a seat for locating a baby, and the seat being combined with back strips

3 and waist strips;

4 a clamped layer back pad combined to the seat, the clamped layer back pad including a front back pad and a rear back pad, the front back pad and rear 6 back pad can be closed and opened one another; a hat and a wind 7 preventing cloth being installed between the front back pad and the rear 8 back pad, when the clamped layer back pad is opened, the hat and the wind 9 preventing cloth can be taken out.

1 2. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein the respective rims of the 2 front back pad and the rear back pad are installed with a zipper for closing 3 or opening the front back pad and the rear back pad.

1 3. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein matched nail buckles are 2 installed at the respective surface of the front back pad and the rear back 3 pad.

1 4. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clamped layer back 2 pad is made as a pocket, and the hat and wind preventing cloth are placed in the pocket.

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5. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 4, wherein in the clamped layer back 2 pad, the front back pad and the rear back pad which have shapes respective 3 to one another are seamed, only an opening is left in the edges of the front 4 back pad and the rear back pad.

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6. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 4, wherein in the pocket type clamped 2 layer back pad, a cloth having an area smaller than the area of each of the to 3 front back pad and the rear back pad is seamed at the front back pad at the 4 lower, left and right sides of the cloth so as to form with a pocket.

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7. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hat and the wind 2 preventing cloth are formed independently, then fixing elements are 3 installed between the hat, wind preventing cloth and back pads; by the 4 fixing elements, the hat and the wind preventing cloth are fixed to or detached from the back pad 1

8. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hat and the wind 2 preventing cloth are formed independently, then fixing elements are 3 installed between the hat, wind preventing cloth and back pads; by the 4 fixing elements, the hat and the wind preventing cloth are fixed to or detached from the back pad 1

9. The baby carrier as claimed in claim 7, wherein buckling blankets are 2 installed at the upper side and two sides of the outer surface of the 3 clamped layer back pad, and the lower end of the hat is installed hook 4 blankets with respect to the buckling blankets; so that the hook blanket can stick to the buckling blanket so that the hat can be buckled to the back 6 pad; the wind preventing cloth is installed with hook blankets at positions 7 with respect to the buckling blankets of the back pad so that the hook 8 blankets of the wind preventing cloth can be stick to buckling blankets of 9 the back pad so as to be fixed thereon.

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IO.The baby carrier as claimed in claim 8, wherein buckling blankets are 2 installed at the upper side and two sides of the outer surface of the 3 clamped layer back pad, and the lower end of the hat is installed hook 4 blankets with respect to the buckling blankets; so that the hook blanket it can stick to the buckling blanket so that the hat can be buckled to the back 6 pad; the wind preventing cloth is installed with hook blankets at positions 7 with respect to the buckling blankets of the back pad so that the hook 8 blankets of the wind preventing cloth can be stick to buckling blankets of 9 the back pad so as to be fixed thereon.

1 1 I.The baby carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein a second clamped layer 2 can be installed at the bottom of the seat for replacing the clamped layer 3 back pad, the second clamped layer is installed with zipper and is installed 4 with hat and wind preventing cloth therewithin.

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12.The baby carrier as claimed in claim 11, wherein the hat and the wind 2 preventing cloth are seamed together and the lower edge of the wind 3 preventing cloth is seamed to the second clamped layer.

I 13.The baby carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein tying strip is installed in 2 the wind preventing cloth to be buckled to the wind preventing cloth, the 3 back strip is installed with back nail buckles and back clamping buckling, 4 the waist strip is installed with a first waist strip clamping buckle, a second waist strip clamping buckle and third waist strip clamping buckle, 6 the first waist strip clamping buckle serves to be combined with second 7 waist strip clamping buckle, the third waist strip clamping buckle serves 8 to be combined with the back strip clamped buckles; and the nail buckles 9 of the wind preventing cloth serves to be buckled with the nail buckles of the back strip.

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14. A baby carrier comprising a seat on which a baby is to be carried, a back pad attached to and extending upwardly relative to the seat, and fastening means for fastening the carrier onto a person or support, wherein a cover for the baby is carried in or by the carrier.

15. A baby carrier substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.