US522018A

US522018A - Baby-carrier

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Publication number: US522018A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-06-26
Anticipated expiration: 1911-06-26

Description

(No Model.)

s. KEHLENBECK.

BABY CARRIER.

Patented June 26, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SELMA KEHLENBEOK, OF PLEASANT, INDIANA.

BABY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,018, dated June 26, 1894.

Application filed October 5,1 893- Serial No. 487,270. (No model.)

T0 wZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, SELMA KEHLENBECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pleas ant, in the county of Switzerland and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baby- Carriers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a detail view showing the construction of my improved baby carrier and Fig. 2 illustrates the application of the device.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, useful and inexpensive device whereby babes may be carried with entire safety and comfort to themselves and without fatigue or inconvenience to those who carry them.

The peculiar excellence of the invention and the simplicity of its construction will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,lin which A represents a band or belt made of webbing or other s'uitablematerial which is suspended on the shoulder of the wearer and extends diagonally downward to the opposite side of the body, which it encircles, and forms a sling which furnishes a safe and pleasant seat for the child, while its back is supported by a transverse band B of similar material which extends from front to rear, under the arm of the wearer and connects the opposite sides of the main belt. ily adjustable to the form or size of the wearer by buckles 0 having extensions provided with snap hooks which engage rings attached to the opposite ends of the belts. A pocket D for a nursing bottle is adj ustably attached to the main belt. If desired the main belt may be made partly or entirely of elastic material.

Both belts are read- It will be understood that while it is customary with nurses to carry children on their left side as herein illustrated, the arrangement of the belts may be easily reversed if required and the position of the child changed accordingly. It will also be observed that when properly placed in the sling, the child cannot accidentally fall or be thrown out of its seat, and that while one hand of the nurse may be sometimes engaged in caring for the child, the other is at all times free to perform other work.

In addition to the other manifest advantages of the device, it will be found specially desirable for the reason that it encourages an erect posit-ion of the body of the nurse as well as the child instead of the steeping habit which is contracted when babes are carried in the arms.

What I claim as new is The herein described baby carrier, consisting of a band or belt the ends of which are secured by a buckle, and having attached to it a pocket for anursing bottle and cross belt, so that the first belt is adapted to be suspended from the shoulder and diagonally across the bodyof the wearer, the lower part of the belt aifording a seat for the child and the cross belt supporting its back while the nursing bottle is held in convenient position near the child.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 16th day of September, 1893, in the presence of witnesses.

SELMA KEHLENBECK.

Witnesses:

' Mrs. A. G. PETERS,

MARY E. GHRIsTY.