US554019A

US554019A - Child-carrying strap

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Publication number: US554019A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1913-02-04

Description

(No Model.)

M. COLLINS. CHILD CARRYING STRAP.

Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

SLRMIAM, FNDTO'UTHQWASHINGTOl IlCv UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

MARY COLLINS, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHILD-CARRYING STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 554,019, dated February 4, 1896. Application filed September 4, 1895; Serial No. 561,442. (No model.)

T0 at whmn it may concerm,

Be it known that I, MARY COLLINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scran-' My invent-ion consists in a novel device for supporting the arm of a person carrying a child, said device comprising a flexible main strap adapted to be passed over one shoulder and diagonally across the back and breast of the person carrying the child, a longitudinally-running branch strap fastened by its two ends to the said main strap at points between the shoulder and wrist or hand of the person, and a transverse connecting-strap fastened to the main and branch straps about midway of the length of the branch strap, so as to lie between the elbow and the hand, the whole serving for the arm, while supporting a child, to rest upon, while the weight is borne .by the shoulder of the person, thus greatly lessening the burden of carrying the child.

It also consists in a novel device of the character above described, provided with a buckle and adjusting holes whereby it is adapted to be applied upon persons of different build of body.

It also consists in a novel device of the character above described, provided with a clip to which a ladys handkerchief, satchel, pocket-book or other article may be readily fastened or unfastened, as circumstances reqiure.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved arm-supporting device as it appears when applied upon the body of a person carrying a child, and Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the device detached from the person and before the ends of the main strap are buckled together.

A represents a main strap; B, a longitudinally-running branch strap, and O a transverse connecting and supporting strap.

The main strap consists of a strong broad fiat band, of textile webbing, silk ribbon, leather, or other suitable material, provided at one end with a series of adj Listing-holes a and at the other end with a buckle A, and near the buckle a spring-clip D fastened to a short flexible branch piece cl, of webbing or other suitable material. To the main strap A the longitudinal branch, strap B is fastened by its respective ends, as indicated at c. This branch strap is long enough between its fastened ends to assume a slightly-bowed form with respect to a corresponding portion of the main strap, and thus an approximately elliptical-shaped space F can be formed between it and the main strap for the reception of the elbow and the forearm of a person carrying a child. Midway between the attached ends of the auxiliary strap the transverse connecting and arm-supporting strap 0 is fastened, by its respective ends, to the main and branch straps, as shown. This strap 0 is of sufficient length to allow the main and branch straps to be separated far enough to allow for the entrance of the elbow and forearm between said straps, and thus permit them to find their support upon the transverse strap.

From Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be evident that the main strap passes in front of the breast, over the right shoulder, and then diagonally across the back and under the elbow of the left arm and the forward part of the arm, and that the forearm is entered between the main strap and the branch portion thereof and made to rest upon the transverse strap,*and it is also evident that the weight of the child resting upon the arm is, through the said connecting-strap, borne by the shoulder of the person carrying the child, and that the arm is relieved of the direct weight of the child, this being due to the fact that while the weight comes upon the cross-strap transfers the same to the shoulder.

When it is desired to fit the device to a per son of large build, the main strap can be lengthened by means of the adjusting-holes, and by the same means can be shortened for a person of small build.

My child-carrying strap will serve a useful purpose to mothers, nurses and others carrying a child on the arm, and at the same time serve for supporting a satchel or other article necessarily carried by the mother or nurse.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The withindescribed child-carrying and arm-supporting device, consisting 01 a main strap provided with suitable means for connecting its ends, said strap being adapted to be passed across the breast, over the shoulder and across the back of a person; a longitudinal branch strap located on the main strap in such relation to the forearm of a person that the forearm can be entered between it and the main strap, and a transverse connecting and supporting strap located about midway between the ends of the branch strap upon which the forearm, supporting a child, rests, substantially as described.

2. The within-described child-carryin g and arm-supporting device, comprising a main strap A, branch strap B, connecting and arm supporting strap C. and a clip I), said parts being constructed and combined so that the main strap is adapted to pass across the breast, over the shoulder, and across the back of a person, and the forearm to be admitted between the main strap and branch strap, while the clip occupies a position on the trout portion of the main strap, substantially as described.

i. The Within-described child-carrying and arm-supporting device, comprising a main strap having a buckle at one end and adj usting-holes at the other, said strap being adapted to be passed across the breast, over the shoulder, and across the back of a person; a longitudinal branch strap constructed and applied so as to form an approximately elliptical opening between itself and the main strap and thus admit the forearm of said person between itself and the main strap, and a transverse connecting and supporting strap adapted to allow the weight of a child carried on one arm of a person to come upon it, sub stantially as described.

in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARY COLLINS.

Witnesses:

JOHN I. KELLY, H. or 13. DIMnIcK.