Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
  • A47D13/00—Other nursery furniture
  • A47D13/02—Baby-carriers; Carry-cots
  • A47D13/025—Baby-carriers; Carry-cots for carrying children in seated position

Definitions

• the invention relates to a baby carrier adapted for carrying a child either face-to-face or in forward-facing position
• the baby carrier comprises chest straps, which are adapted to extend around both shoulder regions of the wearer, a waist belt connected to the chest straps, and a front piece which at least at a lower part is connected to the waist belt, the front piece being flexible at least in its upper part.
• the invention relates to a baby carrier of a type comprising a harness of the general type including chest straps, a waist belt and a carrier pouch mounted to the harness in the form of a front piece provided with leg openings, the upper part of which, in the description below, is termed the upper edge region, forming a foldable headrest for the child, the headrest being realisably connected to the chest straps.
• a baby carrier of the above men- tioned type is known.
• the upper edge region of front piece of the baby carrier, which forms a headrest, is connected at its lateral end portions, having the form of protruding tabs, to the chest straps by releasable connections of press stud type.
• the releasable connections are arranged on the inside and the outside, respectively, of the lateral end portions for adjusting the upper edge region between an upraised position and a downwardly-folded position, and due to its construction it is not adapted to hold any larger loads. More particularly the press studs on the inside are used when the upper edge region is upraised, and on the outside when the upper edge region is down folded.
• the upper edge region of which, i.e. the headrest, of the front piece can be made relatively high and wider than the upper edge region of known baby carriers so as to provide a good support for the head of the child while at the same time be able to hold a significant load, i.e. it is desirable to maximize the width of the headrest.
• the upper edge region should be able to be folded downwardly and its width should be adjustable at least at the laterally located side pieces of the upper edge region.
• An object of the invention is to provide a baby carrier having a front piece the upper edge region of which is as wide as possible and comprises load carrying devices and by which baby carrier the above mentioned drawbacks may be wholly or partly eliminated.
• a baby carrier for carrying a child either face-to-face or in a forward-facing position
• the baby carrier comprises chest straps, which are arranged to extend around both shoulder regions of the wearer, a waist belt connected to the chest straps, and a front piece which at least at a lower part is connected to the waist belt, the front piece being flexible in its upper part, characterized in that an upper edge region of the front piece is at respective lateral separated side piece provided with at least one load carrying device, that the load carrying device has a first end connectable to the chest strap and a second end connected to respective lateral separated side piece so as to form forming a folding and connection line of the load carrying device, wherein a tangent to a central part of an arced portion of the folding and connecting line extends essentially in an angle ⁇ to the vertical line of the baby carrier which amounts to between 40 and 140°.
• FIG. 1 illustrates a baby carrier according to the invention as carried on the chest side of a schematically shown wearer, the upper edge region of the front piece being shown having at respective lateral side piece a load-carrying device attached to a chest strap,
• FIG. 2 illustrates an enlarged partial view of the upper edge region with the load-carrying devices shown attached to respective chest strap
• - Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged partial view of the upper edge region with one of the load-carrying devices shown folded around a folding and connection line and protruding relatively a general horizontal axis in the plane of the chest strap
• - Fig. 4 illustrates the same view as in fig. 3 but with the load-carrying devices placed essentially in the same plane as the upper edge region.
• Fig. 1 shows a baby carrier adapted for carrying a child either face-to-face or in a forward-facing position
• the baby carrier comprises adjustable chest straps 1, which are arranged to extend around both shoulder regions of the wearer, an adjustable waist belt 2 connected to the chest straps 1, and a front piece 3 provided with leg openings and connected to the chest straps and a lower part 4 of which is connected to the waist belt 2 so as to form a carrier poach, the front piece 3 being flexible at least in an upper edge region 5.
• a first end Ia of respective chest strap 1 may be connected to the waist belt 2 at the region for connecting the lower portion of the front piece to the waist belt, while a second end Ib of respective chest strap 1 can be connected preferably to an edge portion of the front piece 3 situated vertically, as seen when the carrier is carried by a wearer, slightly below the centre of the front piece.
• the upper edge region 5 of the front piece 3 is at respective laterally separated side piece 6 provided with at least one elongated load carrying device 20 which is connectable to the chest strap 1.
• the chest straps 1 are arranged to extend around both shoulder regions of the wearer it should be understood that the chest straps may either cross each other or may extend parallel to each other on the back side of the wearer, in both cases the straps are connected to each other by fittings which can be moved along the straps.
• the baby carrier has at a lower portion of the front piece 3 a connecting device 10, 11 for instance in the form of a loop 10 provided with one or several openings and intended to be detachably connected to a button 11 arranged at respective side of the baby carrier, preferably between a lower portion of the first end Ia and the second end Ib of the chest strap.
• a connecting device 10, 11 for instance in the form of a loop 10 provided with one or several openings and intended to be detachably connected to a button 11 arranged at respective side of the baby carrier, preferably between a lower portion of the first end Ia and the second end Ib of the chest strap.
• the elongated load carrying device 20 is strap like having a first end 21 and a second end 22, the second end 22 being connected to respective laterally separated side piece 6 of the upper edge region 5 in such a way so as to form a folding and connection line 23 of the elongated load carrying device 20, a tangent to a central part of an arced portion of the folding and connection line extends essentially in angle ⁇ to a vertical line of the baby carrier.
• This angle ⁇ amounts to between 40 and 140°, preferably between 50 and 20°, and most preferably between 70 and 110° relative to the vertical line of the baby carrier.
• a folding and connection line 23 this expression includes a straight line as well as a curved line. That the part of the folding and con- nection line 23 of interest of the invention is a curved line is clearly shown in Fig. 4.
• the second end 22 of the elongated load carrying device 20 is connected to the respective laterally separated side pieces 6 by fastening means 24 such as for instance by sewing, riveting, fittings or in any other suitable way, wherein in Figs. 3 and 4 the fastening means is shown schematically in the form of at least one seam.
• the fastening of the device 20 to the side piece is made in such a way that its longitudinal direc- tion is aligned obliquely slightly upwardly and outwardly as seen in the vertical line of the baby carrier.
• This folding and connection line 23 extends preferably obliquely across the elongated load carrying device 20.
• the external side edge of the device 20 (relatively to the upper edge re- gion 5) is in a preferred embodiment placed edge to edge with a side edge of the laterally separated side piece 6, as shown by a fixing point 25 in Fig. 3, for instance.
• the folding and connection line 23 for attaching the device 20 at the upper edge region 5 and the fixing point 25 should be designed in such a way that the pulling power exerted in the device 20, when a child is sitting in the carrier, will to a major degree be concentrated to the fixing point 25.
• the surface of the device 20 together with the upper edge region 5 should form a smooth contact surface for the face of the child.
• the external side edge of the device 20 can be situated a small distance from the side edge of the laterally separated side pieces 6, i.e. respective load carrying device 20 is mounted on the surface faced towards the child of respective laterally separated side edge of the upper edge region 5.
• the tangent to the folding and connection line 23 extends essentially in a horizontal direction along the same folding line which is formed when the upper edge region 5 is folded downwardly towards the outside of the front piece 3 when carrying the child in a forward-facing position.
• the first end 21 is connected to the chest strap 1 by a detachable connecting device 8a, 8b
• the connecting device comprises, in a preferred embodiment, a connecting part 8a, which is attached to the end 21, and a post 8b having a relatively wide bottom plate, which forms a stop for a main surface of the connecting part 8a when the connecting part 8a is threaded over the post 8b and which is attached to the chest strap 1.
• the post 8b is preferably rotational symmetric around an axis which is normal to the plane of the chest strap 1, and fur- thermore the post 8b has a waist not shown and a conical free end.
• the coupling part 8a of the detachable coupling device can preferably be manoeuvred with one hand.
• Fig. 4 shows that the upper edge region 5 has essentially the form of a frustum of a triangle having ark shaped base, and the longitudinal direction of the elongated load carrying device 20 extends essentially in the same direction as the sides of the triangle.
• the elongated load carrying device 20 is arranged on the side of the upper edge region 5 faced towards the child when carried in the baby carrier.
• Fig. 1 also shows that the upper edge region 5 is provided at the opposite side of the relative elongated load carrying device 20 with an adjusting device which enables the effective distance to be set selectively, which adjusting device comprises a strap having a first end 31 threaded through a fitting for adjusting the length of the strap, and a second end 32, whereby the second end 32 of the strap and the second end 22 of the elongated load carrying device 20 preferably are attached to the upper edge region by the fastening means 24 which preferably is (are) common to said second ends.
• an adjusting device comprises a strap having a first end 31 threaded through a fitting for adjusting the length of the strap, and a second end 32, whereby the second end 32 of the strap and the second end 22 of the elongated load carrying device 20 preferably are attached to the upper edge region by the fastening means 24 which preferably is (are) common to said second ends.
• the width of the upper edge region 5 at its lateral ends may be varied by variation of the length of the straps .
• the elongated load carrying device 20 may be adjustable in its longitudinal direction for enabling adjustment of the distance between the upper edge region 5 and the chest of the wearer.
• the elongated load carrying devices 20, which are arranged for providing a wide and high headrest and which can carry a significant load also can be arranged at other types of baby carriers than the one shown and described in Fig. 1.

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