Child carrier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10905252-B2
Application number	US-201916385889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2019
Priority date	Apr 19, 2018
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A child carrier includes a carrying harness, a child supporting part connected with the carrying harness and including a hip support portion, and a hip support adjustment provided on the hip support portion, the hip support adjustment being operable to modify a width of the hip support portion. Moreover, the child carrier may further include an expandable part disposed above the hip support portion, the expandable part being operable to adjust a greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion and the carrying harness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A child carrier comprising:
a carrying harness;
a child supporting part connected with the carrying harness and including a hip support portion; and
a hip support adjustment provided on the hip support portion, the hip support adjustment being operable to modify a width of the hip support portion, the hip support adjustment including an adjusting part connected with the hip support portion, the adjusting part being operable to urge the hip support portion to transversally contract for reducing the width of the hip support portion;
wherein the adjusting part has a fixed end fixedly anchored to the hip support portion, and a distal end portion operable to detachably fasten to the hip support portion at a location distant from the fixed end, the hip support adjustment being in a fastened state when the distal end portion of the adjusting part is attached to the hip support portion and in an unfastened state when the distal end portion of the adjusting part is detached from the hip support portion, the width of the hip support portion being smaller when the hip support adjustment is in the fastened state than when the hip support adjustment is in the unfastened state.

2. The child carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting part includes a strip, a strap, a band or a panel.

3. The child carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end portion is operable to detachably fasten to the hip support portion at one or more predetermined connecting locations for adjusting the width of the hip support portion.

4. The child carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the hip support portion is at least partially folded and contracted transversally when the hip support adjustment is in the fastened state.

5. The child carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting part has an opening, and the hip support portion has a button operable to engage with and disengage from the opening, the hip support adjustment being in the fastened state when the button is engaged with the opening and in the unfastened state when the button is disengaged from the opening.

6. The child carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the hip support portion includes a pocket configured to conceal the hip support adjustment.

7. The child carrier according to claim 6 , wherein the pocket has an opening at a top or a side thereof through which the hip support adjustment is accessible for operation.

8. The child carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the child supporting part further includes a torso support portion connected with the hip support portion, the torso support portion being connected with an expandable part operable to adjust a greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion and the carrying harness.

9. The child carrier according to claim 8 , wherein the expandable part is disposed above the hip support portion.

10. The child carrier according to claim 8 , wherein the expandable part has an adjustable effective length that links the torso support portion to the carrying harness, which defines the greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion and the carrying harness.

11. The child carrier according to claim 10 , wherein the expandable part is connected with a fastening structure having a fastened state and an unfastened state, the expandable part being folded to reduce the effective length of the expandable part when the fastening structure is in the fastened state, and the expandable part being expandable to increase the effective length of the expandable part when the fastening structure is in the unfastened state.

12. The child carrier according to claim 11 , wherein the fastening structure includes a zip fastening system, button fasteners, snap fasteners, buckle fasteners, or hook and loop fasteners.

13. A child carrier comprising:
a carrying harness;
a child supporting part connected with the carrying harness and including a hip support portion and a torso support portion connected with each other; and
an expandable part disposed above the hip support portion, the expandable part being operable to adjust a greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion and the carrying harness;
wherein the expandable part has an adjustable effective length that links the torso support portion to the carrying harness, which defines the greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion and the carrying harness, the expandable part being connected with a fastening structure having a fastened state and an unfastened state, the expandable part being folded to reduce the effective length of the expandable part when the fastening structure is in the fastened state, and the expandable part being expandable to increase the effective length of the expandable part when the fastening structure is in the unfastened state.

14. The child carrier according to claim 13 , wherein the fastening structure includes a zip fastening system, button fasteners, snap fasteners, buckle fasteners, or hook and loop fasteners.

15. A child carrier comprising:
a carrying harness;
a child supporting part connected with the carrying harness and including a hip support portion; and
a hip support adjustment provided on the hip support portion, the hip support adjustment being operable to modify a width of the hip support portion;
wherein the hip support portion includes a pocket configured to conceal the hip support adjustment, the pocket having an opening at a top or a side thereof through which the hip support adjustment is accessible for operation.

16. The child carrier according to claim 15 , wherein the hip support adjustment includes an adjusting part connected with the hip support portion, the adjusting part being operable to urge the hip support portion to transversally contract for reducing the width of the hip support portion.

17. The child carrier according to claim 16 , wherein the adjusting part includes a strip, a strap, a band or a panel.

18. The child carrier according to claim 16 , wherein the adjusting part has at least one distal end portion operable to detachably fasten to the hip support portion at one or more predetermined connecting locations for adjusting the width of the hip support portion.

19. The child carrier according to claim 16 , wherein the adjusting part has a fixed end fixedly anchored to the hip support portion, and a distal end portion operable to detachably fasten to the hip support portion at a location distant from the fixed end.

20. The child carrier according to claim 15 , wherein the hip support adjustment includes a zip fastener connected with the hip support portion, the zip fastener being closed to reduce the width of the hip support portion and opened to increase the width of the hip support portion.

Assignees

• Wonderland Switzerland Ag

Inventors

• Fan Meifeng

Classifications

• A47D13/025 Primary

  for carrying children in seated position · CPC title