Nursery equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11969107-B2
Application number	US-202217660610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2022
Priority date	May 7, 2021
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

Nursery equipment includes: a body (car seat body); an extended portion (ISOFIX) extended from the car seat body; and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position or shape of the ISOFIX. The adjustment mechanism includes a string having one end connected to the car seat body and the other end held by the ISOFIX, a reel that is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions and that changes the position or shape of the ISOFIX by winding up and feeding out the string, and a rotation lock mechanism that prohibits rotation of the reel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A nursery equipment, comprising:
a body;
an extended portion extended from the body, wherein the extended portion includes at least one strap that is adjustable relative to the body; and
an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a position or shape of the at least one strap, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a string having one end connected to the body and the other end connected to the at least one strap,
a reel that is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions and that changes the position or shape of the at least one strap by winding up and feeding out the string, and
a rotation lock mechanism that prohibits rotation of the reel.

2. The nursery equipment according to claim 1 , wherein
the nursery equipment is nursery equipment with a seat,
the body includes the seat that receives a child, and the at least one strap includes a pair of shoulder straps that is extended from the seat and restrains shoulders of the child, and
the adjustment mechanism includes a pair of the strings, and the pair of strings is connected to respective ends of the pair of shoulder straps.

3. The nursery equipment according to claim 1 , wherein
the nursery equipment is nursery equipment with a seat,
the body includes the seat that receives a child, and the at least one strap includes a crotch strap that is extended from the seat and restrains a crotch of the child, and
the string is connected to an end of the crotch strap.

4. The nursery equipment according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjustment mechanism further includes an unlock member that unlocks the reel from a rotation prohibited state caused by the rotation lock mechanism and thus allows the reel to rotate freely.

5. The nursery equipment according to claim 1 , wherein
the nursery equipment is a baby carrier, and
the body includes a baby carrier body, and the at least one strap is extended from the baby carrier body.

6. The nursery equipment according to claim 5 , wherein
the at least one strap includes a parent shoulder strap to be worn around a shoulder of a parent, and
the string is connected to an end of the parent shoulder strap.

7. The nursery equipment according to claim 5 , wherein
the baby carrier body includes a child support portion that supports a body of a child, and
the at least one strap is extended from the child support portion.

8. The nursery equipment according to claim 5 , wherein
the at least one strap includes a parent waist strap to be worn around a waist of the parent, and
the string is connected to an end of the parent waist strap.

9. A nursery equipment, comprising:
a body;
an extended portion extended from the body, wherein the extended portion comprises at least one strap that is adjustable relative to the body; and
an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position or shape of the at least one strap, the adjustment mechanism comprising:
a string having one end connected to the body and the other end connected to the at least one strap;
a reel configured to be rotatable in both forward and reverse directions and to change the position or shape of the at least one strap by winding up and feeding out the string; and
a rotation lock mechanism configured to prohibit rotation of the reel.

10. The nursery equipment according to claim 9 , the body comprises a seat configured to receive a child, and the at least one strap comprises a pair of shoulder straps extending from the seat and configured to restrain shoulders of the child.

11. The nursery equipment according to claim 10 , wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a pair of the strings, the pair of strings connected to respective ends of the pair of shoulder straps.

12. The nursery equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the body comprises a seat configured to receive a child, and the at least one strap comprises a crotch strap extending from the seat and configured to restrain a crotch of the child.

13. The nursery equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the string is connected to an end of the crotch strap.

14. The nursery equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the adjustment mechanism further comprises an unlock member configured to unlock the reel from a rotation prohibited state caused by the rotation lock mechanism to allow the reel to rotate freely.

15. The nursery equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the nursery equipment comprises a baby carrier, the body comprises a baby carrier body, and the at least one strap is extended from the baby carrier body.

16. The nursery equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one strap comprises a parent shoulder strap configured to be worn around a shoulder of a parent, and wherein the string is connected to an end of the parent shoulder strap.

17. The nursery equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the baby carrier body comprises a child support portion configured to support a body of a child, and wherein the at least one strap is extended from the child support portion.

18. The nursery equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one strap comprises a parent waist strap configured to be worn around a waist of the parent, and wherein the string is connected to an end of the parent waist strap.

19. A method for using a nursery equipment, the method comprising:
rotating a reel of an adjustment mechanism of the nursery equipment in a forward direction or a reverse direction to change a position or shape of at least one strap of an extended portion extending from a body of the nursery equipment by winding up and feeding out a string, the string having one end connected to the body and the other end connected to the at least one strap; and
prohibiting rotation of the reel via a rotation lock mechanism.

20. The method according to claim 19 , further comprising unlocking the reel from a rotation prohibited state caused by the rotation lock mechanism via an unlock member to allow the reel to rotate freely.

Assignees

• Graco Childrens Products Inc

Inventors

• Shibata Yuji
• Nishikawa Tadashi

Classifications

• B60N2/2812

  for securing the child to the child seat · CPC title

• A47D13/025 Primary

  for carrying children in seated position · CPC title

• A47D15/005

  Restraining devices, e.g. safety belts, contoured cushions or side bumpers · CPC title

• B60N2/2887

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title

• B65H54/2857

  Reversal control · CPC title