Child transport device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9730526-B2
Application number	US-201514714689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2015
Priority date	May 27, 2014
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a child transport device for a child. The child transport device is transformable between a vehicle configuration adapted for attachment in a vehicle, and a carrying configuration adapted for carrying the child against a body of a person. The child transport device comprises a main body, which comprises a safety harness adapted to attach the child to the main body. In the vehicle configuration, a front portion of the main body is adapted to be supported by a first support element, and a rear portion of the main body is adapted to be supported by a second support element, the main body being adapted to be tensioned, such that it when tensioned bridges a distance between the first and second support elements. The disclosure further relates to a method of attaching the child transport device to a vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A child transport device for a child, the child transport device comprising:
a main body having a first portion configured to receive a back of the child, a second portion configured to receive a bottom of the child, and a third portion adjacent the second portion at an opposite side in relation to the first portion, wherein the first portion corresponds to a front portion of the main body, and the second portion and/or the third portion correspond to a rear portion of the main body; connectors on lateral sides of the third portion for connecting the third portion to the first portion;
a safety harness adapted to secure the child to the main body; and first and second attachment members configured to attach the main body to the vehicle;
wherein the child transport device is transformable between a vehicle configuration adapted for attachment in a vehicle so that the child transport device is usable as a rearward-facing child seat, and a carrying configuration adapted for carrying the child with body-to-body contact against a body of a person, wherein, in the vehicle configuration, the front portion of the main body is adapted to be supported by a first support element, and the rear portion of the main body is adapted to be supported by a second support element, wherein the third portion of the main body is displaceable from a first position, in which the connectors on the lateral sides of the third portion connect the third portion to the first portion, or at least partly surrounding a belly of the child in the carrying configuration to a second position for supporting legs of the child from below in the vehicle configuration, and wherein the first attachment member or the second attachment member is utilizable to tension the main body, such that the main body, when tensioned, is configured to bridge a distance between the first and second support elements.

2. A child transport device for a child, the child transport device comprising:
a main body having a first portion configured to receive a back of the child, a second portion configured to receive a bottom of the child, and a third portion adjacent the second portion at an opposite side in relation to the first portion, wherein the first portion corresponds to a front portion of the main body, and the second portion and/or the third portion correspond to a rear portion of the main body; connectors on lateral sides of the third portion for connecting the third portion to the first portion and
a safety harness adapted to secure the child to the main body;
wherein the child transport device is transformable between a vehicle configuration adapted for attachment in a vehicle so that the child transport device is usable as a rearward-facing child seat, and a carrying configuration adapted for carrying the child with body-to-body contact against a body of a person, wherein, in the vehicle configuration, the front portion of the main body is adapted to be supported by a first support element, and the rear portion of the main body is adapted to be supported by a second support element, wherein the third portion of the main body is displaceable from a first position, in which the connectors on the lateral sides of the third portion connect the third portion to the first portion for at least partly surrounding a belly of the child in the carrying configuration to a second position for supporting legs of the child from below in the vehicle configuration, and wherein the child transport device further includes:
a first attachment member connected or connectable to the main body for attachment in a forward direction of the vehicle; and/or
a second attachment member connected or connectable to the main body for attachment in a rearward direction of the vehicle;
the first attachment member and or the second attachment member being utilizable to tension the main body such that the main body, when tensioned, is configured to bridge a distance between the first and second support elements.

3. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the first support element comprises a back rest of a vehicle seat, a headrest of a vehicle seat or a dashboard.

4. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the second support element comprises a cushion of a vehicle seat or a lap of a person sitting in a vehicle seat.

5. The child transport device according to claim 2 further comprising belts or straps configured to tension the main body.

6. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the first attachment member and/or the second attachment member comprise/comprises a belt or a strap, or a pair of belts or straps.

7. The child transport device according to claim 2 further comprising a headrest attachment member adapted to attach the child transport device to a headrest of a vehicle seat located in front of the child transport device.

8. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the first and second portions of the main body assume an angle α in relation to each other, in the vehicle configuration the angle α being in the range of 90°<α<145°.

9. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the main body comprises first and second lateral sides, and the child transport device further comprises at least one side flap connected or connectable at least along a portion of the first or second lateral side of the main body.

10. The child transport device according to claim 2 further comprising a first side flap connected or connectable at least along a portion of the lateral side of the main body, and a second side flap connected or connectable at least along another portion of the lateral side, the first side flap and the second side flap being attachable to each other distant from the connections to the main body.

11. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the main body comprises a ribbed structure and/or reinforcing straps.

12. The child transport device according to claim 11 wherein the ribbed structure or reinforcing straps extend in a longitudinal direction of the main body.

13. The child transport device according to claim 2 wherein the main body further comprises a shape retaining element that comprises a visco-elastic material.

14. The child transport device according to claim 13 wherein the visco-elastic material comprises foam.

15. A method of attaching a child transport device according to claim 2 to a vehicle, the method being performable while a child is seated in the child transport device, the child being secured by the safety harness comprised in the child transport device, the method comprising:
placing the child transport device in the vehicle with a support from in front by the first support element and from below by the second support element; and
tensioning the main body such that the main body bridges a distance between the first and second support elements.

16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the child transport device comprises a first attachment member and/or a second attachment member, and wherein the method further comprises:
attaching the first attachment member to a first attachment point in the vehicle located in front of the child transport device, and/or attaching the second attachment member to a second attachment point in the vehicle located rearward of the child transport device; and
utilizing the first attachment member and/or the second attachment member for tensioning the main body, such that the main body bridges the distance between the first and second support elements.

17. The method according to clai

Assignees

• Volvo Car Corp

Inventors

• Brannstrom Mattias Erik
• Jakobsson Lotta

Classifications

• B60N2/2863

  backward facing · CPC title

• B60N2/2842

  adapted to carry the child, when dismounted from the vehicle · CPC title

• A47D13/02

  Baby-carriers; Carry-cots · CPC title

• B60N2002/2815

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/2806

  for securing the child seat to the vehicle · CPC title