Patent Application
20250160538
The present invention relates to a baby product, especially to a baby carrier which is easy to put on and off, having ergonomic design, and providing breathable and comfortable wearing experience.
Refer to U.S. Pat. No. 9,521,912 B2 applied by the same inventor of the present invention, an infant carrier is provided. The infant carrier contains a front carrying bag, a neck support pad, and an auxiliary support cushion. The auxiliary support cushion is used for supporting a carrier's back above carrier's lumbar and corresponding to the carrier's vertebra. Two sides of an upper end of the front carrying bag are provided with a first carrying strap and a second carrying strap whose rear end are connected with the neck support pad. A bottom rim of the neck support pad is provided with an adjustable belt connected with an upper rim of the auxiliary support cushion. The front carrying bag also includes a first waist strap and a second waist strap which are fixed on two sides of the front carrying bag and coupled with two sides of the auxiliary support cushion. About a middle section of the two sides of the front carrying bag is coupled with a first fixing strap and a second fixing strap. The first fixing strap and the second fixing strap are adjustable and joined with two sides of the neck support pad such that the neck support pad is pulled tightly to contact with the carrier's neck.
The neck support pad provides the carrier's neck comfortable feeling and releasing pressure. A lower rim of the auxiliary support cushion contacts with the carrier's lumbar to support the carrier's vertebra and lower a loading of the carrier's lumbar and vertebra.
However, the first fixing strap and the second fixing strap of the infant carrier are extended from the two sides of the neck support pad, gone under the armpit, and connected to about the middle section of the two sides of the front carrying bag. Putting the infant carrier on or off each time is not convenient for users. The tightened fixing straps also affect movement of users' arms and may lead to uncomfortable wearing experience. Thus there is room for improvement and there is a need to provide a baby carrier with novel design.
Therefore, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a baby carrier with easiness to put on and off, ergonomic design, and breathable and comfortable wearing experience.
In order to achieve the above object, a baby carrier according to the present invention includes a front carrier, a rear neck pad, and a spine support pad. The front carrier is worn in front of user's chest while the spine support pad is worn at user's back and extending upward from a height of user's lumbar spine. Two sides on a top of the front carrier are connected with a left shoulder strap and a right shoulder strap correspondingly. A rear end of the left shoulder strap and a rear end of the right shoulder strap are connected to an upper edge of the rear neck pad while a lower edge of the rear neck pad is provided with a vertical band whose length is adjustable and the vertical band is connected with an upper edge of the spine support pad. A lower edge of the front carrier at a height near user's waist is connected with a front waist strap. A left waist strap and a right waist strap are respectively extending horizontally from a left side and a right side of the front waist strap. The baby carrier features on that the spine support pad includes a support plate mounted therein and a piece of cloth covering the support plate. The support plate is made of hard material. The spine support pad is inverted T-shaped and further having a horizontal portion extending horizontally and a vertical portion extending upward from a middle of an upper edge of the horizontal portion along user's spine. A left side and a right side of the horizontal portion are extending to a left side and a right side of a back of user' waist. A plurality of pressure relief blocks is disposed on an inner surface of the spine support pad and in contact with the spine. A gap is provided between the two adjacent pressure relief blocks. A rear end of the left waist strap is connected to a first end of a left band while a second end of the left band is first inserted through a left ring on a left side of the spine support pad, folded over, and then connected to an upper edge of a left side of the front carrier. A rear end of the right waist strap is connected to a first end of a right band while a second end of the right band is first inserted through a right ring on a right side of the spine support pad, folded over, and connected to an upper edge of a right side of the front carrier. Thereby the front carrier, the left waist strap, the right waist strap, and the spine support pad are connected by the left band and the right band.
Preferably, the pressure relief block is formed by a cushioning material fixed on the support plate and the cloth covering the cushioning material. The cushioning material can be foam, viscose (artificial cotton), or natural cotton.
Preferably, a length of both the left band and the right band is adjustable. Both the left band and the right band are formed by two segments. The left band includes a left-band's first segment and a left-band's second segment. The first end of the left-band's first segment is fixed and connected to the rear end of the left waist strap while a free end of the left-band's first segment is first inserted through the left ring and folded over. The second end of the left-band's second segment is connected to the upper edge of the left side of the front carrier. The free end of the left-band's first segment and the other end of the left-band's second segment are connected by a quick connector. The free end of the left-band's first segment is slidably inserted through the quick connector so that a length between the first end of the left-band's first segment and the quick connector is able to be adjusted freely. The right band includes a right-band's first segment and a right-band's second segment. The first end of the right-band's first segment is fixed and connected to the rear end of the right waist strap while a free end of the right-band's first segment is first inserted through the right ring and folded over. The second end of the right-band's second segment is connected to the upper edge of the right side of the front carrier. The free end of the right-band's first segment and the other end of the right-band's second segment are connected by another quick connector. The free end of the right-band's first segment is slidably inserted through the quick connector so that a length between the first end of the right-band's first segment and the quick connector is able to be adjusted freely.
Preferably, a plurality of infrared ceramic pieces and/or magnets is arranged at an inner side of the cloth which is provided with a plurality of access gaps corresponding to the respective infrared ceramic pieces and/or the magnets.
Preferably, the infrared ceramic pieces and/or the magnets are mounted between the cloth and the cushioning material.
Preferably, the infrared ceramic pieces and the magnets are mounted between the cloth and the cushioning material. The present baby carrier features on that a lower edge of the spine support pad is abutting against user's lumbar spine for providing additional support to the user's spin. The design of the baby carrier is ergonomic and able to ease and distribute loads of the lumbar spine and the spine. The plurality of pressure relief blocks located on the inner surface of the spine support pad and in contact with the spine can allow air to flow for reduction of sultry feeling. Moreover, the first end of the left band and the first end of the right band are respectively connected to the rear end of the left waist strap and the rear end of the right waist strap. Then the second end of the left band and the second end of the right band are respectively inserted through the left ring and the right ring disposed on the spine support pad, folded over, and then connected to the upper edge of the left side and the upper edge of the right side of the front carrier. The user's left and right arms can move freely without being affected while wearing the present baby carrier. On the other hand, both the left band and the right band not only have two-segment design but also having an adjustable length. Thus the present baby carrier can be put on and off easily by users and providing users comfortable wearing experience.
The implementations, technical features, and functions of the present baby carrier are described in the following embodiments with reference to related figures.
In the following descriptions and figures of embodiments according to the present invention, directions mentioned (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear) are defined according to related figures and used for showing structure or relationship (such as positions, connections, and actions) among respective components. In principle, the directions described are proper when positions of the components or the structure mentioned in the specifications matches those in figures. Once the positions of the components or the structure mentioned in the specifications change, the directions described should have corresponding changes.
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The front carrier 10 is worn in front of user's chest for mounting a baby while the spine support pad 30 is worn at user's back and extending upward from a height of user's lumbar spine to reduce and distribute loads of lumbar spine and spine. A left shoulder strap 11L and a right shoulder strap 11R are connected to two sides on a top of the front carrier 10 correspondingly. A rear end of the left shoulder strap 11L and a rear end of the right shoulder strap 11R cross over user's shoulders to connect to an upper edge of the rear neck pad 20 located at a rear side of baby's neck. A lower edge of the rear neck pad 20 is provided with a vertical band 21 whose length is adjustable and the vertical band 21 is connected with an upper edge of the spine support pad 30. A lower edge of the front carrier 10 at a height near user's waist is connected with a front waist strap 12F. A left side and a right side of the front waist strap 12F are respectively provided with a left waist strap 12L and a right waist strap 12R which are extension parts respectively extending horizontally from the left side and the right side of the front waist strap 12F to a left side and a right side of the waist. A rear end of the left waist strap 12L and a rear end of the right waist strap 12R are connected to two sides of the spine support pad 30 at the height near the user's waist.
The present baby carrier particularly improves the spine support pad 30 and some bands therein for different purposes including easiness to put on and off, ergonomic design, breathable and comfortable wearing experience, etc. The preferred embodiments are described in detail below.
In a preferred embodiment, the spine support pad 30 is about inverted T-shaped and composed of a horizontal portion 31 extending horizontally and a vertical portion 32 extending upward from a middle of an upper edge of the horizontal portion 31 along a spine. A shape of the vertical portion 32 matches a curved shape of the spine and has ergonomic design. A left side and a right side of the horizontal portion 31 are extending to a left side and a right side of a back of the waist of human body. The spine support pad 30 further includes a support plate 33 made of hard material and mounted in the spine support pad 30, and a piece of cloth 35 covering the support plate 33.
A plurality of pressure relief blocks is disposed on an inner surface of the spine support pad 30 and in contact with the spine. As shown in an embodiment of
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In a preferred embodiment, a length of both the left band 40L and the right band 40R is adjustable so that users can adjust and wear the baby carrier comfortably according to their figures. In a preferred embodiment, both the left band 40L and the right band 40R are formed by two segments. As shown in
The right band 40R includes a right-band's first segment 40R1 and a right-band's second segment 40R2. The first end 41R of the right-band's first segment 40R1 is fixed and connected to the rear end of the right waist strap 12R while a free end 44R of the right-band's first segment 40R1 is first inserted through the right ring 43R on the right side of the spine support pad 30 and folded over. The second end 42R of the right-band's second segment 40R2 is connected with the upper edge of the right side of the front carrier 10. The free end 44R of the right-band's first segment 40R1 and the other end of the right-band's second segment 40R2 are connected by a quick connector 50R. The free end 44R of the right-band's first segment 40R1 is slidably inserted through the quick connector 50R. Thus users can tighten the free end 44R (as an arrow B in
After user's head being inserted through a hole formed among the left shoulder strap 11L, the right shoulder strap 11R, and the spine support pad 30 (refer to
In a preferred embodiment, the front carrier 10 and the rear neck pad 20 are soft components with cushioning capacity and formed by a piece of cloth with at least one interval and cushioning material mounted in the interval. The cloth can be nylon, waterproof breathable nylon, or other soft cloth, which is sewn to form double-layer or multiple-layer structure with the interval between the two adjacent layers. Then cushioning materials such as foam, viscose (artificial cotton), or natural cotton are mounted into the interval for providing breathable, soft, and comfortable wearing experience.
The rear neck pad 20 provides user's rear neck more comfortable feeling and pressure relief. For users with different heights, the rear neck pad 20 can even be adjusted to the position between left and right shoulder blades (as shown in
Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details, and representative devices shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalent.
