Baby carrier cover system

a carrier and cover technology, applied in the field of baby carriers, can solve the problems of no side pockets for adult users, no hood/collar, no pouch for storing essentials, etc., and achieve the effect of reducing coverage and stable fastening of the cover

US20060130220A1Inactive Publication Date: 2006-06-22BROOKS POND
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US · United States
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Publication Date
2006-06-22
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Cover ( 10 ) for baby held in front-carried carrier ( 100 ; or car seat / carrier 200 , FIG. 8 , etc.) suspended at adult user's front including two, top, substantially triangular, front ( 70 ) sub-panels ( 21 ) forming, alternatively, sealing collar ( 21' ) when positioned about baby's neck (FIG. 4 ), or hood ( 21 '') about baby's head when pulled up and snap connected ( 22 , FIG. 5 ). The cover includes shoulder straps ( 31 ), front straps ( 41 ), stowing sleeves ( 42 ), waist straps ( 51 ) providing four-point carrier attachment, interior zippered pouch ( 61 ), cinches ( 75 ), side "pocket" slits ( 76 ) & elastic bands ( 77 ) in expandable, accordion sides ( 74 ). A central band ( 31 ) of heavy duty material provides structural support. Cover's rear ( 71 ) has "cut-out" ( 72 ) allowing cover to be slipped under front-carried carrier and over baby in carrier, with two, vertically spaced, strap sets connecting cover directly to carrier's body attachment straps (e.g., 101, 103 ) and not directly to user.
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REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION

[0001] This application claims the priority rights of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 637,715 filed Dec. 19 (20), 2004 entitled “Baby Carrier Cover System” listing the co-inventors hereof.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present invention relates to baby carriers, for example, those made of cloth or other fabric material worn on the front of an adult and secured by, for example, shoulder straps, waist straps, etc., as well as those that are rigid (e.g., made of plastic) and carried by hand or used as car seats or strollers, etc., and more particularly to a cover therefor for supplemental covering and protection of the baby to protect the baby from the ambient or undesirable environmental conditions. Various features of the cover of the invention and its cooperative relationships with the carrier, the baby and the adult user are described below. BACKGROUND ART

[0003] A list of prior patents based on a search done by one of the co-inventors...

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[0054] The currently preferred, exemplary embodiment 10 of the baby carrier cover will be described in connection with the figures hereof in connection with two types of exemplary baby or infant carriers, namely, [0055] the exemplary, prior art, front worn carrier 100 (e.g., the “Baby Björn” commercial product) made of flexible, fabric materials and shown by itself in FIG. 1A and in connection with the exemplary embodiment 10 of the cover of the present invention in FIGS. 1-7, and [0056] the exemplary hand-carried, rigid, car seat type of carrier 200 (made, for example, of plastic) of the prior art shown in FIG. 8 in connection with the exemplary embodiment 10 of the cover of the present invention.

[0057] As is known, the flexible front carrier 100 of the prior art of FIG. 1A (e.g., a “BabyBjörn” baby carrier) includes a set of shoulder straps 101 from which is suspended a baby holder 102 into which the baby is placed and supported, along with a set of side straps 103 which go aroun...