Baby carrier having means for facilitating the lifting of a child into and out of the same

Abstract

A baby carrier adapted for carrying a child either face-to face or in forward-facing position, comprising chest straps (1), which are arranged to extend around both shoulder regions of the wearer, a waist belt (2) connected to the chest straps (1), and a carrier bag (3) mounted on the chest straps and comprising a carrier pouch (5) having leg openings, the carrier pouch being formed by on one hand a lower portion of a front piece (4) and on the other hand by least a chest piece (6), whereby at least the front piece (4) is at a lower portion connected to a waist belt (2), and the front piece (4) being at an upper edge region (7) detachably connected to respective chest strap (1) by a connecting device (8). A first end (1a) of respective chest strap (1) is connected to the waist belt (2) at the region of the connection of the front piece (4) to the waist belt and the other end (1b) to the front piece through a expansion means (12) arranged between the front piece and the chest piece (6).

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a baby carrier adapted for carrying a child either face-to-face or in forward-facing position, comprising chest straps, which are arranged to extend around both shoulder regions of the wearer, a waist belt connected to the chest straps, and a carrier bag mounted on the chest straps and comprising a carrier pouch having leg openings, the carrier pouch being formed by on one hand a lower portion of a front piece and on the other hand at least a chest piece, whereby at least the front piece is by a lower portion connected to a waist belt, and the front piece being at an upper edge region detachably connected to respective chest strap by a connecting device.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Thus, the invention relates to a baby carrier of a kind which includes a harness of the general type comprising chest straps and a carrier poach mounted on the harness, the carrier poach being formed by a front piece provided with leg openings a...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]An object of the invention is thus to provide a baby carrier by which the above mentioned drawbacks totally or partly are eliminated, so that a child may be worn during a longer time, and may in an easy way be lifted into and out of, respectively, the baby carrier while carried by the wearer and at the same time as the child is carried close to the body of the wearer.

Problems solved by technology

One problem when using a baby carrier of the above mentioned type is that a heavy load has to be born by the shoulders of the wearer of the baby carrier when a heavy child is carried during a long time.

Therefore, many parents are forced to stop carrying its child or are only able to carry the child a short time in this way when the child grow older and is heavier.

A further problem which exists at known baby carriers of the above mentioned type provided with a waist belt is that it will be difficult in an easy way to lift the child into and out of the baby carrier, particularly the carrier pouch, since the carrier pouch on one hand has a tendency to “collapse” when the baby carrier is placed on the chest side of the wearer and on the other hand it can be very difficult to lift the child into a narrow carrier pouch, the circumference / size of which cannot be adjusted to be more wide.

This is particularly difficult when the baby carrier is used for carrying a relatively heavy child from about 4 months to about 15 kg, since in the ordinary case both hands must be used for lifting the child into and out of, respectively, the baby carrier.

A further problem is that the child has a tendency to be worn relatively far from the body, i.e. the central gravity of the child will be situated at a distance from the wearer, particularly when the wearer leans forward, whereby it is easy to lose one's balance and to fall forwardly.

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