Baby carrier

Abstract

To provide a baby carrier that can make the holding comfortable by blowing air toward the user when holding an infant. 【Solution means】The baby carrier 1 includes a main body 10 that supports an infant, a pair of left and right shoulder straps 20a, 20b provided with air vents 22, and air blowing devices 30a, 30b that allow air taken in from the outside to flow into the inside of the pair of left and right shoulder straps 20a, 20b. By passing the air taken in from the air blowing devices 30a, 30b through the inside of the main body 10 and the pair of left and right shoulder straps 20a, 20b and then sending it out from the air vents 22, air is blown toward the user's head and its vicinity.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a baby carrier for assisting in holding an infant.

Background Art

[0002] Baby carriers for supporting an infant when holding it are known. A baby carrier is also called a holding strap or a baby sling. By wearing this and holding the infant, the infant is stably supported and the burden on the user is reduced.

[0003] Generally, a baby carrier includes a main body portion that supports the infant from the front or back of the infant, and shoulder straps provided on the left and right sides of the main body portion. The shoulder straps are put on both shoulders of the user so that the main body portion is disposed in front of or behind the user's body, and the infant can be supported and held between the main body portion and the user's body. Recently, there have been proposed baby carriers with improved functions such as convenience and comfort, such as a baby carrier formed of a knit in which spun yarn is integrally knitted by a knitting machine for the main body portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and a childcare aid including a hood material extending from the support main body portion and connectable to the shoulder strap, and a hood holding member for holding the hood material in a closed state (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] On the one hand, when using a baby carrier, the user and the infant are in close contact, so sweating and heat build-up easily occur between them, making them feel uncomfortable. This is particularly noticeable in summer when people tend to sweat a lot.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a baby carrier that can reduce the user's perceived temperature and comfortably hold an infant.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] To solve the above problems, the means taken by the present invention are a main body portion for supporting an infant, a pair of left and right shoulder belts provided at the upper part of the main body portion and hung on both shoulders of the user, a blower device for allowing air taken in from the outside to flow into the inside of the pair of left and right shoulder belts respectively, A housing part provided at the lower left and right of the main body part respectively for housing the blower device, a blower hole provided in the housing part, and the pair of left and right shoulder belts are provided with a cushioning material having air permeability inside, and are provided with air outlet holes for sending the air flowing in by the blower device toward the head of the user and / or the vicinity thereof. , by operating the blower device, a part of the air taken into the housing part is sent out to the outside through the blower hole provided in the housing part and blown in the direction of the user's shoulder, It is a baby carrier.

[0008] The baby carrier of the present invention is configured to allow the air taken in from the blower device provided in the main body portion to flow into the inside of a pair of left and right shoulder belts extending from the main body portion and be sent out from the air outlet holes. As a result, when the user wears the baby carrier, air is sent from the shoulder belts arranged on both shoulders toward the head of the user and the vicinity thereof.

[0009] Further, the pair of left and right shoulder belts may be provided with a shape-retaining member for preventing the air outlet holes from deforming.

[0010] When an infant is supported by the baby carrier, the weight of the infant and the movement of the user may affect the shoulder belts, causing the shoulder belts to be compressed and the air outlet holes to deform, which may block the air flow from the air outlet holes. Therefore, a shape-retaining member can be provided inside the shoulder belts to prevent the deformation of the air outlet holes and ensure that the air flow is not obstructed.

[0011] Further, the blower device allows the air taken in from the outside to also flow into the main body portion, and at least a part of the support surface on which the infant is supported may be formed of a breathable sheet so that the air flowing in by the blower device is sent toward the infant.

[0012] By allowing the air taken in by the blower device to also flow into the main body portion and be sent out from the breathable sheet constituting the support surface, it becomes possible to blow air to the infant supported by the baby carrier.

[0013] Furthermore, the main body portion may include an airtight sheet on the back side of the breathable sheet, and the airtight sheet may be provided with blow holes for partially sending the air flowing into the main body portion by the blower device to the breathable sheet.

[0014] By doing so, the air flowing into the main body portion is concentrated in the holes provided in the airtight sheet and can be sent out powerfully.

Advantages of the Invention

[0015] According to the baby carrier of the present invention, since the blower device provided in the main body portion can blow air from the blower holes provided in the pair of left and right shoulder belts to the user's head and its vicinity, the user's perceived temperature is reduced, and the baby can be comfortably carried.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0017] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment

[0018] In FIGS. 1 and 2, a baby carrier 1 is shown, and in FIG. 3, the wearing state and the air blowing direction of the baby carrier 1 are shown. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the baby carrier 1 includes a main body portion 10, shoulder belts 20a and 20b, and blower devices 30a and 30b. And as shown in FIG. 3, it can be worn on the front of the user U so that the infant C is held in a state facing the user U.

[0019] The main body portion 10 is disposed in front of the user U and supports the infant from the back side, and includes an outer surface 11 and a support surface 12. FIG. 4 schematically shows a cross section of the main body portion 10.

[0020] The outer surface 11 forms a surface that is disposed on the outside when the baby carrier 1 is worn on the user U. The outer surface 11 is formed of a sheet material having sufficient strength and flexibility to support the infant C, and pockets 11a and 11b that can be opened and closed by fasteners (not shown) are provided above and below it, respectively.

[0021] The support surface 12 forms a surface that is disposed facing the user U when the baby carrier 1 is worn. As shown in FIG. 4, the support surface 12 is formed by laminating a cotton sheet 12a, a blocking sheet 12b, and a mesh 12c in this order. The cotton sheet 12a is formed by forming chemical fiber cotton or natural cotton in a sheet shape. The blocking sheet 12b is formed of a non-breathable sheet material made of a resin such as polyvinyl chloride, and a plurality of holes H are formed at positions corresponding to portions where the back of the infant C supported by the support surface 12 abuts. The mesh 12c is made of a mesh-like sheet material.

[0022] The shoulder belts 20a and 20b are to be hung on both shoulders of the user U to attach the baby carrier 1, and are respectively provided to extend from the left and right upper ends of the main body 10. Connecting belts 23a and 23b, the lengths of which can be adjusted by moving cans 24, are attached to the tips of the shoulder belts 20a and 20b. By attaching the tips of the connecting belts 23a and 23b to the accommodating portions 13a and 13b, which will be described in detail later, the shoulder belts 20a and 20b are respectively connected to the left and right lower portions of the main body 10. The shoulder belts 20a and 20b are formed in a tubular shape from an airtight sheet material, and include a cover member 21 whose inside communicates with the inside of the support surface 12 of the main body 10, and a cushioning material (not shown) provided inside the cover member 21 and formed with a substantially horizontally long rectangular cross-section thickness. A resin material having air permeability such as polyurethane can be used for this cushioning material.

[0023] A plurality of air vents 22 are respectively formed in the opposing side surfaces Sa and Sb of the cover member 21 in the shoulder belts 20a and 20b. Further, in the side surfaces Sa and Sb, there are internally provided holding members (not shown) for maintaining the shape so that the air vents 22 are not blocked when the cushioning material is deformed due to the weight of the infant or the movement of the user. A thin plate material made of plastic or the like can be used for the holding members. Also, a port P capable of accommodating a battery B, which serves as a power source for the air blowing devices 30a and 30b described later, is detachably attached to the upper surface of one of the shoulder belts 20a.

[0024] The air blowers 30a and 30b are of a known configuration capable of rotating a fan by driving a motor to take in air from the air intake 31. The air blowers 30a and 30b are respectively housed in the housing portions 13a and 13b provided at the lower left and right of the main body 10. The housing portions 13a and 13b communicate with the inside of the main body 10, and air blowing holes 32 are formed in the upper portions. One end of a power cable 33 extending from the upper portion of the main body 10 is connected to the air blowers 30a and 30b, and a battery B composed of a rechargeable battery, a dry battery, etc. can be connected to a connector 33a provided at the tip of the power cable 33 for power supply. The on / off of the power supply can be performed by detaching the connector 33a from the battery B or operating a switch provided on the battery B or the power cable 33.

[0025] Next, the air flow path and the air blowing direction of the air taken in by the air blowers 30a and 30b will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 5. FIG. 5 shows the air flow path of the air taken into the baby carrier 1 by the air blowers 30a and 30b. When the air blowers 30a and 30b are operated, the fan rotates by driving a motor (not shown), and air is taken into the inside of the housing portions 13a and 13b from the air intake 31 and flows into the inside of the main body 10, that is, between the outer surface 11 and the support surface 12 (arrow A1). On the way, a part of the taken-in air is sent out to the outside from the air blowing holes 32 provided in the housing portions 13a and 13b and blown in the direction of the user U's shoulder (arrow A2).

[0026] The air flowing into the inside of the main body 10 passes through the cotton sheet 12a, the blocking sheet 12b, and the mesh 12c constituting the support surface 12 and is sent out to the outside, and is blown toward the supported infant C (arrow A3). At this time, most of the air heading toward the mesh 12c collides with the blocking sheet 12b and is concentrated into the hole portion H. As a result, the air blowing from the support surface 12 is sent out only from the hole portion H without being dispersed in multiple directions, so that it is possible to blow air toward the back of the supported infant C.

[0027] The air that is not sent out from the support surface 12 flows into the inside of the shoulder belts 20a and 20b that extend from the upper end of the main body 10. The air that has flowed into the inside of the shoulder belts 20a and 20b passes through a cushioning material (not shown) having air permeability and is sent out from a plurality of air blowing holes 22 provided in the cover member 21, and is blown toward the head of the user U and its vicinity (arrow A4). In this way, the air taken in by the air blowing devices 30a and 30b passes through the inside of the baby carrier 1, that is, the inside of the accommodating portions 13a and 13b, the main body 10, and the shoulder belts 20a and 20b, and is blown toward the user U and the infant C.

[0028] According to the baby carrier 1 according to the embodiment, since the air taken into the inside by the air blowing devices 30a and 30b can be blown toward the user U and the infant C, the perceived temperatures of the user U and the infant C are reduced and they can be worn comfortably.

[0029] The present invention is not limited to the form of the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and combinations are possible within the scope described in the claims and the scope of the embodiment, and these modifications and combinations are also included in the scope of the rights.

[0030] For example, in the embodiment, the air taken into the main body 10 by the air blowing devices 30a and 30b is configured to be sent out from the support surface 12 and the air blowing holes 32 of the accommodating portions 13a and 13b, but these may be omitted and it may be configured to be sent out only from the air blowing holes 22 of the shoulder belts 20a and 20b.

[0031] Further, the drilling positions of the air blowing holes 22 provided in the shoulder belts 20a and 20b are not limited to the positions of the side surfaces Sa and Sb as long as they are positions where the user U can be blown, and the number of the air blowing devices 30a and 30b can be increased or decreased according to their intake performance and the like.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0032] 1 Baby carrier 10 Main body 11 Outer surface 12 Support surface 12a Cotton sheet 12b Barrier sheet (airtight sheet) 12c Mesh (breathable sheet) 20a, 20b Shoulder belts 22 Air vents 30a, 30b Air blowers H Hole part (blowout hole)

Claims

1. A main body for supporting an infant; A pair of left and right shoulder belts are provided on the upper part of the main body and are hung on both shoulders of a user; a blower device for blowing air taken in from the outside into the pair of left and right shoulder belts, respectively; a housing portion provided at the left and right lower portions of the main body portion, the housing portion housing the air blower; A ventilation hole is provided in the storage section, The pair of left and right shoulder belts are provided with breathable cushioning material inside and have air holes that blow air introduced by the air blowing device toward the user's head and / or the vicinity thereof, When the air blowing device is operated, a portion of the air taken into the storage section is discharged to the outside through an air blowing hole provided in the storage section, and is blown in the direction of the user's shoulders.

2. 2. The baby carrier according to claim 1, wherein the pair of left and right shoulder belts are provided with shape retaining members for preventing the air holes from being deformed.

3. The air blower device causes air taken in from the outside to flow into the main body, 2. The baby carrier according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the support surface of the main body on which the infant is supported is formed from a breathable sheet so that the air drawn in by the air blowing device is blown toward the infant.

4. The main body portion includes a non-breathable sheet on the back side of the breathable sheet, 4. The baby carrier according to claim 3, wherein the non-breathable sheet has air outlet holes for partially blowing the air drawn into the main body by the air blowing device to the breathable sheet.

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