Adjustable Child Carrier Support for Different Child Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child carriers fail to provide a flexible and comfortable solution for carrying children of different sizes, as they often have fixed space configurations that do not adapt to varying child sizes or positions, leading to inadequate support and potential discomfort.
Innovation Solution
A child carrier design featuring a carrying harness with a child supporting part that includes a torso support portion, a neck support portion, and a deployable head cover, with adjustable components such as a hip support adjustment and expandable parts, allowing for customizable fit and support through various configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed space volume configuration is used for seating a child, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot adapt to children of different sizes and positions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the child supporting part adjustable and reconfigurable. The neck support portion can be positioned at different vertical positions relative to the torso support portion through folding mechanisms, and the hip support portion can be adjusted to different widths. This dynamic adjustability allows the same structure to adapt to children of different sizes and carrying positions without requiring multiple fixed configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the child supporting part into distinct functional portions: neck support portion, torso support portion, and hip support portion. Each segment can be independently adjusted or repositioned. The neck support portion can be folded to different vertical positions, and the hip support portion can be adjusted separately, allowing flexible adaptation to different child sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Ease of operation
If the neck support portion is made adjustable to different vertical positions, then comfort and support are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The neck support portion is designed with folding capability that allows it to be positioned at different vertical positions relative to the torso support portion. This dynamic adjustment enables caregivers to optimize the fit for different child sizes and carrying positions, improving comfort and support while using a relatively simple folding mechanism rather than complex adjustable systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a head cover is made deployable and stowable, then functionality and convenience are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The head cover is designed to be stowable within the child supporting part structure. When not in use, the head cover can be nested or stored within the torso support portion or other available space in the carrier. This nesting approach provides the functionality of a removable head cover while minimizing the increase in device complexity by utilizing existing structural space rather than adding separate storage compartments.
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AI summary
A child carrier (100) includes a carrying harness (110), and a child supporting part (120) connected with the carrying harness (110), the child supporting part (120) including a torso support portion (122) and a neck support portion (121) connected with each other, and a head cover (1222) deployable outward for use and stowable inside a storage pocket (1221) provided in the torso support portion (122) or the neck support portion (121).