Adjustable Hip Support in Child Carriers for Position Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child carriers lack flexibility and adaptability to accommodate children of different sizes and positions, often resulting in uncomfortable and inefficient carrying experiences.
Innovation Solution
A child carrier design featuring a carrying harness with adjustable components, including a hip support portion that can modify its width and an expandable part to adjust the distance between the torso support and the harness, ensuring a comfortable and secure fit for children of varying sizes and positions.
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 accommodate children of different sizes and positions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the hip support portion adjustable in width. The hip support portion can be modified between a first width and a second width to accommodate children of different sizes and positions. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the child carrier to adapt to various usage scenarios while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the hip support portion width is made adjustable, then adaptability to different child sizes improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the hip support portion into adjustable segments. The hip support portion includes a first panel and a second panel that can be adjusted relative to each other to change the width. This segmentation allows for size adjustment without requiring a completely complex reconfigurable structure, thus improving adaptability while controlling device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the width parameter of the hip support portion. The hip support portion can be adjusted between a first width and a second width to accommodate different child sizes. This direct parameter adjustment approach provides adaptability while maintaining relatively simple adjustment mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the greatest bottom distance between torso support portion and carrying harness is adjustable, then comfort and support for different positions improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion and the carrying harness adjustable. The expandable part can be modified between a first greatest bottom distance and a second greatest bottom distance to accommodate different carrying positions and comfort requirements. This dynamic adjustment improves ease of operation while keeping the expandable part mechanism relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies universality by designing the expandable part to serve multiple functions. The expandable part not only adjusts the greatest bottom distance but also provides structural support and maintains the integrity of the child carrier across different configurations. This multi-functionality approach improves comfort and support for different positions while avoiding the need for separate complex mechanisms for each function.
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AI summary
A child carrier (100) includes a carrying harness (110), a child supporting part (120) connected with the carrying harness (110) and including a hip support portion (123), and a hip support adjustment (130) provided on the hip support portion (123), the hip support adjustment (130) being operable to modify a width of the hip support portion (123). Moreover, the child carrier (100) may further include an expandable part (128) disposed above the hip support portion (123), the expandable part (128) being operable to adjust a greatest bottom distance between the torso support portion (122) and the carrying harness (110).