Child Carrier Adjustable Seat Coupling for Growing Children
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child carriers lack the flexibility to adjust the seat depth to accommodate the varying size of children as they grow, which can lead to discomfort and reduced safety due to loose seating.
Innovation Solution
The child carrier features adjustable seat depth through the use of couplers that can be positioned at various locations along a track, allowing continuous or discrete adjustment to ensure a secure and comfortable fit for children of different sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the seat depth is fixed in existing child carriers, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the carrier cannot accommodate children of different sizes as they grow, leading to loose seating and reduced safety
Solution Approach 1:
The seat depth is made dynamically adjustable through a coupling mechanism that allows the torso support to be repositioned along a track at multiple discrete locations. This enables the seat depth to adapt to children of different sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling mechanism is segmented into discrete coupling locations along the track, allowing the torso support to be positioned at specific intervals. This segmentation provides adjustability without requiring continuous complex mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the seat depth is adjusted to fit smaller children, then comfort and safety are improved, but the carrier cannot accommodate larger children who have outgrown the adjusted depth
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic coupling mechanism allows parents to adjust the seat depth as children grow, providing long-term adaptability. The multiple discrete coupling locations ensure that the carrier can accommodate a wide range of child sizes from infancy through toddlerhood.
3Reliability
If a fixed seat depth is used, then the carrier is easier to manufacture and maintain, but it provides loose seating for growing children reducing safety
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic coupling mechanism provides reliable, secure seating by allowing the seat depth to be adjusted to fit each child properly. Despite the added functionality, the mechanism remains relatively simple to manufacture using standard track and coupling components.
Data Source
AI summary
A carrier [100] for transporting a child [105] by a transporting individual [140]. The carrier [100] includes a belt [120], a seat [110], a torso support [115], and one or more couplers [125]. The belt [120] is configured for securing about the waste and/or hips of the transporting individual [140]; the seat [110] is coupled to the belt [120], is configured for at least partially supporting the child [105] if the child [105] is seated in the carrier [100], and has a surface [130] configured for at least partially supporting at least part of the posterior of the child [105]; the torso support [115] is coupled to the seat [110] by one or more couplers [125] and is configured for supporting at least part of the torso of the child [105]; and the one or more couplers [125] are configured to enable adjustment of a distance [220] between one or more coupling locations [210] for each of the one or more couplers [125] and a selected reference point [200].