# US 10,441,090 B2 · Child carrier having adjustable seat coupling > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,441,090 B2 - Document ID: US10441090B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/537,171 - Filed: 2015-01-17 - Published: 2018-01-04 - Granted: 2019-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-15 - Assignees: LILLEbaby, LLC - Applicants: LILLEbaby, LLC - Inventors: Lisbeth Hals Lehan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10441090B2 ## CPC - A47D 13/025: {for carrying children in seated position} - A47D: FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B39/00, A47B41/00) ## Abstract 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]. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A child carrier, comprising: a seat coupled with a belt, the belt forming a loop; a torso support coupled to the seat via at least two couplers, each of the at least two couplers being attached to the torso support via a strap and movably attached at the seat, each of the at least two couplers configured to attach to the seat at respective first and second coupling positions, each of the at least two couplers attaching at one of the respective first and second coupling positions at a given time; a track attached to the seat for interacting with each of the at least two couplers, each of the at least two couplers including a clasp slidably coupled to the track; sliding movement of each at least two couplers along the track causing a distance to change, the distance defined by a reference point within the loop and a point on a line intersecting each of the at least two couplers, the distance at the second coupling position being longer than the distance at the respective first coupling position; wherein, the first coupling position is configured to allow the posterior of a child in the carrier to be supported by only the torso support. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, the track being fixedly attached along a perimeter surface of the seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, further comprising a layer of material located between each at least one coupler and the track. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, each of the at least one coupler being lockable at one or more locations with respect to the seat. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, each of the at least one coupler being moveably attached in a manner providing discrete adjustment locations. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, each of the at least one coupler being slideably attached in a manner providing continuous adjustment locations. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, the seat including a removable seat insert within a seat cover, the seat insert sufficiently rigid so as to enable supporting of a child placed in the child carrier. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The child carrier of claim 7, the removable seat insert including a first surface adjacent a top surface of a seat insert, and a second surface at an angle thereto adjacent the belt. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, further including a shoulder strap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The child carrier of claim 8, the shoulder strap including two shoulder straps. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The child carrier of claim 8, the shoulder strap coupled to the torso support. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The child carrier of claim 10, the shoulder strap coupled to the torso support at least at two locations. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The child carrier of claim 8, the shoulder strap coupled to one or both of the seat, and the belt. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, each of the at least two couplers being moveably attached to the seat at a respective third coupling position, the distance at the third coupling position being longer than the distance at the respective second coupling position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The child carrier of claim 14, each of the at least two couplers being moveably attached to the seat at a respective fourth coupling position, the distance at the fourth coupling position being longer than the distance at the respective third coupling position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The child carrier of claim 15, each of the at least two couplers being moveably attached to the seat at a respective fifth coupling position, the distance at the fifth coupling position being longer than the distance at the respective fourth coupling position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The child carrier of claim 1, each of the at least one coupler coupled to the track via at least partially surrounding the track.