Ergonomic outfacing carrier
AssigneeBlue Box Toy Factory Limited
InventorsMaureen O'Connor Salazar, Stacy Castro, Leslie Roeder
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Abstract
An adjustable infant carrier which is outfitted with various modalities, including a selectively expandable and retractable seat portion and a selectively deployable sling seat, as allows for varying degrees of adjustability to the effective width of and support level provided by the seat portion of the carrier alone or in combination with the seat sling thereof.
Claims20
An adjustable infant carrier wearable by a user for carrying an infant, the infant carrier comprising:
- a main body panel defining at least a central portion and a seat portion having opposed side sections;
- a bib panel disposed in at least partially overlapping relation to the main body panel;
- a waist belt extensible about the waist of a wearer, portions of the main body and bib panels being attached to the waist belt so as to collectively define an infant carrying area of the carrier;
- a pair of shoulder straps extensible over the shoulders of the wearer and each operatively coupled to the main body and bib panels;
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- a seat sling operatively connected to the waist belt and being selectively positionable in one of a stowed state in overlapping relation to the waist belt and a deployed state in further cooperative engagement to the central portion of the main body panel;
- the side sections of the seat portion being selectively fully extensible, partially extensible and fully retractable relative to the central portion and the waist belt.
An adjustable infant carrier wearable by a user for carrying an infant, the infant carrier comprising:
- a main body panel defining at least a central portion and a seat portion having opposed side sections;
- a waist belt extensible about the waist of a wearer, portions of the main body panel being attached to the waist belt so as to collectively define an infant carrying area of the carrier;
- a pair of shoulder straps extensible over the shoulders of the wearer and each operatively coupled to the main body panel;
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- a seat sling operatively connected to the waist belt and being selectively positionable in one of a stowed state in overlapping relation to the waist belt and a deployed state in further cooperative engagement to the central portion of the main body panel;
- the side sections of the seat portion being selectively fully extensible, partially extensible and fully retractable relative to the central portion and the waist belt.
An adjustable infant carrier wearable by a user for carrying an infant, the infant carrier comprising:
- a main body panel defining:
- a central portion having a seat strap segment;
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- a seat portion having opposed side sections and a central section;
- a waist belt extensible about the waist of a wearer, portions of the main body panel being attached to the waist belt so as to collectively define an infant carrying area of the carrier;
- a pair of shoulder straps extensible over the shoulders of the wearer and each operatively coupled to the main body panel;
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- a seat sling operatively connected to the waist belt and being selectively positionable in one of a stowed state in overlapping relation to the waist belt and a deployed state in further cooperative engagement to the central portion of the main body panel;
- the side sections of the seat portion each defining an upper region which is releasably securable to the either the central portion or the central section, the side sections further being selectively fully extensible, partially extensible and fully retractable relative to the central portion and the waist belt, with the seat strap segment being simultaneously extensible over the seat sling in the deployed state, and portions of the side sections as fully retracted relative to the central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.