A baby carrier for carrying and developing a baby on a body of a person, said baby carrier comprising:
- a body panel member shaped for providing a seat for a baby and a back support for the baby, wherein the body panel member comprises a support layer mainly constituted by a woven fabric;
- a waist support member connected to a lower end of the body panel member for fastening the body panel member to a waist of the person;
- a pair of shoulder fastening members connected to an upper end of the body panel member and arranged for fastening the body panel member over each shoulder of the person, respectively;
- a pair of side fastening members, each side fastening member being connected to a side of the body panel member, respectively, and comprising a fastening means, wherein the fastening means of one side fastening member has a male element and the fastening means of another one side fastening member has a corresponding female element;
- wherein each shoulder fastening member comprises:
- a shoulder strap arranged for extending over a shoulder, respectively, wherein the shoulder strap comprises a support layer constituted by a woven fabric;
- a belt and a fastening means mounted onto the belt for releasably connecting the belt to one of the side fastening members or to the fastening means of another one of the shoulder fastening member, wherein the fastening means of one shoulder fastening member has a male element and the fastening means of another shoulder fastening member has a corresponding female element, and wherein the fastening means is slidably arranged for adjusting a belt length between the fastening means and the shoulder strap;
- wherein the waist support member including the body panel member are arranged for selectively adjusting a body height support length of the body panel member, by selectively folding or rolling the lower end of the body panel member in the direction of the body height support length before tightening the waist support member including the body panel member to the waist of the person;
- wherein the male fastening means of the shoulder fastening member and the male mechanical fastening means of the side fastening member are both arranged at a same first side of the body panel member and the female fastening means of the other shoulder fastening member and the female mechanical fastening means of the other side fastening member are both arranged at a same second side of the body member panel, and
- wherein both the male fastening means of the shoulder fastening member and the male mechanical fastening means of the side fastening member can be connected with both the female fastening means of the other shoulder fastening member and the female mechanical fastening means of the other side fastening member, and
- wherein the baby carrier is arranged so as to be configurable into:
- a basic front wearing position in which the shoulder straps are crossed at the back, wherein the male fastening means of said one shoulder fastening member is connected to the female fastening means of said another one side fastening member and the female fastening means of said another one shoulder fastening member is connected to the male fastening means of said one side fastening member, wherein the body height support length(S) of the body panel member is adjusted to support a spine shape of the baby and the width of the body panel member at the lower end of the body panel member is adjusted to support a hip and legs of the baby;
- an under bum front wearing position in which the body height support length(S) of the body panel member is adjusted to support a spine shape of the baby and the width of the body panel member at the lower end of the body panel member is adjusted to support a hip and legs of the baby, wherein the shoulder straps are arranged parallel to one another and moved under the arms to the front and the fastening means are moved under the bum of the baby near the hip position of the baby, wherein the male fastening means of said one shoulder fastening member is connected to the female fastening means of said another one shoulder fastening member at the front, wherein the fastening means of the side fastening members are connected to one another, and wherein the shoulder fastening members are tightened to provide a top rail support;
- an alternative under bum front wearing position in which the shoulder straps are crossed at the back and moved under the arms to the front and the fastening means are moved under the bum of the baby near the hip position of the baby, wherein the fastening means of said one shoulder fastening member is connected to the female fastening means of said another one shoulder fastening member at the front, wherein the fastening means of the side fastening members are connected to one another, and wherein the shoulder fastening members are tightened to provide a top rail support,
- a Mei tai back wearing position in which the shoulder straps are arranged parallel to one another and moved under the arms to the back and the fastening means are moved crossing the back towards the front, and the male fastening means of said one shoulder fastening member is connected to the female fastening means of said another one shoulder fastening member at the front, wherein the fastening means of the side fastening members are connected to one another and may act as a chest strap, and wherein the shoulder fastening members are tightened to provide a top rail support;
- a side or hip wearing position in which the shoulder fastening member is connected to the side fastening members at the back and the shoulder fastening member is connected to the side fastening members at the side or front of the carrying person;
- a pre-buckled back wearing position in which the fastening means of the shoulder fastening members are guided through the guiding loops before connecting the male fastening means of said one shoulder fastening member to the female fastening means of said another one shoulder fastening member, the shoulder straps are arranged parallel to one another and moved under the arms to the back and the fastening means are moved under the bum of the baby near the hip position of the baby, wherein the fastening means of the side fastening members are connected to one another and used as chest belt, and wherein the shoulder fastening members are tightened to provide a top rail support;
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- a torso carry back wearing position in which the shoulder straps are arranged parallel to one another, the fastening means of the side fastening members are connected to one another and used as chest belt, and the shoulder straps are flipped under the chest belt and the belts of the shoulder fastening members do not need to be connected or tightened.