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US 4,579,264 AGranted
Baby carrying device
OwnerNadine A. Napolitanoinventor
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Abstract
A fabric baby carrier is secured to an adult by simple tie straps. The carrier includes an outer pouch and an inner pouch formed on the inner surface of front panel of the outer pouch. The upper edges of both inner and outer pouches are elasticized to permit the baby a degree of freedom of movement without sacrificing secure support. Furthermore, the inner pouch is flared in the rear adjacent the crotch to prevent the legs from swinging excessively and thereby injuring the child.
Claims13
A baby carrier comprising:
- a. a flexible pouch having upper and lower ends and including first and second fabric panel portions joined near their upper ends to hold them in generally opposed orientation but leave an upper opening in said pouch, said panel portions meeting at the lower end of said pouch to provide a generally closed lower end, at least a portion of the upper edge of said second fabric panel being resiliently expandable for flexible retention of a baby carried in said pouch;
- b. a fabric seat member secured to the inner surface of said first panel portion to form therewith an inner seat pouch, said seat member having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion therebetween, said first end portion having its end spaced from said intermediate portion secured to said inner surface of said first panel and vertically extending therefrom toward the lower end of said flexible pouch defined by said first and second panel members, said intermediate portion extending away from the lower end of said first end portion and said second end portion extending upwardly from said intermediate portion and having its upper end secured along its side margins to said inner surface of said first panel at points spaced towards said upper end of said first panel from the point of attachment of said end of said first end portion of said seat member to provide, in combination with said first panel portion, said inner seat pouch, the bottom of said seat pouch providing a crotch portion defined by the lower part of said first end portion and at least the adjacent part of said intermediate portion, the upper end of said second end portion of said seat member being unsecured to said flexible pouch between its marginal points of attachment and thereby providing a waist opening, said crotch portion and second end portion of said seat member also being unsecured along the side margins thereof to provide leg openings between said crotch portion and said marginal points of attachment, said waist and leg openings being sized to receive the waist and legs, respectively, of a baby supported in said inner seat pouch, at least a portion of the upper edge of said fabric seat portion being resiliently expandable at said waist opening for flexible support of a baby supported in said inner pouch, said second end portion of said inner seat pouch being of substantially greater width than said crotch portion and than the spacing between the points of attachment of its upper end to said first panel to provide a flared seat portion wider than said waist opening in its expanded condition to extend along part of the legs of the baby supported in said inner seat pouch and inhibit rearward motion of the baby's legs;
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- c. straps on said first panel portion sized to fit around the shoulders of an adult and adapted to be tied when disposed about the shoulders of the adult to secure said carrier to the adult.
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A baby carrier comprising:
- a. a flexible pouch having upper and lower ends and including first and second fabric panel portions joined near their upper ends to hold them in generally opposed orientation but leave an upper opening in said pouch, said panel portions meeting at the lower end of said pouch to provide a generally closed lower end, at least a portion of the upper edge of said second fabric panel being resiliently expandable for flexible retention of a baby carried in said pouch, resiliently expandable attachment means attaching the sides of said first and second panel members together intermediate said upper and lower ends thereof to hold said panel members together but accommodate limited movement of the baby carried in said flexible pouch;
- b. a fabric seat member secured to the inner surface of said first panel portion to form therewith an inner seat pouch, said seat member having a first end portion secured to said inner surface of said first panel and vertically extending toward the lower end of said flexible pouch defined by said first and second panel members and then extending away therefrom to provide a pocket of generally J-shaped cross section, the other end of said seat member being secured along its side margins to said inner surface of said first panel at points spaced towards said upper end of said first panel from the point of attachment of said first end of said seat member to provide, in combination with said first panel portion, said inner seat pouch, the bottom of said seat pouch providing a crotch portion, said seat member having an unsecured upper end thereof between its marginal points of attachment providing a waist opening, said seat member also having unsecured side portions providing leg openings between said crotch portion and said marginal points of attachment, said waist and leg openings being sized to receive the waist and legs, respectively, of a baby supported in said inner seat pouch, at least a portion of the upper edge of said fabric seat portion being resiliently expandable at said waist opening for flexible support of a baby supported in said inner pouch, said rear portion of said inner seat pouch having a flared portion wider than said waist opening in its expanded condition to extend along part of the legs of the baby supported in said inner seat pouch and inhibit rearward motion of the baby's legs;
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- c. straps on said first panel portion sized to fit around the shoulders of an adult and adapted to be tied when disposed about the shoulders of the adult to secure said carrier to the adult.
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A baby carrier comprising:
- a. a flexible pouch having upper and lower ends and including first and second fabric panel portions joined near their upper ends to hold them in generally opposed orientation but leave an upper opening in said pouch, said panel portions meeting at the lower end of said pouch to provide a generally closed lower end;
- b. a fabric seat member secured to the inner surface of said first panel portion to form therewith an inner seat pouch, said seat member having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion therebetween, said first end portion having its end spaced from said intermediate portion secured to said inner surface of said first panel portion and extending vertically therefrom towards the lower end of said flexible pouch defined by said first and second panel members, said intermediate portion extending away from the lower end of said first end portion and said second end portion extending upwardly from said intermediate portion and having its upper end secured along its side margin to said inner surface of said first panel at points spaced towards said upper end of said first panel from the point of attachment of said end of said first end portion of said seat member to provide, in combination with said first panel, said inner seat pouch, the bottom of said seat pouch providing a crotch portion defined by the lower part of said first end portion and at least the adjacent part of said intermediate portion, the upper end of said second end portion of said seat member being unsecured to said flexible pouch between the marginal points of attachment and thereby providing a waist opening, said crotch portion and second end portion of said seat member also being unsecured along the side margins thereof to provide leg openings between said crotch portion and said marginal points of attachment, said waist and leg openings being sized to receive the waist and legs, respectively, of a baby supported in said inner seat pouch, said second end portion of said inner seat pouch being of substantially greater width than said crotch portion and than the spacing between the points of attachment of its upper end to said first panel to provide a flared seat portion wider than said waist opening to extend along part of the legs of the baby supported in said inner seat pouch and inhibit rearward motion of the baby's legs;
- c. straps extending from said upper end of said first panel portion, sized to fit around the shoulders of an adult, and adapted to be tied when disposed around the shoulders to secure said carrier to the adult;
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- d. a waist strap attached to the lower end of said flexible pouch and sized to fit around the waist of an adult carrying said pouch and to be tied at its free ends to help secure said baby carrier to the adult.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.