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US 5,431,478 AGranted
Convertible baby carrier
OwnerMark Noonaninventor
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Abstract
A convertible baby carrier having a clamshell figuration in which a first body portion and a second body portion are pivotally attached to each other, and includes apparatus for adjusting and fixing the angular relationship of the two body portions. The carrier includes detachable legs that are pivotally mounted to the body portions, and the apparatus is provided for fixing the angular positions of the legs relative to the body portions. The carrier can be converted to a seat, a stroller, a bed, a backpack, or the like by altering the angular relationships of the body portions and of the legs relative to the body portions.
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A carrier for a small child, comprising:
- a first body portion having first and second ends, first and second spaced walls, and a support surface extending between said first and second spaced walls;
- a second body portion having third and fourth ends, third and fourth spaced walls, and a support surface extending between said third and fourth spaced walls;
- means for pivotally joining and holding the second end of said first body portion to the third end of said second body portion;
- affixing means in said first body portion for affixing first and second support legs, each leg having a proximal end and a distal end, to said first body portion, said affixing means including means for pivotally mounting the proximal ends of the first and second support legs to said first body portion;
- a first means for fixing the angular position of the first and second legs relative to said first body portion;
- mounting means for mounting third and fourth support legs, each of said third and fourth legs having a proximal end and a distal end, to said second body portion, said mounting means including means for pivotally mounting the proximal ends of the third and fourth legs to said second body portion;
- a second means for fixing the angular position of the third and fourth legs relative to said second body portion;
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- restraining means for holding the child within the carrier;
- wherein each of said first and second spaced walls of said first body portion has a lobe at said second end of said first body portion and each of said third and fourth spaced walls of said second body portion has a lobe at said third end of said second body portion for mating with the corresponding lobes of said first body portion, and said means for pivotally joining and holding said first and second body portions comprises threaded means passing through one of said mating lobes and threaded into a threaded bore in the other of said mating lobes.
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A carrier for a small child, comprising:
- a first body portion comprising first and second ends and first and second spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said first and second side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges of said first body portion;
- a second body portion comprising third and fourth ends and third and fourth spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said third and fourth side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges of said second body portion;
- means for pivotally joining the second end of said first body portion to the third end of said second body portion with the ends of said second and third side walls of said first and second body portions overlapping;
- first and second spaced support legs, each of said first and second support legs having a distal end and a proximal end;
- first and second pivot means for pivotally mounting each of said first and second support legs respectively to said first and second side walls of said first body portion;
- third and fourth spaced support legs, each of said third and fourth support legs having a distal end and a proximal end;
- third and fourth pivot means for pivotally mounting each of said third and fourth support legs respectively to said third and fourth side walls of said second body portion;
- rotatable means mounted on said distal ends of each of said first, second, third and fourth support legs;
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- restraining means for holding the child within the carrier;
- said carrier further comprising positioning means for fixing the angular position of said first and second legs relative to said first body portion, wherein said positioning means comprises at least one bore in each of said first and second side walls of said first body portion, a bore in each of said first and second legs, and means insertable into said bores in each of said first and second side walls and in said first and second legs when said bores are aligned.
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A carrier for a small child, comprising:
- a first body portion comprising first and second ends and first and second spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said first and second side walls .intermediate said upper and lower edges of said first body portion;
- a second body portion comprising third and fourth ends and third and fourth spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said third and fourth side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges of said second body portion:
- means for pivotally joining the second end of said first body portion to the third end of said second body portion with the ends of said second and third side walls of said first and second body portions overlapping;
- first and second spaced support legs, each of said first and second support legs having a distal end and a proximal end;
- first and second pivot means for pivotally mounting each of said first and second support legs respectively to said first and second side walls of said first body portion;
- third and fourth spaced support legs;
- each of said third and fourth support legs having a distal end and a proximal end;
- third and fourth pivot means for pivotally mounting each of said third and fourth support legs respectively to said third and fourth side walls of said second body portion;
- rotatable means mounted on said distal ends of each of said first, second, third and fourth support legs:
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- restraining means for holding the child within the carrier;
- said carrier further comprising positioning means for fixing the angular position of said third and fourth legs relative to said second body portion;
- wherein said positioning means comprises at least one detent recess in each of said third and fourth side walls of said second body portion, and plunger means on each of said third and fourth legs for fitting within the corresponding detent recess.
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A carrier for a small child, comprising:
- a first body portion comprising first and second ends and first and second spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said first and second side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges of said first body portion;
- a second body portion comprising third and fourth ends and third and fourth spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- support member extending between said third and fourth side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges of said second body portion;
- means for pivotally joining the second end of said first body portion to the third end of said second body portion with the ends of said second and third side walls of said first and second body portions overlapping;
- first and second spaced support legs, each of said first and second support legs having a distal end and a proximal end;
- first and second pivot means for pivotally mounting each of said first and second support legs respectively to said first and second side walls of said first body portion;
- third and fourth spaced support legs, each of said third and fourth support legs having a distal end and a proximal end;
- third and fourth pivot means for pivotally mounting each of said third and fourth support legs respectively to said third and fourth side walls of said second body portion;
- rotatable means mounted on said distal ends of each of said first, second, third and fourth support legs;
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- restraining means for holding the child within the carrier;
- said carrier further comprising a handle assembly mounted to said first body portion at said first end thereon;
- wherein said handle assembly comprises a first slotted arm inserted in said first side wall at the end thereof and slidable with respect thereto, a second slotted arm inserted in said second side wall at the end thereof and slidable with respect thereto, and a handle member extending between said first and second slotted arms.
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A carrier for a small child, comprising:
- a first body portion comprising first and second ends and first and second spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said first and second side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges and defining a lower space between said first and second side walls;
- a second body portion comprising third and fourth ends and third and fourth spaced side walls having upper and lower edges;
- a support member extending between said third and fourth side walls intermediate said upper and lower edges and defining a lower space between said third and fourth side walls;
- means for pivotally joining the second end of said first body portion to the third end of said second body portion in overlapping relationship;
- means for fixing the angular relationship between said first and second body portions;
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- a handle assembly mounted to said first body portion at said first end thereof;
- wherein said handle assembly comprises a first slotted arm inserted in said first side wall at the end thereof and slidable with respect thereto, a second slotted arm inserted in said second side wall at the end thereof and slidable with respect thereto, and a handle member extending between said first and second slotted arms and wherein said first and second slotted arms are pivotally mounted to said first and second walls, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.