Back to results
US 6,546,574 B1Granted
Baby boat
OwnerRobert F. Baderinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A portable baby carrier with a bed having sidewalls and two hoods which can be used alone or in conjunction with each other. Each hood is storable in a channel located in a sidewall of the carrier. The top hood extends to cover the infant's head and is made of a fabric material while the opposite end lower hood is made of a mesh net material. The mating facing edges of the two hoods zipper together to form a complete enclosure around the infant to protect the infant. Either hood may be used independent of the other.
Claims5
An infant carrier comprising:
- a bottom surface and sidewalls,
- said sidewalls enclosing the bottom surface,
- said sidewalls having a top end and a bottom end,
- a first hood storable in the top end,
- said first hood being a sun hood used to block the passage of sunlight to an infant placed within the bottom surface while surrounded by the sidewalls,
- said first hood being independently extendable to cover a portion of said bottom surface,
- a second hood storable in the bottom end,
- said second hood having a protective net fabric to permit the passage of air to an infant placed within the carrier,
- said second hood being independently extendable to cover a portion of the bottom surface,
- said first hood and second hood having interfacing edges that can be closed together by a fastener,
- a first hood storage channel in the top end of said first hood,
- a second hood storage channel in the bottom end of said second hood,
- said first hood storage channel and said second hood storage channel each having fasteners to open and to close the channels,
- whereby said first and second hoods may be extended from their channels when the channel is opened and stored in their channels when the hoods are retracted and their channel is closed.
11 more elements
An infant carrier comprising:
- a bottom surface and sidewalls,
- said sidewalls enclosing the bottom surface,
- said sidewalls having a top end and a bottom end,
- a first hood storable in the top end,
- said first hood being a sun hood used to block the passage of sunlight to an infant placed within the bottom surface while surrounded by the sidewalls,
- said first hood being independently extendable to cover a portion of said bottom surface,
- a second hood storable in the bottom end,
- said second hood having a protective net fabric to permit the passage of air to an infant placed within the carrier,
- said second hood being independently extendable to cover a portion of the bottom surface,
- said first hood and second hood have interfacing edges that can be closed together by a fastener elements which extend substantially along the entire length of the interfacing edges of the first hood and the second hood.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.