Child-supporting shoulder harness

A child-supporting shoulder harness to be worn by a wearer for carrying a baby comprising:

• a harness arrangement that includes chest straps and a front piece, said front piece being flexible at least in an upper portion thereof, a lower portion of said front piece being connected to a lower part of the harness and connected at laterally separated side edges with the chest straps so as to form a child-carrying pouch;
• a strap arrangement of selectively adjustable length located at lateral end-parts of an upper edge portion of said front piece on an exterior side thereof when said harness is in use, said strap arrangement including,
• a first end-part and a second end-part that are connected to the front piece at positions that are mutually spaced laterally from one another;
• and
• a pull strap connecting said end-parts that enables a distance between said end-parts to be set selectively, said first end-part being located nearer a center line of said front piece than said second end-part;
• said lateral end-parts of the front piece having a first fold line and a second fold line spaced from one another and extending transversely to said pull strap, said first and second fold lines causing the lateral end-parts to bend thereon when said distance is shortened by reducing a length of said pull strap such that an outer portion of said lateral end-part between said second end-part and said fold line lies against the wearer's chest, and an inner portion of said lateral end-part between the first and second fold lines retains a generally flat state having an angle to the wearer's chest that varies with said pull strap length, said inner portion when angled away from the wearer's chest providing a comfortable lateral head support for the baby and reducing a wedging action between the wearer's chest and the baby's head.

A child-supporting shoulder harness comprising:

• a harness arrangement that includes chest straps and a front piece, said front piece being flexible at least in an upper portion, and a lower portion of said front piece being connected to the lower part of the harness and connected at its laterally separated side edges with the chest straps such as to form a child-carrying pouch;
• a connecting device of selectively adjustable length having a first end-part and a second end-part that are connected to the front piece at positions that are mutually spaced laterally and that have a substantial mutual distance, said connecting device further including an adjustment fitting that enables the effective distance between said two end-parts to be set selectively;
• a releasable coupling arrangement connecting said lateral end-part of said upper edge portion of the front piece to an adjacent part of the adjacent chest strap in a position above an attachment device that connects respective chest straps to an adjacent side edge of the front piece, said coupling arrangement including,
• a first coupling part connected to the front piece and including a ring-shaped body;
• and
• a second coupling part connectable to and coacting with said first coupling part, said second coupling part including a post which projects forwards essentially at right angles to the plane of the chest strap and has a latching waist, said ring-shaped body having latching elements which are spring-biased into engagement with mutually opposite sides of said waist when the coupling between the first and second coupling parts has been established.