US 7,118,173 B2Granted

Baby-care implement provided with hood

AssigneeAprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha

InventorsKenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi, Toshio Oonuma, Masaki Ito

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Abstract

A baby-care implement comprises a hood which covers a top of a seat thereof. The hood comprises a mounting base fixed to a body of the baby-care implement, a first hood bone whose lower end is turnably connected to the mounting base, a second hood bone positioned on the inner side of the first hood bone, whose lower end is turnably connected to the mounting base, a third hood bone positioned on the inner side of the second hood bone, a first hood sheet mounted on the first hood bone and extending backward and forward, and a second hood sheet mounted on the second hood bone, overlapping the inner side of the first hood sheet and extending backward and forward. The second hood sheet comprises one end in the back-and-forth direction which is separated from the first hood sheet and the other end which is connected to the first hood sheet.

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Dependent claims

A baby-care implement provided with a hood which covers a top of a seat thereof, wherein said hood comprises:

a mounting base fixed to a body of the baby-care implement;
a first hood bone whose lower end is turnably connected to said mounting base;
a second hood bone positioned on an inner side of said first hood bone, whose lower end is turnably connected to said mounting base;
a first hood sheet mounted on said first hood bone and extending backward and forward, wherein a first end of said first hood sheet is connected to said first hood bone, and a second end of said first hood sheet extends backward beyond said second hood bone;
and
a second hood sheet mounted on said second hood bone, overlapping an inner side of said first hood sheet and extending backward and forward, wherein a first end of said second hood sheet is separated from said first hood sheet and is positioned between said first hood bone and said second hood bone when said first hood bone is in a forward position thereof, and a second end of said second hood sheet is connected to said inner side of said first hood sheet at a position backward beyond said second hood bone.

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A hood arrangement for a baby-care implement including a body with a seat, wherein said hood arrangement is adapted to selectively cover an area above said seat, and wherein said hood arrangement comprises:

a mounting base adapted to be fixed to said body;
a first hood bone of which a lower end is pivotably connected to said mounting base so that said first hood bone is selectively pivotable between forward and rearward positions thereof;
a second hood bone of which a lower end is pivotably connected to said mounting base so that said second hood bone is selectively pivotable between forward and rearward positions thereof;
a first hood sheet having a forward portion that is connected to said first hood bone and is separate from said second hood bone, and having a rearward portion that extends rearwardly beyond said forward position of said second hood bone;
and
a second hood sheet having a forward portion that is connected to said second hood bone and is separate from said first hood bone and said first hood sheet, and having a rearward portion of which a rearward terminal end is connected to said rearward portion of said first hood sheet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.