Baby carrier

• US 5,011,221 A
• Filed: 06/20/1986
• Issued: 04/30/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Graco Children's Products, Inc. (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Century Products, Inc. (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: Wise, Robert D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US06/876,960
• Time in Patent Office: 1,775 Days
• Field of Search: 297/17, 297/39, 297/118, 297/129, 297/191, 297/183, 24/155
• US Class Current: 297/188.06
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 1/002 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/025 for carrying children in seated position
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/027 Baby-carriers with rigid frames
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32254 Lockable at fixed position
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32336 Engaging notch or recess in outer periphery of component

Abstract

A baby carrier 10 having on its underside an integral pair of rockers 12 with a wedge shape pouch 13 detachably secured between the rockers, and having a support handle 14 rotatably connected to the sides of the carrier by a pair of pivots 15 which can be locked in various positions for use of the carrier to carry a baby, as a rocker, or as a chair.

Claims

1. A shell type baby carrier comprising:

a shell type seat defining an inside area for holding a baby and including sides forming arm rests, a back, a foot and a head;

a pair of hub gears, one each on the outside of respective arm rests;

a U-shaped support having ends rotatably connected by said hub gears to said arm rests and lockable by said hub gears in a limited number of predetermined positions;

an underside of the seat forming a pair of integral rockers with floor contacting surfaces;

a pouch, having an access opening, sized to fit beneath the underside of the shell, below the head, and between the rockers; and

means for releasably securing said pouch to and against the underside of said seat with the access opening at the back of said seat to allow user access to the access opening from the back of the seat.

2. A baby carrier as in claim 1 wherein said releasably securing means includes:

a plurality of plastic tabs on said underside between said rockers; and

ties on said carrying pouch by which said pouch is securable to said tabs.

3. A baby carrier as in claim 1 further comprising a padded liner conforming to said inside area and detachably securable to said arm rests.

4. A baby carrier as in claim 2 wherein said pouch is wedge shaped and further comprises a flap continuous with a wide side of said pouch at its base end and having cooperative adhesive closure strips at the free end of the flap and on the opposing side of the pouch.

5. A shell type baby carrier comprising:

a seat defining an inside area for holding a baby and including lateral sides, a back, a foot and a head;

a pair of spaced apart runners at an underside of the seat with floor contacting surfaces; and

a storage compartment situated on said underside of said seat, below said head, between the runners and having an access opening adjacent the back so as to provide user access to the storage compartment at the back of the seat.

6. A baby carrier of claim 5 wherein the storage compartment is removable.

7. The baby carrier of claim 5 wherein the storage compartment is a fabric pouch.

8. The baby carrier of claim 5 wherein the storage compartment is a removable fabric pouch.

9. The baby carrier of claim 5 further comprising a pair of hub gears, one each on the outside of said sides;

and

a U-shaped support having ends rotatably connected by said hub gears to said sides and lockable by said hub gears in a number of predetermined positions.

10. The baby carrier of claim 5 wherein said storage compartment is contoured to fit against the underside of said shell.