Adjustable child carrier
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1. A child carrier comprising:
- a waist belt adapted for securing about a wearer'"'"'s hips;
a main body coupled to the waist belt, the main body adapted to form a child carrying area in cooperation with a wearer'"'"'s torso, the main body comprising;
a torso support portion configured for supporting at least of the torso of a child; and
an adjustable bucket seat configurable in a plurality of bucket seat configurations, each of the plurality of bucket seat configurations having a different a) bucket seat depth and b) bucket seat width and adapted to support a child in a corresponding size range in a spread squat position, the adjustable bucket seat comprising;
a seat center portion coupled to the waist belt and torso support portion;
thigh supports disposed on either side of the seat center portion the thigh supports adapted to pass under and support a child'"'"'s thighs and cooperate with the seat center portion to form the bucket seat; and
a base width adjuster coupled to each thigh support, wherein the base width adjusters are configured for selective coupling to the waist belt at multiple locations to adjust a width of the main body at the waist belt.
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Abstract
An adjustable child carrier includes an adjustable bucket seat that can be adjusted to accommodate children of a wide range of sizes. The child carrier includes one or more adjustments that work alone or in cooperation to adjust the depth and width of the bucket seat area provided by the child carrier. The carrier is capable of supporting children of various sizes in an ergonomic position appropriate for the child'"'"'s size.
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1. A child carrier comprising:
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a waist belt adapted for securing about a wearer'"'"'s hips; a main body coupled to the waist belt, the main body adapted to form a child carrying area in cooperation with a wearer'"'"'s torso, the main body comprising; a torso support portion configured for supporting at least of the torso of a child; and an adjustable bucket seat configurable in a plurality of bucket seat configurations, each of the plurality of bucket seat configurations having a different a) bucket seat depth and b) bucket seat width and adapted to support a child in a corresponding size range in a spread squat position, the adjustable bucket seat comprising; a seat center portion coupled to the waist belt and torso support portion; thigh supports disposed on either side of the seat center portion the thigh supports adapted to pass under and support a child'"'"'s thighs and cooperate with the seat center portion to form the bucket seat; and a base width adjuster coupled to each thigh support, wherein the base width adjusters are configured for selective coupling to the waist belt at multiple locations to adjust a width of the main body at the waist belt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A child carrier comprising:
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a waist belt adapted for securing about a wearers hips; a main body coupled to the waist belt, the main body adapted to form a child carrying area in cooperation with a wearer'"'"'s torso, the main body comprising; a torso support portion configured for supporting at least of the torso of a child; an adjustable bucket seat configurable in a plurality of bucket seat configurations, each of the plurality of bucket seat configurations having a different a) bucket seat depth and b) bucket seat width and adapted to support a child in a corresponding size range in a spread squat position; and a set of base width adjusters and a set of thigh width adjusters, wherein the set of base width adjusters are adapted to provide gross bucket seat width control and the set of thigh width adjusters are adapted to provide more granular bucket seat width control. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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