Baby carrier

Oct. 15, 1946. f. d. wood 2,409,331

BABY CARRIER

Filed Oct. 9, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1

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Oct 15, 1946.

F. D. WOOD

BABY CARRIER

Filed Oct. 9, 1944

2,409,331

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ATTORNEYS

Patented Oct. 15, 1946

2,409,331

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,409,331

BABY CARRIER

Frederick D. Wood, Jacksonville, Fla.

Application October 9, 1944, Serial No. 557,828

Claims. (Cl. 224—6)

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My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvements in devices for carrying children or infants, and more particularly, it is my purpose to provide a device of this character, which has a supporting seat for the child or in- 5 fant, which is designed to support the child in a position facing the carrier or facing away from the carrier, and which has an adjustable supporting strap or sling designed to suspend the seat from the shoulder of the carrier, and a body 10 rest part, or pad, to comfortably engage the body of the carrier to steady the seat against the body.

Other advantages and objects of my invention may be briefly defined as follows: (1), to sustain the entire load from the shoulders of the. car- 15 rier rather than from the arms, it being merely necessary with my device to use one arm to go about the child to steady it; (2), to provide a device which is comfortable both for the child and the carrier; (3), to provide means for ad- «0 justing the device to different sizes of persons; and (4), to provide a simple, sturdy, structure which may be manufactured and sold at small cost, and which may be easily kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

Other equally important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, but changes in size, shape, form, construction, arrangement and correlation of parts may be made, provided they fall within the purview of my broad inventive concept and the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a view of the same in use;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my device;

Figure 3 is a front elevation;

Figure 4 is a plan view, with the supporting strap or sling in section, and taken on the line H—4 of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5—5 of Figure 3.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts:

The numeral I designates a seat which may be formed of hard wood, plastic, or any other suitable material, and which is elongated and has ends 2 curved toward each other as shown in Figure 4 with rounded corners 3. Since it is contemplated that a child will occupy the seat, as shown in Figure 1, either facing toward the carrier, or mother, or away from the carrier with its legs hanging over the sides of the seat, I provide curved leg depressions 4 and 5 in each side edge of the seat, and between leg depressions 4, the seat is somewhat extended and squared off as at 6 to mount a body rest part or pad or block 7 which is curved to fit comfortably against a person’s side and extends above and below the seat. The block 7 is rabbeted as at 8—see Figure 5—to receive the squared off edge 9 of the seat as shown in Figures 4 and 5. All corners and edges of both the block or pad and the seat are beveled and rounded as at 10.

Attached to the bottom of the seat and extending up about the ends 2 are the relatively wide ends 11 of a strap or sling 12. The edges of the ends converge upwardly as at 13 toward the shoulder length 14 of the strap or sling, and the length of the strap or sling is adjustable through the instrumentality of a buckle (5 or other adjusting means. The strap may be formed of webbing or other suitable material, and in operation, the child may be supported facing the carrier, as in Figure 1, or facing away from the carrier, and all the weight is sustained by the shoulders of the carrier. It is necessary to use only one arm, and that for guarding or steadying the child.

It is believed that the operation and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the fore;sii going, but interpretation of the scope thereof should only be conclusive when made in the light of the subjoined claims.