Patent ID: 9357852
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A47D

Claim Text:
1. An adjustable infant carrier wearable by a user for carrying an infant, the infant carrier comprising: a waist belt disposable about the waist of the wearer; a connecting panel coupled to, and extending from, the waist belt; a pair of shoulder straps each having a proximal end portion and an opposed free end portion and a middle section disposed between the proximal end portion and the free end portion, the proximal end portion of each should strap being separated from the waist belt by the connecting panel, which is located between the proximal end portion of each shoulder strap and the waist belt; a pair of adjustment straps, each adjustment strap extending from the free end portion of a respective one of the shoulder straps; a pair of elastic straps, each elastic strap extending between a respective one of the adjustment straps and the middle section of a corresponding one of the shoulder straps, such that a pair of closed loops are completely and collectively defined by respective ones of the shoulder straps, adjustment straps and elastic straps; and a carrier body coupled to the waist belt and connectable to the shoulder straps, the carrier body having a middle section and a pair of conversion flaps disposed on opposed sides of the middle section, each conversion flap being selectively transitional between a narrow configuration, wherein a free end portion of the conversion flap is connected to the middle section, and a wide configuration, wherein the free end portion of the conversion flap is connected to the waist belt.