Patent ID: 9597478
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,B62B

Claim:
1. An infant soothing carrier assembly, comprising: an infant carrier capable of self-locomotion; a set of wheels rotatively coupled to the infant carrier to provide support for rolling motion along a path between points within a selected space and to transfer soothing vibrations and swaying motions to the infant carrier as the infant carrier moves along the path; a device controller communicatively coupled to the set of wheels to perform at least one of determining the path, controlling navigation along the path, controlling magnitudes of the soothing vibrations and swaying motions, and monitoring an infant in the infant carrier; a steering mechanism coupled to the set of wheels to control a direction of travel by setting an angle between at least one wheel position and a current direction of travel; and an electromechanical device coupled to the steering mechanism to impart motion to the steering mechanism responsive to signals from the device controller.