Patent ID: 8851342
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A47D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A supplemental support for use in combination with an infant carrier having a body and a superstructure handle, for supporting the infant carrier from its handle upon the supplemental support at the crook of the user's arm, comprising: a two-directional pad system formed of first and second pad surfaces arranged at a near right angle to one another, including both a first forearm-engaging pad surface that is longitudinally elongated between forward and rearward ends, configured in a longitudinally elongated arc that is downwardly open when said first pad surface is disposed in a horizontal orientation, such that in use the first pad surface is engagable atop a user's forearm when the forearm is disposed along said dimension of longitudinal elongation; and a second, rearward facing, upper-arm-engaging pad surface arranged transversely to said longitudinal dimension of said first pad surface, positioned near said rearward end thereof, and establishing therewith said two-directional pad system that, when in use, is engagable in the crook of a user's arm; a first backing plate carrying said first pad surface; a second backing plate carrying said second pad surface; wherein said first and second backing plates are joined together at an angle establishing said two-directional pad system; and a handle receptor positioned above the first pad surface, having a receiving element in transverse orientation to the longitudinal dimension of the first pad surface such that when in use by receiving a handle of an infant carrier in the receiving element, such handle is received in transverse orientation to the longitudinal dimension of the first pad surface, at a position above the first pad surface.