Patent ID: 7766199
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A baby carrier for carrying a baby at the torso of a person wearing said baby carrier, wherein said baby carrier provides adjustment of width of envelopment of the hips of the baby, said baby carrier comprising: a body covering panel comprising a top end and a bottom end when said body covering panel is in a deployed position wherein said body covering panel abuts a child held upright therein, a right side extending between said top end and said bottom end, a left side extending between said top end and said bottom end, and a central line of demarcation extending from said top end to said bottom end and being equidistantly located from said right side and said left side, said right side being spaced apart from said left side by a lateral dimension which is long enough to span the width of the body of a baby, said top end being spaced apart from said bottom end by a height dimension which is great enough to span the length of a baby; at least one upper strap projecting from said top end at one point along the length of said top end, for encircling the body of the wearer, said upper strap having a first strap fastener; a second strap fastener fixed to said body covering panel at one of said right side and said left side of said body covering panel at a location between said top end and said bottom end, wherein said second strap fastener is releasably engageable with said first strap fastener of said upper strap; a lateral strap connected to said body covering panel at said bottom end thereof and projecting laterally therefrom when said body covering panel is in the deployed position; and a connector arrangement for adjusting the width of envelopment of the hips of the baby by said body covering panel, the connector arrangement being located proximate said lateral strap and comprising engagement of said right central connector with said outer right side connector, and of said left central connector with said outer left side connector establishes an enclosed girth of a first circumferential dimension at said bottom end of said central panel, and engagement of said outer right side connector with said wide adjustment right side connector, and of said outer left side connector with said wide adjustment left side connector establishes an enclosed girth of a second circumferential dimension at said bottom end of said central panel, wherein said second circumferential dimension is greater in magnitude than that of said first circumferential dimension.