Patent ID: 6186381
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
A child carrier for wearing by a person around the wearer's torso comprising:a belt, having a width greater than 3 inches and a length adapted for encircling the chest of the wearer; said belt including:cinching means for cinching said belt around the wearer's torso;a longitudinally elastic portion providing said belt with sufficient longitudinal elasticity such that the wearer may breathe when said belt is cinched around the wearer's chest;a seat assembly; andseat attachment means for selectively attaching said seat assembly to said belt; andsaid seat assembly supported by said seat attachment means including:a backing portion adapted to cooperate with said seat attachment means for selectively attaching said seat assembly to said seat attachment means; anda seat attached to said backing portion and projecting outward therefrom for supporting a child thereon, said seat includes:a straddling side adapted to support a child in a seated position; andan opposed supine side adapted to support a child in a supine position; and whereinsaid seat attachment means and said backing portion cooperate such that said seat assembly may be selectively supported by said seat attachment means such that either said straddling side of said seat faces upward or said supine side of said seat faces upward.