Patent ID: 7389897

Claim:
A baby bag that is convertible to a baby carrier, comprising: (a) a base that is movable between, (i) a folded configuration defining a baby bag for storage and transport thereof, and (ii) an unfolded configuration defining a baby carrier for receiving a baby thereon; and (b) a harness connected to said base for restraining a baby received upon said base when said base is in said unfolded configuration, said harness configured to restrain a baby such that a back of the baby is maintained in close proximity to said base; (c) wherein said base includes first and second rigid planar members coupled together and movable, (i) from a first position, corresponding to said base being in the unfolded configuration, (A) wherein said first and second rigid members are disposed in coplanar relation to one another, with proximal ends thereof spaced apart from one another, and (B) wherein said first and second rigid members are configured to support a baby received upon said base, (ii) to a second position, corresponding to said base being in the folded configuration, (A) wherein said first and second rigid members are disposed in spaced parallel relation to one another, and (B) wherein said first and second rigid members define therebetween an interior space; (d) wherein said base comprises a third member that is rigid and planar and that extends between and connects said first rigid member and said second rigid member; and (e) wherein overextension of said base is prevented by abutment of an overlapping portion of said first rigid member with said third rigid member, and abutment of an overlapping portion of said second rigid member with said third rigid member.