Patent ID: 7322498

Claim:
A carrier for a child that includes: a main panel possessing a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposed side edges; a waist band adapted to encircle the waist of a wearer, said waist band having a top edge that is joined to the bottom edge of the main panel so that the main panel is substantially centered upon the waist band; first and second shoulder straps, each shoulder strap being attached at an upper end to an upper corner of the main panel and at the lower end to the main panel below the upper end of the shoulder strap so that each shoulder strap forms a loop; a chest strap slideably secured at each end to one of said shoulder straps; a head restraining panel possessing a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposed side edges, the bottom edge of the head restraining panel being joined to the top edge of the main panel so that the head restraint panel is substantially centered upon the main panel; restraining straps secured to each upper corner of the head restraining panel, said restraining straps being secured to said chest strap by detachable connectors; said waist band containing a buckle having a female member and a male member that is removably retained in the female member; and an auxiliary strap having a female member mounted upon one end thereof that is connectable to the male member of said waist band and a male member mounted upon the other end thereof that is connectable to the female member of the waist band.