Child-carrying device

Abstract

A child-carrying device has a waist belt and a support element that is carried by and that extends upward from the waist belt. The support element has a front piece, which via a lower central part is connected to the support element in order to form a bottom of a carrying pocket. The front piece has laterally spaced-apart attaching elements which are detachably connected to appurtenant adjacent attaching elements that are laterally spaced-apart on the support element. A shoulder strap extends between the respective upper corner areas of the support element in order to extend over one shoulder of the wearer and under the arm on an opposite side of the upper body. This enables the carrying device to be rotated around the upper body part for shifting of the carrying pocket between the front side and back side of the wearer, while the shoulder strap extends over the shoulder.

1 . A child-carrying device comprising:
 a waist belt, a stiff sheet that is carried by the waist belt and that extends upward from the waist belt, the sheet, on an outside thereof, carrying a front piece, which via a lower central part is centrally connected to the sheet in order to form a bottom of a carrying pocket, the front piece having laterally spaced-apart attaching elements which are detachably connected to appurtenant adjacent attaching elements that are laterally spaced apart on the sheet; and   a shoulder strap extending between respective upper corner areas of the sheet in order to extend over one shoulder of a wearer and under an arm of the wearer on an opposite side of an upper body part, in order to allow the child-carrying device to be rotated around the upper body part of the wearer for shifting of the carrying pocket between a chest side and a back side of the wearer, while the shoulder strap extends over the shoulder of the wearer.   
   
   
       2 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoulder strap is pre-formed to extend, as substantially planely abutting against the chest side of the wearer, in a downwardly convex path. 
   
   
       3 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 1 , wherein a first end part of the shoulder strap is slidably connected to a guide rail that extends along an adjacent part of the upper corner area of the sheet, the guide rail including an essentially vertical part along an upper portion of a side edge of the sheet, a substantially horizontal part along an upper edge of the sheet, and a smoothly curved part connecting the essentially vertical part and the substantially horizontal part. 
   
   
       4 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 3 , wherein a second end part of the shoulder strap is slidably connected to a guide rail that is arranged along an upper corner part of the sheet, the guide rail including a substantially vertical part along an adjacent side edge of the sheet, a substantially horizontal part along an upper edge of the sheet, and a smoothly curved part connecting the substantially vertical part and the substantially horizontal part. 
   
   
       5 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 4 , wherein the guide rail is reciprocally substantially mirror-symmetrical in a plane parallel to the sheet in relation to a central vertical line along the sheet. 
   
   
       6 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a stabilizing strap having a first end connected to one side edge area of the sheet to which a first end of the shoulder strap connects, and extending under an adjacent arm of the wearer and completely to the chest side of the wearer where a second end of the stabilizing strap connects to the shoulder strap in a direction that generally forms a right angle with a longitudinal direction of the shoulder strap on the chest side, when the carrying pocket is situated on the back side of the wearer. 
   
   
       7 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 6 , wherein the second end of the stabilizing strap connects to a slide fitting that is slidably received on a guide rail edge bulge along the shoulder strap on the chest side of the wearer when the carrying pocket is situated on the back side of the wearer. 
   
   
       8 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 7 , wherein the slide fitting has a locking device that is regulated by a tensile force in the stabilizing strap and that locks the slide fitting to the guide rail of the chest strap when the tensile force in the stabilizing strap exceeds a preselected value and the stabilizing strap forms an acute angle with the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. 
   
   
       9 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 8 , wherein the second end of the stabilizing strap is a connection lug that is detachably received in the slide fitting and is displaceable along an elongate slot in the slide fitting in order to, by a foot of the connection lug, activate a clamp device for locking of the slide fitting to the guide rail. 
   
   
       10 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 7 , wherein the slide fitting is slidably received on the guide rail edge bulge at a lower border of the shoulder strap. 
   
   
       11 . A child-carrying device comprising:
 a waist belt, a rigid substantially U-shaped frame that is supported by the waist belt and that extends upward from the waist belt, the frame, on an outside thereof, carrying a front piece, which via a lower central part is centrally connected to the frame in order to form a bottom of a carrying pocket, the front piece having laterally spaced-apart attaching elements which are detachably connected to appurtenant adjacent attaching elements that are laterally spaced apart on the frame; and   a shoulder strap extending between respective upper corner areas of the frame in order to extend over one shoulder of a wearer and under an arm of the wearer on an opposite side of an upper body part, in order to allow the child-carrying device to be rotated around the upper body part of the wearer for shifting of the carrying pocket between a chest side and a back side of the wearer, while the shoulder strap extends over the shoulder of the wearer.   
   
   
       12 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 11 , wherein the frame is of tubular construction. 
   
   
       13 . A child-carrying device comprising:
 a waist belt, an upstanding support element that is supported by the waist belt, extends upward from the waist belt, and is at least partially rigid in an upper portion thereof, the support element, on an outside thereof, carrying a front piece, which via a lower central part is centrally connected to the support element in order to form a bottom of a carrying pocket, the front piece having laterally spaced-apart attaching elements which are detachably connected to appurtenant adjacent attaching elements that are laterally spaced apart on the support element; and   a shoulder strap extending between respective upper corner areas of the support element in order to extend over one shoulder of a wearer and under an arm of the wearer on an opposite side of an upper body part, in order to allow the child-carrying device to be rotated around the upper body part of the wearer for shifting of the carrying pocket between a chest side and a back side of the wearer, while the shoulder strap extends over the shoulder of the wearer.   
   
   
       14 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 13 , wherein the support element is a rigid sheet. 
   
   
       15 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 13 , wherein the support element is a partially rigid sheet. 
   
   
       16 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 15 , wherein the partially rigid sheet is rigid in an upper portion extending upward from the front piece attaching elements to and including an upper edge of the sheet, and is flexible in a lower portion extending downward from the front piece attaching elements to the waist belt. 
   
   
       17 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 13 , wherein the support element is rigid and is substantially U-shaped. 
   
   
       18 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 17 , wherein the support element is of tubular construction. 
   
   
       19 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 17 , wherein the support element includes opposed support element legs each having a hinged connection that enable the support element to fold as the wearer bends. 
   
   
       20 . The child-carrying device according to  claim 17 , further comprising a flexible material that extends between opposed legs of the U-shaped support element.