EP3498134B1 - Baby carrier - Google Patents
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- Apparatuses and methods consistent with exemplary embodiments relate to a baby carrier, and more particularly, to a baby carrier capable of adjusting a ratio of loads transferred to a shoulder band and a waist band.
- a load may be vertically applied and may be concentrated on the user's shoulders. Accordingly, the load may be hard on the user's shoulders.
- hipseats which may hold a baby to disperse the baby's weight to the user's waist and pelvis may have been used.
- the baby's weight may be mostly concentrated on the user's waist in hipseats and may be hard on the user's waist.
- the baby's weight may be concentrated on a specific body part and the user may feel pain while the user wears the baby carrier and hipseat for a long time.
- CN 204 500 102 U and CN 206 659 566 U disclose a baby carrier with a body part a pair of shoulder bands coupled to opposite sides of an upper portion of the body part, and a waist band coupled to a lower portion of the body part.
- Exemplary embodiments may overcome the above disadvantages and other disadvantages not described above. Also, an exemplary embodiment is not required to overcome the disadvantages described above, and an exemplary embodiment may not overcome any of the problems described above.
- One or more exemplary embodiments relate to a baby carrier capable of adjusting a ratio of loads applied to a shoulder band and a waist band by swiftly switching a load-applied direction through a simple operation of a load control unit.
- the invention is defined by independent claim 1.
- a baby carrier including a body part; a pair of shoulder bands coupled to opposite sides of an upper portion of the body part; a waist band coupled to a lower portion of the body part; a load control unit which is coupled to the waist band and is changed to any one posture of a first posture and a second posture to switch a load-applied direction.
- a ratio of loads applied to the shoulder bands and the waist band is changed in response to the load control unit being changed from the one posture of the first posture and the second posture to the other posture of the first posture and the second posture.
- the load control unit does not receive a load applied to a coupling portion of the shoulder bands and the waist band in the first posture and disperses a portion of the load applied to the shoulder bands to the waist band in the second posture.
- the load control unit includes a base detachably coupled to the waist band; a hipseat hinge-coupled to the base and configured to rotate to the first posture that the hipseat is folded to the base and the second posture that the hipseat is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base; and a posture maintaining unit configured to maintain a position of the hipseat in the one posture of the first posture and the second posture.
- the posture maintaining unit includes a locking shaft elastically movably disposed in any one of the base and the hipseat; and a locking groove which is formed in the other one of the base and the hipseat and the locking shaft is fixedly coupled thereto.
- the locking groove includes a first groove and a second groove which the locking shaft is selectively inserted thereinto and the locking groove maintains the first posture in response to the locking shaft being inserted into the first groove and maintains the second posture in response to the locking shaft being inserted into the second groove.
- the first groove is formed in an arc shape along a rotation direction of the hipseat.
- a cam surface which is inclined to a direction that a depth of the first groove is increased far away from the second groove, may be formed in the first groove.
- the posture maintaining unit may include a locking shaft elastically movably disposed in the hipseat; and a locking groove which is formed in the base and the locking shaft is fixedly coupled thereto.
- the locking shaft may be disposed in an inner side or an outer side of the hipseat.
- One end of the posture maintaining unit may be hinge-coupled to the hipseat and may maintain an unfolded state of the hipseat to the base in the second posture.
- the other end of the posture maintaining unit may be detachably fixed to the hipseat in the first posture and may be held in the base in the second posture.
- the posture maintaining unit may include a first snap coupling member disposed in any one of the base and the hipseat and a second snap coupling member disposed in the other one of the base and the hipseat.
- the first and second snap coupling members may be mutually snap-coupled in the second posture.
- the first and second snap coupling members may be disposed in a portion in which the base and the hipseat are hinge-coupled.
- the posture maintaining unit may include a first link of which one end is hinge-coupled to the base; and a second link of which one end is hinge-coupled to the hipseat and the other end is hinge-coupled to a portion of the first link.
- the first link and the second link may be mutually snap-coupled in the second posture.
- a protrusion may be formed in any one of the first link and the second link and a groove to which the protrusion is snap-coupled may be formed in the other one of the first link and the second link.
- the posture maintaining unit may further include a third link of which one end is hinge-coupled to the hipseat and the other end is slidably coupled to the second link.
- the third link may be disposed in a truss structure with the second link in the second posture.
- the third link may overlap the second link in the first posture and the second link may overlap the first link in the first posture.
- the hipseat may include a hinge part hinge-coupled to the second link and the base may include a fixing groove to which the hinge part is detachably fixed in the first posture.
- the hipseat may be formed to have a structure that opposite sides thereof are inclined.
- the waist band may include an engaging protrusion formed to protrude from the waist band and the load control unit may include an engaging groove detachably engaged to the engaging protrusion.
- a pull handle configured to control a length may be attached to each of the shoulder bands.
- the baby carrier may further include a headrest which slidably moves along a rail formed in the body part and the shoulder bands.
- the baby carrier may further include a sensing unit which includes a diaper state sensing unit configured to detect a state of a diaper worn by a baby, a processor configured to determine the state of the diaper based on a signal transmitted from the diaper state sensing unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit state information of the diaper processed in the processor to an external apparatus.
- a sensing unit which includes a diaper state sensing unit configured to detect a state of a diaper worn by a baby, a processor configured to determine the state of the diaper based on a signal transmitted from the diaper state sensing unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit state information of the diaper processed in the processor to an external apparatus.
- the sensing unit may be disposed in a body part.
- the sensing unit may further include a weight sensing unit configured to measure weight of a baby.
- the weight sensing unit may include an air tube disposed in an inner surface of the body part so that the baby sits on the air tube; and a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure change in the air tube in response to the weight of the baby being applied to the air tube.
- the sensing unit may further include a sensor configured to measure a slope of the baby carrier.
- the baby carrier may further include a distribution plate coupled to the waist band and configured to support a lower end of the base.
- the distribution plate may disperse a load transferred from the base.
- a baby carrier including a body part; a shoulder band; a waist band coupled to a lower end of the body part; a base detachably coupled to the waist band; a hipseat hinge-coupled to the base and configured to rotate to a first posture which the hipseat is folded to the base and a second posture which the hipseat is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base; and a posture maintaining unit configured to maintain a position of the hipseat in any one posture of the first posture and the second posture.
- the posture maintaining unit may include a locking shaft elastically movably disposed in the base; a first locking groove to which the locking shaft is fixed in the second posture; and a second locking groove which is formed in an arc shape corresponding to a rotation trajectory of the hipseat and a cam surface inclined to a direction that a depth of the second groove is increased far away from the first locking groove is formed therein.
- a baby carrier 1 may disperse weight of a baby, which is simultaneously transferred to left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b and a waist band 30, in an appropriate ratio by operating a load control unit 100 in a state that a user holds a baby. Accordingly, the user may selectively control load distribution through the load control unit 100 in a state that the user holds the baby so that the pain is not concentrated on the shoulder or waist of the user due to the weight of the baby.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment and FIGS. 2A and 2B are side views illustrating examples of the baby carriers that a hipseat of a load control unit is located in a first posture and a second posture.
- the baby carrier 1 may include a body part 10, the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b, the waist band 30, aheadrest 50, and the load control unit 100.
- the body part 10 may support the hip and body of the baby in a state that the user holds the baby using the baby carrier 1.
- the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b may be coupled to opposite sides of an upper portion of the body part 10 and the waist band 30 may be coupled to a lower portion of the body part 10.
- the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b may be mutually coupled through a fastening member 40 in a state that the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b are worn on both shoulders of the user.
- the fastening member 40 may include first and second belts 42a and 42b of which one ends are coupled to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b and a pair of buckles 41 and 43 which are fixed to the other ends of the first and second belts 42a and 42b and are detachably snap-coupled to each other.
- the user may wear the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b on both shoulders and fasten the pair of buckles 41 and 43 of the fastening member 40 and thus the user may stably wear the baby carrier 1.
- the user may hold the baby in a state that the user stably wears the baby carrier 1. Accordingly, the baby may not be easily escaped from the baby carrier 1 and the accident that the baby falls down the baby carrier may be prevented in advance.
- An upper end of a front of the waist band 30 may be coupled to the body part 10 and the waist band 30 may surround the waist portion of the user while the user wears the baby carrier 1.
- the waist band 30 may include a snap-fitting (not shown) such as the above-described buckles so that the user may easily wear and take off the baby carrier 1.
- a fixing plate 31 may be coupled to an inner side of the waist band 30.
- the fixing plate 31 may be disposed substantially in the front of the waist band 30 so that the fixing plate 31 may be located in a lower side of the body part 10.
- the fixing plate 31 to which the load control unit 100 is detachably coupled may transfer the weight of the baby to the waist band 30 through the hipseat 130 to be described later in the second posture.
- the fixing plate 31 and the hipseat 130 may be formed of a material having fixed rigidity to support the weight of the baby. A detailed configuration of the fixing plate 31 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3A to 4 .
- the load control unit 100 may include a base 110 detachably coupled to the waist band 30, a hipseat 130 configured to rotate to the first posture that the hipseat is folded to the base 110 and the second posture that the hipseat is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base 110, and a posture maintaining unit 200 configured to maintain a position of the hipseat 130 to any one of the first posture and the second posture.
- the base 110 may be detachably coupled to a front surface of the waist band 30. However, this is not limited thereto and the base 110 may be fixedly coupled to the front surface of the waist band 30.
- One end portion of the hipseat 130 may be rotatably hinge- coupled to an upper portion of a front surface of the base 110.
- a posture that the hipseat 130 is folded to the base 110 as illustrated in FIG. 2A may refer to the first posture and a posture that the hipseat 130 is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base 110 as illustrated in FIG. 2B may refer to the second posture.
- the load control unit 100 has the first posture and the second posture, the degree of load applied to the left and right shoulders 20a and 20b and the waist band 30 due to the weight of the baby may be changed.
- most of the weight of the baby may act on the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b rather than the waist band 30. Since the load applied to the shoulders of the user is larger than the load applied to the waist of the user in a state that most of the weight of the baby acts on the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b, the user who uses the baby carrier 1 for a long time may feel the pain in the shoulders larger than in the waist.
- the hipseat 130 may receive the weight of the baby applied to the body part 10 and transfer the weight of the baby to the waist band 30. Accordingly, a considerable portion of the load applied to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b may be dispersed to the waist band 30 and the load applied to the shoulders of the user may be alleviated.
- the user may feel the pain in the waist and the user may change the load control unit 100 to the first posture. Accordingly, the body part 10 is not supported and a considerable portion of the load applied to the waist of the user may be dispersed to the shoulders of the user.
- the user may change the load control unit 100 to any one of the first posture and the second posture and change the ratio of the loads applied to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b and the waist band 30. Accordingly, the load due to the weight of the baby may not be concentrated on any portion of the shoulders and the waist of the user and the pain in the corresponding portion may be alleviated.
- FIG 3A is an exploded perspective view illustrating a load control unit and a waist band illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG 3B is a coupling perspective view illustrating the load control unit and the waist band illustrated in FIG. 3A .
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line B- B of FIG 3B .
- the waist band 30 may include the fixing plate 31 configured to detachably fix the load control unit 100 to the waist band 30.
- the fixing plate 31 may be disposed along a length direction of the waist band 30 to surround the stomach and a portion of the waist of the user in the front inner side of the waist band 30.
- the fixing plate 31 may include a plurality of engaging protrusions 34 exposed to the outer side of the waist band 30 in a front surface thereof.
- Each of the plurality of engaging protrusions 34 may be configured of a pin portion 32 protruding from the fixing plate 31 and a head portion 33 having a larger cross-sectional area than the pin portion in a tip of the pin portion 32.
- the base 110 may be detachably fixed to the waist band 30 and one end of the hipseat 130 may be rotatably hinge-coupled to the front surface of the base 110.
- a plurality of engaging holes 111 to which the plurality of engaging protrusions 34 of the waist band 30 are engaged may be formed in the base 110.
- Each of the plurality of engaging holes 111 may be formed in a form that circles having different radii vertically partially overlap each other.
- a circle 113 formed in an upper side of the engaging groove 111 may be formed smaller than a circuit 112 formed in a lower side of the engaging groove 111.
- the lower-side circle 112 of the engaging hole 111 may have a diameter equal to or larger than that of the head portion 33 of the engaging protrusion 34 so that the head portion 33 of the engaging protrusion 34 passes through the lower-side circuit 112.
- the upper-side circle 113 of the engaging hole 111 may have a diameter equal to or larger than that of the pin portion 32 of the engaging protrusion 34 so that the upper-side circle 113 of the engaging hole 111 may receive the pin portion 32 of the engaging protrusion 34.
- a width of a portion in which the lower-side circle 112 and the upper-side circle 113 meet each other may be formed smaller than the diameter of the pin portion 32 of the engaging protrusion 34. Accordingly, the user may determine whether or not the base 110 is stably fixed to the fixing plate 31 through an audible click and feeling in response to the base 110 being coupled to the fixing plate 31.
- the engaging hole 111 may serve to prevent the base 110 coupled to the fixing plate 31 from being easily escaped.
- a process of coupling the base 110 to the fixing plate 31 will be described below.
- the user may move the base 110 toward the front surface of the fixing plate 31, pass through the head portion 33 of the engaging protrusion 34 through the lower-side circle 112 of the engaging hole 111, and move the base 110 downward so that the pin portion 32 of the engaging protrusion 34 is engaged to the upper-side circle 113 of the engaging hole 111.
- a process of separating the base 110 from fixing plate 31 may be performed in reverse order of the process of coupling the base 110 to the fixing plate 31.
- the base 110 may be curved to have a fixed curvature corresponding to a curve of the stomach of the user so that the base 110 may protrude toward a front that the load control unit 100 is disposed while the user wears the baby carrier 1. Accordingly, the base 110 may be in tight contact with the stomach and the portion of the waist of the user and the load transferred from the hipseat 130 in the second posture may be substantially evenly transferred to the stomach and the portion of the waist through the base 110. Accordingly, the user may feel comfortable wearing sensation while the user wears the baby carrier 1. Inclined portions 131 and 133 inclined to a fixed angle may be formed to extend from opposite sides of a central portion 132 in the hipseat 130.
- the inclined portions 131 and 133 may smoothly support the legs of the baby in the second posture.
- Opposite sides of the hipseat may not protrude in the first posture and may not be in contact with the body of the baby, for example, legs or thighs.
- a distribution plate 35 configured to support the lower end of the base 110 may be disposed in an outer side of the waist band 30.
- the weight of the baby applied to the hipseat 130 in the second posture may be transferred to the base 110.
- the base 110 may be, for example, in a state to be rotated counterclockwise about the engaging protrusion 34 as a reference point.
- the lower end of the base 110 may press the front surface of the waist band 30.
- the load may be concentrated on a waist band 30 portion which is in contact with a corner of the lower end of the inclined base 110.
- the distribution plate 35 of which one end 35a supports the lower end of the base 110 and the other end 35b is fixed to the waist band 30, may be disposed in an outer side of the waist band 30.
- the distribution plate 35 may be disposed spaced from the fixing plate 31.
- the distribution plate 35 may support a portion of the base 110 which is farthest from a portion of the base 110 hinge-coupled to thehipseat 130.
- An concave arrangement groove 37 in which the distribution plate 35 is to be disposed may be formed in a lower end of the fixing plate 31 so that the distribution plate 35 supports a lower end 116 of the base 110.
- the arrangement groove 37 may be formed larger than the distribution plate 35. Accordingly, the distribution plate 35 may be disposed spaced from the fixing plate 31.
- the distribution plate 35 may support a lower portion of the base 110 in response to the lower end 116 of the base 110 being inclined toward the waist band 30. Accordingly, while the lower end 116 of the base 110 may be inclined, the distribution plate 35 may prevent force from being concentrated on any one point.
- the distribution plate 35 may disperse the load concentrated on the corner of the inclined lower end 116 of the base 110. As indicated by an arrow in FIG. 4 , the load applied to the hipseat 130 may be dispersed through the distribution plate 35 and may act on the user. Accordingly, the pain applied to the stomach of the user may be alleviated.
- a posture maintaining unit 200 may be variously embodied and various exemplary embodiments of the posture maintaining unit 200 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a hipseat of a load control unit according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 7A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line D-D of FIG. 7A
- FIG. 7C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line C-C of FIG 6 .
- the posture maintaining unit 200 which may maintain the first posture that the hipseat 130 is folded and the second posture that the hipseat 130 is unfolded may be disposed in one side of the base 110.
- the posture maintaining unit 200 may include a locking shaft 250 and a locking rib 270.
- the locking shaft 250 may be elastically disposed in the base 110 to be slidably movable.
- the posture maintaining unit 200 may be formed in the hipseat 130 and first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 to which the locking shaft 250 is fixedly coupled may be formed in the posture maintaining unit 200.
- the hinge part 150 may be formed to protrude in an upper portion of the front surface of the base 110 and a hinge shaft 151 configured to rotatably couple the hipseat 130 may be coupled to the base 110.
- a pair of locking ribs 270 which are disposed in opposite sides of the hinge part 150 may be formed to protrude in an upper portion of a rear surface of the hipseat 130.
- the pair of locking ribs 270 may be symmetrically arranged and configurations of the pair of locking ribs 270 may be the same as each other and thus only a left locking rib 270 will be described hereinafter.
- ahinge hole 153 and the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 may be formed in one surface 270a of the locking rib 270.
- the hinge shaft 151 may be supported in a state that one end of the hinge shaft 151 is inserted into the hinge hole 153. Accordingly, the hipseat 130 may be rotated at a fixed angle clockwise and counterclockwise about the base 110.
- the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 may be disposed at intervals and may be arranged in positions into which the locking shaft 250 is inserted according to the first and second postures that the hipseat 130 is folded and unfolded to the base 110. Accordingly, the locking shaft 250 may be inserted into the first locking groove 220 in the first posture that the hipseat 130 is folded to the base 110 and may be inserted into the second locking groove 230 in the secondposture that the hipseat 130 is unfolded at a fixed angle to the base 110. Accordingly, the first or second posture may be maintained in response to the locking shaft 250 being inserted into the first or second locking groove 220 or 230.
- the first locking groove 220 may be formed in an arc shape along a rotation direction of the hipseat 130.
- the first locking groove 220 may include a cam surface 223 inclined to a direction that a depth of the first locking groove 220 is increased far away from the second locking groove 230.
- a fixing portion 225 of the first locking groove 220 to which the locking shaft 250 may be fixed may be formed to be coupled to the cam surface 223 and may be formed in a cylindrical shape to correspond to an insertion portion 255 of the locking shaft 250 in a deepest point of the first locking groove 220.
- the user may change the load control unit from the first posture to the second posture only through an unfolding operation of the hipseat 130 in a state that the locking shaft 250 is inserted into the first locking groove 220 without pulling a locking handle 257.
- the second locking groove 230 may be formed in a cylindrical shape corresponding to the insertion portion 255 of the locking shaft 250 to fix the locking shaft 250.
- a diameter of the second locking groove 230 may be formed equal to or slightly larger than that of the locking shaft 250.
- the hipseat 130 may be hinge-coupled to the base 110 so that the hipseat 130 may rotate to the first posture that the hipseat 130 is folded to the base 110 and the second posture that the hipseat 130 is unfolded to maintain at a fixed angle to the base 110.
- the hinge shaft 151 may be rotatably supported through the locking rib 270 of the hipseat 130. One end of the hinge shaft 151 may be inserted into the hinge hole 153 formed in the locking rib 270.
- the hipseat 130 may rotate at a fixed angle with respect to the base 110 about the hinge shaft 151 as a rotation center.
- the hinge shaft 151 maybe disposed in the inner side of the hinge part 150, which is formed to protrude in the upper portion of the front surface of the base 110, to pass through the hinge part 150.
- a rotation groove 135 may be formed in an upper portion of the base 110 so that the base 110 may not interfere with the locking rib 270 which simultaneously rotates with the hipseat 130.
- the posture maintaining unit 200 may include the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 formed in the locking rib 270 and the locking shaft 250 selectively elastically coupled to the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 in an outer side of the hinge shaft 151 or an inner side of the rotation groove 153.
- the locking shaft 250 may include a shaft portion 251, the insertion portion 255, and the locking handle 257.
- the shaft portion 251 may slidably pass through the hinge part 150 and may be coupled to a portion of the hinge part 150.
- the insertion portion 255 may be formed to extend from one end of the shaft portion 251 and may be selectively inserted into the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230.
- the locking handle 257 configured to allow the user to move the shaft portion 251 may be coupled to the other end of the shaft portion 251.
- the insertion portion 255 may be selectively inserted into any one of the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230.
- the hipseat 130 located in the first or secondposture may be fixed and in response to the insertion portion 255 being escaped from the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230, the hipseat 130 may be in a changeable state from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and the second postures.
- An elastic member 253 may elastically support the shaft portion 251 in the inner side of a portion of the hinge part 150.
- the elastic member 253 may be formed of a coil spring into which the shaft portion 251 is inserted.
- the elastic force of the elastic member 253 may act to a direction that the locking shaft 250 is pressed to a locking rib 270 side. Accordingly, the locking shaft 250 may linearly move along a direction substantially perpendicular to a locking rib 270 surface in which the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 are formed.
- the user may pull the locking handle 257 to a direction far away from the locking rib 270 in the second posture and the insertion 255 may be drawn out from the second locking groove 230. Accordingly, the unfolded state of the hipseat 130 is released and the hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110.
- a process of changing the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference to FIGS. 7B and 7C .
- the hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 in the first posture.
- the weight of the baby may be put on the body part 10 of the baby carrier 1 and the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b may be pulled down.
- the load applied to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b due to the weight of the baby may be larger than the load applied to the waist band 30 in the first posture.
- the user who uses the baby carrier 1 for a long time in a state that the load control unit 100 is set to the first posture may feel the pain in the shoulders.
- the user may change the load control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture through a simple operation and accordingly, a consideration portion of the load applied to the shoulders is transferred to the waist and the pain of the shoulders may be alleviated.
- the user may simply rotate the hipseat 130 to an unfolding direction of the hipseat 130 from the base 110 and thus the fixing of the hipseat 130 in the first posture may be released.
- the insertion portion 255 of the locking shaft 250 may be escaped from the fixing portion 225 of the first locking groove 220, may slidably move along the cam surface 223 and may be escaped from the first locking groove 220. Then, the insertion portion 255 may slide on the one surface 270a of the locking rib 270 which rotates with the hipseat 130.
- the insertion portion 255 of the locking shaft 250 may be inserted into the second locking groove 230 as illustrated in FIG. 7C . Accordingly, the hipseat 130 may be fixed in the unfolded state.
- the weight of the baby put on the body part 10 may be transferred to the waist band 30 through the hipseat 130 and the load applied to the shoulders of the user through the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b may be dispersed to the waist band 30. Accordingly, the load applied to the waist band 30 may largely act on the user as compared with the load applied to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b. Accordingly, the load control unit 100 may be switched from the first posture to the second posture and thus the pain applied to the shoulder of the user may be alleviated.
- the user who uses the baby carrier 1 for a long time in a state that the load control unit 100 is set to the second posture may feel the pain in the waist.
- the waist pain may be alleviated by swiftly changing the load control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture.
- a process of switching the load control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture will be described.
- the user may pull the locking handle 257 to an arrow direction illustrated in FIG 6 to change the load control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture and thus the insertion portion 255 of the locking shaft 250 inserted into the second locking groove 230 may be escaped from the second locking groove 230.
- the insertion portion 255 may be inserted into the first locking groove 220 along the cam surface 223 of the first locking groove 220 while the insertion portion 255 slides in a state that the one surface 270a of the locking rib 270 is pressed through the elastic member 253.
- the insertion portion 255 may continuously slide along the cam surface 223 of the first locking groove 220 and simultaneously may be inserted into the fixing portion 225 of the first locking groove 220. Accordingly, the hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 and the load control unit 100 may be changed to the first posture.
- the load control unit may include the posture maintaining unit having various structures and various exemplary embodiments of the load control unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 17C .
- the load control unit in the exemplary embodiment may have a basic structure similar to that of the load control unit in an exemplary embodiment. Accordingly, the same reference numerals are used for the same elements and the same components in FIGS. 8 to 17C .
- FIG 8 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 9A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line F-F of FIG. 9A
- FIG 9C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line E-E of FIG. 8 .
- a posture maintaining unit 300 configured to operate the load control unit 100 to be switched to the first posture or the second posture may include a locking shaft 350 elastically disposed in a hipseat 130 to be slidably movable and first and second locking grooves 320 and 330 which is formed in the base 110 and the locking shaft 350 is fixedly coupled thereto.
- the locking shaft 350 of the posture maintaining unit 300 may be formed in the hipseat 130 and the first and second locking grooves 320 and 330 may be formed in the base 110.
- the load control unit 100 in the exemplary embodiment may have the different the locking structure from the load control unit 100 of FIG 6 that the locking shaft 250 is formed in the base 110 and the first and second locking grooves 220 and 230 are formed in the hipseat 130.
- the base 110 may include a locking rib 370 in which a hinge hole 153 and the first and second locking grooves 320 and 330 are formed.
- the locking rib 370 may be formed to protrude toward the hipseat 130 in an upper portion of the base 110.
- the locking rib 370 may be formed in an outer surface of the base 110 and a pair of locking rib 370 may be symmetrically formed in opposite sides of the upper portion of the base 110.
- the locking shaft 350 may linearly move along a direction perpendicular to a locking rib 370 surface.
- the locking shaft 350 may elastically move in a locking shaft receiving part 380 through an elastic member 353 to be described later.
- the locking shaft receiving part 380 may be formed in the hipseat 130 and the locking shaft receiving part 380 may be disposed close to the locking rib 370 surface.
- the first locking groove 320 and the second locking groove 330 may be formed in one surface 370a of the locking rib at intervals.
- the one surface 370a of the locking rib may be a surface close to the locking shaft receiving part 380.
- the first and second locking grooves 320 and 330 may be arranged at intervals and may be disposed in positions into which the locking shaft 350 is inserted according to the first and second postures that the hipseat 130 is folded and unfolded to the base. Accordingly, the locking shaft 350 may be inserted into the first locking groove 320 in the first posture that the hipseat 130 is folded to the base 110 and may be inserted into the second locking groove 330 in the second posture that the hipseat 130 is unfolded at a fixed angle to the base 110. Accordingly, the first or second posture may be maintained in response to the locking shaft 350 being inserted into the first or second locking groove 320 or 330.
- the first locking groove 320 may be located in an upper side than the second locking groove 330.
- the locking shaft 350 may be inserted into the second locking groove 330 formed in a lower side of the locking rib 370.
- the first locking groove 320 and the second locking groove 330 may be formed to have a depth that an insertion portion 355 of the locking shaft 350 is inserted and fixed.
- the first locking groove 320 and the second locking groove 330 may be formed in a cylindrical shape corresponding to the insertion portion 355 of the locking shaft 350.
- the first locking groove 320 and the second locking groove 330 may be formed to have diameters equal to or slightly larger than that of the locking shaft 350.
- the locking shaft 350 may include a shaft portion 351, the insertion portion 355, and a locking handle 357.
- the shaft portion 351 may slidably pass through a portion of the locking rib 370 and may be coupled to the locking rib 370.
- the insertion portion 355 may be formed to extend from one end of the shaft portion 351 and may be selectively inserted into the first and second locking grooves 320 and 330.
- the locking handle 357 configured to allow the user to move the shaft portion 351 may be coupled to the other end of the shaft portion 351.
- the insertion portion 355 may be selectively inserted into any one of the first and second locking grooves 320 and 330 as the load control unit 100 is changed to the first posture or the second posture.
- the hipseat 130 located to the first posture or the second posture may be fixed and in response to the insertion portion 355 being escaped from the first and second locking groove 320 and 330, the hipseat 130 may be in a changeable state from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and the second postures.
- the elastic member 353 may elastically support the shaft portion 351 in an inner side of a portion of the locking shaft receiving part 380.
- the elastic member 353 may be formed of a coil spring into which the shaft portion 351 is inserted.
- the elastic force of the elastic member 353 may act to a direction that the locking shaft 350 is pressed to a locking rib 370 side. Accordingly, the locking shaft 350 may linearly move along a direction substantially perpendicular to the locking rib 370 surface in which the first and second locking grooves 320 and 330 are formed.
- the user may pull the locking handle 357 to a direction far away from the locking rib 370 in the second posture and the insertion 355 may be drawn out from the second locking groove 330. Accordingly, the unfolded state of the hipseat 130 is released and the hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110.
- the locking shaft 350 may be disposed to be exposed to the outside in response to the hipseat 130 being unfolded to the second posture.
- the locking shaft 350 has to move to an arrow direction as illustrated in FIG. 8 to change the posture of the hipseat 130. Since the locking handle 357 is exposed to the outside in a state that the hipseat 130 is unfolded, the user may easily change the hipseat 130 from the second posture to the first posture.
- the insertion portion 355 may be escaped from the first locking groove 320 or the second locking groove 330.
- the insertion portion 355 may slide on the one surface 370a of the locking rib 370 and simultaneously the insertion portion 355 may rotate with the hipseat 130.
- the elastic force may act on the insertion portion 355 to the locking rib 370 direction through the elastic member 353 and the insertion portion 355 may be inserted into the first locking groove 320 or the second locking groove 330 in response to the hipseat 130 being located in the first posture or the second posture.
- the insertion portion 355 in response to the hipseat 130 being located in the first posture, the insertion portion 355 may be inserted into and fixed to the first locking groove 320 and as illustrated in FIG. 9C , in response to the hipseat 130 being located in the second posture, the insertion portion 355 may be inserted into and fixed to the secondlocking grooves 330.
- the posture maintaining unit 300 may be disposed in a portion in which the base 110 and the hipseat 130 are hinge- coupled. Accordingly, the locking handle 357 may be covered with the hinge part 150 of the baby carrier 1. In response to the hinge part 150 being disposed to cover the coupling portion of the load control unit 100, the load control unit 100 may have a neat outer appearance.
- the locking shaft 350 may be inserted into the first locking groove 320.
- the locking shaft 350 may be inserted into the first locking groove 320 formed in an upper side of the locking rib 370 in a folded state of the hipseat 130.
- the first locking groove 320 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the insertion portion 355 of the locking shaft 350 and thus the locking shaft 350 has to be escaped from the first locking groove 320 to release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the first posture.
- a process of changing the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference to FIGS. 9B and 9C .
- the hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 in the first posture.
- the user may pull the locking shaft 350 to an arrow direction illustrated in FIG. 9A to change the load control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture.
- the insertion portion 355 of the locking shaft 350 may be escaped from the first locking groove 320.
- the insertion portion 355 may slide in a state that the one surface 370a of the locking rib 370 is pressed through the elastic member 353 and simultaneously the insertion portion 355 may be inserted into the second locking groove 330.
- the insertion portion 355 of the locking shaft 350 may be inserted into and fixed to the second locking groove 330 in response to the hipseat 130 being located in the second posture that the hipseat 130 is completely unfolded. As the locking shaft 350 is inserted into the second locking groove 330, the hipseat 130 may be fixed to maintain the second posture.
- the user may move the locking shaft 350 to the arrow direction illustrated in FIG. 8 to change the load control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture.
- the insertion portion 355 of the locking shaft 350 may be escaped from the second locking groove 330.
- the insertion portion 355 may slide in a state that the one surface 370a of the locking rib 370 is pressed through the elastic member 353 and simultaneously the insertion portion 355 may be inserted into the first locking groove 320.
- FIG. 10 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a secondposture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 11A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line H-H of FIG 11A
- FIG. 11C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line G-G of FIG 10 .
- aposture maintaining unit 400 of a load control unit 100 may include first and second locking grooves 420 and 430 wherein the first locking groove 420 is located in a lower side than the second locking groove 430.
- first locking groove 420 configured to fix the hipseat 130 to the first posture may be located in the lower side than the second locking groove 430 configured to fix the hipseat 130 to the second posture.
- the load control unit having another locking structure illustrated in FIG. 10 is different from the load control unit illustrated in FIG 8 that the first locking groove 320 is formed in an upper side than the second locking groove 330.
- a locking shaft 450 may be inserted into and fixed to the second locking groove 430 formed in an upper side than a hinge hole 153 as illustrated in FIG 11C . Accordingly, the locking shaft 450 may not be exposed to the outside in response to the hipseat 130 being located to the second posture.
- the locking shaft 450 may be disposed in an outer surface of the hipseat 130.
- the posture maintaining unit 400 may be disposed in the outer surface of the hipseat 130 in the first posture and thus the posture maintaining unit 400 may be exposed to the outside.
- the locking shaft 450 may be inserted into the first locking groove 420 as illustrated in FIG 11B .
- the locking shaft 450 may be inserted into the first locking groove 420 formed in a lower side than the hinge hole 153 of a fixing bracket 470 in the folded state of the hipseat 130.
- the first locking groove 420 may be formed in a shape corresponding to an insertion portion 455 of the locking shaft 450 and thus the locking shaft 450 has to be drawn out from the first locking groove 420 to release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the first posture.
- the user may release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the first posture by pulling the locking handle 457 to an arrow direction illustrated in FIG 10 .
- the locking handle 457 may be exposed to the outside in the first posture and thus the user may easily approach to the locking handle 457. Accordingly, it is convenient for the user to change the posture of the load control unit 100.
- a process of changing the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures is the same as the process in the exemplary embodiment of FIG 8 and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a secondposture through a supporting member according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 13A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 13B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line J-J of FIG. 13A
- FIG. 13C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line I-I of FIG. 12 .
- a posture maintaining unit 500 configured to control the load control unit 100 to be changed from the first or second posture in a state that the hipseat 130 is located in the second posture may be provided in one end of the base 110.
- the posture maintaining unit 500 may include a supporting member 510 which one-side ends thereof are hinge-coupled to the hipseat and maintains an unfolded state of the hipseat to the base in the second posture.
- One-side ends 512a and 512b of the supporting member 510 may be hinge-coupled to the hipseat 130 and the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 may be detachably fixed to the hipseat 130 in the first posture and may be held in the base 110 in the second posture.
- the support member 510 may be formed in a " ⁇ " shape and the one-side ends 512a and 512b of the supporting member 510 may be rotatably inserted into insertion grooves 511 formed in the hipseat 510.
- the supporting member 510 may be rotated from the unfolded hipseat 130 to the base 110.
- the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 may be held in the supporting groove 513 formed in the base 110.
- the one-side ends of the supporting member 510 may be disposed in the hipseat 130 and the other-side end of the supporting member 510 may be held in the base 110 so that the hipseat 130 may be fixed in the second posture.
- the one-side ends 512a and 512b of the supporting member 510 may be hinge-coupled to the hipseat 130 and the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 may be detachably fixed to a receiving groove 515 formed in the hipseat 130.
- the one-side ends 512a and 512b of the supporting member 510 may be hinge-coupled to the hipseat 130 and the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 may be held in the supporting groove 513 formed in the base 110.
- First and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be disposed in the hinge part 150 to which the hipseat 130 and the base 110 are hinge-coupled.
- the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be disposed on the hinge shaft 151.
- the first snap coupling member 531 may be disposed in the hipseat 130 and the second snap coupling member 535 may be disposed in the base 110.
- the first snap coupling member 531 and the second snap coupling member 535 may be disposed close to each other.
- the first snap coupling member 531 may be disposed in a snap coupling receiving groove 515 formed in the hipseat 130 and may be disposed between an elastic member 533 and the second snap coupling member 535.
- the elastic member 533 may be disposed in a surface of the first snap coupling member 531 which is not close to the second snap coupling member 535.
- the elastic member 533 may have the elastic force to a direction that the first snap coupling member 531 presses the second snap coupling member 535. Accordingly, the first snap coupling member 531 may press the second snap coupling member 535 while the first snap coupling member is rotated with the hipseat 130.
- One end of the first snap coupling member 531 may be in contact with the elastic member 533 and the other end of the first snap coupling member 531 may be in contact with the second snap coupling member 535.
- a plurality of protrusions 532 which protrude the outer side may be formed in the other end of the first snap coupling member 531.
- the second snap coupling member 535 may be disposed in a fixed state to the hinge shaft 151.
- the second snap coupling member 535 may be disposed in the hinge part 150 formed in the base 110.
- Grooves 536 which may be coupled to the protrusions 532 of the first snap coupling member 531, may be formed in the one end of the second snap coupling member 535 which is in contact with the first snap coupling member 531.
- the protrusions 532 and the grooves 536 may be formed to be engaged to each other in the first or second posture.
- the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be snap-coupled to each other in the first or second posture.
- the first snap coupling member 531 In response to the hipseat 130 being rotated in the first or second posture, the first snap coupling member 531 may be rotated through the rotation of the hipseat 130. Accordingly, the coupling of the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be released.
- the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be snap-coupled to each other.
- the first snap coupling member 531 may be rotated with the hipseat 130 according to the rotation of the hipseat 130.
- the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be snap-coupled to each other in the first posture state of the hipseat 130, but the protrusions 532 of the first snap coupling member 531 and the grooves 536 of the second snap coupling member 535 may not be coupled to each other in response to the first snap coupling member 531 being rotated. Accordingly, the first snap coupling member 531 may linearly move to a direction opposite to a surface of the first snap coupling member 531 close to the second snap coupling member 535.
- first snap coupling member 531 may move to a direction in which the elastic member 533 is disposed.
- first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be snap-coupled to each other.
- a process of changing the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference to FIGS. 13B and 13C .
- the user may simply rotate the hipseat 130 to the unfolding direction and thus the fixing to the hipseat 130 in the first posture may be released.
- the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be snap-coupled to each other and the hipseat 130 may be temporarily fixed to a position of the second posture.
- the user may separate the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 from the hipseat 130 and may hold the other- side end 514 of the supporting member 510 in the supporting grove 513 of the base 110. Accordingly, the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 is held in the base 110 and the hipseat 130 may be fixed to the second posture.
- the supporting member 510 may support the hipseat 130 in the second posture.
- the user may separate the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 held in the base 110 from the supporting groove 513 and may fix the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 to the receiving groove 515 of the hipseat 130.
- the user may move the other-side end 514 of the supporting member 510 to the hipseat 130 and may release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the second posture.
- the locking-released hipseat 130 may be folded to the first posture.
- the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may be snap-coupled to each other and the hipseat 130 may be temporarily fixed to the position of the first posture.
- the fixing force by the first and second snap coupling members 531 and 535 may have a magnitude sufficient to release the fixing in response to the hipseat 130 being unfolded through the hand of the user.
- FIG 14 is a perspective view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 15A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 15B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line L-L of FIG. 15A
- FIG. 15C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line K-K of FIG 14 .
- a posture maintaining unit 600 of the load control unit 100 may include a supporting member 600 configured of a first link 610 of which one end is hinge-coupled to the base 110 and a second link 630 of which one end is hinge-coupled to the hipseat 130 and the other end is hinge-coupled to a portion of the first link 610.
- a hinge first shaft 613 which is rotatably coupled to the base 110 may be disposed in the one end of the first link 610 and a third hinge shaft 650 configured to rotatably couple the first link 610 and the second link 630 may be disposed in a central portion of the first link 610.
- a protrusion 615 snap-coupled with the second link 630 in the second posture may be formed in a portion of the first link 610.
- the protrusion 615 of the first link 610 may be formed in an upper side than the third hinge shaft 650.
- a second hinge shaft 633 which is rotatably coupled to the hipseat 130 may be disposed in the one end of the second link 630 and the third hinge shaft 650 configured to rotatably couple the first link 610 and the second link 630 may be disposed in a central portion of the second link 630.
- a groove 635 snap-coupled with the first link 610 in the second posture may be formed in a portion of the second link 630.
- the groove 635 of the second link 630 may be formed in a lower side than the third hinge shaft 650.
- the third hinge shaft 650 may rotatably couple the first link 610 and the second link 630.
- the first link 610 and the second link 630 may be rotated in association with each other through the third hinge shaft 650.
- the first link 610 and the second link 630 may be snap- coupled to each other in the second posture.
- the first link 610 and the second link 630 may partially overlap each other and may be arranged on a straight line in the second posture.
- the hipseat 130 may be supported so as not to be folded in a position of the second posture through the first link 610 and the second link 630 arranged on the straight line.
- the user may unfold the hipseat 130 to be located in the position of the second posture.
- the first and second links 610 and 630 may be snap-coupled to each other so that the hipseat 130 may be fixed to the position of the second posture.
- the first and second links 610 and 630 may be folded to overlap each other.
- the first and second links 610 and 630 may be rotated to a direction that a coupling portion of the first and second links 610 and 630 by the third hinge shaft 650 is far away from the base 110.
- the first link 610 may be folded so that the third hinge shaft 650 coupled to the second link 630 is located in a lower side than the first higne shaft 613 coupled to the base 110.
- the second link 630 may be folded so that the third hinge shaft 650 coupled to the first link 610 is located in a lower side than the second hinge shaft 633 coupled to the hipseat 130.
- the user may apply the force to the third hinge shaft 650 portion to which the first link 610 and the second link 630 are coupled to a direction far away from the base 110 and thus may release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the second posture.
- the locking-released hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 while the first and second links 610 and 630 are folded to overlap each other.
- the hipseat 130 and the base 110 may be folded in a compact manner.
- a process of changing the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference to FIGS. 15B and 15C .
- the hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 in response to the load control unit 100 being located in the first posture.
- the hipseat 130 may overlap the whole base 110 or at least a portion of the base 110 in the response to the load control unit 100 being located in the first posture.
- the user may simply rotate the hipseat 130 to the unfolding direction to change the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture and thus the fixing to the hipseat 130 in the first posture may be released.
- the first and second links 610 and 630 may be rotated between the hipseat 130 and the base 110 and the first and second links 610 and 630 may be arranged on the straight line.
- the first link 610 may rotate and move to the unfolding direction of the hipseat 130 and the second link 630 may rotate and move to a direction opposite to the unfolding direction of the hipseat 130.
- the protrusion 615 of the first link 610 may be snap-coupled to the groove 635 of the second link 630.
- the hipseat 130 may be fixed to maintain the secondposture.
- the user may release the snap-coupling of the first link 610 and the second link 630 to change the load control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture.
- the snap-coupling-released first link 610 may be rotated to a rotation direction that the hipseat 130 is rotated to the first posture and the second link 630 may be rotated to a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the hipseat 130.
- the first and second links 610 and 630 may be rotated so that the first and second links 610 and 630 are arranged to overlap each other.
- FIG. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 17A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 17B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line N-N of FIG. 17A
- FIG. 17C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line M-M of FIG. 16 .
- a posture maintaining unit 700 of the load control unit 100 may include a supporting member 700 configured of a first link 710, a second link 730, and a third link 750.
- first link 710 may be hinge-coupled to the base 110 and one end of the second link 730 may be hinge-coupled to the hipseat 130 and the other end of the second link 730 may be hinge-coupled to the other end of the first link 710.
- One end of the third link 750 may be hinge- coupled to the hipseat 130 and the other end of the third link 750 may be slidably coupled to the second link 730.
- a first hinge shaft 711 rotatably coupled to the base 110 may be disposed in the one end of the first link 710 and a second hinge shaft 731 rotatably coupled to the hipseat 130 may be disposed in the one end of the second link 730.
- a third hinge shaft 721 configured to couple the first link 710 and the second link 730 may be disposed in the other end of the first link 710 and the other end of the second link 730.
- the first link 710 and the second link 730 may be rotated in association with each other through the third hinge shaft 721.
- a supporting end 733 formed to protrude toward the second link 730 may be further included in a rear surface of the other end of the first link 710.
- the supporting end 733 may serve to prevent the first link 710 from being rotated to a direction opposite to the base 110.
- the supporting end 733 may be formed to support a rear surface of the second link 730.
- a fourth hinge shaft 751 rotatably coupled to the hipseat 130 may be disposed in the one end of the third link 750.
- the other end of the third link 750 may be disposed in the center of the second link 730 to slidably move along the second link 730.
- the first link 710 and the second link 730 are arranged on the straight line.
- the third link 750 may support the second link 730 so that the first link 710 and the second link 730 are maintained on the straight line.
- the third link 750 may form a truss structure to support the second link 730.
- the hipseat 130, the second link 730, and the third link 750 may be mutually arranged to form a triangular shape.
- the load applied to the hipseat 130 may be applied to the third link 750 and the third link 750 may fix the second link 730 and the first link 710 to be arranged on the straight line.
- a plurality of first links 710 may be formed.
- first links 710a and 710b may be formed to be disposed in a right side and a left side of the second link 730.
- a pair of first links 710 may be hinge- coupled to the second hinge 730.
- the third hinge shaft 721 may simultaneously hinge-couple the pair of first links 710 and the second link 730.
- the second link 730 may be disposed between the pair of first links 710 and the second link 730 may be hinge-coupled to the first link 710 to be rotated in association with the first link 710.
- a moving hole 737 which one end of the third link 750 is inserted thereinto and the third link 750 moves along a length direction of the second link 730 may be formed in a central portion of the second link 730.
- a guide groove 735 may be formed in either side of the moving groove 737 along the length direction of the second link 730.
- a guide protrusion 747 disposed in the guide groove 735 of the second link 730 may be formed in either side surface of the third link 750.
- a process of changing the hipseat 130 of the load control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described below.
- the folded first link 710 may be unfolded to a direction far away from the base 110 and the folded second link 730 may be unfolded to a direction far away from the hipseat 130.
- the user may move the third link 750 to a direction close to the hipseat 130 so that the third link 750 may support the first link 710 and the second link 730 to be maintained on the straight line.
- the third link 750 may form a triangular shape in an inner side thereof with the second link 730 and the hipseat 130. Accordingly, the truss structure may be formed and the load applied to the hipseat 130 may be supported through the truss structure.
- the first link 710, the second link 730, and the third link 750 may be folded to overlap each other.
- the user may move the third link 750 to the direction far away from the hipseat 130.
- the user may move the third link 750 along the length direction of the second link 730 and release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the second posture.
- the third link 750 moves to a direction far away from the hipseat 130, the truss structure formed through the second link 730, the hipseat 130, and the third link 750 may be collapsed and the fixing of the second link 730 and the first link 710 may be released.
- the first link 710 may be rotated to a direction close to the base 110 and the second link 730 may be rotated to a direction close to the hipseat 130.
- the third link 750 may be disposed in an inner side of the moving groove 737 of the second link 730 and the second link 730 may be disposed between the pair of first links 710.
- the first to third links 710, 730 and 750 may be folded to overlap each other.
- a portion of the second link 730 coupled through the third hinge shaft 721 may be rotated to a direction far away from the base 110.
- the first link 710 may be folded so that the third hinge shaft 721 coupled to the second link 730 is located in a lower side than the first hinge shaft 711 coupled to the base 110.
- the second link 730 may be folded so that the third hinge shaft 721 coupled to the first link 710 may be located in a lower side than the second hinge shaft 731 coupled to the hipseat 130.
- first and second links 710 and 730 may be folded to overlap each other, the hipseat 130 and the base 110 may be folded in a compact manner.
- a second hinge receiving part 753 hinge-coupled to the second link 730 may be formed in the hipseat 130 and a fixing groove 715 to which the second hinge receiving part 753 is detachably fixed in the first posture may be formed in the base 110.
- the second hinge receiving part 753 may be inserted into the fixing groove 715. Accordingly, the hipseat 130 and the base 110 may be folded in a further compact manner.
- FIG 18 is a perspective view illustrating a pull handle provided in a shoulder band or a waist band of a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment.
- a fixing ring 27 may be further attached to a general band adjustment apparatus.
- a spare portion of a base band 21 remaining after a length of the base band 21 is adjusted may dangle and may provide a dirty outer appearance. Accordingly, the remaining spare portion of the base band 21 may be fixed through the fixing ring 27 to overcome the dirty outer appearance.
- a pull handle 25 may be further attached to adjust the length of the base band 21 in response to the fixing ring 27 being applied.
- the pull handle 25 may be attached to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b or the waist band 30.
- the lengths of the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b or the length of the waist band 30 may be easily adjusted through the pull handle 25.
- the pull handle 25 configured to adjust the length of the general base band 21 may be further attached.
- the user may pull up the pull handle 25 to adjust the lengths of the left and right shoulders 20a and 20b or the length of the waist band 30 and thus a space 22 may be formed as the folded based band 21 is lifted.
- the user may pull down the pull handle 25 to adjust the lengths of the left and right shoulders 20a and 20b or the length of the waist band 30. Portions of the pull handle 25 and the base band 21 remaining after the length adjustment may be neatly arranged through the fixing ring 27.
- FIG 19 is a perspective view illustrating an example that a rear fixing member of a baby carrier is attached to a shoulder band according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the fastening member 40 may be disposed to be fixed to a front side of the baby carrier.
- the fastening member 40 may include the first and second belts 42a and 42b coupled to the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b and the buckles 41 and 43 provided in one end portions of the first and second belts 42a and 42b.
- the first and second belts 42a and 42b may be detachably fastened through the buckles 41 and 43.
- the fastening member 40 may be fixed to the front side of the baby carrier all the time in an unfastening state of the fastening member 40 in order for the user to easily fasten the fastening member 40.
- a magnetic fixing unit 45 may be provided in the fastening member 40 and magnets 45b having a different polarity from a magnet 45a formed in the fastening member 40 may be provided even in the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b. Accordingly, the fastening member 40 may be detachably disposed in front sides of the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b.
- the fastening member 40 is always located in the front side of the baby carrier 1, the user may wear the baby carrier 1 and then easily fasten the fastening member 40.
- the fixing unit configured to detachably fix the fastening member 40 to the front sides of the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b is a magnet, but this is not limited thereto. Any fixing unit configured to detachably fix the fastening member 40 to the front sides of the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b in a state that the baby carrier 1 is not worn may be employed as the fining unit 45.
- FIGS. 20A and 20B are enlarged diagrams illustrating an "0" portion and a rear of the "0" portion illustrated in FIG 19 .
- FIG. 20C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line P-P of FIG. 20B .
- the baby carrier 1 may include the headrest 50 which is vertically movable.
- the headrest 50 may be formed to be movable along the rail 51 disposed in the body part 10 and the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b of the baby carrier 1.
- the rail 51 may be disposed in a portion of the body part 10 and portions of the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b.
- the rail 51 may be concavely curved to correspond to curved shapes of the body part 10 and the left and right shoulder bands 20a and 20b.
- a plurality of grooves 53 may be formed in the rail 51 along a length direction of the rail 51.
- a guide part 52 configured to guide the headrest 50 to the length direction of the rail 51 may be formed in upper sides of the plurality of grooves 53.
- the guide part 52 may be formed to protrude toward the outside along the length direction of the rail 51.
- a movable member 55 coupled to the headrest 50 and configured to move along the rail 51 may be disposed in the rail 51.
- a coupling portion 55a of which a fixing protrusion 56 is formed in one side and a guide groove 57 into which the guide part 52 is inserted may be formed in the movable member 55.
- the movable member 55 may further include a guide moving portion 55b formed to surround a portion of the guide part 52 so that the movable member 55 is not deviated from the guide part 52 of the rail 51.
- the guide groove 57 may be formed in a lower end of the movable member 55 and when viewed in a rear as illustrated in FIG 20B , the coupling portion 55a may be formed in a central portion of the movable member 55 and the guide moving portions 55b may be formed in both ends of the movable member 55.
- the coupling portion 55a may be disposed in the central portion of the movable member 55 and thus the movable member 55 may be firmly fixed in a specific position after moving.
- the movable member 55 When viewed in a front as illustrated in FIG. 20A , the movable member 55 may be configured of only the guide moving portion 55b.
- the coupling portion 55a may be formed to extend longer than the guide moving portions 55b and may extend to be in contact with the groove 53 of the rail 51.
- the fixing protrusion 56 formed to protrude to a rail 51 direction may be provided in one end of the coupling portion 55a. As illustrated in FIG 20C , the fixing protrusion 56 may be formed to be inserted into the groove 53 of the rail 51.
- the fixing protrusion 56 may have a circular cross-section to be inserted into the groove 53 of the rail 51.
- the groove 53 of the rail 51 may be formed to have a width slightly larger than a diameter of the fixing protrusion 56.
- the fixing protrusion 56 may be formed to have a length slightly smaller than the width of the rail 51.
- the fixing protrusion 56 of the movable member 55 may be inserted into the groove 53 of the rail 51 and thus the position of the headrest 50 may be fixed.
- the headrest 50 may move along the length direction of the rail 51.
- One end of the movable member 55 may be coupled to the headrest 50 and the other end of the movable member 55 may be movably disposed in the rail 51.
- the movable member 55 may move to the length direction of the rail 51 along the guide part 52 of the rail 51 and the fixing protrusion 56 of the coupling portion 55a of the movable member 55 may be inserted into the groove 53 of the rail 51. Accordingly, the movable member 55 may be fixed to the position and the final position of the headrest 50 may be fixed.
- the headrest 50 may be coupled to the movable member 55 through a connection member 54.
- the connection member 54 may be formed in a portion of the headrest 50.
- a connection groove 58 to which the connection member 54 may be couple in a ring shape may be formed in the movable member 55.
- One end of the connection member 54 may be formed to extend from the headrest 50.
- Members 54a and 54b which may be snap-coupled to each other may be disposed in the connection member 54. Any members snap-coupled to each other may be employed as the members 54a and 54b.
- the headrest 50 and the movable member 55 may be coupled to each other.
- the headrest 50 may be detachably attached to the movable member 55 through the connection member 54.
- the position of the headrest 50 may be changed according to the developing status and posture of the baby.
- FIG. 21 is a perspective view illustrating an example that a sensing unit is provided in a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment and FIG 22 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the sensing unit illustrated in FIG. 21 .
- a sensing unit 60 configured to support the baby may be disposed in the body part 10.
- the sensing unit 60 may be located in the inside of the body part 10 of the baby carrier and the body of the baby may not be in direct contact with the sensing unit 60.
- the sensing unit 60 may include a weight sensing unit 61, adiaper state sensing unit 63, aprocessor (see 67 of FIG. 24 ) a communication unit (see 69 of FIG. 24 ), and a storage unit (see 68 of FIG 24 ).
- the sensing unit 60 may be disposed in the body part 10 so that the hip of the baby is located in the sensing unit 60.
- the weight sensing unit 61 may include an air tube 62 and a pressure sensor 61a.
- a connection port 62a configured to couple an inner side of the air tube 62 and the pressure sensor 61a and a first receiving groove 62b in which the pressure sensor 61a may be disposed may be formed in the air tube 62.
- the connection port 62a may be disposed to couple the pressure sensor 61a to the inner side of the air tube 62.
- the first receiving groove 62b may be disposed coupled to the inner side of the air tube 62. Accordingly, the pressure sensor 61a may be disposed in the first receiving groove 62b to detect pressure change of the air tube 62.
- the pressure of the air tube 62 before and after the baby sits on the sensing unit 60 may be measured through the pressure sensor 61a and the weight of the baby may be detected through the measured value.
- the sensing unit 60 on which the baby sits is configured of the air tube 62 and includes the pressure sensor 61a, the weight of the baby who sits on the baby carrier 1 may be detected through the pressure sensor and the sensing unit may notify the user of the weight of the baby in the growth of the baby.
- the diaper state sensing unit 63 may include sensors configured to measure temperature, humidity, and gas or an integrated sensor 65 thereof.
- the integrated sensor 65 may be disposed in an upper frame 64a and a lower frame 64b and may be disposed in the inner side of the air tube 62 in an inserted state into a cradle 66.
- a second receiving groove 62c configured to receive the diaper state sensing unit 63 may be formed in the air tube 62.
- the second receiving groove 62c may be formed in the center of the air tube 62 to be close to the body of the baby or a diaper worn by the baby.
- the diaper state sensing unit 63 may detect temperature, humidity, and gas around the sensing unit 60.
- a 6-axis sensor an acceleration sensor + a gyro sensor
- the sloping degree of the baby carrier may be detected in wearing of the baby carrier.
- FIG 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a state monitoring system of a baby and a diaper using a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment.
- a baby and diaper state monitoring system 1000 using an external apparatus may include a sensing unit 60 attached to be close the diaper of the baby and an external apparatus 80 of the user.
- the sensing unit 60 which is close to the body of the baby (or the diaper worn by the bay) may measure the diaper state and the weight of the baby.
- the sensing unit 60 may detect temperature, humidity, gas, and pressure.
- the sensing unit 60 may be close to the diaper of the baby and may measure signals related to the diaper state of the baby and the weight of the baby.
- the sensing unit 60 may transmit the measured signals for the baby to the external apparatus 80.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may receive a plurality of signals measured from the sensing unit 60.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may calculate the weight of the baby using the plurality of received signals and determine the diaper state of the baby.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may display the wright of the baby based on the plurality of received signals and represent the diaper state of the baby with weather.
- the user may determine the baby state as one of a sunny state, a cloudy state, a rainy state, and a thunder state according to the diaper state.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user is a smart phone of the user, but the external apparatus 80 of the user may be substantially implemented with a display device such as a smart television (TV), a tablet personal computer (PC), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a smart watch or a lamp (not shown) configured to provide the alarm through change in light of a light emitting diode (LED).
- a display device such as a smart television (TV), a tablet personal computer (PC), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a smart watch or a lamp (not shown) configured to provide the alarm through change in light of a light emitting diode (LED).
- TV smart television
- PC tablet personal computer
- PMP portable multimedia player
- PDA personal digital assistant
- LED light emitting diode
- FIG 24 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the sensing unit 60 may include the weight sensing unit 61, the diaper state sensing unit 63, the processor 67, the communication unit 69, and the storage unit 68.
- the sensing unit 60 may be disposed close to the diaper of the baby and may measure a plurality of signals related to the baby and the diaper.
- the weight sensing unit 61 may measure a signal relate to the weight of the baby.
- the weight sensing unit 61 may be configured of the pressure sensor 61a and the air tube 62.
- the pressure sensor 61a may be disposed to measure the pressure of the air tube 62.
- the pressure sensor 61a may detect the pressure change of the air tube 62.
- the pressure sensor 61a may measure the physical change such as air pressure, a magnitude of force, and the like through the air tube 62.
- the diaper state sensing unit 63 may measure the signal related the diaper state of the baby.
- the diaper state sensing unit 63 may include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or an integrated sensor 65 thereof.
- the diaper state sensing unit 63 may be disposed close to the diaper of the baby and may detect temperature, humidity, and gas of the diaper.
- the diaper state sensing unit 63 may measure the state of the diaper through detected values.
- the communication unit 69 may use a wired communication method which couples the sensing unit 60 to the external apparatus through a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network or a wireless communication method (for example, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBRO), WiFi, Bluetooth, and the like).
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- WiBRO Wireless Broadband Internet
- the communication unit 69 may transmit the plurality of signals measured through the weight sensing unit 61 and the diaper state sensing unit 63 or result values processed through the processor 67 to the external apparatus 80 of the user according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the communication unit 69 may determine the weight of the baby determined based on the plurality of signals for the baby measured through the weight sensing unit 61 and the diaper state sensing unit 63 or may transmit information for the diaper state of the baby to the external apparatus
- the storage unit 68 may store the plurality of signals measured through the weight sensing unit 61 and the diaper state sensing unit 63.
- the processor 67 may control the weight sensing unit 61 and the diaper state sensing unit 63 to measure a plurality of pieces of information for the baby and the diaper.
- the processor 67 may control the communication unit 69 to transmit the plurality of measured signals to the external apparatus 80.
- the processor 67 may control the storage unit 68 to store a plurality of bio-signals measured through the weight sensing unit 61 and the diaper state sensing unit 63.
- the processor 67 may determine the wright of the baby or the diaper state of the user using the plurality of measured signals.
- FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an external apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment
- FI G 26 is a diagram illustrating an example that a state of a baby detected through a sensing unit is displayed in a display of a smart phone according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may include a communication unit 83, a storage unit 85, a speaker 87, a display 89, and a processor 81.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may determine the weight of the baby or the diaper state of the baby by receiving the plurality of signals for the weight and the diaper state of the baby from the sensing unit 60.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may be a display device which may be portable through the user such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PMP, a PDA, and a smart watch or a display device which may not be portable through the user such as a smart TV.
- the external apparatus 80 of the user may be a lamp and the like configured to provide the alarm through change in light of a LED.
- the communication unit 83 may use a wired communication method which couples the sensing unit and the external apparatus through a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network or a wireless communication method (for example, GSM, UMTS, LTE, WiBRO, WiFi, Bluetooth, and the like).
- LAN local area network
- WiBRO wireless communication method
- the communication unit 83 may receive the signal for the weight of the baby and the signal for the diaper state of the baby measured through the sensing unit 60.
- the processor 81 may determine the weight of the baby using the pressure signal received through the communication unit 83. For example, the processor 81 may output the weight of the baby using a Fussy algorithm based on the received pressure signal. Accordingly, the weight of the baby may be easily measured in home.
- the algorithm for estimating the weight and determining the diaper state is processed in the processor 81 of the external apparatus, but this is not limited thereto.
- the algorithm for estimating the weight and determining the diaper state may be processed through the processor 67 of the sensing unit 60 included in the baby carrier 1.
- the display 89 may display information for the measured weight of the baby.
- the processor 81 may determine the diaper state of the baby using the plurality of signals received through the communication unit 83. For example, the processor 81 may represent the diaper state of the baby with weather based on the plurality of signals for the received diaper state. The processor 81 may determine the baby state as one of a sunny state, a cloudy state, a rainy state, and a thunder and lightning state according to the diaper state.
- the information for the diaper state of the baby determined through the processor 67 of the sensing unit 60 or the processor 81 of the external apparatus 80 may be displayed in the external apparatus 80 of the user.
- a speaker 87 may provide a sound alarm.
- the display 89 may display the information for the diaper state of the baby. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 26A ) the display 89 may display the diaper state of the baby with a sunny state in response to the diaper being in a clean state that change of the diaper being not necessary. In another example, as illustrated in FIG. 26B ) the humidity of the diaper may be slightly increased and a small amount of urine may be expected. In this example, the diaper state may be displayed with a cloudy state. In another example, as illustrated in FIG. 26C , the diaper state of the baby may be displayed with a rainy state. In response to the humidity of the diaper of the baby being further increased, the diaper state may be displayed with a rainy state. In another example, as illustrated in FIG.
- the diaper state of the baby may be displayed with a thunder state.
- the thunder state may refer to a state that stool, a large amount of urine, or the like is defecated in the diaper.
- the sound alarm may be simultaneously provided through the speaker 87.
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- Apparatuses and methods consistent with exemplary embodiments relate to a baby carrier, and more particularly, to a baby carrier capable of adjusting a ratio of loads transferred to a shoulder band and a waist band.
- In general, in response to a baby being sat on a baby sling which may carry a baby on the user's back or hold the baby to the user' chest, a load may be vertically applied and may be concentrated on the user's shoulders. Accordingly, the load may be hard on the user's shoulders.
- In recent years, hipseats which may hold a baby to disperse the baby's weight to the user's waist and pelvis may have been used. However the baby's weight may be mostly concentrated on the user's waist in hipseats and may be hard on the user's waist. In the baby slings and hipseats in the related art, the baby's weight may be concentrated on a specific body part and the user may feel pain while the user wears the baby carrier and hipseat for a long time.
- To switch the mode to the hipseat mode in the baby sling mode in the structure that the baby sling and the hipseat are combined, the user has to combine the hipseat with the baby sling after the user releases wearing of the baby sling and puts the baby down. To switch the mode to the baby sling mode in the hipseat mode, the user has to separate the hipseat from the baby sling after the user put the baby on the hipseat down and unbuckles the belt. Accordingly, the mode switching between the baby sling mode and the hipseat mode is cumbersome. Since the user has to put the baby down in the mode switching, the swift mode switching may be difficult and the use of the baby carrier may be inconvenient.
CN 204 500 102 U andCN 206 659 566 U disclose a baby carrier with a body part a pair of shoulder bands coupled to opposite sides of an upper portion of the body part, and a waist band coupled to a lower portion of the body part. - Exemplary embodiments may overcome the above disadvantages and other disadvantages not described above. Also, an exemplary embodiment is not required to overcome the disadvantages described above, and an exemplary embodiment may not overcome any of the problems described above.
- One or more exemplary embodiments relate to a baby carrier capable of adjusting a ratio of loads applied to a shoulder band and a waist band by swiftly switching a load-applied direction through a simple operation of a load control unit. The invention is defined by independent claim 1.
- According to the invention, there is provided a baby carrier including a body part; a pair of shoulder bands coupled to opposite sides of an upper portion of the body part; a waist band coupled to a lower portion of the body part; a load control unit which is coupled to the waist band and is changed to any one posture of a first posture and a second posture to switch a load-applied direction. A ratio of loads applied to the shoulder bands and the waist band is changed in response to the load control unit being changed from the one posture of the first posture and the second posture to the other posture of the first posture and the second posture.
- The load control unit does not receive a load applied to a coupling portion of the shoulder bands and the waist band in the first posture and disperses a portion of the load applied to the shoulder bands to the waist band in the second posture. The load control unit includes a base detachably coupled to the waist band; a hipseat hinge-coupled to the base and configured to rotate to the first posture that the hipseat is folded to the base and the second posture that the hipseat is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base; and a posture maintaining unit configured to maintain a position of the hipseat in the one posture of the first posture and the second posture.
- The posture maintaining unit includes a locking shaft elastically movably disposed in any one of the base and the hipseat; and a locking groove which is formed in the other one of the base and the hipseat and the locking shaft is fixedly coupled thereto.
- The locking groove includes a first groove and a second groove which the locking shaft is selectively inserted thereinto and the locking groove maintains the first posture in response to the locking shaft being inserted into the first groove and maintains the second posture in response to the locking shaft being inserted into the second groove.
- The first groove, according to the invention, is formed in an arc shape along a rotation direction of the hipseat. A cam surface, which is inclined to a direction that a depth of the first groove is increased far away from the second groove, may be formed in the first groove.
- The posture maintaining unit may include a locking shaft elastically movably disposed in the hipseat; and a locking groove which is formed in the base and the locking shaft is fixedly coupled thereto. The locking shaft may be disposed in an inner side or an outer side of the hipseat.
- One end of the posture maintaining unit may be hinge-coupled to the hipseat and may maintain an unfolded state of the hipseat to the base in the second posture.
- The other end of the posture maintaining unit may be detachably fixed to the hipseat in the first posture and may be held in the base in the second posture.
- The posture maintaining unit may include a first snap coupling member disposed in any one of the base and the hipseat and a second snap coupling member disposed in the other one of the base and the hipseat. The first and second snap coupling members may be mutually snap-coupled in the second posture.
- The first and second snap coupling members may be disposed in a portion in which the base and the hipseat are hinge-coupled.
- The posture maintaining unit may include a first link of which one end is hinge-coupled to the base; and a second link of which one end is hinge-coupled to the hipseat and the other end is hinge-coupled to a portion of the first link.
- The first link and the second link may be mutually snap-coupled in the second posture. A protrusion may be formed in any one of the first link and the second link and a groove to which the protrusion is snap-coupled may be formed in the other one of the first link and the second link.
- The posture maintaining unit may further include a third link of which one end is hinge-coupled to the hipseat and the other end is slidably coupled to the second link.
- The third link may be disposed in a truss structure with the second link in the second posture.
- The third link may overlap the second link in the first posture and the second link may overlap the first link in the first posture.
- The hipseat may include a hinge part hinge-coupled to the second link and the base may include a fixing groove to which the hinge part is detachably fixed in the first posture. The hipseat may be formed to have a structure that opposite sides thereof are inclined. The waist band may include an engaging protrusion formed to protrude from the waist band and the load control unit may include an engaging groove detachably engaged to the engaging protrusion.
- A pull handle configured to control a length may be attached to each of the shoulder bands.
- The baby carrier may further include a headrest which slidably moves along a rail formed in the body part and the shoulder bands.
- The baby carrier may further include a sensing unit which includes a diaper state sensing unit configured to detect a state of a diaper worn by a baby, a processor configured to determine the state of the diaper based on a signal transmitted from the diaper state sensing unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit state information of the diaper processed in the processor to an external apparatus.
- The sensing unit may be disposed in a body part.
- The sensing unit may further include a weight sensing unit configured to measure weight of a baby. The weight sensing unit may include an air tube disposed in an inner surface of the body part so that the baby sits on the air tube; and a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure change in the air tube in response to the weight of the baby being applied to the air tube.
- The sensing unit may further include a sensor configured to measure a slope of the baby carrier.
- The baby carrier may further include a distribution plate coupled to the waist band and configured to support a lower end of the base. The distribution plate may disperse a load transferred from the base.
- According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a baby carrier including a body part; a shoulder band; a waist band coupled to a lower end of the body part; a base detachably coupled to the waist band; a hipseat hinge-coupled to the base and configured to rotate to a first posture which the hipseat is folded to the base and a second posture which the hipseat is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base; and a posture maintaining unit configured to maintain a position of the hipseat in any one posture of the first posture and the second posture. The posture maintaining unit may include a locking shaft elastically movably disposed in the base; a first locking groove to which the locking shaft is fixed in the second posture; and a second locking groove which is formed in an arc shape corresponding to a rotation trajectory of the hipseat and a cam surface inclined to a direction that a depth of the second groove is increased far away from the first locking groove is formed therein.
- Additional aspects and advantages of the exemplary embodiments are set forth in the detailed description, and will be obvious from the detailed description, or may be learned by practicing the exemplary embodiments.
- The above and/or other aspects of the present invention will be more apparent by describing certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 2A is a side view illustrating an example of the baby carrier ofFIG. 1 that a hipseat of a load control unit is located in a first posture according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 2B is a side view illustrating an example of the baby carrier ofFIG. 1 that a hipseat of a load control unit is located in a second posture according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 3A is an exploded perspective view illustrating a load control unit and a waist band illustrated inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG 3B is a coupling perspective view illustrating the load control unit and the waist band illustrated inFIG 3A ; -
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit and the waist band taken along line B-B ofFIG. 3B ; -
FIG 5 is a perspective view illustrating a hipseat of a load control unit according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 7A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line D-D ofFIG 7A ; -
FIG 7C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line C-C ofFIG 6 ; -
FIG. 8 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 9A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 9B is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line F-F ofFIG. 9A ; -
FIG. 9C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line E-E ofFIG. 8 ; -
FIG 10 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a secondposture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 11A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment -
FIG 11B is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line H-H ofFIG 11 A; -
FIG. 11C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line G-G ofFIG. 10 ; -
FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a secondposture through a supporting member according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 13A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 13B is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line J-J ofFIG. 13A ; -
FIG 13C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line I-I ofFIG. 12 ; -
FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 15A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 15B is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line L-L ofFIG. 15 A; -
FIG 15C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line K-K of FI G 14; -
FIG 16 is a perspective view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 17A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG 17B is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line N-N ofFIG. 17A ; -
FIG 17C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the load control unit taken along line M-M ofFIG. 16 ; -
FIG. 18 is a perspective view illustrating a pull handle provided in a shoulder band or a waist band of a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 19 is a perspective view illustrating an example that a rear fixing member of a baby carrier is attached to a should band according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 20A is an enlarged view illustrating an "O" portion illustrated inFIG. 19 ; -
FIG 20B is an enlarged view illustrating a rear of an "O" portion illustrated inFIG 19 ; -
FIG 20C is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the "O" portion taken along line P-P ofFIG 20B ; -
FIG. 21 is a perspective view illustrating an example that a sensing unit is provided in a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 22 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the sensing unit illustrated inFIG 21 ; -
FIG 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a state monitoring system of a baby and a diaper using a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 24 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an external apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment; and -
FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example that a state of a baby detected through a sensing unit is displayed in a display of an external apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. - Hereinafter, the exemplary embodiments are described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The matters defined in the description, such as detailed construction and elements, are provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of the exemplary embodiments. Thus, it is understood that the exemplary embodiments can be carried out without those specifically defined matters.
- Various embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some embodiments are shown. The techniques described herein are exemplary, and should not be construed as implying any particular limitation on the present disclosure. It should be understood that various alternatives, combinations and modifications could be devised by those skilled in the art. In the following description, unless otherwise described, the same reference numerals are used for the same elements when they are depicted in different drawings.
- A baby carrier 1 according to an exemplary embodiment may disperse weight of a baby, which is simultaneously transferred to left and
right shoulder bands waist band 30, in an appropriate ratio by operating aload control unit 100 in a state that a user holds a baby. Accordingly, the user may selectively control load distribution through theload control unit 100 in a state that the user holds the baby so that the pain is not concentrated on the shoulder or waist of the user due to the weight of the baby. - Hereinafter, a structure of a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment andFIGS. 2A and2B are side views illustrating examples of the baby carriers that a hipseat of a load control unit is located in a first posture and a second posture. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , the baby carrier 1 according to an exemplary embodiment may include abody part 10, the left andright shoulder bands waist band 30,aheadrest 50, and theload control unit 100. - The
body part 10 may support the hip and body of the baby in a state that the user holds the baby using the baby carrier 1. The left andright shoulder bands body part 10 and thewaist band 30 may be coupled to a lower portion of thebody part 10. - The left and
right shoulder bands fastening member 40 in a state that the left andright shoulder bands fastening member 40 may include first andsecond belts right shoulder bands buckles second belts right shoulder bands buckles fastening member 40 and thus the user may stably wear the baby carrier 1. The user may hold the baby in a state that the user stably wears the baby carrier 1. Accordingly, the baby may not be easily escaped from the baby carrier 1 and the accident that the baby falls down the baby carrier may be prevented in advance. - An upper end of a front of the
waist band 30 may be coupled to thebody part 10 and thewaist band 30 may surround the waist portion of the user while the user wears the baby carrier 1. Thewaist band 30 may include a snap-fitting (not shown) such as the above-described buckles so that the user may easily wear and take off the baby carrier 1. - A fixing
plate 31 may be coupled to an inner side of thewaist band 30. The fixingplate 31 may be disposed substantially in the front of thewaist band 30 so that the fixingplate 31 may be located in a lower side of thebody part 10. The fixingplate 31 to which theload control unit 100 is detachably coupled may transfer the weight of the baby to thewaist band 30 through thehipseat 130 to be described later in the second posture. The fixingplate 31 and thehipseat 130 may be formed of a material having fixed rigidity to support the weight of the baby. A detailed configuration of the fixingplate 31 will be described below with reference toFIGS. 3A to 4 . - The
load control unit 100 may include a base 110 detachably coupled to thewaist band 30, ahipseat 130 configured to rotate to the first posture that the hipseat is folded to thebase 110 and the second posture that the hipseat is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to thebase 110, and aposture maintaining unit 200 configured to maintain a position of thehipseat 130 to any one of the first posture and the second posture. - The base 110 may be detachably coupled to a front surface of the
waist band 30. However, this is not limited thereto and the base 110 may be fixedly coupled to the front surface of thewaist band 30. - One end portion of the
hipseat 130 may be rotatably hinge- coupled to an upper portion of a front surface of thebase 110. A posture that thehipseat 130 is folded to the base 110 as illustrated inFIG. 2A may refer to the first posture and a posture that thehipseat 130 is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base 110 as illustrated inFIG. 2B may refer to the second posture. As theload control unit 100 has the first posture and the second posture, the degree of load applied to the left andright shoulders waist band 30 due to the weight of the baby may be changed. - For example, most of the weight of the baby may act on the left and
right shoulder bands waist band 30. Since the load applied to the shoulders of the user is larger than the load applied to the waist of the user in a state that most of the weight of the baby acts on the left andright shoulder bands - For example, in response to the
load control unit 100 being changed to the second posture in a state that the user holds the baby, thehipseat 130 may receive the weight of the baby applied to thebody part 10 and transfer the weight of the baby to thewaist band 30. Accordingly, a considerable portion of the load applied to the left andright shoulder bands waist band 30 and the load applied to the shoulders of the user may be alleviated. - In another example, as the user users the baby carrier for a long time in a state that the
load control unit 100 is in the second posture, the user may feel the pain in the waist and the user may change theload control unit 100 to the first posture. Accordingly, thebody part 10 is not supported and a considerable portion of the load applied to the waist of the user may be dispersed to the shoulders of the user. - Accordingly, the user may change the
load control unit 100 to any one of the first posture and the second posture and change the ratio of the loads applied to the left andright shoulder bands waist band 30. Accordingly, the load due to the weight of the baby may not be concentrated on any portion of the shoulders and the waist of the user and the pain in the corresponding portion may be alleviated. -
FIG 3A is an exploded perspective view illustrating a load control unit and a waist band illustrated inFIG. 1 andFIG 3B is a coupling perspective view illustrating the load control unit and the waist band illustrated inFIG. 3A .FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line B- B ofFIG 3B . - The
waist band 30 may include the fixingplate 31 configured to detachably fix theload control unit 100 to thewaist band 30. The fixingplate 31 may be disposed along a length direction of thewaist band 30 to surround the stomach and a portion of the waist of the user in the front inner side of thewaist band 30. - The fixing
plate 31 may include a plurality of engagingprotrusions 34 exposed to the outer side of thewaist band 30 in a front surface thereof. Each of the plurality of engagingprotrusions 34 may be configured of apin portion 32 protruding from the fixingplate 31 and ahead portion 33 having a larger cross-sectional area than the pin portion in a tip of thepin portion 32. - The base 110 may be detachably fixed to the
waist band 30 and one end of thehipseat 130 may be rotatably hinge-coupled to the front surface of thebase 110. A plurality of engagingholes 111 to which the plurality of engagingprotrusions 34 of thewaist band 30 are engaged may be formed in thebase 110. Each of the plurality of engagingholes 111 may be formed in a form that circles having different radii vertically partially overlap each other. Acircle 113 formed in an upper side of the engaginggroove 111 may be formed smaller than acircuit 112 formed in a lower side of the engaginggroove 111. - The lower-
side circle 112 of theengaging hole 111 may have a diameter equal to or larger than that of thehead portion 33 of the engagingprotrusion 34 so that thehead portion 33 of the engagingprotrusion 34 passes through the lower-side circuit 112. The upper-side circle 113 of theengaging hole 111 may have a diameter equal to or larger than that of thepin portion 32 of the engagingprotrusion 34 so that the upper-side circle 113 of theengaging hole 111 may receive thepin portion 32 of the engagingprotrusion 34. - A width of a portion in which the lower-
side circle 112 and the upper-side circle 113 meet each other may be formed smaller than the diameter of thepin portion 32 of the engagingprotrusion 34. Accordingly, the user may determine whether or not the base 110 is stably fixed to the fixingplate 31 through an audible click and feeling in response to the base 110 being coupled to the fixingplate 31. The engaginghole 111 may serve to prevent the base 110 coupled to the fixingplate 31 from being easily escaped. - A process of coupling the base 110 to the fixing
plate 31 will be described below. The user may move the base 110 toward the front surface of the fixingplate 31, pass through thehead portion 33 of the engagingprotrusion 34 through the lower-side circle 112 of theengaging hole 111, and move the base 110 downward so that thepin portion 32 of the engagingprotrusion 34 is engaged to the upper-side circle 113 of theengaging hole 111. A process of separating the base 110 from fixingplate 31 may be performed in reverse order of the process of coupling the base 110 to the fixingplate 31. - The base 110 may be curved to have a fixed curvature corresponding to a curve of the stomach of the user so that the base 110 may protrude toward a front that the
load control unit 100 is disposed while the user wears the baby carrier 1. Accordingly, thebase 110 may be in tight contact with the stomach and the portion of the waist of the user and the load transferred from thehipseat 130 in the second posture may be substantially evenly transferred to the stomach and the portion of the waist through thebase 110. Accordingly, the user may feel comfortable wearing sensation while the user wears the baby carrier 1.Inclined portions central portion 132 in thehipseat 130. Accordingly, theinclined portions - Referring to
FIG 4 , adistribution plate 35 configured to support the lower end of the base 110 may be disposed in an outer side of thewaist band 30. The weight of the baby applied to thehipseat 130 in the second posture may be transferred to thebase 110. Accordingly, thebase 110 may be, for example, in a state to be rotated counterclockwise about the engagingprotrusion 34 as a reference point. Accordingly, the lower end of the base 110 may press the front surface of thewaist band 30. In this example, the load may be concentrated on awaist band 30 portion which is in contact with a corner of the lower end of theinclined base 110. To disperse the concentrated load, thedistribution plate 35, of which oneend 35a supports the lower end of thebase 110 and theother end 35b is fixed to thewaist band 30, may be disposed in an outer side of thewaist band 30. Thedistribution plate 35 may be disposed spaced from the fixingplate 31. - The
distribution plate 35 may support a portion of the base 110 which is farthest from a portion of the base 110 hinge-coupled tothehipseat 130. Anconcave arrangement groove 37 in which thedistribution plate 35 is to be disposed may be formed in a lower end of the fixingplate 31 so that thedistribution plate 35 supports alower end 116 of thebase 110. Thearrangement groove 37 may be formed larger than thedistribution plate 35. Accordingly, thedistribution plate 35 may be disposed spaced from the fixingplate 31. Thedistribution plate 35 may support a lower portion of the base 110 in response to thelower end 116 of the base 110 being inclined toward thewaist band 30. Accordingly, while thelower end 116 of the base 110 may be inclined, thedistribution plate 35 may prevent force from being concentrated on any one point. Thedistribution plate 35 may disperse the load concentrated on the corner of the inclinedlower end 116 of thebase 110. As indicated by an arrow inFIG. 4 , the load applied to thehipseat 130 may be dispersed through thedistribution plate 35 and may act on the user. Accordingly, the pain applied to the stomach of the user may be alleviated. - A
posture maintaining unit 200 may be variously embodied and various exemplary embodiments of theposture maintaining unit 200 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a hipseat of a load control unit according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment.FIG. 7A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment,FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line D-D ofFIG. 7A , andFIG. 7C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line C-C ofFIG 6 . - Referring to
FIGS. 5 to 7A , theposture maintaining unit 200 which may maintain the first posture that thehipseat 130 is folded and the second posture that thehipseat 130 is unfolded may be disposed in one side of thebase 110. - The
posture maintaining unit 200 may include a lockingshaft 250 and a lockingrib 270. The lockingshaft 250 may be elastically disposed in the base 110 to be slidably movable. Theposture maintaining unit 200 may be formed in thehipseat 130 and first and second lockinggrooves shaft 250 is fixedly coupled may be formed in theposture maintaining unit 200. - Referring to
FIG. 6 , thehinge part 150 may be formed to protrude in an upper portion of the front surface of thebase 110 and ahinge shaft 151 configured to rotatably couple thehipseat 130 may be coupled to thebase 110. A pair of lockingribs 270 which are disposed in opposite sides of thehinge part 150 may be formed to protrude in an upper portion of a rear surface of thehipseat 130. The pair of lockingribs 270 may be symmetrically arranged and configurations of the pair of lockingribs 270 may be the same as each other and thus only aleft locking rib 270 will be described hereinafter. - Referring to
FIG 5 ,ahinge hole 153 and the first and second lockinggrooves surface 270a of the lockingrib 270. Thehinge shaft 151 may be supported in a state that one end of thehinge shaft 151 is inserted into thehinge hole 153. Accordingly, thehipseat 130 may be rotated at a fixed angle clockwise and counterclockwise about thebase 110. - The first and second locking
grooves shaft 250 is inserted according to the first and second postures that thehipseat 130 is folded and unfolded to thebase 110. Accordingly, the lockingshaft 250 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 220 in the first posture that thehipseat 130 is folded to thebase 110 and may be inserted into thesecond locking groove 230 in the secondposture that thehipseat 130 is unfolded at a fixed angle to thebase 110. Accordingly, the first or second posture may be maintained in response to the lockingshaft 250 being inserted into the first orsecond locking groove - The
first locking groove 220 may be formed in an arc shape along a rotation direction of thehipseat 130. Thefirst locking groove 220 may include acam surface 223 inclined to a direction that a depth of thefirst locking groove 220 is increased far away from thesecond locking groove 230. A fixingportion 225 of thefirst locking groove 220 to which the lockingshaft 250 may be fixed may be formed to be coupled to thecam surface 223 and may be formed in a cylindrical shape to correspond to aninsertion portion 255 of the lockingshaft 250 in a deepest point of thefirst locking groove 220. As thefirst locking groove 220 is formed in the arc shape, the user may change the load control unit from the first posture to the second posture only through an unfolding operation of thehipseat 130 in a state that the lockingshaft 250 is inserted into thefirst locking groove 220 without pulling alocking handle 257. - The
second locking groove 230 may be formed in a cylindrical shape corresponding to theinsertion portion 255 of the lockingshaft 250 to fix the lockingshaft 250. A diameter of thesecond locking groove 230 may be formed equal to or slightly larger than that of the lockingshaft 250. - The hinge coupling structure and the locking structure of the
hipseat 130 and the base 110 will be described in detail. - The
hipseat 130 may be hinge-coupled to the base 110 so that thehipseat 130 may rotate to the first posture that thehipseat 130 is folded to thebase 110 and the second posture that thehipseat 130 is unfolded to maintain at a fixed angle to thebase 110. - The
hinge shaft 151 may be rotatably supported through the lockingrib 270 of thehipseat 130. One end of thehinge shaft 151 may be inserted into thehinge hole 153 formed in the lockingrib 270. Thehipseat 130 may rotate at a fixed angle with respect to the base 110 about thehinge shaft 151 as a rotation center. Thehinge shaft 151 maybe disposed in the inner side of thehinge part 150, which is formed to protrude in the upper portion of the front surface of thebase 110, to pass through thehinge part 150. - A
rotation groove 135 may be formed in an upper portion of the base 110 so that the base 110 may not interfere with the lockingrib 270 which simultaneously rotates with thehipseat 130. Theposture maintaining unit 200 may include the first and second lockinggrooves rib 270 and the lockingshaft 250 selectively elastically coupled to the first and second lockinggrooves hinge shaft 151 or an inner side of therotation groove 153. - The locking
shaft 250 may include ashaft portion 251, theinsertion portion 255, and thelocking handle 257. - The
shaft portion 251 may slidably pass through thehinge part 150 and may be coupled to a portion of thehinge part 150. Theinsertion portion 255 may be formed to extend from one end of theshaft portion 251 and may be selectively inserted into the first and second lockinggrooves shaft portion 251 may be coupled to the other end of theshaft portion 251. - As the
load control unit 100 is changed to the first posture or the second posture, theinsertion portion 255 may be selectively inserted into any one of the first and second lockinggrooves insertion portion 255 being inserted into any one of the first and second lockinggrooves hipseat 130 located in the first or secondposture may be fixed and in response to theinsertion portion 255 being escaped from the first and second lockinggrooves hipseat 130 may be in a changeable state from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and the second postures. - An
elastic member 253 may elastically support theshaft portion 251 in the inner side of a portion of thehinge part 150. Theelastic member 253 may be formed of a coil spring into which theshaft portion 251 is inserted. The elastic force of theelastic member 253 may act to a direction that the lockingshaft 250 is pressed to alocking rib 270 side. Accordingly, the lockingshaft 250 may linearly move along a direction substantially perpendicular to alocking rib 270 surface in which the first and second lockinggrooves - The user may pull the locking handle 257 to a direction far away from the locking
rib 270 in the second posture and theinsertion 255 may be drawn out from thesecond locking groove 230. Accordingly, the unfolded state of thehipseat 130 is released and thehipseat 130 may be folded to thebase 110. - A process of changing the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference toFIGS. 7B and7C . - As illustrated in
FIG 7B , thehipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 in the first posture. For example, the weight of the baby may be put on thebody part 10 of the baby carrier 1 and the left andright shoulder bands right shoulder bands waist band 30 in the first posture. - For example, the user who uses the baby carrier 1 for a long time in a state that the
load control unit 100 is set to the first posture may feel the pain in the shoulders. In this example, the user may change theload control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture through a simple operation and accordingly, a consideration portion of the load applied to the shoulders is transferred to the waist and the pain of the shoulders may be alleviated. - To change the
load control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture, the user may simply rotate thehipseat 130 to an unfolding direction of the hipseat 130 from thebase 110 and thus the fixing of thehipseat 130 in the first posture may be released. - In response to the
hipseat 130 being continuously rotated to the unfolding direction of thehipseat 130 by the user, theinsertion portion 255 of the lockingshaft 250 may be escaped from the fixingportion 225 of thefirst locking groove 220, may slidably move along thecam surface 223 and may be escaped from thefirst locking groove 220. Then, theinsertion portion 255 may slide on the onesurface 270a of the lockingrib 270 which rotates with thehipseat 130. - In response to the
hipseat 130 being located in the second posture that thehipseat 130 is completely unfolded, theinsertion portion 255 of the lockingshaft 250 may be inserted into thesecond locking groove 230 as illustrated inFIG. 7C . Accordingly, thehipseat 130 may be fixed in the unfolded state. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being switched from the first posture to the second posture, the weight of the baby put on thebody part 10 may be transferred to thewaist band 30 through thehipseat 130 and the load applied to the shoulders of the user through the left andright shoulder bands waist band 30. Accordingly, the load applied to thewaist band 30 may largely act on the user as compared with the load applied to the left andright shoulder bands load control unit 100 may be switched from the first posture to the second posture and thus the pain applied to the shoulder of the user may be alleviated. For example, the user who uses the baby carrier 1 for a long time in a state that theload control unit 100 is set to the second posture may feel the pain in the waist. In this example, the waist pain may be alleviated by swiftly changing theload control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture. Hereinafter, a process of switching theload control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture will be described. - The user may pull the locking handle 257 to an arrow direction illustrated in
FIG 6 to change theload control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture and thus theinsertion portion 255 of the lockingshaft 250 inserted into thesecond locking groove 230 may be escaped from thesecond locking groove 230. In response to thehipseat 130 being rotated to a folding direction in a state that theinsertion portion 255 is escaped, theinsertion portion 255 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 220 along thecam surface 223 of thefirst locking groove 220 while theinsertion portion 255 slides in a state that the onesurface 270a of the lockingrib 270 is pressed through theelastic member 253. Theinsertion portion 255 may continuously slide along thecam surface 223 of thefirst locking groove 220 and simultaneously may be inserted into the fixingportion 225 of thefirst locking groove 220. Accordingly, thehipseat 130 may be folded to thebase 110 and theload control unit 100 may be changed to the first posture. - The load control unit according to an exemplary embodiment may include the posture maintaining unit having various structures and various exemplary embodiments of the load control unit will be described with reference to
FIGS. 8 to 17C . - Referring to
FIGS. 8 to 17C , the load control unit in the exemplary embodiment may have a basic structure similar to that of the load control unit in an exemplary embodiment. Accordingly, the same reference numerals are used for the same elements and the same components inFIGS. 8 to 17C . -
FIG 8 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG. 9A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment.FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line F-F ofFIG. 9A andFIG 9C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line E-E ofFIG. 8 . - Referring to
FIGS. 8 to 9C , aposture maintaining unit 300 configured to operate theload control unit 100 to be switched to the first posture or the second posture may include a lockingshaft 350 elastically disposed in ahipseat 130 to be slidably movable and first and second lockinggrooves base 110 and the lockingshaft 350 is fixedly coupled thereto. - In the
load control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment illustrated inFIG 8 , the lockingshaft 350 of theposture maintaining unit 300 may be formed in thehipseat 130 and the first and second lockinggrooves base 110. Theload control unit 100 in the exemplary embodiment may have the different the locking structure from theload control unit 100 ofFIG 6 that the lockingshaft 250 is formed in thebase 110 and the first and second lockinggrooves hipseat 130. - The base 110 may include a locking
rib 370 in which ahinge hole 153 and the first and second lockinggrooves rib 370 may be formed to protrude toward thehipseat 130 in an upper portion of thebase 110. The lockingrib 370 may be formed in an outer surface of thebase 110 and a pair of lockingrib 370 may be symmetrically formed in opposite sides of the upper portion of thebase 110. - The locking
shaft 350 may linearly move along a direction perpendicular to alocking rib 370 surface. The lockingshaft 350 may elastically move in a lockingshaft receiving part 380 through anelastic member 353 to be described later. The lockingshaft receiving part 380 may be formed in thehipseat 130 and the lockingshaft receiving part 380 may be disposed close to the lockingrib 370 surface. - The
first locking groove 320 and thesecond locking groove 330 may be formed in onesurface 370a of the locking rib at intervals. The onesurface 370a of the locking rib may be a surface close to the lockingshaft receiving part 380. - The first and second locking
grooves shaft 350 is inserted according to the first and second postures that thehipseat 130 is folded and unfolded to the base. Accordingly, the lockingshaft 350 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 320 in the first posture that thehipseat 130 is folded to thebase 110 and may be inserted into thesecond locking groove 330 in the second posture that thehipseat 130 is unfolded at a fixed angle to thebase 110. Accordingly, the first or second posture may be maintained in response to the lockingshaft 350 being inserted into the first orsecond locking groove first locking groove 320 may be located in an upper side than thesecond locking groove 330. - For example, in response to the
hipseat 130 being maintained in the second posture, the lockingshaft 350 may be inserted into thesecond locking groove 330 formed in a lower side of the lockingrib 370. - The
first locking groove 320 and thesecond locking groove 330 may be formed to have a depth that aninsertion portion 355 of the lockingshaft 350 is inserted and fixed. Thefirst locking groove 320 and thesecond locking groove 330 may be formed in a cylindrical shape corresponding to theinsertion portion 355 of the lockingshaft 350. Thefirst locking groove 320 and thesecond locking groove 330 may be formed to have diameters equal to or slightly larger than that of the lockingshaft 350. - The locking
shaft 350 may include ashaft portion 351, theinsertion portion 355, and alocking handle 357. Theshaft portion 351 may slidably pass through a portion of the lockingrib 370 and may be coupled to the lockingrib 370. Theinsertion portion 355 may be formed to extend from one end of theshaft portion 351 and may be selectively inserted into the first and second lockinggrooves shaft portion 351 may be coupled to the other end of theshaft portion 351. - The
insertion portion 355 may be selectively inserted into any one of the first and second lockinggrooves load control unit 100 is changed to the first posture or the second posture. In response to theinsertion portion 355 being inserted into any one of the first and second lockinggrooves hipseat 130 located to the first posture or the second posture may be fixed and in response to theinsertion portion 355 being escaped from the first andsecond locking groove hipseat 130 may be in a changeable state from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and the second postures. - The
elastic member 353 may elastically support theshaft portion 351 in an inner side of a portion of the lockingshaft receiving part 380. Theelastic member 353 may be formed of a coil spring into which theshaft portion 351 is inserted. The elastic force of theelastic member 353 may act to a direction that the lockingshaft 350 is pressed to alocking rib 370 side. Accordingly, the lockingshaft 350 may linearly move along a direction substantially perpendicular to the lockingrib 370 surface in which the first and second lockinggrooves - The user may pull the locking handle 357 to a direction far away from the locking
rib 370 in the second posture and theinsertion 355 may be drawn out from thesecond locking groove 330. Accordingly, the unfolded state of thehipseat 130 is released and thehipseat 130 may be folded to thebase 110. - The locking
shaft 350 may be disposed to be exposed to the outside in response to thehipseat 130 being unfolded to the second posture. The lockingshaft 350 has to move to an arrow direction as illustrated inFIG. 8 to change the posture of thehipseat 130. Since thelocking handle 357 is exposed to the outside in a state that thehipseat 130 is unfolded, the user may easily change the hipseat 130 from the second posture to the first posture. In response to theload control unit 100 being changed from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures, theinsertion portion 355 may be escaped from thefirst locking groove 320 or thesecond locking groove 330. Then, theinsertion portion 355 may slide on the onesurface 370a of the lockingrib 370 and simultaneously theinsertion portion 355 may rotate with thehipseat 130. The elastic force may act on theinsertion portion 355 to the lockingrib 370 direction through theelastic member 353 and theinsertion portion 355 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 320 or thesecond locking groove 330 in response to thehipseat 130 being located in the first posture or the second posture. - For example, as illustrated in
FIG. 9B , in response to thehipseat 130 being located in the first posture, theinsertion portion 355 may be inserted into and fixed to thefirst locking groove 320 and as illustrated inFIG. 9C , in response to thehipseat 130 being located in the second posture, theinsertion portion 355 may be inserted into and fixed to thesecondlocking grooves 330. - In the first posture of the
load control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment, theposture maintaining unit 300 may be disposed in a portion in which thebase 110 and thehipseat 130 are hinge- coupled. Accordingly, the locking handle 357 may be covered with thehinge part 150 of the baby carrier 1. In response to thehinge part 150 being disposed to cover the coupling portion of theload control unit 100, theload control unit 100 may have a neat outer appearance. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being maintained in the first posture, the lockingshaft 350 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 320. The lockingshaft 350 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 320 formed in an upper side of the lockingrib 370 in a folded state of thehipseat 130. - The
first locking groove 320 may be formed in a shape corresponding to theinsertion portion 355 of the lockingshaft 350 and thus the lockingshaft 350 has to be escaped from thefirst locking groove 320 to release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the first posture. - A process of changing the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference toFIGS. 9B and9C . - As illustrated in
FIG. 9B , thehipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 in the first posture. For example, the user may pull the lockingshaft 350 to an arrow direction illustrated inFIG. 9A to change theload control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture. In response to the locking handle 357 being pulled to the arrow direction, theinsertion portion 355 of the lockingshaft 350 may be escaped from thefirst locking groove 320. In response to thehipseat 130 being rotated to the unfolding direction in a state that theinsertion portion 355 is escaped from thefirst locking groove 320, theinsertion portion 355 may slide in a state that the onesurface 370a of the lockingrib 370 is pressed through theelastic member 353 and simultaneously theinsertion portion 355 may be inserted into thesecond locking groove 330. - As illustrated in
FIG 9C , theinsertion portion 355 of the lockingshaft 350 may be inserted into and fixed to thesecond locking groove 330 in response to thehipseat 130 being located in the second posture that thehipseat 130 is completely unfolded. As the lockingshaft 350 is inserted into thesecond locking groove 330, thehipseat 130 may be fixed to maintain the second posture. - The user may move the locking
shaft 350 to the arrow direction illustrated inFIG. 8 to change theload control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture. In response to the locking handle 357 being pulled to the arrow direction, theinsertion portion 355 of the lockingshaft 350 may be escaped from thesecond locking groove 330. In response to thehipseat 130 being rotated to the folding direction in a state that theinsertion portion 355 is escaped from thesecond locking groove 330, theinsertion portion 355 may slide in a state that the onesurface 370a of the lockingrib 370 is pressed through theelastic member 353 and simultaneously theinsertion portion 355 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 320. -
FIG. 10 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a secondposture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG. 11A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through another locking structure according to an exemplary embodiment.FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line H-H ofFIG 11A andFIG. 11C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line G-G ofFIG 10 . - Referring to
FIGS. 10 to 11C ,aposture maintaining unit 400 of aload control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment may include first and second lockinggrooves first locking groove 420 is located in a lower side than thesecond locking groove 430. For example, thefirst locking groove 420 configured to fix thehipseat 130 to the first posture may be located in the lower side than thesecond locking groove 430 configured to fix thehipseat 130 to the second posture. - The load control unit having another locking structure illustrated in
FIG. 10 is different from the load control unit illustrated inFIG 8 that thefirst locking groove 320 is formed in an upper side than thesecond locking groove 330. - In response to the
hipseat 130 in theload control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment being fixed to the second posture, a lockingshaft 450 may be inserted into and fixed to thesecond locking groove 430 formed in an upper side than ahinge hole 153 as illustrated inFIG 11C . Accordingly, the lockingshaft 450 may not be exposed to the outside in response to thehipseat 130 being located to the second posture. The lockingshaft 450 may be disposed in an outer surface of thehipseat 130. - Since a
locking handle 457 is not exposed to the outside in the second posture, the risk that the fixing of thehipseat 130 in the second posture is released due to a misoperation of the user may be reduced. - In the
load control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment, theposture maintaining unit 400 may be disposed in the outer surface of thehipseat 130 in the first posture and thus theposture maintaining unit 400 may be exposed to the outside. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being maintained to the first posture, the lockingshaft 450 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 420 as illustrated inFIG 11B . The lockingshaft 450 may be inserted into thefirst locking groove 420 formed in a lower side than thehinge hole 153 of a fixingbracket 470 in the folded state of thehipseat 130. - The
first locking groove 420 may be formed in a shape corresponding to aninsertion portion 455 of the lockingshaft 450 and thus the lockingshaft 450 has to be drawn out from thefirst locking groove 420 to release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the first posture. - The user may release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the first posture by pulling the locking handle 457 to an arrow direction illustrated in
FIG 10 . The locking handle 457 may be exposed to the outside in the first posture and thus the user may easily approach to thelocking handle 457. Accordingly, it is convenient for the user to change the posture of theload control unit 100. - A process of changing the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures is the same as the process in the exemplary embodiment ofFIG 8 and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted. -
FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a secondposture through a supporting member according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG. 13A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member according to an exemplary embodiment.FIG. 13B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line J-J ofFIG. 13A andFIG. 13C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line I-I ofFIG. 12 . - Referring to
FIGS. 12 to 13C , aposture maintaining unit 500 configured to control theload control unit 100 to be changed from the first or second posture in a state that thehipseat 130 is located in the second posture may be provided in one end of thebase 110. - The
posture maintaining unit 500 may include a supportingmember 510 which one-side ends thereof are hinge-coupled to the hipseat and maintains an unfolded state of the hipseat to the base in the second posture. - One-side ends 512a and 512b of the supporting
member 510 may be hinge-coupled to thehipseat 130 and the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 may be detachably fixed to thehipseat 130 in the first posture and may be held in the base 110 in the second posture. Thesupport member 510 may be formed in a "⊏" shape and the one-side ends 512a and 512b of the supportingmember 510 may be rotatably inserted intoinsertion grooves 511 formed in thehipseat 510. The supportingmember 510 may be rotated from the unfolded hipseat 130 to thebase 110. The other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 may be held in the supportinggroove 513 formed in thebase 110. - The one-side ends of the supporting
member 510 may be disposed in thehipseat 130 and the other-side end of the supportingmember 510 may be held in the base 110 so that thehipseat 130 may be fixed in the second posture. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being located in the first posture, as illustrated inFIG. 13B , the one-side ends 512a and 512b of the supportingmember 510 may be hinge-coupled to thehipseat 130 and the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 may be detachably fixed to a receivinggroove 515 formed in thehipseat 130. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being located in the second posture, as illustrated inFIG. 13C , the one-side ends 512a and 512b of the supportingmember 510 may be hinge-coupled to thehipseat 130 and the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 may be held in the supportinggroove 513 formed in thebase 110. - First and second
snap coupling members hinge part 150 to which thehipseat 130 and the base 110 are hinge-coupled. The first and secondsnap coupling members hinge shaft 151. The firstsnap coupling member 531 may be disposed in thehipseat 130 and the secondsnap coupling member 535 may be disposed in thebase 110. The firstsnap coupling member 531 and the secondsnap coupling member 535 may be disposed close to each other. - The first
snap coupling member 531 may be disposed in a snapcoupling receiving groove 515 formed in thehipseat 130 and may be disposed between anelastic member 533 and the secondsnap coupling member 535. Theelastic member 533 may be disposed in a surface of the firstsnap coupling member 531 which is not close to the secondsnap coupling member 535. Theelastic member 533 may have the elastic force to a direction that the firstsnap coupling member 531 presses the secondsnap coupling member 535. Accordingly, the firstsnap coupling member 531 may press the secondsnap coupling member 535 while the first snap coupling member is rotated with thehipseat 130. One end of the firstsnap coupling member 531 may be in contact with theelastic member 533 and the other end of the firstsnap coupling member 531 may be in contact with the secondsnap coupling member 535. A plurality ofprotrusions 532 which protrude the outer side may be formed in the other end of the firstsnap coupling member 531. - The second
snap coupling member 535 may be disposed in a fixed state to thehinge shaft 151. The secondsnap coupling member 535 may be disposed in thehinge part 150 formed in thebase 110.Grooves 536, which may be coupled to theprotrusions 532 of the firstsnap coupling member 531, may be formed in the one end of the secondsnap coupling member 535 which is in contact with the firstsnap coupling member 531. Theprotrusions 532 and thegrooves 536 may be formed to be engaged to each other in the first or second posture. - The first and second
snap coupling members hipseat 130 being rotated in the first or second posture, the firstsnap coupling member 531 may be rotated through the rotation of thehipseat 130. Accordingly, the coupling of the first and secondsnap coupling members rotating hipseat 130 being located to the first or second posture again, the first and secondsnap coupling members - In response to the
hipseat 130 being changed from the first posture to the second posture, the firstsnap coupling member 531 may be rotated with thehipseat 130 according to the rotation of thehipseat 130. The first and secondsnap coupling members hipseat 130, but theprotrusions 532 of the firstsnap coupling member 531 and thegrooves 536 of the secondsnap coupling member 535 may not be coupled to each other in response to the firstsnap coupling member 531 being rotated. Accordingly, the firstsnap coupling member 531 may linearly move to a direction opposite to a surface of the firstsnap coupling member 531 close to the secondsnap coupling member 535. For example, the firstsnap coupling member 531 may move to a direction in which theelastic member 533 is disposed. In response to thehipseat 130 being located in the second posture, the first and secondsnap coupling members - A process of changing the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference toFIGS. 13B and13C . - To change the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture, the user may simply rotate thehipseat 130 to the unfolding direction and thus the fixing to thehipseat 130 in the first posture may be released. - In response to the
hipseat 130 being located in the second posture, the first and secondsnap coupling members hipseat 130 may be temporarily fixed to a position of the second posture. The user may separate the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 from thehipseat 130 and may hold the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 in the supportinggrove 513 of thebase 110. Accordingly, the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 is held in thebase 110 and thehipseat 130 may be fixed to the second posture. The supportingmember 510 may support thehipseat 130 in the second posture. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being changed from the second posture to the first posture, the user may separate the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 held in the base 110 from the supportinggroove 513 and may fix the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 to the receivinggroove 515 of thehipseat 130. The user may move the other-side end 514 of the supportingmember 510 to thehipseat 130 and may release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the second posture. The locking-releasedhipseat 130 may be folded to the first posture. - In response to the
hipseat 130 being located in the first posture, the first and secondsnap coupling members hipseat 130 may be temporarily fixed to the position of the first posture. The fixing force by the first and secondsnap coupling members hipseat 130 being unfolded through the hand of the user. -
FIG 14 is a perspective view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG. 15A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment.FIG. 15B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line L-L ofFIG. 15A andFIG. 15C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line K-K ofFIG 14 . - Referring to
FIGS. 14 to 15C , aposture maintaining unit 600 of theload control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment may include a supportingmember 600 configured of afirst link 610 of which one end is hinge-coupled to thebase 110 and asecond link 630 of which one end is hinge-coupled to thehipseat 130 and the other end is hinge-coupled to a portion of thefirst link 610. - A hinge
first shaft 613 which is rotatably coupled to the base 110 may be disposed in the one end of thefirst link 610 and athird hinge shaft 650 configured to rotatably couple thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 may be disposed in a central portion of thefirst link 610. Aprotrusion 615 snap-coupled with thesecond link 630 in the second posture may be formed in a portion of thefirst link 610. Theprotrusion 615 of thefirst link 610 may be formed in an upper side than thethird hinge shaft 650. - A
second hinge shaft 633 which is rotatably coupled to thehipseat 130 may be disposed in the one end of thesecond link 630 and thethird hinge shaft 650 configured to rotatably couple thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 may be disposed in a central portion of thesecond link 630. Agroove 635 snap-coupled with thefirst link 610 in the second posture may be formed in a portion of thesecond link 630. Thegroove 635 of thesecond link 630 may be formed in a lower side than thethird hinge shaft 650. - The
third hinge shaft 650 may rotatably couple thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630. Thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 may be rotated in association with each other through thethird hinge shaft 650. - The
first link 610 and thesecond link 630 may be snap- coupled to each other in the second posture. Thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 may partially overlap each other and may be arranged on a straight line in the second posture. Thehipseat 130 may be supported so as not to be folded in a position of the second posture through thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 arranged on the straight line. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being changed from the first posture to the second posture, the user may unfold thehipseat 130 to be located in the position of the second posture. The first andsecond links hipseat 130 may be fixed to the position of the second posture. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being located in the first posture, the first andsecond links - In response to the
load control unit 100 being changed from the second posture to the first posture, the first andsecond links second links third hinge shaft 650 is far away from thebase 110. Thefirst link 610 may be folded so that thethird hinge shaft 650 coupled to thesecond link 630 is located in a lower side than thefirst higne shaft 613 coupled to thebase 110. Thesecond link 630 may be folded so that thethird hinge shaft 650 coupled to thefirst link 610 is located in a lower side than thesecond hinge shaft 633 coupled to thehipseat 130. - The user may apply the force to the
third hinge shaft 650 portion to which thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 are coupled to a direction far away from thebase 110 and thus may release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the second posture. The locking-releasedhipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 while the first andsecond links - As the first and
second links hipseat 130 and the base 110 may be folded in a compact manner. - A process of changing the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described with reference toFIGS. 15B and15C . - The
hipseat 130 may be folded to the base 110 in response to theload control unit 100 being located in the first posture. Thehipseat 130 may overlap thewhole base 110 or at least a portion of the base 110 in the response to theload control unit 100 being located in the first posture. - The user may simply rotate the
hipseat 130 to the unfolding direction to change thehipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from the first posture to the second posture and thus the fixing to thehipseat 130 in the first posture may be released. In response to thehipseat 130 being unfolded by the user, the first andsecond links base 110 and the first andsecond links first link 610 may rotate and move to the unfolding direction of thehipseat 130 and thesecond link 630 may rotate and move to a direction opposite to the unfolding direction of thehipseat 130. In response to thefirst link 610 and thesecond link 630 being arranged on the straight line, theprotrusion 615 of thefirst link 610 may be snap-coupled to thegroove 635 of thesecond link 630. As the first andsecond links hipseat 130 may be fixed to maintain the secondposture. - The user may release the snap-coupling of the
first link 610 and thesecond link 630 to change theload control unit 100 from the second posture to the first posture. The snap-coupling-releasedfirst link 610 may be rotated to a rotation direction that thehipseat 130 is rotated to the first posture and thesecond link 630 may be rotated to a direction opposite to the rotation direction of thehipseat 130. As illustrated inFIG. 15B , the first andsecond links second links -
FIG. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a second posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG. 17A is a front view illustrating a load control unit which maintains a first posture through a supporting member having another structure according to an exemplary embodiment.FIG. 17B is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line N-N ofFIG. 17A andFIG. 17C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line M-M ofFIG. 16 . - Referring to
FIGS. 16 to 17C , aposture maintaining unit 700 of theload control unit 100 according to another exemplary embodiment may include a supportingmember 700 configured of afirst link 710, asecond link 730, and athird link 750. - One end of the
first link 710 may be hinge-coupled to thebase 110 and one end of thesecond link 730 may be hinge-coupled to thehipseat 130 and the other end of thesecond link 730 may be hinge-coupled to the other end of thefirst link 710. One end of thethird link 750 may be hinge- coupled to thehipseat 130 and the other end of thethird link 750 may be slidably coupled to thesecond link 730. - A
first hinge shaft 711 rotatably coupled to the base 110 may be disposed in the one end of thefirst link 710 and asecond hinge shaft 731 rotatably coupled to thehipseat 130 may be disposed in the one end of thesecond link 730. Athird hinge shaft 721 configured to couple thefirst link 710 and thesecond link 730 may be disposed in the other end of thefirst link 710 and the other end of thesecond link 730. Thefirst link 710 and thesecond link 730 may be rotated in association with each other through thethird hinge shaft 721. A supportingend 733 formed to protrude toward thesecond link 730 may be further included in a rear surface of the other end of thefirst link 710. In response to thehipseat 130 being located in the second posture, the supportingend 733 may serve to prevent thefirst link 710 from being rotated to a direction opposite to thebase 110. The supportingend 733 may be formed to support a rear surface of thesecond link 730. - A
fourth hinge shaft 751 rotatably coupled to thehipseat 130 may be disposed in the one end of thethird link 750. The other end of thethird link 750 may be disposed in the center of thesecond link 730 to slidably move along thesecond link 730. - In response to the
hipseat 130 being located to the second posture, thefirst link 710 and thesecond link 730 are arranged on the straight line. Thethird link 750 may support thesecond link 730 so that thefirst link 710 and thesecond link 730 are maintained on the straight line. - The
third link 750 may form a truss structure to support thesecond link 730. Thehipseat 130, thesecond link 730, and thethird link 750 may be mutually arranged to form a triangular shape. The load applied to thehipseat 130 may be applied to thethird link 750 and thethird link 750 may fix thesecond link 730 and thefirst link 710 to be arranged on the straight line. - A plurality of
first links 710 may be formed. For example,first links 710a and 710b may be formed to be disposed in a right side and a left side of thesecond link 730. A pair offirst links 710 may be hinge- coupled to thesecond hinge 730. Thethird hinge shaft 721 may simultaneously hinge-couple the pair offirst links 710 and thesecond link 730. - The
second link 730 may be disposed between the pair offirst links 710 and thesecond link 730 may be hinge-coupled to thefirst link 710 to be rotated in association with thefirst link 710. A movinghole 737 which one end of thethird link 750 is inserted thereinto and thethird link 750 moves along a length direction of thesecond link 730 may be formed in a central portion of thesecond link 730. Aguide groove 735 may be formed in either side of the movinggroove 737 along the length direction of thesecond link 730. - A
guide protrusion 747 disposed in theguide groove 735 of thesecond link 730 may be formed in either side surface of thethird link 750. - A process of changing the
hipseat 130 of theload control unit 100 from any one posture of the first and second postures to the other posture of the first and second postures will be described below. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being changed from the first posture to the second posture, the foldedfirst link 710 may be unfolded to a direction far away from thebase 110 and the foldedsecond link 730 may be unfolded to a direction far away from thehipseat 130. In response to thefirst link 710 and thesecond link 730 being arranged on the straight line, the user may move thethird link 750 to a direction close to thehipseat 130 so that thethird link 750 may support thefirst link 710 and thesecond link 730 to be maintained on the straight line. Thethird link 750 may form a triangular shape in an inner side thereof with thesecond link 730 and thehipseat 130. Accordingly, the truss structure may be formed and the load applied to thehipseat 130 may be supported through the truss structure. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being located in the first posture, thefirst link 710, thesecond link 730, and thethird link 750 may be folded to overlap each other. - In response to the
load control unit 100 being changed from the second posture to the first posture, the user may move thethird link 750 to the direction far away from thehipseat 130. The user may move thethird link 750 along the length direction of thesecond link 730 and release the locking of the hipseat 130 fixed to the second posture. As thethird link 750 moves to a direction far away from thehipseat 130, the truss structure formed through thesecond link 730, thehipseat 130, and thethird link 750 may be collapsed and the fixing of thesecond link 730 and thefirst link 710 may be released. Accordingly, thefirst link 710 may be rotated to a direction close to thebase 110 and thesecond link 730 may be rotated to a direction close to thehipseat 130. Thethird link 750 may be disposed in an inner side of the movinggroove 737 of thesecond link 730 and thesecond link 730 may be disposed between the pair offirst links 710. - In response to the
hipseat 130 being located in the first posture, the first tothird links second link 730 coupled through thethird hinge shaft 721 may be rotated to a direction far away from thebase 110. Thefirst link 710 may be folded so that thethird hinge shaft 721 coupled to thesecond link 730 is located in a lower side than thefirst hinge shaft 711 coupled to thebase 110. Thesecond link 730 may be folded so that thethird hinge shaft 721 coupled to thefirst link 710 may be located in a lower side than thesecond hinge shaft 731 coupled to thehipseat 130. - As the first and
second links hipseat 130 and the base 110 may be folded in a compact manner. - A second
hinge receiving part 753 hinge-coupled to thesecond link 730 may be formed in thehipseat 130 and a fixinggroove 715 to which the secondhinge receiving part 753 is detachably fixed in the first posture may be formed in thebase 110. In response to thehipseat 130 being located in the first posture, the secondhinge receiving part 753 may be inserted into the fixinggroove 715. Accordingly, thehipseat 130 and the base 110 may be folded in a further compact manner. -
FIG 18 is a perspective view illustrating a pull handle provided in a shoulder band or a waist band of a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment. - Referring to
FIG 18 , a fixingring 27 may be further attached to a general band adjustment apparatus. In general, a spare portion of abase band 21 remaining after a length of thebase band 21 is adjusted may dangle and may provide a dirty outer appearance. Accordingly, the remaining spare portion of thebase band 21 may be fixed through the fixingring 27 to overcome the dirty outer appearance. - A
pull handle 25 may be further attached to adjust the length of thebase band 21 in response to the fixingring 27 being applied. The pull handle 25 may be attached to the left andright shoulder bands waist band 30. The lengths of the left andright shoulder bands waist band 30 may be easily adjusted through thepull handle 25. - It may be difficult to adjust the length of the
base band 21 due to applying of the fixingring 27. To solve the difficulty in adjusting the length of thebase band 21, thepull handle 25 configured to adjust the length of thegeneral base band 21 may be further attached. The user may pull up thepull handle 25 to adjust the lengths of the left andright shoulders waist band 30 and thus aspace 22 may be formed as the folded basedband 21 is lifted. Then, the user may pull down thepull handle 25 to adjust the lengths of the left andright shoulders waist band 30. Portions of thepull handle 25 and thebase band 21 remaining after the length adjustment may be neatly arranged through the fixingring 27. -
FIG 19 is a perspective view illustrating an example that a rear fixing member of a baby carrier is attached to a shoulder band according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring toFIG. 19 , in a rear surface of the baby carrier 1 according to an exemplary embodiment, thefastening member 40 may be disposed to be fixed to a front side of the baby carrier. - The
fastening member 40 may include the first andsecond belts right shoulder bands buckles second belts second belts buckles - It may be difficult for the user to find a position of the
fastening member 40 according to a body type of the user and thus it may be difficult for the user to wear the baby carrier 1 by his/herself. Accordingly, thefastening member 40 may be fixed to the front side of the baby carrier all the time in an unfastening state of thefastening member 40 in order for the user to easily fasten thefastening member 40. - A
magnetic fixing unit 45 may be provided in thefastening member 40 and magnets 45b having a different polarity from amagnet 45a formed in thefastening member 40 may be provided even in the left andright shoulder bands fastening member 40 may be detachably disposed in front sides of the left andright shoulder bands - Accordingly, since the
fastening member 40 is always located in the front side of the baby carrier 1, the user may wear the baby carrier 1 and then easily fasten thefastening member 40. - It has been described in the exemplary embodiment that the fixing unit configured to detachably fix the
fastening member 40 to the front sides of the left andright shoulder bands fastening member 40 to the front sides of the left andright shoulder bands unit 45. -
FIGS. 20A and20B are enlarged diagrams illustrating an "0" portion and a rear of the "0" portion illustrated inFIG 19 .FIG. 20C is a cross-sectional diagram taken along line P-P ofFIG. 20B . - Referring to
FIGS. 20A to 20C , the baby carrier 1 according to an exemplary embodiment may include theheadrest 50 which is vertically movable. - The
headrest 50 may be formed to be movable along therail 51 disposed in thebody part 10 and the left andright shoulder bands rail 51 may be disposed in a portion of thebody part 10 and portions of the left andright shoulder bands rail 51 may be concavely curved to correspond to curved shapes of thebody part 10 and the left andright shoulder bands grooves 53 may be formed in therail 51 along a length direction of therail 51. Aguide part 52 configured to guide theheadrest 50 to the length direction of therail 51 may be formed in upper sides of the plurality ofgrooves 53. Theguide part 52 may be formed to protrude toward the outside along the length direction of therail 51. - A
movable member 55 coupled to theheadrest 50 and configured to move along therail 51 may be disposed in therail 51. Acoupling portion 55a of which a fixingprotrusion 56 is formed in one side and aguide groove 57 into which theguide part 52 is inserted may be formed in themovable member 55. Themovable member 55 may further include aguide moving portion 55b formed to surround a portion of theguide part 52 so that themovable member 55 is not deviated from theguide part 52 of therail 51. Theguide groove 57 may be formed in a lower end of themovable member 55 and when viewed in a rear as illustrated inFIG 20B , thecoupling portion 55a may be formed in a central portion of themovable member 55 and theguide moving portions 55b may be formed in both ends of themovable member 55. Thecoupling portion 55a may be disposed in the central portion of themovable member 55 and thus themovable member 55 may be firmly fixed in a specific position after moving. When viewed in a front as illustrated inFIG. 20A , themovable member 55 may be configured of only theguide moving portion 55b. - The
coupling portion 55a may be formed to extend longer than theguide moving portions 55b and may extend to be in contact with thegroove 53 of therail 51. The fixingprotrusion 56 formed to protrude to arail 51 direction may be provided in one end of thecoupling portion 55a. As illustrated inFIG 20C , the fixingprotrusion 56 may be formed to be inserted into thegroove 53 of therail 51. The fixingprotrusion 56 may have a circular cross-section to be inserted into thegroove 53 of therail 51. Thegroove 53 of therail 51 may be formed to have a width slightly larger than a diameter of the fixingprotrusion 56. The fixingprotrusion 56 may be formed to have a length slightly smaller than the width of therail 51. The fixingprotrusion 56 of themovable member 55 may be inserted into thegroove 53 of therail 51 and thus the position of theheadrest 50 may be fixed. - The
headrest 50 may move along the length direction of therail 51. One end of themovable member 55 may be coupled to theheadrest 50 and the other end of themovable member 55 may be movably disposed in therail 51. Themovable member 55 may move to the length direction of therail 51 along theguide part 52 of therail 51 and the fixingprotrusion 56 of thecoupling portion 55a of themovable member 55 may be inserted into thegroove 53 of therail 51. Accordingly, themovable member 55 may be fixed to the position and the final position of theheadrest 50 may be fixed. - The
headrest 50 may be coupled to themovable member 55 through aconnection member 54. Theconnection member 54 may be formed in a portion of theheadrest 50. Aconnection groove 58 to which theconnection member 54 may be couple in a ring shape may be formed in themovable member 55. One end of theconnection member 54 may be formed to extend from theheadrest 50.Members connection member 54. Any members snap-coupled to each other may be employed as themembers connection member 54 being inserted into theconnection groove 58 of themovable member 55 and themembers headrest 50 and themovable member 55 may be coupled to each other. Theheadrest 50 may be detachably attached to themovable member 55 through theconnection member 54. - As the
headrest 50 of the baby carrier 1 vertically moves, the position of theheadrest 50 may be changed according to the developing status and posture of the baby. -
FIG. 21 is a perspective view illustrating an example that a sensing unit is provided in a baby carrier according to an exemplary embodiment andFIG 22 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the sensing unit illustrated inFIG. 21 . - Referring to
FIG. 21 , in the baby carrier 1 according to an exemplary embodiment, asensing unit 60 configured to support the baby may be disposed in thebody part 10. Thesensing unit 60 may be located in the inside of thebody part 10 of the baby carrier and the body of the baby may not be in direct contact with thesensing unit 60. - Referring to
FIG. 22 , thesensing unit 60 may include aweight sensing unit 61, adiaperstate sensing unit 63, aprocessor (see 67 ofFIG. 24 ) a communication unit (see 69 ofFIG. 24 ), and a storage unit (see 68 ofFIG 24 ). - The
sensing unit 60 may be disposed in thebody part 10 so that the hip of the baby is located in thesensing unit 60. - The
weight sensing unit 61 may include anair tube 62 and apressure sensor 61a. Aconnection port 62a configured to couple an inner side of theair tube 62 and thepressure sensor 61a and afirst receiving groove 62b in which thepressure sensor 61a may be disposed may be formed in theair tube 62. Theconnection port 62a may be disposed to couple thepressure sensor 61a to the inner side of theair tube 62. Thefirst receiving groove 62b may be disposed coupled to the inner side of theair tube 62. Accordingly, thepressure sensor 61a may be disposed in thefirst receiving groove 62b to detect pressure change of theair tube 62. - The pressure of the
air tube 62 before and after the baby sits on thesensing unit 60 may be measured through thepressure sensor 61a and the weight of the baby may be detected through the measured value. As thesensing unit 60 on which the baby sits is configured of theair tube 62 and includes thepressure sensor 61a, the weight of the baby who sits on the baby carrier 1 may be detected through the pressure sensor and the sensing unit may notify the user of the weight of the baby in the growth of the baby. - The diaper
state sensing unit 63 may include sensors configured to measure temperature, humidity, and gas or anintegrated sensor 65 thereof. - The
integrated sensor 65 may be disposed in anupper frame 64a and alower frame 64b and may be disposed in the inner side of theair tube 62 in an inserted state into acradle 66. Asecond receiving groove 62c configured to receive the diaperstate sensing unit 63 may be formed in theair tube 62. Thesecond receiving groove 62c may be formed in the center of theair tube 62 to be close to the body of the baby or a diaper worn by the baby. In response to the baby being sat, the diaperstate sensing unit 63 may detect temperature, humidity, and gas around thesensing unit 60. A 6-axis sensor (an acceleration sensor + a gyro sensor) may be further included and thus the sloping degree of the baby carrier may be detected in wearing of the baby carrier. -
FIG 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a state monitoring system of a baby and a diaper using a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment. - Referring to
FIG 23 , a baby and diaperstate monitoring system 1000 using an external apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment may include asensing unit 60 attached to be close the diaper of the baby and anexternal apparatus 80 of the user. Thesensing unit 60 which is close to the body of the baby (or the diaper worn by the bay) may measure the diaper state and the weight of the baby. For example, thesensing unit 60 may detect temperature, humidity, gas, and pressure. Thesensing unit 60 may be close to the diaper of the baby and may measure signals related to the diaper state of the baby and the weight of the baby. Thesensing unit 60 may transmit the measured signals for the baby to theexternal apparatus 80. - The
external apparatus 80 of the user may receive a plurality of signals measured from thesensing unit 60. Theexternal apparatus 80 of the user may calculate the weight of the baby using the plurality of received signals and determine the diaper state of the baby. For example, theexternal apparatus 80 of the user may display the wright of the baby based on the plurality of received signals and represent the diaper state of the baby with weather. The user may determine the baby state as one of a sunny state, a cloudy state, a rainy state, and a thunder state according to the diaper state. - For clarity, it has been described and illustrated that the
external apparatus 80 of the user is a smart phone of the user, but theexternal apparatus 80 of the user may be substantially implemented with a display device such as a smart television (TV), a tablet personal computer (PC), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a smart watch or a lamp (not shown) configured to provide the alarm through change in light of a light emitting diode (LED). -
FIG 24 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment. - Referring to
FIG 24 , thesensing unit 60 according to an exemplary embodiment may include theweight sensing unit 61, the diaperstate sensing unit 63, theprocessor 67, thecommunication unit 69, and thestorage unit 68. - The
sensing unit 60 according to an exemplary embodiment may be disposed close to the diaper of the baby and may measure a plurality of signals related to the baby and the diaper. - The
weight sensing unit 61 may measure a signal relate to the weight of the baby. For example, theweight sensing unit 61 may be configured of thepressure sensor 61a and theair tube 62. Thepressure sensor 61a may be disposed to measure the pressure of theair tube 62. Thepressure sensor 61a may detect the pressure change of theair tube 62. Thepressure sensor 61a may measure the physical change such as air pressure, a magnitude of force, and the like through theair tube 62. - The diaper
state sensing unit 63 may measure the signal related the diaper state of the baby. For example, the diaperstate sensing unit 63 may include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or anintegrated sensor 65 thereof. - The diaper
state sensing unit 63 may be disposed close to the diaper of the baby and may detect temperature, humidity, and gas of the diaper. The diaperstate sensing unit 63 may measure the state of the diaper through detected values. To couple thesensing unit 60 and theexternal apparatus 80 of the user, thecommunication unit 69 may use a wired communication method which couples thesensing unit 60 to the external apparatus through a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network or a wireless communication method (for example, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBRO), WiFi, Bluetooth, and the like). - The
communication unit 69 may transmit the plurality of signals measured through theweight sensing unit 61 and the diaperstate sensing unit 63 or result values processed through theprocessor 67 to theexternal apparatus 80 of the user according to an exemplary embodiment. Thecommunication unit 69 may determine the weight of the baby determined based on the plurality of signals for the baby measured through theweight sensing unit 61 and the diaperstate sensing unit 63 or may transmit information for the diaper state of the baby to the external apparatus - The
storage unit 68 may store the plurality of signals measured through theweight sensing unit 61 and the diaperstate sensing unit 63. - The
processor 67 may control theweight sensing unit 61 and the diaperstate sensing unit 63 to measure a plurality of pieces of information for the baby and the diaper. Theprocessor 67 may control thecommunication unit 69 to transmit the plurality of measured signals to theexternal apparatus 80. - The
processor 67 may control thestorage unit 68 to store a plurality of bio-signals measured through theweight sensing unit 61 and the diaperstate sensing unit 63. - The
processor 67 may determine the wright of the baby or the diaper state of the user using the plurality of measured signals. -
FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an external apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment and FI G 26 is a diagram illustrating an example that a state of a baby detected through a sensing unit is displayed in a display of a smart phone according to an exemplary embodiment. - Referring to
FIG. 25 , theexternal apparatus 80 of the user may include acommunication unit 83, astorage unit 85, aspeaker 87, adisplay 89, and aprocessor 81. - The
external apparatus 80 of the user may determine the weight of the baby or the diaper state of the baby by receiving the plurality of signals for the weight and the diaper state of the baby from thesensing unit 60. For example, theexternal apparatus 80 of the user may be a display device which may be portable through the user such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PMP, a PDA, and a smart watch or a display device which may not be portable through the user such as a smart TV. In another example, theexternal apparatus 80 of the user may be a lamp and the like configured to provide the alarm through change in light of a LED. - To couple the
sensing unit 60 and theexternal apparatus 80 of the user, thecommunication unit 83 may use a wired communication method which couples the sensing unit and the external apparatus through a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network or a wireless communication method (for example, GSM, UMTS, LTE, WiBRO, WiFi, Bluetooth, and the like). - The
communication unit 83 may receive the signal for the weight of the baby and the signal for the diaper state of the baby measured through thesensing unit 60. - The
processor 81 may determine the weight of the baby using the pressure signal received through thecommunication unit 83. For example, theprocessor 81 may output the weight of the baby using a Fussy algorithm based on the received pressure signal. Accordingly, the weight of the baby may be easily measured in home. - It has been described that the algorithm for estimating the weight and determining the diaper state is processed in the
processor 81 of the external apparatus, but this is not limited thereto. The algorithm for estimating the weight and determining the diaper state may be processed through theprocessor 67 of thesensing unit 60 included in the baby carrier 1. - The
display 89 may display information for the measured weight of the baby. - The
processor 81 may determine the diaper state of the baby using the plurality of signals received through thecommunication unit 83. For example, theprocessor 81 may represent the diaper state of the baby with weather based on the plurality of signals for the received diaper state. Theprocessor 81 may determine the baby state as one of a sunny state, a cloudy state, a rainy state, and a thunder and lightning state according to the diaper state. - The information for the diaper state of the baby determined through the
processor 67 of thesensing unit 60 or theprocessor 81 of theexternal apparatus 80 may be displayed in theexternal apparatus 80 of the user. - A
speaker 87 may provide a sound alarm. - The
display 89 may display the information for the diaper state of the baby. For example, as illustrated inFIG. 26A ) thedisplay 89 may display the diaper state of the baby with a sunny state in response to the diaper being in a clean state that change of the diaper being not necessary. In another example, as illustrated inFIG. 26B ) the humidity of the diaper may be slightly increased and a small amount of urine may be expected. In this example, the diaper state may be displayed with a cloudy state. In another example, as illustrated inFIG. 26C , the diaper state of the baby may be displayed with a rainy state. In response to the humidity of the diaper of the baby being further increased, the diaper state may be displayed with a rainy state. In another example, as illustrated inFIG. 26D , the diaper state of the baby may be displayed with a thunder state. In this example, the thunder state may refer to a state that stool, a large amount of urine, or the like is defecated in the diaper. The sound alarm may be simultaneously provided through thespeaker 87. - The foregoing exemplary embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. The present teaching can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. Also, the description of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims, and many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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- A baby carrier (1) comprising:a body part (10);a pair of shoulder bands (20a, 20b) coupled to opposite sides of an upper portion of the body part (10);a waist band (30) coupled to a lower portion of the body part (10);a load control unit which is coupled to the waist band (30) and is changed to any one posture of a first posture and a second posture to switch a load- applied direction,wherein a ratio of loads applied to the shoulder bands (20a, 20b) and the waist band (30) is changed in response to the load control unit being changed from the one posture of the first posture and the second posture to the other posture of the first posture and the second posture, wherein the load control unit does not receive a load applied to a coupling portion of the shoulder bands (20a, 20b) and the waist band (30) in the first posture anddisperses a portion of the load applied to the shoulder bands (20a, 20b) to the waist band (30) in the second posture, wherein the load control unit includes:a base (110) detachably coupled to the waist band (30);a hipseat (130) hinge-coupled to the base (110) and configured to rotate to the first posture that the hipseat (130) is folded to the base (110) and the second posture that the hipseat (130) is unfolded to maintain a fixed angle to the base (110); anda posture maintaining unit (200) configured to maintain a position of the hipseat (130) in the one posture of the first posture and the second posture, wherein the posture maintaining unit (200) includes:a locking shaft (250) elastically movably disposed in any one of the base (110) and the hipseat (130); anda locking groove (220) which is formed in the other one of the base (110) and the hipseat (130) and the locking shaft (250) is fixedly coupled thereto, wherein the locking groove (220) includes a first groove and a second groove which the locking shaft (250) is selectively inserted thereinto, andthe locking groove (220) maintains the first posture in response to the locking shaft (250) being inserted into the first groove and maintains the second posture in response to the locking shaft (250) being inserted into the second groove, characterized in that the first groove is formed in an arc shape along a rotation direction of the hipseat (130).
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cam surface (223), which is inclined to a direction that a depth of the first groove is increased far away from the second groove, is formed in the first groove.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the posture maintaining unit (200) includes:a locking shaft (250) elastically movably disposed in the hipseat (130); anda locking groove (220) which is formed in the base (110) and the locking shaft (250) is fixedly coupled thereto, andwherein the locking shaft (250) is disposed in an inner side or an outer side of the hipseat (130).
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the posture maintaining unit (200) is hinge-coupled to the hipseat (130) and maintains an unfolded state of the hipseat (130) to the base (110) in the second posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim in 4, wherein the other end of the posture maintaining unit (200) is detachably fixed to the hipseat (130) in the first posture and is held in the base (110) in the second posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 5, wherein the posture maintaining unit (200) includes:a first snap coupling member (531) disposed in any one of the base (110) and the hipseat (130); anda second snap coupling member (535) disposed in the other one of the base (110) and the hipseat (130),wherein the first and second snap coupling members (531, 532) are mutually snap-coupled in the second posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first and second snap coupling members (531, 532) are disposed in a portion in which the base (110) and the hipseat (130) are hinge-coupled.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the posture maintaining unit (200) includes:a first link (610) of which one end is hinge-coupled to the base (110); anda second link (630) of which one end is hinge-coupled to the hipseat (130) and the other end is hinge-coupled to a portion of the first link (610).
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first link (610) and the second link (630) are mutually snap-coupled in the second posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 9, wherein a protrusion is formed in any one of the first link (610) and the second link (630) and a groove to which the protrusion is snap-coupled is formed in the other one of the first link (610) and the second link (630).
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the posture maintaining unit (200) further includes a third link of which one end is hinge- coupled to the hipseat (130) and the other end is slidably coupled to the second link (630).
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 11, wherein the third link is disposed in a truss structure with the second link (630) in the second posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 11, wherein the third link overlaps the second link (630) in the first posture and the second link (630) overlaps the first link (610) in the first posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the hipseat (130) includes a hinge part hinge-coupled to the second link (630) and the base (110) includes a fixing groove (715) to which the hinge part is detachably fixed in the first posture.
- The baby carrier (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hipseat (130) is formed to have a structure that opposite sides thereof are inclined.
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