IP Library Granted Patent US 11,445,832
Granted Patent B2
US 11,445,832 · App. 17/098,806 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Holder including a vertical holding part and a swing mechanism

Inventors: Tomoya Watanabe (Maebashi, JP); Akihiko Ishida (Kiryu, JP); Yasuo Aihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Ai-met NEO Co., Ltd.
A47D1/006A47D1/06A47D1/08B60N2/2821B60N2/2839B60N2/2848B62B7/12B62B9/22
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Patent No.
US 11,445,832
App. No.
17/098,806
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A holder includes a vertical holding part configured to support an infant in a vertical posture so that the head is positioned vertically, in which the vertical holding part has a front pad part extending in a vertical direction and configured to support the infant from a front of the infant, at least from the abdomen to the chest of the infant.

Claims (19)

1. A holder comprising:

a vertical holding part configured to support a user in a vertical posture so that a head is positioned vertically; and

a swing mechanism configured to swing the vertical holding part,

wherein the vertical holding part has a front pad part extending in a vertical direction and configured to support the user from a front of the user, at least from an abdomen to a chest of the user,

wherein the vertical holding part is freely attachable to and detachable from the swing mechanism below the vertical holding part, and

wherein a position of a center of gravity of the swing mechanism is on a side opposite to the front pad part across a position where the vertical holding part is attached to the swing mechanism.

2. The holder according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a carrier configured to support a lower side and a back of the user.

3. The holder according to claim 2 , wherein

the carrier has a seat part configured to hold at least the back of the user and a band part configured to suspend the seat part, and

the holder includes a band support part provided above the vertical holding part and configured to support the band part.

4. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein a temporary seating surface on which the user is placeable is provided below the vertical holding part.

5. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical holding part has at least one bulging part in which a central part in a left-right direction is adapted to bulge toward a user side from both sides in the left-right direction orthogonal to a direction between the user side and a side opposite to the user and the vertical direction, the bulging part extending in the vertical direction of the vertical holding part.

6. The holder according to claim 5 , wherein two bulging parts are disposed side by side in the left-right direction.

7. The holder according to claim 5 , wherein the vertical holding part has a convex part adapted to protrude toward the user, and

the bulging parts are disposed above the convex part.

8. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the swing mechanism swings the vertical holding part in at least one of a vertical direction and a pivoting direction.

9. The holder according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an attachment configured to attach and detach the vertical holding part to and from the swing mechanism.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
To: AI-MET NEO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 060336/0939 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2020
From: WATANABE, TOMOYA; ISHIDA, AKIHIKO; AIHARA, YASUO
To: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.; AI-MET NEO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054386/0891 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-225820 · Dec 13, 2019 · national
JP JP2020-040338 · Mar 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210177160A1 · Jun 17, 2021