The present invention refers to an infant seat ( 10 ), in particular to be mounted to a baby carriage in a detachable manner, designed in such a way that it exhibits a seat configuration and coming from said seat configuration is transformable into a carry configuration, in which the infant seat may be used as a carrycot. According to the invention it is provided that the infant seat ( 10 ) comprises a separate unit serving as a carrycot ( 20 ), which is arranged in the seat configuration beneath an upper shell ( 12 ) of the infant seat ( 10 ). It is a particular advantage of the invention that the infant seat ( 10 ) can be transformed into the carrycot ( 20 ) with a small number of hand movements only. Furthermore in the mounted condition of the infant seat which is the seat configuration the carrycot is stored within the infant seat in a space saving manner.
1. Infant seat, to be mounted to a baby carriage in a detachable manner, designed in such a way that the infant seat exhibits a seat configuration and coming from said seat configuration is transformable into a carry configuration, in which the infant seat may be used as a carrycot,
wherein the infant seat ( 10 ) comprises a separate unit serving as a carrycot ( 20 ), which is arranged in the seat configuration beneath an upper shell ( 12 ) of the infant seat ( 10 ), in said seat configuration the carrycot ( 20 ) being in a folded state wherein the carrycot ( 20 ) has a low height only,
wherein said separate unit serving as the carrycot ( 20 ) in the seat configuration is disposed between the upper shell ( 12 ) and at least one lower shell ( 11 ) of the infant seat ( 10 ),
wherein the at least one lower shell ( 11 ) exhibits a concave receiving space ( 111 ), which in the seat configuration receives the unit serving as the carrycot at least partly, and
wherein the unit serving as the carrycot ( 20 ) in the seat configuration and/or in a transport state of the infant seat ( 10 ) is received between the upper shell ( 12 ) and the at least one lower shell ( 11 ) and is encased completely between the upper shell and the at least one lower shell ( 11 ).
2. Infant seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the infant seat comprises at least one handle bar ( 29 ) which can be mounted to the infant seat ( 10 ) in a detachable manner in the seat configuration, wherein said handle bar ( 29 ) also can be mounted to the carrycot ( 20 ) in a detachable manner.
3. Infant seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the infant seat ( 10 ) in the seat configuration can be mounted to a base frame ( 30 ) of a baby carriage, wherein in said seat configuration the infant seat ( 10 ) comprises the carrycot ( 20 ).
4. Infant seat according to claim 1 , wherein in the seat configuration the infant seat ( 10 ) can be mounted to a stand ( 40 ) by means of mounting devices ( 41 ) in a detachable manner.
5. Infant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the carrycot ( 20 ) can be mounted to mounting devices ( 41 ) of a stand by means of connecting elements ( 212 ) in a manner that said carrycot can be tilted around a horizontal axis.
6. Baby carriage, wherein the baby carriage comprises at least one infant seat ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , which is able to be mounted to a base frame ( 30 ) of the baby carriage in a detachable manner.
7. High chair for infants, wherein the high chair comprises at least one infant seat ( 10 ) or at least one carrycot ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , which can be mounted to a stand ( 40 ) by means of mounting devices ( 41 ) in a detachable manner.
8. Infant seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the infant seat is transformable from the seat configuration configured to receive a baby in a seated position, into a carry configuration configured to receive a baby in a lying configuration; and
wherein the infant seat is mountable to a base frame in a detachable manner.
9. The infant seat according to claim 1 , wherein when the carrycot ( 20 ) has the low height only, the carrycot ( 20 ) is housed in a space formed between the upper shell ( 12 ) and the at least one lower shell ( 11 ).
10. The infant seat according to claim 1 , wherein the low height only is about the height of an outer frame ( 22 , 23 ) of the carrycot ( 20 ).
11. Infant seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein a handle bar ( 29 ) can be mounted to the frame ( 22 , 23 ) in a detachable manner by means of insertable connecting elements ( 292 , 215 ), wherein said frame ( 22 , 23 ) is arranged on the carrycot ( 20 ).
12. Infant seat according to claim 11 ,
wherein the handle bar ( 29 ) can be mounted to the infant seat ( 10 ) and/or to the carrycot ( 20 ) by releasable snap or click means ( 293 , 216 ).
13. Infant seat according to claim 1 , wherein in the carry configuration the carrycot ( 20 ) can be mounted by means of connecting elements ( 212 ) to a stand ( 40 ) in a detachable manner.
14. Infant seat according to claim 13 , wherein connecting elements ( 212 ) are disposed at the infant seat ( 10 ) or at the carrycot ( 20 ), which can be mounted to mounting devices ( 31 , 41 ) by hooking said connecting elements into a receiving groove ( 311 ), said mounting devices being disposed at a base frame ( 30 ) of a baby carriage or at a stand ( 40 ).
15. Infant seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the upper shell ( 12 ) and the at least one lower shell ( 11 ) can be connected to each other in their respective circumferential border areas to result one single unit.
16. Infant seat according to claim 15 ,
wherein as a connecting means to connect the upper shell ( 12 ) and the at least one lower shell ( 11 ) with each other at least one zip fastener ( 13 , 14 ) or hook-and-loop fastener or any other suitable connecting means is provided.
17. Infant seat according to claim 16 ,
wherein the carrycot ( 20 ) has a circumferential frame ( 22 , 23 ), a foldable side area ( 24 ) and a bottom ( 25 ) and that in the folded state the height of the carrycot is essentially defined by the height of the circumferential frame ( 22 , 23 ).
18. Infant seat according to claim 17 , wherein in the carry configuration the foldable side area ( 24 ) is unfolded and stabilized by support elements ( 27 ) and that in the carry configuration the carrycot ( 20 ) has a height in a direction perpendicular to the bottom ( 25 ) which is sufficient to receive a baby.