BACKPACK WITH A CHILD SEAT SECURE DEVICE

Abstract

A backpack with an integrated child seat secure device for securing a child while seated in a chair is disclosed. The backpack comprises a compartment, a shoulder harness system, and a back support for supporting the back of a carrier person. The back support comprises a front cover and a back cover connected to the front cover, wherein the front cover and the back cover forms a space between each other for receiving a backrest of the chair. The child seat support device further comprises a leg strap connected to the front cover and arranged to be situated between the legs of the child, and two side straps, each with one end connected to the back cover and opposite end connectable to the leg strap, providing a three-point connection system such that the child is secured to the chair.

Claims

1. A backpack with an integrated child seat secure device for securing a child while seated in a chair, wherein the backpack comprises a compartment, a shoulder harness system, and a back support for supporting the back of a carrier person, wherein the back support comprises a front cover and a back cover, wherein the front cover is a flap, a projecting or hanging piece attached to an upper end of the back cover, and wherein the flap and the back cover creates a space between the flap and the back cover for receiving a backrest of the chair, wherein the backpack further comprises: a leg strap connected to the flap and arranged to be situated between legs of the child, and two side straps, each of the two side straps with one end connected to the back cover and an opposite end connectable to the leg strap, providing a three-point connection system for the child to be secured to the chair.

2. The backpack according to claim 1, wherein the flap is attached to a top end of the back cover, creating a fold, so that the flap and the back cover is are arranged next to each other, side by side, each with a wide surface facing each other, and wherein an inside of the fold is adapted to abut against a top section of a backrest of the chair.

3. The backpack according to claim 1, wherein the back support comprises a closing arrangement for closing off the space between the front cover and the back cover.

4. The backpack according to claim 3, wherein the closing arrangement is a zipper provided at a perimeter of the flap and back cover.

5. The backpack according to claim 1, wherein the leg strap is a Y-shaped strap with three connection points, one at a bottom centre of the leg strap connected to a bottom end of the flap and two at the upper sides of the leg strap adapted to be connectable to the two side straps.

6. The backpack according to claim 3, wherein the back support is operable between a carrying position in which the space is closed off by the closing arrangement, and a child seat secure position in which the space is open such that the space can receive the backrest of the chair.

7. The backpack according to claim 6, wherein in the carrying position, the leg strap and the two side straps are folded and closed inside the space.

8. The backpack according to claim 6, wherein in the child seat secure position, the flap and the back cover are located on either side of the backrest of the chair, the flap located on a front side of the chair and the back cover is located on a back side of the chair, wherein the child is positioned onto the flap with the leg strap between the legs and the child is secured by connecting the two side straps to the legs strap.

9. The backpack according to claim 1, wherein the shoulder harness system comprises two shoulder straps and wherein the two shoulder straps are connected to the back cover and/or the flap at an upper end of each of the two shoulder straps and to the back cover at a lower end of each of the two shoulder straps.

10. A method of securing a child to a chair by a backpack according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises: opening the closing arrangement so that the flap is partly separated from the back cover and such that the space is revealed, deploying the back support onto the backrest of the chair so that the backrest is received into the space, bringing the two side straps and the leg strap in position, placing the child onto the flap so that the leg strap is situated between the legs of the child, securing the side straps around the sides of the backrest to the leg strap for providing a three-point connection, adjusting the side straps and/or the leg strap for tight and secure fit.

11. The backpack according to claim 2, wherein the back support comprises a closing arrangement for closing off the space between the front cover and the back cover.

12. The backpack according to claim 2, wherein the leg strap is a Y-shaped strap with three connection points, one at a bottom centre of the leg strap connected to a bottom end of the flap and two at the upper sides of the leg strap adapted to be connectable to the two side straps.

13. The backpack according to claim 4, wherein the back support is operable between a carrying position in which the space is closed off by the closing arrangement, and a child seat secure position in which the space is open such that the space can receive the backrest of the chair.

14. The backpack according to claim 7, wherein in the child seat secure position, the flap and the back cover are located on either side of the backrest of the chair, the flap located on a front side of the chair and the back cover is located on a back side of the chair, wherein the child is positioned onto the flap with the leg strap between the legs and the child is secured by connecting the two side straps to the legs strap.

15. The backpack according to claim 2, wherein the shoulder harness system comprises two shoulder straps and wherein the two shoulder straps are connected to the back cover and/or the flap at an upper end of each of the two shoulder straps and to the back cover at a lower end of each of the two shoulder straps.

16. A method of securing a child to a chair by a backpack according to claim 2, wherein the method comprises: opening the closing arrangement so that the flap is partly separated from the back cover and such that the space is revealed, deploying the back support onto the backrest of the chair so that the backrest is received into the space, bringing the two side straps and the leg strap in position, placing the child onto the flap so that the leg strap is situated between the legs of the child, securing the side straps around the sides of the backrest to the leg strap for providing a three-point connection, adjusting the side straps and/or the leg strap for tight and secure fit.

17. The backpack according to claim 11, wherein the closing arrangement is a zipper provided at a perimeter of the flap and back cover.

18. The backpack according to claim 5, wherein the back support is operable between a carrying position in which the space is closed off by the closing arrangement, and a child seat secure position in which the space is open such that the space can receive the backrest of the chair.

19. The backpack according to claim 13, wherein in the carrying position, the leg strap and the two side straps are folded and closed inside the space.

20. The backpack according to claim 3, wherein the shoulder harness system comprises two shoulder straps and wherein the two shoulder straps are connected to the back cover and/or the flap at an upper end of each of the two shoulder straps and to the back cover at a lower end of each of the two shoulder straps.

Description

FIGURES

[0039] The invention will now be described with reference to the attached figures, wherein:

[0040] FIG. 1 shows a backpack comprising a comprises a compartment, a shoulder harness system with two shoulder straps, and a back support.

[0041] FIG. 2 shows a back support comprising a front cover and a back cover connected to the front cover providing a space between the covers.

[0042] FIG. 3 shows the backpack mounted on a chair and with the backrest of the chair received into the space between the front and back covers.

[0043] FIG. 4 shows a child positioned on a chair and secured by the child seat secure device of the backpack.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0044] In the following, exemplified embodiments of the invention will be discussed in detail with reference to the appended figures. It should be understood, however, that the figures are not intended to limit the invention to the subject-matter depicted in the figures.

[0045] FIG. 1 shows a backpack 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The backpack 10 comprises a compartment 11 for carrying necessities, a shoulder harness system 12 comprising shoulder straps for carrying the backpack 10 onto the shoulders, and a back support 13 adapted to support the back of the carrier person. The back support 13 comprises a closing arrangement 20 for connecting or separating the front cover 14 from the back cover 15 and for closing or opening of the space 16 between the covers 14,15. The FIG. 1 shows the closing/locking arrangement as a zipper 21 provided at a perimeter of the front and back cover 14,15.

[0046] FIG. 2 shows that the front cover 14 is a flap, a projecting or hanging piece attached to the upper end of the back cover 15. The flap 14 and the back cover 15 creates a space between each other for receiving a backrest of the chair 31. The flap 14 may have same size and dimension as the back cover 15, so that it fits to a footprint of the back cover 15, and the opening of the flap is directed downwards. The free- and open end of the flap 14 may be closed by a closing arrangement 20, such as a zipper 21.

[0047] FIG. 2 shows the backpack 10 and the back support 13, wherein the zipper 21 of the back support 13 is in the open position so that the front cover 14 is separated from the back cover 15. The front cover 14 is connected to the back cover 15 at a top end of the covers 14,15 such that a space 16 is provided between the covers 14,15. The covers 14,15 being arranged next to each other and comprises complementary closing/locking arrangements.

[0048] The back support 13 is operable between a carrying position in which the space 16 is closed off by the closing arrangement 20 (zipper 21), and a child seat secure position in which the space 16 is open such that it can receive the backrest 32 of the chair 31.

[0049] The child seat support device further comprises a leg strap 17 connected to the front cover 14 and arranged to be situated between the legs of the child 30 (see FIG. 4), and two side straps 18, each with one end connected to the back cover 15 and opposite end connectable to the leg strap 17, providing a three-point connection system such that the child 30 is secured to the chair 31. The leg strap 17 and the side straps 18 are foldable into the space 16 in the carrying position so that they are folded away while not in use and are not in the way.

[0050] FIG. 3 shows the backpack 10 positioned onto a chair 31, the child seat support device partly enclosing a backrest 32 of the chair 31. The back seat support 13 is in the child seat secure position so that at least a section of the backrest 32 is received into the space 16.

[0051] The adjustable leg strap 17 is Y-shaped and has three connection points, one in the bottom centre connected to the bottom end of the front cover 14, and two at the upper sides adapted to be connectable to the two side straps 18. The side straps 18 and the leg straps 17 may be adjustable for tight fit around and supporting the hip and waist of the child 30.

[0052] The backpack 10 further comprises a shoulder harness comprising two shoulder straps 12 for fitting onto the shoulder of the carrier person. The shoulder straps 12 are adjustable in a traditional manner by straps and buckles as shown in the FIGS. 2 and 3 and attached at its upper end to the fold between the front and back cover 14,15, and at its lower end to the back cover 15. It extends from the fold and across the front surface of the front cover 14 and towards the lower and of the backpack 10 at the lower end of the back cover 15. The shoulder straps 12 may therefore be used as a securing means for securing and tightening the backpack 10 to the backrest of the chair 31 when used as a child seat support device. The shoulder straps 12 provides a securing device for tightly securing the backpack 10 to the backrest of the chair 31, by adjusting the shoulder strap 12 adjustment system for strapping the backpack 10 to the chair 31.

[0053] The backpack 10 may further comprise a hip belt, an adjustable hip tightening belt for distributing the backpack carrying weight onto the hips of the carrier person. The hip belt (not shown in figures) may also be used as a securing means for securing and tightening the backpack 10 to the backrest of the chair 31 when used as a child seat support device. It may be located adjacent the lower end of the shoulder straps 12 and in use secured around (encircling) the front surface of the front cover 14 for securing the back support 13 to the chair 31.

[0054] FIG. 4 shows a child 30 positioned into the child seat support device of the backpack 10. The leg strap 17 is located between the legs of the child 30 and adjusted by tensioning the bottom end of the leg strap 17. The side straps 18 are connected to the upper part of the leg strap 17 and secured and tightened by adjusting the buckle on the side straps 18.

[0055] In the child seat secure position as shown in FIG. 4, the front cover 14 is folded over a top of the backrest 32 of the chair 31 so that the front cover 14 is located at a front side of the chair 31 and the child 30 sitting on a lower section of the front cover 14, and the back cover 15 is located at the back side of the chair 31. The compartment 11 of the backpack 10 are easily accessible at the back of the chair.

[0056] The backpack 10 of the present invention provides a flexible device that can be used both as a backpack 10 and a child seat secure device if needed. When not in use as a child seat secure device the straps 16,17 are easily folded away into the gap 16 and closed off, so that they are not visible or get tangled up.