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IMAGINE CUP 2010

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Case Study[Description: This section describes the case study (problem) that the team is facing(regular terms, not technical descriptions). The team needs to show the actualsituation and the future that they want to build. This information is the general purposeof the project.

arrying a child upon one's hip is the most natural and indeed the most likely choice when working about thehouse. The difficulty two fold. One in order to maintain the child on the hip. One must bend laterally in order to center the combinedweight of

oneself and the child while at the same moment increasing the horizontality of the hip. This is tiresome and unhealthy for the parent, however,

the child is quite content being in close proximity to the parent. The second difficulity is thatone or both hands must be employed constantly in

order to insure the childs continued position.

This invention relates to improvements in carrier devices and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a child carryingharness.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The transporting of small children or infants by carrying of the child by hand presents many problems for mothers or others,particularly when the child is being carried while the mother is shopping, or is trying to accomplish other deeds or acts. Theadvantages of carrying of the child by supporting the child from the body of the mother, or other person, in a manner wherein thehands of the mother are free from holding the child have been recognized, and several attempts at providing devices for

supporting the child in this manner have been made. For example, the Kehlenbeck U.S. Pat. No. 522,018, issued June 26, 1894,entitled "Baby-Carrier;" Sutter U.S. Pat. No. 781,033, issued Jan. 31, 1905, entitled "Baby Carrier;" Averill U.S. Pat. No.1,039,009, issued Sept. 17, 1912, entitled "Baby Carrier;" Lippincott U.S. Pat. No. 1,196,003, issued Aug. 29, 1916, entitled"Baby Carrier;" Wood U.S. Pat. No. 2,409,331, issued Oct. 15, 1964, entitled "Baby Carrier;" Thompson U.S. Pat. No. 2,689,672,issued Sept. 21, 1954, entitled "Infant Carrier;" and the Bolton U.S. Pat. No. 3,841,543, issued Oct. 15, 1974, entitled "InfantCarrier." These devices have certain disadvantages, however, in that generally they do not provide sufficient support for the childin order to be safe for the carrying of the child, and the position in which the child must be carried while supported in the device isinconvenient and restrictive for the child itself.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention contemplates a novel child carrying harness which has been particularly designed and constructed forovercoming the foregoing disadvantages. The novel harness apparatus is of a substantially flat planar overall configuration andcomprises a main saddle portion which forms a support or seat for the child. A pair of relatively short straps or flaps extendoutwardly from one long side of the saddle portion, and each is provided with a suitable hitch or clasp means. A pair of elongatedstrap members extend outwardly from the saddle portion in opposite directions with respect to the flaps and each is sufficientlylong as to encircle a portion of the body of the person carrying or supporting the child. One of the straps is initially wrappedaround the waist of the support person, and the free end of the strap encircling the waist of the support person is then fastened tothe clasp means of one of the flap members. The saddle portion is then wrapped around the baby's "bottom" and between itslegs. The other strap member is then wrapped around the upper torso portion and neck of the support person, and the free end ofthe second strap is fastened to the clasp of the other flap member. This results in a suspended harness-type structure whichholds the child on a hip of the support person and either hip may be utilized in accordance with the desired position of the supportperson. The child is supported from the body of the support person in a manner which is both comfortable and safe for the childand support person, and leaves both hands of

Vision[Description: This section describes with details and precision the vision of the

solution that the project covers. This vision needs to fully describe the future solutionand needs to be the motivation of the team.

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Solution[Description: This section describes in general terms the technical approach thatthey will choose in order to meet the customer needs within the solution. This includesa deep understanding of the customer needs, the main functions and the technicaland architectural design that the solution will have. You can utilise diagrams to

describe the solution.

Goal, Objectives, Assumptions, barriers[Description: You should include the following items:

Goal (The main purpose of the solution)

Objectives (the different components of the solution)

Assumptions (all the things that you are considering as facts when developingthe solutions)

Barriers (what is a limitation of the product if any)

The assumptions and barriers came from the functionality of the product and theenvironment in which the solution will run.

Architecture[Description: This section describes how all the parts work together in order to buildthe solution. Identify the specific components of the solution and the relations betweenthem. You can use a diagram in order to put together the components and how are

they related.

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