Child carrier

Claim 1

A child carrier which may be mounted on the back or front of a bearer, said carrier comprising a flat piece of flexible material contoured to define a back section having a pair of outstretched wings and joined by a Venturi-shaped crotch section to a flap section, the width of the back section with outstretched wings exceeding that of the flap section, the carrier being assembled by placing a child therein with its back resting on the back section, after which the flap is folded over the child's abdomen with the child's legs extending through openings formed by the crotch section, to create a diaper-like pouch, the pouch being completed by overlapping and fastening the wings on the folded-over flap section, said wings being detachably connected to the exposed surface of said folded-over flap section by fabric fasteners formed by male elements secured to the margins of the wings and female elements secured to and extending across the exposed surface of the flap section whereby the size of the pouch may be conformed to the body of the child, a pair of straps attached to the back section and loopable over the shoulders of the bearer, and snap fastener means to latch said wings onto said flap section, said snap fastener means being constituted by female snap elements mounted on the free ends of tabs attached to the corners of said wings and complementary male snap elements mounted in a row across the flap section, whereby said wings may be latched at any selected position across said flap section to prevent the male elements of the fabric fasteners from peeling off.