Baby comfort systems

摘要

Systems and apparatus relating to providing one or more combinations of motion, vibration, and sound to comfort babies or infants, particularly babies or infants who are crying, experiencing discomfort, or having sleeping difficulties.

主权项

1. A system, relating to providing a portable sleep-assisting environment to assist sleep of at least one infant in at least one infant carrier, comprising:
a) at least one sleep-assisting apparatus housing structured and arranged to house at least one sleep-assisting apparatus; b) wherein said at least one sleep-assisting apparatus housing comprises
i) at least one lower housing structured and arranged to house lower elements, andii) at least one upper housing structured and arranged to house upper elements,iii) wherein said at least one upper housing comprises at least one cradle structured and arranged to cradle at least the at least one infant carrier, andiv) wherein said at least one lower housing comprises at least one first support structured and arranged to support said at least one upper housing; c) wherein said at least one sleep-assisting apparatus housing further comprises at least one separator structured to arrange to separate movement between said at least one lower housing and said at least one upper housing; d) wherein said at least one sleep-assisting apparatus housing comprises at least one motion-generator structured and arranged to generate motion to said at least one cradle; e) wherein said at least one motion-generator comprises at least one controller structured and arranged to assist user-control of at least one on/off motion control; f) wherein said at least one motion-generator comprises at least one motion-transferer structured and arranged to transfer motion to said at least one cradle; g) wherein said at least one motion-transferer comprises shaft-driven rotary planar to linear planar translational motion elements structured and arranged to impart shaft-driven rotary planar to linear planar translational motion to said at least one cradle when said at least one upper housing is situate upon said at least one lower housing; h) wherein said shaft-driven rotary planar to linear planar translational motion comprises a compound motion disposed above said at least one lower housing; i) wherein said compound motion comprises
i) a circular motion near one end of said at least one upper housing,ii) a linear motion near an opposite end of said at least one upper housing, andiii) wherein said circular motion and said linear motion move in the same plane; j) wherein said at least one upper housing and said at least one cradle move with said compound motion; and k) wherein said at least one sleep-assisting apparatus housing comprises at least one hand-carryable element structured and arranged to assist hand-carrying of said at least one sleep-assisting apparatus housing.