Easy-close infant underwear

Abstract

A one-piece infant undergarment having neck and arm openings, and a bottom opening backed by a prolonged bottom flap dimensioned to wrap around the infant's crotch and to join the front of the bottom opening. Opposing hook-and loop Velcro® strips are sewn onto the undergarment along the margins of the bottom flap and at the front of the bottom opening. When the bottom flap is wrapped around the infant's crotch, it can be conveniently joined to the front by the opposing hook-and loop strips and sealed closed by minimal pressure, thereby forming a releasable crotch cover that facilitates more convenient no-fuss changing.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application derives priority from U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60 / 560,326, filed: Apr. 7, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to infant garments and, more particularly, to a one-piece infant underwear with Velcro® crotch release for more convenient changing of diapers. [0004] 2. Description of the Background [0005] During their first few years of infancy babies and toddlers are typically dressed in one-piece undergarments. FIG. 1 shows a prior art one-piece undergarment that is very typical. These are patterned and cut from 100% cotton with expandable neck and arm openings to provide a good fit and easy, no-fuss dressing. The one-piece design keeps the child's tummy covered, but unfortunately complicates the task of changing diapers. To assist in this regard a common design feature of these infant one-piece undergarments is a series of snaps 2 at t...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to provide a one-piece infant undergarment with a reclosable Velcro® crotch closure to facilitate more convenient no-fuss opening and closing.

[0007] These and other objects are accomplished by a one-piece infant undergarment patterned and cut from 100% cotton with expandable neck and arm openings to provide a good fit and easy, no-fuss dressing, and which keeps the child's tummy covered. The one-piece undergarment has releasable crotch flaps that attach via opposing Velcro® strips sewn into the margins of the crotch flaps to facilitate more convenient no-fuss opening and closing. The Velcro® strips provide a much more forgiving crotch closure that facilitates single-handed application more conveniently than conventional snaps.

Problems solved by technology

The one-piece design keeps the child's tummy covered, but unfortunately complicates the task of changing diapers.

Unfortunately it is exceedingly difficult to snap the snaps 2, especially since only one hand is available to do it (the other is typically used for stabilizing the infant on a changing table).

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