Infants wearable blanket with double ended zipper

Abstract

A wearable blanket for covering the legs and torso of an infant includes a sheath of generally planar textile material configured to envelope the infant in a bag-like manner. The sheath defines a head opening including a zipper portion extending from substantially a foot end of the sheath to a head end of the sheath and at the head end of the sheath, the head opening is bordered by a collar configured to encircle a neck of the infant. The sheath defines right and left arm holes. A double ended zipper extends along an edge of the head opening over the zipper portion such that when the zipper is in a fully closed position it draws opposing ends of the collar together.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a utility application claiming priority from that provisional application of the same title and having an application Ser. No. 61 / 121,855 having been filed on Dec. 11, 2008. Reference to the provisional here is intended to incorporate the whole of that provisional as if fully set forth herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates generally to children's clothing and, more specifically, to clothing for infants and toddlers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published its last statement on SIDS in 2006, it has been unequivocal in stressing the need to avoid redundant soft bedding and soft objects in the infant's sleeping environment. In 1944, Abramson reported that approximately 40% of infants in New York City dying suddenly and unexpectedly during sleep were prone, with their nose and mouth burrowed into “soft pillows, mattresses, or mattress coverings.” Early reports from the New ...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]This wearable blanket is configured in a preferred and exemplary embodiment to have the sheath define a collar to accommodate a head of the infant. Arm holes and accommodate a right arm and a left arm. I

Problems solved by technology

Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published its last statement on SIDS in 2006, it has been unequivocal in stressing the need to avoid redundant soft bedding and soft objects in the infant's sleeping environment.

A strong interaction was found between prone sleep position and soft bedding surface, indicating that these two factors together are very hazardous.

Soft surfaces have also been implicated in infant deaths occurring on adult beds.

Such garments uniformly, however, have the additional shortcoming that to change diaper on the infant, or to check the diaper on the infant, it is either (i) necessary to disrobe the infant or expose the torso of the infant, or (ii) the garment is difficult use to place the baby in the garment.

These disadvantages are heightened when the infant is asleep or drowsy and the caregiver does not want to wake the baby.

Furthermore, it is important that the wearable blanket is safe and the baby cannot escape from the wearable blanket by unfastening or unzipping the garment and create a safety risk consistent with a loose blanket.

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