Infant Supporting Garment

Abstract

An infant supporting garment has a tubular neck member arranged to be worn about a neck of the caregiver and a bib member joined to a bottom end of the tubular neck member. The bib member has two side portions spanning laterally outwardly from opposing sides of the tubular neck member so as to be arranged to extend over shoulders of the caregiver when the tubular neck member is worn about the neck of the caregiver. An infant pocket is supported at a front of the bib member below the tubular neck member at an intermediate location between the two side portions of the bib member. The infant pocket is sized so as to be arranged to receive an infant at least partially supported therein such that the infant is suspended from the tubular neck member and such that the infant lies against a chest of the caregiver in use.

Description

[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 63 / 053,241, filed Jul. 17, 2020.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a bib to be worn on the upper torso of a user and which includes a pocket large enough to support an infant comfortably therein and provide protection to the infant's head and face by way of a long extended collar made of a soft material.BACKGROUND[0003]It is common for caregivers of newborns to sit with the newborn infants for long periods of time or carry the newborn infants adjacent the torso of the caregiver for various benefits including keeping the infant content. Worry of dropping the infant is very common. Devices used for hands free-holding infants are difficult and not easy to put on or remove. They require constant adjusting of fit from caregiver to caregiver and do not provide any protection to the caregiver from vomit and / or spit-up or any protection to the infant from sharp...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The infant supporting garment described herein (i) gently and comfortably supports an infant, (ii) protects the infant's face, (iii) and provides protection to the caregiver's clothing and / or body from spit-up and / or vomit from the infant.

[0014]The tubular neck structure that upwardly diverges in diameter so as to be funnel shaped, together with the surrounding bib, provides complete protection of the caregivers clothing from infant spit-up and / or vomit, in addition to protecting the infant from irritation in the event of the caregiver having a beard or facial hair jewelry, zippers or rough clothing for example. Furthermore, the tubular neck structure provides adequate support for the infant pocket that receives the infant therein so that no additional structure with arm holes for encircling the shoulders and / or lower torso of the user is required. This simplifies the process of transferring the garment between different caregivers or removing the infant from the infant pocket in order to place the infant to a different location albeit crib, car seat, stroller, mother, or other.

Problems solved by technology

Worry of dropping the infant is very common.

Devices used for hands free-holding infants are difficult and not easy to put on or remove.

They require constant adjusting of fit from caregiver to caregiver and do not provide any protection to the caregiver from vomit and / or spit-up or any protection to the infant from sharp beards, jewelry, clothing or zippers, and the like.

To protect the clothing of the caregiver from infant spit-up and / or vomit, blankets or bibs are known to be worn by the caregiver, but these devices do not provide any support to the infant to hold the infant securely.

As it is also known to be tiring to hold an infant for long periods of time.

Although this type of infant carrier supports an infant securely, it cannot be readily transferred between different caregivers without considerable effort and possible resizing of the carrier from caregiver to caregiver so as to cause disturbance or disruption to the infant.

Known infant supporting garments also fail to protect an infant from irritation resulting from repeated contact with the neck area of a bearded caregiver, jewelry worn by a caregiver or zippers, collars, buttons and rough clothing.

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