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US 11,272,746 B2Granted
Methods and systems for configuring a bib with an infant care engagement bight
AssigneeBooginhead LLC
InventorSari Davidson
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Abstract
A bib assembly is configured with a hanging portion and first and second ends with attachment features for releasable engagement. The hanging portion may, in some variants, include one or more exposed bights configured to engage a pacifier, toy, or other infant care appliance.
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An infant care method comprising:
- configuring a bib assembly to have a hanging portion and first and second ends and so that said first end has a first attachment feature and so that said second end has a second attachment feature complementary to said first attachment feature, wherein said configuring said bib assembly comprises:
- aligning a first triangular piece of material over another with one or more bights between them at a corner thereof so that a strand that comprises a first bight has outward-extending ends;
- stitching along first and second edges of said material adjacent said first corner and also along a third edge that is longer than said first edge and than said second edge;
- trimming a surplus of peripheral material off said material along said longer third edge;
- turning said assembly inside out so that said one or more bights at said first corner are outward-extending and secured by stitching;
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- configuring said second attachment feature to releasably engage said first attachment feature, wherein said hanging portion includes said first bight configured to engage one or more infant care appliances and whereby said one or more infant care appliances remain within reach of an infant who is wearing said bib assembly.
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An infant care method comprising:
- configuring a bib assembly to have a hanging portion and first and second ends and so that said first end has a first attachment feature and so that said second end has a second attachment feature complementary to said first attachment feature, wherein said configuring said bib assembly comprises:
- aligning a first triangular piece of material over another with one or more bights between them at a corner thereof so that a strand that comprises a first bight has outward-extending ends;
- stitching along first and second edges of said material adjacent said first corner and also along a third edge that is longer than said first edge and than said second edge;
- turning said assembly inside out so that said one or more bights at said first corner are outward-extending and secured by stitching;
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- configuring said second attachment feature to releasably engage said first attachment feature, wherein said hanging portion includes said first bight configured to engage one or more infant care appliances.
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