Swaddling garment
AssigneeThe Sleepy Company Pty. Ltd.
InventorSantosh Ghale-Gurung
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Abstract
A swaddling garment for an infant is disclosed comprising an upper body part for receiving the upper body of an infant. The upper body has a back part that in use covers the infant's back, a front chest part that in uses covers the infant's chest, a right elbow region and a left elbow region. The garment may be formed from a resilient flexible material. The garment also has an opening at each elbow region that extends from the elbow region into the front chest part, and a forearm sleeve in communication with each opening. The openings and forearm sleeves are configured to allow an infant to extend a forearm through the opening into the sleeve to a predetermined forearm position.
Claims20
A swaddling garment for an infant, the garment comprising:
- an upper body part for receiving an upper body of the infant, the upper body part having:
- a back part that in use covers a back of the infant;
- a front part that in use covers a front of the infant;
- a midline region that in use covers a midline of the infant;
- a right elbow region that in use corresponds to a location of a right elbow of the infant when the infant's right arm is against a right side of a torso of the infant;
- a left elbow region that in use corresponds to a location of a left elbow of the infant when the infant's left arm is against a left side of the torso of the infant;
- wherein the garment is formed from a flexible material and comprises:
- a pair of openings in the front part being a right opening and a left opening, the left opening extending from adjacent the left elbow region inwards into the front part towards the midline region, and the right opening extending from adjacent the right elbow region inwards into the front part towards the midline region, and
- a pair of forearm positioners being a right forearm positioner and a left forearm positioner, the right forearm positioner being formed, or attached to the front part, so as to be in communication with the right opening, and the left forearm positioner being formed, or attached to the front part, so as to be in communication with the left opening,
- wherein each opening and a corresponding forearm positioner are configured to allow the infant to extend a forearm through the opening into the forearm positioner to a predetermined forearm position in which the forearm is at least partly over the front of the infant's body, and the infant is able to move the forearm away from the predetermined forearm position against a resistance of the flexible material so as to bias the forearm towards the predetermined forearm position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.