Head Positioning Aid
OwnerJane SCOTT, David SCOTT +1inventors
InventorsJane SCOTT, David SCOTT, Julianne HEATH
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Abstract
A head-positioning aid for treating or preventing plagiocephaly and torticollis is formed of a soft, compliant beanie-style cap. A soft and pliable deflector is attached to the beanie cap and extends downward from near the apex to near the lower edge of the cap. The cap is applied on an infant's head in an orientation to place the deflector at any required position about the circumference of the head. The cap and deflector are united by themed indicia designed to bring family acceptance of the cap to promote acceptance and thereby support long term usage, as may be required.
Claims12
An aid for positioning the head of a resting infant in order to treat or prevent plagiocephaly and torticollis, comprising:
- a cap formed of compliant fabric and sized to be worn closely over the top of an infant's head and to allow a lower edge of the cap to be disposed near the height of the infant's ears;
- a pliable, longitudinally elongated deflector attached to said cap from near the apex of the cap to at least near said lower edge;
- wherein when the cap is applied on an infant's head with said deflector at a selected position about the circumference of the infant's head, the cap supports said deflector with sufficient control to maintain the deflector at the selected position to deflect the infant's head from reposing directly on the deflector.
A method of positioning the head of a resting infant in order to treat or prevent plagiocephaly and torticollis, comprising:
- forming a dome-shaped cap of rib knit material, sized to fit an infant sized head, having an apex defined at the top of the dome shape and having a lower edge defined at the bottom of the dome shape, with a major seam extending from said apex to near said lower edge;
- forming an longitudinally elongated, arcuate, pliable deflector of a soft material;
- locating said deflector over said major seam;
- attaching said deflector to the cap by incorporating a minor portion of the deflector into the major seam to form a resulting positioning aid for positioning the head of a resting infant;
- selecting an orientation for applying said positioning aid to an infant's head by locating a selected edge portion of the infant's head that the infant should not rest upon;
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- applying the positioning aid over the top of the infant's head while positioning the deflector to overlie said selected edge portion of the infant's head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.