US 2017/0303652 A1 · Compact Diaper Band and Baby Changing Station

Abstract

A compact diaper bag includes externally accessible dispensers of baby care supplies such as diaper/hand wipes, disposal bags and absorbent tissues. When the bag is opened, interior pockets for baby-care items such as diapers, lotion, powder, spare clothes, hand sanitizer, and the like can be accessed. The bag can be further expanded into a diaper changing configuration comprising a changing surface flanked by two dispensing bag portions attached on opposing sides of a foldable pad structure that functions as a more or less padded baby support and comprises said changing surface. All dispensers (e.g. wipes, bags, tissues) are accessible and within easy reach in both an expanded (changing station configuration) state and a collapsed (folded) state of the bag. Moreover, the diaper bag in its compact/folded state includes a separate pocket accessible from outside the closed bag (e.g. via a recloseable opening located on bottom area of bag) that can be used to enclose one or more items needed quickly for diaper changing, such as a ready diaper. Said item(s) in the pocket can then be present, laying atop the changing pad (so as to be immediately and conveniently available), when the bag is opened and expanded into a changing station configuration. The bag is adaptable to growth of a child including reconfiguration to remove the changing pad after the child no longer requires diapering.

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Dependent claims

A diaper bag, comprising:

a central foldable diaper changing pad portion fixed to a remainder of the bag and unfoldable into a baby changing station configuration and vice-versa into a folded configuration and comprising a center portion of both a folded compact configuration and an unfolded diaper changing station configuration of the diaper bag;
a plurality of flanking supplies storage and dispensing portions, configured to provide ready access to diapering supplies, fixed to the changing pad portion, one on either side of the center changing pad portion and positioned to enable them to help keep a baby on said changing pad portion;
and,
a releasable closure cooperating with a folded configuration of the central foldable diaper changing pad portion to hold the bag in a compact configuration when folded and enabling the diaper bag to be transformed from an unfolded baby changing station configuration, folded into a compact state, and held in the compact state by virtue of the closure and vice-versa enabling opening of the diaper bag into the expanded state by opening the closure,
wherein in the compact state of the bag a plurality of diapering supplies are readily accessible without opening the closure.

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A collapsible folding diaper changing station and diaper bag, including:

a foldable changing pad portion, folding into six portions;
a plurality of supply holding dispensing portions, foldably attached to the pad portion and positioned adjacent and on either side of the folded changing pad portion when the station is collapsed, and positioned on either side of the pad when deployed, helping to keep a baby positioned on the pad portion when deployed, and separating the pad portion from the environment when collapsed, the folding of the diaper pad portion helping to hold at least a portion of each dispensing portion adjacent the other dispensing portion in a folded and collapsed state;
and,
a closure configured to releasably hold the station and diaper bag apparatus in the folded state for carriage, and selectively allow it to open for deployment to an expanded configuration for changing a baby's diaper.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Compact Diaper Band and Baby Changing Station

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Compact Diaper Band and Baby Changing Station

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Abstract

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