Upper Body Garment with Infant Pouch
AssigneeLalabu LLC
InventorsGarrett P. Simmer, BRIAN J. FOSSE
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Abstract
An upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer that includes a tubular garment body made from a stretchable fabric and comprising a front panel and a back panel, one or more breast panels extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders of the wearer; and a pouch panel extending from a lower portion of the breast panels. The pouch panel is secured along a U-shaped seam to an inside surface of the front panel to form a pouch with a top opening proximate the lower portion of the breast panels. The stretchable fabric is a two-way stretchable fabric with an increased capability for elastic expansion within a substantially horizontal plane when the wearer is in an upright position.
Claims21
An upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer, the garment comprising:
- a tubular body made from a stretchable fabric and comprising a front panel and a back panel,
- at least one breast panel extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders of the wearer;
- and
- a pouch panel extending from a lower portion of the at least one breast panel, the pouch panel being secured along a U-shaped seam to an inside surface of the front panel to form a pouch with a top opening proximate the lower portion of the at least one breast panel.
An upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer, the garment comprising:
- a tubular body comprising a front panel and a back panel,
- at least one breast panel extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders of the wearer;
- and
- a pouch panel secured along a U-shaped seam to the front panel to form a pouch with a top opening proximate the lower portion of the at least one breast panel,
- wherein at least one of the front panel and the pouch panel is made from a two-way stretchable fabric with increased capability for elastic expansion within a substantially horizontal plane, when the wearer is in an upright position, to expand the top opening of the pouch.
A method of making an upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer, the method comprising:
- obtaining a garment body including a front panel, a back panel, at least one breast panel extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders of the wearer, and a pouch panel extending from a lower portion of the at least one breast panel, and with at least the front panel being made from a stretchable fabric;
- inserting the pouch panel between the back panel and the front panel;
- and
- securing the pouch panel to an inside surface of the front panel along a U-shaped seam to form a pouch with a top opening proximate the lower portion of the at least one breast panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.