Multipurpose cover for shielding a child from environmental elements and method of using same

Abstract

A multipurpose cover, and method of use thereof, for shielding infants or young children from environmental elements, includes a wholly resilient fabric defining a cavity therein, the body having an exterior layer, extending from a lower end to an upper end, the exterior layers having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the upper and lower ends defining upper and lower openings into the cavity respectively, the resilient body having a releasable fastener adapted to releasable close a third, vertically extending opening into the exterior layer into the cavity, wherein the body tapers so as to narrow in width from the lower end to the upper end, and wherein the cover is adapted to be releasably mounted around and over a circumference of a container or the like so as to at least partially cover an upper opening into the container defined by the circumference.

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