# US 2019/0313702 A1 · Infant sleep garment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0313702 A1 - Document ID: US20190313702A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/282,091 - Filed: 2019-02-21 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-21 - Assignees: HB Innovations, Inc. - Applicants: Happiest Baby, Inc. - Inventors: Harvey Karp; Angie Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190313702A1 ## CPC - A41B 13/065: {with sleep positioning feature} - A47G 9/083: {for babies and infants} - A61M 21/02: for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia (for massage A61H; electrotherapy A61N, e.g. applying alternating or intermittent electric currents for producing anaesthesia A61N1/36021) - A41B 2300/30: Closures - A41B 2400/32: Therapeutic use - A41B 2400/44: Donning facilities - A47D 15/008: {in beds, play-pens or cradles} - A41B: SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A47D: FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B39/00, A47B41/00) ## Abstract A sleep garment for an infant may include an enclosure for enclosing the infant. The enclosure may include one or more accommodation features such as a support element to position under the legs of the infant to elevate the feet, a weight element to position over the infant, or both. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An infant sleep garment comprising: an enclosure having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side together defining an enclosure volume therebetween, wherein the enclosure comprises: a first portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of a lower body of an infant within the enclosure volume when the infant enclosed therein; and a second portion located in a superior position relative to the first portion and configured to accommodate at least a portion of an upper body of the infant within the enclosure volume when the infant enclosed therein; a weight element coupled or couplable to the first side along the second portion at a location corresponding to an abdominal or chest area of the infant when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume; a support element coupled or couplable to the second side along the first portion at a location corresponding to at least a portion of the lower body of the infant when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume, wherein the support element is configured to elevate legs and feet of the infant relative to the at least a portion of the upper body of the infant. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The infant sleep garment of claim 1, wherein the weight element weighs between 0.5 pounds and 2 pounds, and wherein the support element includes an arcuate cross-section that extends a distance into the enclosure volume at least 4 inches. ### Claim 3 An infant sleep garment comprising: an enclosure having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side together defining an enclosure volume therebetween, wherein the enclosure comprises: a first portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of a lower body of an infant within the enclosure volume when the infant is enclosed therein; and a second portion located in a superior position relative to the first portion and configured to accommodate at least a portion of an upper body of the infant within the enclosure volume when the infant is enclosed therein; wherein the first side is configured to couple with a weight element along the second portion and the second side is configured to couple with a support element along the first portion, wherein, when coupled with the first side, the weight element is positioned to apply weight to at least a portion of the upper body of the infant, and wherein, when coupled with the second side, the support element is positioned to support the at least a portion of the at least a portion of the lower body of the infant to elevate hips and feet of the infant relative to the at least a portion of the upper body of the infant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein the first side includes a compartment configured to receive the weight element to thereby couple the weight at the first side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein the first side is configured to couple with the weight element at a location configured to position the weight over a chest or abdominal area of the infant when the infant is enclosed in the enclosure volume to apply pressure to the same when the weight element is received therein. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The infant sleep garment of claim 5, wherein the weight element weighs between 0.5 and 1.5 pounds. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The infant sleep garment of claim 6, wherein the first side includes a compartment configured to receive the weight element to thereby couple the weight at the first side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein the second side includes a compartment configured to receive the support element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The infant sleep garment of claim 8, wherein the compartment configured to receive the support element is positioned at a location along the second side corresponding to at least thighs and feet of the infant to underlay the same when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The infant sleep garment of claim 8, wherein the compartment configured to receive the support element is positioned at a location along the second side corresponding to at least hips of the infant to underlay the same when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein, when coupled at the second side, the support element extends 4.5 to 5.5 inches into the enclosure volume. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The infant sleep garment of claim 11, wherein the support element includes a cylindrical cross-section portion that when coupled at the second side extends into the enclosure volume. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The infant sleep garment of claim 12, wherein, when coupled at the second side, an arcuate cross-section portion of the support element extends 4.5 to 5.5 inches into the enclosure volume. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein the first side and the second side are selectively couplable along their respective lateral peripheries extending between the first and second portions, and wherein adjacent lateral peripheries of the first and second sides include attachment members configured to couple the adjacent lateral peripheries. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The infant sleep garment of claim 14, wherein the attachment members comprise zipper halves that are matable with adjacent zipper to couple the lateral peripheries. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein the first and second sides are configured to accommodate an infant sleep sack within the enclosure volume. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The infant sleep garment of claim 16, wherein the enclosure includes laterally positioned openings to accommodate passage of a sleep sack securing mechanism from the enclosure volume to an exterior of the enclosure for attachment to a moveable sleep platform to thereby indirectly fix the enclosure to movement of the sleep platform. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The infant sleep garment of claim 3, wherein the first side includes a compartment configured to receive the weight element to thereby couple the weight at the first side and the second side includes a compartment configured to receive the support element, wherein the compartment configured to receive the weight element is positioned along the first side at a location corresponding to a chest or abdominal area of the infant when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume such that the weight element when received therein applies pressure to the same, wherein the compartment configured to receive the support element is positioned along the second side at a location to underlay the lower body of the infant when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume, and wherein, when received within the compartment, the support element extends a distance into the enclosure volume between 4.5 to 5.5 inches. ### Claim 19 An infant sleep garment comprising: an enclosure having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side together defining an enclosure volume therebetween, wherein the enclosure comprises: a first portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of a lower body of an infant within the enclosure volume when the infant is enclosed therein; and a second portion located in a superior position relative to the first portion and configured to accommodate at least a portion of an upper body of the infant within the enclosure volume when the infant is enclosed therein; and a weight element, a support element, or both; wherein the weight element is coupled or couplable to the first side along the second portion at a location corresponding to an abdominal or chest area of the infant when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume, wherein the support element is coupled or couplable to the second side along the first portion at a location corresponding to at least a portion of the lower body of the infant when the infant is enclosed within the enclosure volume, and wherein the support element is configured to elevate hips and feet of the infant relative to the at least a portion of the upper body of the infant. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The infant sleep garment of claim 19, wherein the weight element weighs between 0.5 pounds and 1.5 pounds, and wherein the support element includes an arcuate cross-section that extends a distance into the enclosure volume at least 4 inches.