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US 5,993,285 AGranted
Teething device
AssigneeThe First Years Inc.
InventorsSusan Sofia, Deborah H. Levenson
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Abstract
A teething device is provided, including a web of sheet material constructed to be positioned around an infant's hand without substantially confining the infant's fingers, and a toy, mounted on the web of sheet material in a position so that it rests on the back of the infant's hand when the device is in use.
Claims12
A device sized to fit an infant's hand and wrist, comprising:
- (a) a first portion of sheet material that is dimensioned to cover the back of the infant's hand when the device is in use,
- (b) second and third portions of sheet material, extending outwardly from the first portion, said second and third portions are constructed to overlap and being dimensioned at one end of the device to extend around and fit a portion of the infant's wrist,
- (c) the first, second and third portions defining, when the device is in use, an opening on the side of the device opposite the first portion and at the end of the device opposite the one end, the opening dimensioned to receive and expose the infant's fingers and to allow relatively unrestricted movement of the infant's fingers,
- (d) an unenclosed aperture, separate from said opening, dimensioned to receive and expose one of an infant's thumbs, positioned in the vicinity of the intersection of said first portion and one of said second and third portions, and
- (e) a toy mounted on the first portion.
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