Swaddling cloth
OwnerLenise L. Gibsoninventor
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Abstract
A swaddling blanket (10) including a right-hand folding section (28) with a right side edge (22) having an angular extent (40) and a left-hand folding section (30) with a left side edge (26). Fold lines (42, 44) define the folds for right- and left-hand fold sections and in particular, right-hand fold line (42) positions right side edge (22) parallel with left-hand fold line (44) when right-hand fold section (28) is in its first fold position. This parallel arrangement prompts folding left-hand fold section (30) about fold line (44) at a slightly upward angle over right-hand fold section (28) and around to the back of an infant swaddled in the blanket, forming the blanket snugly around the infant with a minimum of unsecured excess material.
Claims17
A blanket for swaddling an infant, comprising:
- a front panel and a back panel, each having a lower edge, with the lower edges joined to define an interior compartment for receiving the infant with the lower edges wrapped around the feet of the infant, the front and back panels each having an upper edge, with the upper edges separate from each other for creating an opening through which the infant can be positioned within the interior compartment and out which the head of the infant can extend,
- the front and back panels generally having a centerline along which the infant is positioned within the interior compartment, the centerline being generally perpendicular to the upper and lower edges of the front and back panels,
- the front and back panels each having overlying right side edges, the right side edges having an angular extent relative the centerline, the front and back panels adjacent their lower edges having a narrow width defined by the angular extent of their right edges, the front and back panels proximate the right side edges having a right side fold line defining a right-hand folding section of the panels,
- the front and back panels also including left side edges opposite the right side edges, the front and back panels having a left side fold line proximate the left side edges defining a left-hand folding section of the panels,
- a first fold position formed when the right-hand folding section is folded about the right side fold line over the front side of an infant in the interior compartment, the angular extent of the right side edges in the first fold position forming an upward angular folding direction for the left-hand folding section, the angular folding direction being oriented generally perpendicular to the angular extent of the right side edges of the right-hand folding section in the first fold position, and
- a second fold position formed when the left-hand folding section is folded about the left side fold line in the upward angular folding direction over both the front side of an infant in the interior compartment and the right-hand folding section in the first fold position, the left-hand folding section in the second fold position having sufficient width for the left side edges of the front and back panels to extend to the back side of that infant.
A blanket for swaddling an infant, comprising:
- a main body panel generally having a centerline along which an infant is positioned when swaddled within the blanket, the main body panel having a front panel and a back panel that when folded together define an upper edge and a lower edge generally perpendicular to the centerline,
- the main body panel having a mid-portion, the main body panel further having a right side edge that includes a side cut that narrows the mid-portion,
- the main body panel also including a left side edge opposite the right side edge,
- the left side edge being spaced from the centerline a distance greater than the distance between the right side edge and the centerline and sufficient for the left side edge to extend to the back side of an infant swaddled in the blanket when the left side edge is folded over the front side of that infant and around to the back side of that infant, and
- when the front and back panels are folded together, the side cut of the right side edge creating an angular extent of the right side edge, the front and back panels adjacent the lower edge having a narrow width defined by the angular extent, the angular extent formed with respect to the centerline so as to create an upward angular folding direction for the left side edge when the right side edge is folded over the front of an infant swaddled in the blanket.
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