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US 6,681,421 B2Granted
Apparatus and method of using a picture displaying crib bumper
OwnerMary T. Carrollinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a photodisplaying crib bumper which is positioned in the interior walls of a crib and allows such things, as, photographs and drawings to be removably displayed therein.
Claims37
A crib bumper comprising:
- a fabric cover including at least one receptacle for holding and displaying an object positioned along an interior surrounding of a crib and a
- means for attaching the crib bumper along an interior surrounding of the cribs
- wherein the receptacle is configured to allow for viewing of the object therein and includes a see-through interfacing layer located in front of the object.
A crib bumper comprising:
- a fabric cover including at least one receptacle for holding and displaying an object positioned along an interior surrounding of a crib, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow for viewing of the object therein and
- means for attaching the crib bumper along an interior surrounding of a crib,
- wherein the fabric cover further comprises an initial fabric layer having a front and back side, a see-through interfacing layer and a backing layer, and wherein the receptacle is defined by the area between see-through interfacing layer and the backing layer.
A crib bumper comprising:
- a fabric cover including at least one receptacle for holding and displaying an object positioned along an interior surrounding of a crib, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow for viewing of the object therein and
- means for attaching the crib bumper along an interior surrounding of a crib,
- wherein the fabric cover further comprises an initial fabric layer having a front and back side, a see-through interfacing layer, a bumper batting, a backing layer, and an overall containing fabric layer, and wherein the initial fabric layer, the see-through interfacing layer, the backing layer, and the bumper batting are all bound together on all four sides with a at least one opening cut into each of the initial fabric layer, the backing layer, and the bumper batting, wherein the backing layer covers the bumper batting's edges and the overall containing layer is attached to the back of the bumper batting such that three sides of the overall containing layer are bound and one side is left free to insert objects into the crib bumper.
A method to enhance a child's development and association through visual stimulus using a crib bumper, the crib bumper comprising:
- a fabric cover including at least one receptacle for holding and displaying an object positioned along an interior surrounding of a crib and means for attaching the crib bumper along an interior surrounding of a crib, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow for viewing of the object therein and includes a see-through interfacing layer located in front of the object;
- the method comprising the following steps:
- placing a child in a crib;
- attaching said crib bumper in said crib;
- and
- exposing the child in the crib to the objects held and displayed by the at least one receptacle of the crib bumper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.