Dual breast pad and bib apparatus
OwnerHeather Gorringe, Heidi Bench +4inventors
InventorsHeather Gorringe, Heidi Bench, Brandi Raass, Travis Bruce Mitchell, Bruce N. Mitchell, Elaine Mitchell
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dual breast pad and nursing bib apparatus comprising a cup-shaped base flap and a nursing flap, wherein the nursing flap is hingedly coupled to the cup-shaped base flap, and wherein the nursing flap may be rotated between a first closed position and a second bib position. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises adhesive areas on the cup-shaped base flap and/or on the nursing flap. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises adhesive flaps hingedly coupled to the cup-shaped base flap.
Claims16
A strapless breast pad and nursing bib apparatus comprising:
- a cup-shaped base flap for cupping and supporting a lower portion of a breast, the cup-shaped base flap having an adhesive coupled thereto for adhering the cup-shaped base flap to the breast;
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- a nursing flap;
- wherein said nursing flap is hingedly coupled to said cup-shaped base flap by a hinge, wherein said nursing flap may be rotated between a first closed position and a second bib position about the hinge, and wherein the cup-shaped base flap extends outward from the hinge a first distance and wherein the nursing flap extends outward from the hinge a second distance, wherein the first distance is substantially equal to or less than the second distance such that the nursing flap extends further outward from the hinge than the cup-shaped base flap.
A strapless breast pad and nursing bib apparatus comprising:
- a cup-shaped base flap for cupping and supporting a lower portion of a breast, the cup-shaped base flap having an adhesive coupled thereto for adhering the cup-shaped base flap to the breast;
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- a nursing flap having an upper portion free of an adhesive for attaching the nursing flap to the breast;
- wherein said nursing flap is hingedly coupled to said cup-shaped base flap by a hinge, wherein said nursing flap may be rotated between a first closed position and a second bib position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.