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US 8,220,088 B2Granted
Crib shield system and other breathable apparatus
AssigneeBreathableBaby, LLC
InventorsDale Richard Waters, Susan Marie Waters
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for making same utilizing a breathable mesh material having a reduced suffocation resistance level for infant and toddler use. The breathable mesh material includes an inner and outer fabric that includes larger openings on the front substructure than on the back substructure and a pile substructure is integrated and extends between the front and back substructures allowing air to substantially move effectively therethrough.
Claims7
An apparatus comprising:
- a planar body portion configured as a substantial portion of a wearable blanket, wherein the planar body portion comprises a plurality of layers of material laid flat against each other to provide at least upper and lower surfaces of the body portion, wherein the plurality of layers of material comprise:
- a layer of breathable padded mesh material, wherein the layer of breathable padded mesh material comprises a front substructure, a back substructure, and a pile substructure extending between the front and back substructures, wherein each of the substructures allows air to substantially move effectively therethrough;
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- at least one layer of material coupled to the layer of breathable padded mesh material such that the at least one layer of material is adjacent to at least one of the front substructure or the back substructure, the at least one layer of material decreasing air movement through the planar body portion in a wet state to a greater degree than the layer of the breathable padded mesh material.
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