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US 9,226,596 B2Granted
Infant support device
AssigneeSalter Labs
InventorsTimothy R. Beevers, Katherine K. Beevers
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Abstract
An infant holding device, including an infant holding portion, including a ductile sheet covered with infant-compatible material and a stand portion, adapted to support the infant holding portion in a vertically diagonal position, so that the infant holding portion thereby has a top and a bottom. In one preferred embodiment the ductile sheet is made of aluminum. In an additional preferred embodiment the infant holding portion is separable from the stand portion.
Claims24
An infant holding assembly, comprising:
- (a) a moveable element, including:
- (i) an infant holding portion, sized and shaped to hold a small infant and having a head end and a foot end, and being bisected by a bisecting plane extending from said head end to said foot end and which includes a shaped sheet of ductile material covered in infant-compatible material and defines a set of fingers that can be wrapped about an infant, to hold said infant;
- (ii) a foot end stand engagement element, attached to said foot end and a head end stand engagement element attached to said head end;
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- (b) a stand having two engagement element holders, collectively adapted to hold said foot end engagement element and said head end engagement element, and support said moveable element in an adjustable position, and whereby a pitch angle is defined as a vertical angle between said foot end engagement element and said head end engagement element and a roll angle is defined, as an angle by which said bisecting plane is moved away from vertical.
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A method of supporting a fragile infant, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an infant holding assembly, including a stand and a moveable element, supported by and engaged to said stand, such that the position of said moveable element can be changed relative to said stand, with said moveable element keeping its changed position until moved again, said moveable element including a pliable infant supporting portion that includes an infant supporting central expanse and side extensions extending from opposing sides of said supporting central expanse;
- (b) molding said pliable infant supporting portion to better support said infant and bending said side extensions about said infant;
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- (c) placing said fragile infant in said infant supporting portion.
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An infant holding assembly, comprising:
- (a) a moveable element, including:
- (i) an infant holding portion, sized and shaped to hold a small infant and having a head end and a foot end, and being bisected by a bisecting plane extending from said head end to said foot end;
- (ii) a foot end stand engagement element, attached to said foot end and a head end stand engagement element attached to said head end;
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- (b) a stand having two engagement element holders, collectively adapted to hold said foot end engagement element and said head end engagement element, and support said moveable element in an adjustable position, and whereby a pitch angle is defined as a vertical angle between foot end engagement element and said head end engagement element and a roll angle is defined, as an angle by which said bisecting plane is moved away from vertical;
- (c) wherein said head end engagement element and said foot end engagement element engage said engagement element holders in a roll angle selectable manner;
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- (d) wherein said head end engagement element has a cross-section of a circle and said engagement element holders each define a slot for accepting said circle at any one of a plurality of roll angles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.