Infant hat with pacifier retaining strap
OwnerJessica E. K. Ingraminventor
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Abstract
An infant hat with a pacifier retaining strap retains and secures a pacifier nearby an infant's mouth. The device includes a hat and a pair of fastening straps. The hat is a headgear member adapted for wear on a head of an infant. Each of the straps is a durable fabric member affixed to a perimeter side portion of the hat. Each strap has a fastener which allows the free end of strap to be secured to a middle portion of itself to form a loop. In such a manner, both straps loop through a pair of pacifier mouth guard slits while an infant is wearing the hat in order to provide secure retention of the pacifier within or adjacent to the infant's mouth. In an alternate embodiment, the pair of fastening straps attach to a separate retaining ring capable of engaging a rear of the pacifier guard.
Claims13
An infant hat comprising:
- a hat body comprising a flexible head receiving member adapted to receive an infant's head having a perimeter opening suitably sized to approximate said infant's head;
- a pair of straps affixed to opposing locations upon said hat perimeter opening, each of said straps comprising a length adjustable fastener for forming a loop in a free end;
- and,
- a retaining ring adapted to retain a pacifier, said retaining ring comprising:
- a retaining ring body comprising a front surface, a rear surface, and a body shape, wherein said body shape is adapted to match a shape of a pacifier mouth guard of said pacifier;
- an opposed pair of flexible L-shaped protrusions extending perpendicularly away from said front surface of said retaining ring body and facing each other, such that a gap is formed between said L-shaped protrusions and said front surface, wherein said pair of L-shaped protrusions is adapted to captively engage an outer peripheral edge of said pacifier mouth guard;
- and,
- a pair of retaining ring slots disposed along opposing sides adjacent to an outermost edge of said retaining ring body for receiving said pair of straps;
- wherein said L-shaped protrusions are spaced inwardly from said retaining ring slots;
- and,
- wherein said straps are removably connected through said retaining ring slots to maintain said pacifier in a position adjacent to a mouth of an infant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.