# US 9,572,376 B2 · Sleeping garment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,572,376 B2 - Document ID: US9572376B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/514,780 - Filed: 2014-10-15 - Published: 2015-01-29 - Granted: 2017-02-21 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-09 - Assignees: Nested Bean Inc. - Applicants: Manasi Gangan; Susan Sofia-McIntire - Inventors: Manasi Gangan; Susan Sofia-McIntire - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9572376B2 ## CPC - A41B 13/06: Slip-in bags; Swaddling clothes - A41B 2400/32: Therapeutic use - A41B: SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS ## Abstract A wearable or swaddling accessory blanket provides gentle pressure on the side and/or on the thoracic area of an infant to mimic the human hold. The wearable garment or swaddling blanket appliance includes integrated protrusions in the form of pressure accessories for simulating the slight pressure felt from a caregiver when holding or cradling an infant. The pressure accessories are enlarged or expanded areas disposed at locations on a textile base such as a blanket such that they approximate the arm and hand positions of a caregiver when the swaddling appliance is engaged by wrapping around an infant. Wings or flaps of the appliance facilitate engaging the appliance around an infant such that tension in the wrapped blanket appliance induce a slight inward pressure on the pressure accessories such that the infant perceives the pressure and interprets a caregiver hold or touch. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wearable garment comprising: a textile base adapted for engaging a wearer, the textile base further comprising a flexible surface for engaging the wearer by wrapping around the wearer; and a pressure accessory attached to the textile base, the pressure accessory having a mass or bulk defining protrusions extending from the surrounding textile base and adapted to engage the wearer by contacting the wearer at a location based on a position of the pressure accessory on the flexible surface, the pressure accessory defining a region of increased mass for providing a continuous pressure sensation greater than that exerted by the flexible surface alone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wearable garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure accessory is adapted to engage the wearer by flexibly conforming to a contour of the wearer for providing a continuous pressure sensation perceptible by the wearer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wearable garment of claim 1 wherein the flexible surface is configured to draw the pressure accessories into ergonomic conformance with a contour of the wearer for providing the continuous pressure sensation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wearable garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure accessory provides an increased pressure simulating a caregivers arm or hand when the textile base is wrapped around the wearer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wearable garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure accessory further comprise a plurality of pressure accessories adhered to the textile base, the pressure accessory adapted to engage the wearer by application of pressure simulating a caregiver. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wearable garment of claim 1 wherein the flexible surface defines a folded shape, the folded shape encircling the wearer for positioning the pressure accessories against the wearer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The wearable garment of claim 6 wherein the folded shape encircles the wearer from a neck region to a foot region of the wearer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The wearable garment of claim 6 wherein the folded shape surrounds a torso region of the wearer and has opposed openings corresponding to a head and legs of the wearer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The wearable garment of claim 6 wherein the folded shape defines a closed pocket having a head opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The wearable garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure accessories define an uneven, weighted interruption on the flexible planar surface such that the folded shape positions the pressure accessories in predetermined locations on the wearer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The wearable garment of claim 10 further comprising a fold and a closure, the fold forming a wrapping encircling the wearer and the closure forming a pocket receptive to the wearer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wearable garment of claim 11 wherein the fold defines opposed sides secured by the closure for forming an enclosure around the wearer, the closure leaving an open region for passage of a wearer's head. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure accessories further comprise an enlarged and expanded volume greater than the planar base on which they are adhered, disposed at locations on a textile base for approximating the arm and hand pressure of a caregiver when the planer base is engaged by wrapping around the infant. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The garment of claim 1 wherein the garment further includes a front flap, the front flap defining a pressure accessory for a pressure region corresponding to a chest of the infant, the front flap having a pouch for engaging legs of the infant based on an infant size. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The garment of claim 1 wherein the defined protrusions extend beyond the planar surface of the textile base. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure accessory is flexible and deformable and adapted to conform to a contour onto which the textile base is disposed. ### Claim 17 A wearable blanket for engaging a wearer comprising: a flexible surface for engaging the wearer by wrapping around the wearer; and a pressure accessory attached to the flexible surface, the pressure accessory having a mass or bulk defining protrusions extending from the surrounding textile base and adapted to engage the wearer by contacting the wearer at a location based on a position of the pressure accessory on the flexible surface, the pressure accessory adapted to engage the wearer by flexibly conforming to a contour of the wearer for providing a continuous pressure sensation perceptible by the wearer and greater than that exerted by the flexible surface alone. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The wearable blanket of claim 17 further comprising: a fold in the flexible surface, the fold located to form a wrapping encircling the wearer, and the closure forming a pocket receptive to the wearer, a position of the pressure accessory based on the location of the fold. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The wearable blanket of claim 18 wherein the pressure accessory has a mass and bulk greater than the surrounding flexible surface so as to provide an increased pressure simulating a caregivers arm or hand when the flexible surface is wrapped around the wearer. ### Claim 20 A method for simulating the touch of a caregiver on the wearer comprising: attaching, to a textile base, a flexible pressure accessory, the pressure accessory having a greater mass per unit area than the textile base and defining protrusions extending from the textile base, the textile base adapted for engaging a wearer by wrapping around the wearer, the pressure accessory having a mass or bulk greater than the surrounding textile base and exerting a pressure on the wearer greater than the textile base. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein disposing further comprises adhering the pressure accessory in a location corresponding to an engaging location on the wearer, the engaging location selected based on a location for simulating contact with a caregiver. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the wearer is a child, and the location approximates a position where an arm of the caregiver would be disposed.