# US 9,775,446 B2 · Upper body garment with infant pouch > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,775,446 B2 - Document ID: US9775446B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/191,254 - Filed: 2016-06-23 - Published: 2016-10-20 - Granted: 2017-10-03 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-11 - Assignees: Lalabu LLC - Applicants: Lalabu LLC - Inventors: Garrett P. Simmer; Brian J. Fosse - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9775446B2 ## CPC - A47D 13/02: Baby-carriers; Carry-cots - A41B 1/08: Details - A41C 3/08: combined with other garments (with corsets A41C1/06) - A41D 1/18: Blouses - A41D 27/20: Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets - A47D 13/025: {for carrying children in seated position} - A47D 13/086: {Safety harnesses for already walking children} - A47D: FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B39/00, A47B41/00) - A41B: SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS - A41C: CORSETS; BRASSIERES - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES ## Abstract An upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer that includes a tubular garment body made from a stretchable fabric and comprising a front panel and a back panel, one or more breast panels extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders of the wearer; and a pouch panel extending from a lower portion of the breast panels. The pouch panel is secured along a U-shaped seam to an inside surface of the front panel to form a pouch with a top opening proximate the lower portion of the breast panels. The stretchable fabric is a two-way stretchable fabric with an increased capability for elastic expansion within a substantially horizontal plane when the wearer is in an upright position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer, the garment comprising a tubular body comprising a front panel and a back panel, the front panel extending upward from a bottom edge of the tubular body located proximate the waist of the wearer to an upper edge of the front panel located proximate the chest of the wearer; a breast panel extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders and chest of the wearer to a lower edge located proximate the chest of the wearer; and a pouch panel extending downward from the lower edge of the breast panel, between the front panel and the back panel, to a bottom edge of the pouch panel located proximate a mid-belly of the wearer, the bottom edge of the pouch panel being secured to an inside surface of the front panel to define a pouch having a bottom seam spaced from the bottom edge of the tubular body and a top opening defined by the upper edge of the front panel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The upper body garment of claim 1, wherein the tubular body is made from a two-way stretchable fabric with increased capability for elastic expansion in a substantially horizontal direction when the wearer is in an upright orientation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The upper body garment of claim 2, wherein the two-way stretchable fabric is at least about three times more stretchable in the horizontal direction than in a vertical direction transverse to the horizontal direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The upper body garment of claim 1, wherein the front panel and the back panel are configured to stretch together when the front panel is pulled away from the pouch panel to expand the top opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The upper body garment of claim 1, wherein the tubular body and the pouch panel are made from different fabrics. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The upper body garment of claim 1, wherein the tubular body and the breast panel are made from different fabrics. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The upper body garment of claim 1, further comprising an elastic breast support located at the junction between the lower edge of the breast panel and the pouch panel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The upper body garment of claim 7, wherein the elastic breast support is covered by the front panel when the top opening is not expanded. ### Claim 9 An upper body garment for supporting an infant adjacent the chest and upper belly of a wearer, the garment comprising: a tubular body comprising a front panel and a back panel and having a bottom edge located proximate the waist of the wearer; and a pouch panel secured along a U-shaped seam to the front panel to form a pouch with a top opening proximate the chest of the wearer and a bottom seam spaced above the bottom edge of the tubular body proximate a mid-belly of the wearer, at least one of the front panel and the pouch panel being made from a two-way stretchable fabric with increased capability for elastic expansion in a horizontal direction, when the wearer is in an upright orientation, to expand the top opening of the pouch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The upper body garment of claim 9, wherein the two-way stretchable fabric is at least about three times more stretchable in the horizontal direction than in a vertical direction transverse to the horizontal direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The upper body garment of claim 9, wherein the tubular body and the pouch panel are made from different fabrics. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The upper body garment of claim 9, further comprising: a breast panel extending from a top portion of the back panel and over the shoulders and chest of the wearer to a lower edge located proximate the chest of the wearer; the pouch panel extending downward from the lower edge of the breast panel, between the front panel and the back panel, and being secured to an inside surface of the front panel; the front panel and back panel being made from the two-way stretchable fabric. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The upper body garment of claim 12, further comprising an elastic breast support located at the junction between the lower edge of the breast panel and the pouch panel.