IP Library Granted Patent US 7,181,789
Granted Patent B2
US 7,181,789 · App. 11/373,936 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Swaddling blanket

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Patent No.
US 7,181,789
App. No.
11/373,936
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A swaddling blanket to alleviate colic has a back panel long enough to support a child from neck to feet, a leg pouch to loosely contain the child's legs, arm restraints to hold the child's arms against and parallel to the child's torso, a tapered short blanket arm to wrap over the child, and a tapered long blanket arm to wrap around the child more than once from the opposite direction to provide comforting pressure around the child's arms and torso.

Claims (20)

1. A swaddling blanket, comprising:

a back panel, the back panel having at least a first side and a second side, the first side having at least a first tangent line and the second side having at least a second tangent line;

a first blanket arm, the first blanket arm having a wide end and a narrow end, the wide end of the first blanket arm being integrated with the first side of the back panel to form a continuous sheet;

a first length, the first length measured on a first straight line, the first straight line perpendicular to the first tangent line, the first length measured between the first side and a point on the narrow end of the first blanket arm most distant from the first side;

a second blanket arm, the second blanket arm having a wide end and a narrow end, the wide end of the second blanket arm being integrated with the second side of the back panel to form a continuous sheet; and

a second length, the second length measured on a second straight line, the second straight line perpendicular to the second tangent line, the second length measured between the second side and a point on the narrow end of the second blanket arm most distant from the second side, the ratio between the first length and the second length being at least 1.5:1.

2. A swaddling blanket as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an arm restraint, the arm restraint disposed upon the back panel.

3. A swaddling blanket as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a leg pouch, the leg pouch having a bottom edge, the back panel having a bottom edge, the leg pouch being disposed upon the back panel with the bottom edge of the leg pouch proximate to the bottom edge of the back panel.

4. A swaddling blanket, comprising:

a back panel, the back panel having at least a first side and a second side;

a first blanket arm, the first blanket arm having a wide end and a narrow end, the wide end of the first blanket arm being integrated with the first side of the back panel to form a continuous sheet; and

a second blanket arm, the second blanket arm having a wide end, a narrow end, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the wide end of the second blanket arm being integrated with the second side of the back panel to form a continuous sheet, the top edge of the second blanket arm being convex and the bottom edge of the second blanket arm being concave.

5. A swaddling blanket as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising an arm restraint, the arm restraint disposed upon the back panel.

6. A swaddling blanket as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a leg pouch, the leg pouch having a bottom edge, the back panel having a bottom edge, the leg pouch being disposed upon the back panel with the bottom edge of the leg pouch proximate to the bottom edge of the back panel.

7. A swaddling blanket, comprising:

a back panel, the back panel having at least a first side and a second side, the back panel forming a first layer, the first layer disposed beneath a child;

a first blanket arm, the first blanket arm having a wide end and a narrow end, the wide end of the first blanket arm being integrated with the first side of the back panel to form a continuous sheet, the first blanket arm having a length sufficient only to pass once across the child and to then tuck beneath the child's arm nearest the second side, thereby forming a second layer, the second layer disposed over the child; and

a second blanket arm, the second blanket arm having a wide end and a narrow end, the wide end of the second blanket arm being integrated with the second side of the back panel to form a continuous sheet, the second blanket arm operable to wrap continuously around the child and having a length sufficient to wrap in a first direction to form a third layer across the child, the third layer disposed over the child, to further wrap in a second direction to form a fourth layer, the second direction opposite the first direction, the fourth layer disposed beneath the child, and to further wrap in the first direction to form a fifth layer, the fifth layer disposed above the child.

8. A swaddling blanket as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising an arm restraint, the arm restraint disposed upon the back panel.

9. A swaddling blanket as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a leg pouch, the leg pouch having a bottom edge, the back panel having a bottom edge, the leg pouch being disposed upon the back panel with the bottom edge of the leg pouch proximate to the bottom edge of the back panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: GATTEN, MICHAEL DEAN
To: MIRACLE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 036923/0742 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 1104012500 · Jan 21, 2005
Continuation 1062270500 · Jul 21, 2003
Provisional Application 6039967900 · Jul 31, 2002
Related Publication 20060150330A1 · Jul 13, 2006