Infant blanket wrap with bifurcated legs
View Patent ↗Disclosed is an infant blanket wrap that is specially tailored for use in an infant carrier or car seat having a crotch strap. The present invention comprises an article of material with two flaps, a bifurcated leg portion that forms a pouch for each leg and a securing means for the upper terminal end of the leg portion. The bifurcated leg portion allows a parent to place a swaddled baby in an infant carrier without removing the blanket and disturbing the child. The device also includes a securing means for the bifurcated leg portion. This allows the leg portion to fold down for ease of entry into the blanket and creates an extended tube portion that covers the infant's torso, keeping the child completely covered.
1. A blanket for wrapping an infant and keeping it warm while the baby is seated in a child seat having a five-point harness, comprising:
a uniformly solid article of material having a plurality of flaps, and a bifurcated leg portion for receiving an infant's legs;
said leg portion having an upper and lower region, said lower region being attached to said article of material and said upper region being unattached to provide a large opening for said infant's legs and extending over said infant's torso and terminates prior to reaching said infant's armpits;
said plurality of flaps each having a sufficient length to wrap sidewardly over an infant's torso
a securing means disposed along laterally opposing sides of said upper region for removably securing said bifurcated leg portion upper region to said article of material, wherein said leg portion can be reduced in height by folding said upper region downward until it lies flat upon said lower region;
said laterally opposing sides of said bifurcated leg portion upper region fits closely around said infant's torso when secured to said article of material to permit the fastening of a car seat five-point harness around the torso of an infant wrapped in said article of material flaps.
2. The article of claim 1 , wherein said flaps overlap one another and secure together via a securing means.
3. The article of claim 2 , wherein said securing means comprises hook and loop fastening.
4. The article of claim 1 , wherein said bifurcated leg portion is positioned along a vertical center line of said article of material.
5. The article of claim 1 , wherein said article of material is constructed of stretch material.
6. The article of claim 1 , wherein said article of material is generally diamond shaped.