Infant care apron

Abstract

An apron has a waist belt to which are attached a front panel having a plurality of pockets thereon and a side pocket on either side of the front panel. The side pockets are attached directly to the belt of the apron not connected to the front panel, so that the side pockets remain vertical with the user in a standing or sitting position allowing a bottle or cordless phone in the side pockets to stay in an upright position when the wearer sits down. The waist belt is secured by tying or by means of a mating hook and loop fastener.

1 . An infant care apron device for use by caregivers for babies, the device comprising: 
 a waist encircling elongated means for attaching an apron to a body of a user, a means for securing the apron attaching means around a waist of a user, a front apron attached to the apron attaching means and suspended therefrom, the front apron comprising a sheet of material having an array of storage receptacles for carrying articles used in child care, at least one side receptacle attached to the apron attaching means on a side of a user separately from the front apron so that an item stored in the at least one side receptacle hangs down from the apron attaching means in both a standing and a sitting position of a user so that the item will remain in an upright position at all times and not tip or fall out of the at least one side receptacle.    
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one side receptacle comprises a pocket attached to the apron attaching means at a top of the pocket with the pocket suspended vertically down from the apron attaching means on a side of a user.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2  comprising a pair of pockets with one on each side of a user for retaining items in an upright position.  
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein one of the pockets is structured to retain a cordless phone stored therein;  
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the array of storage receptacles on a front of the apron comprise an array of pockets in a front surface of the apron.  
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the apron attaching means comprises a fabric belt and the means for securing the apron attaching means comprises a knot tied in the fabric belt.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the apron attaching means comprises a fabric belt with overlapping ends and the means for securing the apron attaching means comprises mating hook and loop fasteners attached in mating positions on the overlapping ends of the fabric belt.  
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 1  further comprising an eyelet built into the apron and a hook through the eyelet for hanging an item therefrom.