Sleeve and Pillow Combination For Infant Care

Abstract

A unit which includes a tubular sleeve to accommodate a part of the arm of a caretaker and a soft arcuate pillow that is releasably attached to the sleeve when desired by means, such as hook-and-loop fastening means, so the pillow can be used when desired and the sleeve by itself can be used when desirable.

1 . A unit for cradling an infant on a caretaker's arm comprising:
 A) a one piece sleeve element which fits over a forearm portion of a caretaker when the sleeve element is in use, the sleeve element including
 a one-piece body formed of microfiber material and having a first end that is located adjacent to an elbow of the caretaker when the sleeve element is in use, a second end which is located adjacent to a wrist of the caretaker when the sleeve element is in use, the sleeve element having a bore defined therethrough and extending from the first end to the second end, the first end of the body of the sleeve element being larger than the second end so that the first end of the body of the sleeve element is a large end and the second end of the body of the sleeve element is a small end, the bore being sized to snugly accommodate the forearm of the user when the sleeve element is in use, the body being arcuate and elongate and curving from the first end to the second end and having a radius of curvature from the first end of the body of the sleeve element to the second end of the body of the sleeve element; 
   B) a pillow element which has a first end that is located adjacent to the first end of the sleeve element when the pillow unit is in use, a second end which is spaced apart from the second end of the sleeve element when the pillow element is in use, the second end of the pillow element being larger than the first end of the pillow element so that the second end of the pillow element is a large end and the first end of the pillow element is a small end, the pillow element being one-piece and arcuate to curve from the first end of the pillow element to the second end of the pillow element and having a radius of curvature, with the radius of curvature of the pillow element corresponding to the radius of curvature of the sleeve element and the large end of the pillow element being located adjacent to the small end of the sleeve element and the small end of the pillow element being located adjacent to the large end of the sleeve when the pillow element is accommodated on the sleeve element in the use condition so that the pillow element is snugly accommodated in the arcuate sleeve element when the pillow element and the sleeve element are in use; and   C) attaching elements releasably attaching the pillow element to the sleeve element when the pillow element and the sleeve element are in use.   
   
   
       2 . (canceled) 
   
   
       3 . The unit defined in  claim 1  wherein the first end of the sleeve element is flared radially outward. 
   
   
       4 . (canceled) 
   
   
       5 . A unit for cradling an infant on a caretaker's arm comprising:
 A) a one piece sleeve element which fits over a forearm portion of a caretaker when the sleeve element is in use, the sleeve element including
 a one-piece having a first end that is located adjacent to an elbow of the caretaker when the sleeve element is in use, a second end which is located adjacent to a wrist of the caretaker when the sleeve element is in use, the sleeve element having a bore defined therethrough and extending from the first end to the second end, the bore being sized to snugly accommodate the forearm of the user when the sleeve element is in use, the body being arcuate and elongate and curving from the first end to the second end and having a radius of curvature from the first end of the body of the sleeve element to the second end of the body of the sleeve element; 
   B) a pillow element which has a first end that is located adjacent to the first end of the sleeve element when the pillow unit is in use, a second end which is spaced apart from the second end of the sleeve element when the pillow element is in use, the pillow element being one-piece and arcuate to curve from the first end of the pillow element to the second end of the pillow element and having a radius of curvature, with the radius of curvature of the pillow element corresponding to the radius of curvature of the sleeve element so that the pillow element is snugly accommodated in the arcuate sleeve element when the pillow element and the sleeve element are in use; and   C) attaching elements releasably attaching the pillow element to the sleeve element when the pillow element and the sleeve element are in use.