Infant sleep pod

Abstract

An infant sleep pod for maintaining an infant's orientation relative to a sleeping surface includes a pouch portion for receiving an infant having a front and a back and left and right sides, and sleeves or arm holes on said left and right sides; a pair of connection points on the pouch portion on said left and right sides, each at a location cephalic to, i.e. above, an armpit location defined by the sleeves or arm holes; and a retaining section including a strap and being detachably connected to said connection points wherein, in use, when the strap is miming along a left/right direction and the retaining section is secured with respect to the sleeping surface by passing around or encircling the sleeping surface, the orientation of the pouch portion is substantially fixed relative to the sleeping surface, such that the front of the pouch portion may not face the sleeping surface, whereby the sleeves or arm holes retain an infant in the pouch portion such that the infant is inhibited from turning within the pouch portion such that the infant faces the back of the pouch portion.

1 . An infant sleep pod for maintaining an infant's orientation relative to a sleeping surface, the sleep pod comprising:
 a pouch portion for receiving an infant, the pouch portion having a front and a back and left and right sides, and further having sleeves or arm holes on said left and right sides;   a pair of connection points, the connection points being on the pouch portion on said left and right sides of the pouch portion each at a location cephalic to an armpit location defined by the sleeves or arm holes of the pouch portion; and   a retaining section including a strap and being detachably connectible to said connection points   wherein, in use, when the pair of connection points are detachably connected to the retaining section with the strap running along a left/right direction and the retaining section is secured with respect to the sleeping surface by passing around or encircling the sleeping surface the orientation of the pouch portion is substantially fixed relative to the sleeping surface, such that the front of the pouch portion may not face the sleeping surface, whereby   the location of the connection points on the pouch portion and the left/right direction of the running of the strap are such that an infant in the pouch portion is inhibited from turning within the pouch portion.   
     
     
         2 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 1  having connection points cephalic to the armpit location only. 
     
     
         3 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 1  having exactly one pair of connection points. 
     
     
         4 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 1 , further comprising a further pair of connection points connected to the pouch portion, the further connection points for connection to a further retaining section. 
     
     
         5 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 4 , wherein in use the further connection points are substantially level with a waist portion of the sleeping pod. 
     
     
         6 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the connection points include respective connection members for connection to the retaining section,   the further connection points include respective further connection members for connection to the further retaining section, and   the pair of connection members is of a different type from the pair of further connection members.   
     
     
         7 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the further retaining section includes a further strap, and the strap and further strap are linked by a linking section.   
     
     
         8 . The infant sleep pod of  claim 7 , further comprising an additional strap, the additional strap further comprising an alternative retaining section, wherein
 the alternative retaining strap is longer than the strap.   
     
     
         9 . A method for maintaining an infant's orientation relative to a sleeping surface, the method comprising:
 placing the infant in a pouch portion of a sleeping pod, the pouch portion having:
 a front and a back and left and right sides, and further having sleeves or arm holes on said left and right sides, 
 a pair of connection points, the connection points being on the pouch portion on said left and right sides of the pouch portion each at a location cephalic to an armpit location defined by the sleeves or arm holes of the pouch portion, and 
 a retaining section including a strap and being detachably connectible to said connection points, 
   connecting the pair of connection points to the retaining section with the strap running along a left/right direction, the retaining section being secured with respect to the sleeping surface by passing around or encircling the sleeping surface, such that the orientation of the pouch portion is substantially fixed relative to the sleeping surface, such that the front of the pouch portion may not face the sleeping surface,   whereby the location of the connection points on the pouch portion and the left/right direction of the running of the strap are such that an infant in the pouch portion is inhibited from turning within the pouch portion.   
     
     
         10 . (canceled)