Infant Undergarment

Abstract

The infant undergarment includes a rear panel extending down from a neck curve and between lateral seams. A lower flap defines a lower portion of the rear panel which has lateral edges defined by leg curves giving the lower flap an hourglass form. A lower edge of the lower flap can be rotated up between legs of an infant and fastened back to other portions of the infant undergarment. A right front flap and left front flap extend from lateral seams of the rear panel to lateral edges of the front flaps which are adjacent to each other. Front fasteners adjacent these lateral edges allow for removable attachment of these lateral edges of the right front flap and left front flap to each other. The corner fasteners and front fasteners utilize complemental fasteners which can be removably attached from each other for convenient removal and replacement of the infant undergarment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 : An infant undergarment, comprising in combination:
 a torso portion including a neck opening and a pair of arm openings;   said torso portion including a rear panel extending down from said neck opening;   a lower flap extending away from said rear panel of said torso portion to a rear lower edge;   said torso portion including a left front flap and a right front flap extending laterally from lateral edges of said rear panel, said left front flap terminating at a lateral edge and said right front flap terminating at a lateral edge;   said left front flap and said right front flap each having a front lower edge most distant from said neck opening;   complemental fasteners located at said front lower edges of said left front flap and said right front flap and at said rear lower edge of said lower flap for selective attachment of said rear lower edge of said lower flap to said front lower edges of said right front flap and said left front flap; and   complemental front fasteners located along said lateral edges of said left front flap and said right front flap for selective opening and closing of said right front flap and said left front flap together.   
     
     
         2 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said lower flap has an hourglass shape. 
     
     
         3 : The undergarment of  claim 2  wherein said lower flap has leg curves on lateral sides thereof, said leg curves closer to each other on portions thereof than a length of said rear lower edge of said lower flap between said lateral sides of said lower flap. 
     
     
         4 : The undergarment of  claim 3  wherein said lower flap has a point of minimum width between said lateral sides thereof which is less than half of a width of said lower flap at said rear lower edge. 
     
     
         5 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said corner fasteners include hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         6 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said corner fasteners include snaps. 
     
     
         7 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said corner fasteners include buttons. 
     
     
         8 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said front fasteners include hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         9 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said front fasteners include snaps. 
     
     
         10 : The undergarment of  claim 1  wherein said rear panel includes a visual inspection port between said neck opening and said lower flap. 
     
     
         11 : A method for putting on an infant undergarment, including the steps of:
 placing arms of the infant through a pair of arm openings in a torso portion of an infant undergarment, the torso portion located below a neck opening, the torso portion also including a rear panel extending down from the neck opening with a lower flap on a portion of the rear panel most distant from the neck opening, the lower flap terminating at a rear lower edge, the torso portion including a right front flap and a left front flap extending from lateral sides of the rear portion of the torso portion and terminating at lateral edges located at lateral edges of the right front flap and left front flap;   routing the lower flap between legs of an infant until the rear lower edge is brought adjacent to the lower edges of the right front flap and the left front flap;   using complemental fasteners provided at a front lower edge of the left and right front flaps and at the lower edge of the lower flap to fasten the rear lower edge of the lower flap to the front lower edge of the right front flap and left front flap;   bringing the lateral edges of the right front flap and left front flap together; and   using front fasteners located at the lateral edges of the right front flap and left front flap to hold the lateral edges of the right front flap and the left front flap together.   
     
     
         12 : The method of  claim 11  including the further step of removing the front fasteners from each other and removing the complemental fasteners from each other before removing the infant undergarment from an infant. 
     
     
         13 : The method of  claim 11  wherein the undergarment includes the lower flap having an hourglass shape and wherein said lower flap has leg curves on lateral sides thereof, the leg curves closer to each other than a length of the rear lower edge of the lower flap between the lateral sides of the lower flap to allow the lower flap to fit between legs of the infant. 
     
     
         14 : The method of  claim 13  wherein the infant undergarment includes the lower flap having a point of minimum width between the lateral sides thereof which is less than half of a width of the lower flap at the rear lower edge. 
     
     
         15 : The method of  claim 11  wherein the infant undergarment includes the fasteners formed of hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         16 : The method of  claim 11  wherein the infant undergarment includes the fasteners having snaps. 
     
     
         17 : The method of  claim 11  including the further step of looking through a visual inspection port in the rear panel between the neck opening and the lower flap to see if a diaper change is required. 
     
     
         18 : An infant undergarment, comprising in combination:
 a torso portion including a neck opening and a pair of arm openings;   said torso portion including a rear panel extending down from said neck opening;   a lower flap extending from said rear panel of said torso portion to a rear lower edge;   a left front flap and a right front flap extending laterally from lateral edges of said rear panel, said left front flap and said right front flap terminating at lateral edges;   said left front flap and said right front flap each having a front lower edge most distant from said neck opening;   complemental fasteners located at said front lower edges of said left front flap and said right front flap and at said rear lower edge of said lower flap for selective attachment of said rear lower edge of said lower flap to said front lower edges of said right front flap and said left front flap;   complemental front fasteners located along said lateral edges of said left front flap and said right front flap for selective opening and closing of said right front flap and said left front flap together;   wherein said lower flap has an hourglass shape;   wherein said lower flap has leg curves on lateral sides thereof, said leg curves closer to each other on portions thereof than a length of said rear lower edge of said lower flap between said lateral sides of said lower flap; and   wherein said lower flap has a point of minimum width between said lateral sides thereof which is less than half of a width of said lower flap at said rear lower edge.   
     
     
         19 : The undergarment of  claim 18  wherein the infant undergarment includes the fasteners formed of hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         20 : The undergarment of  claim 18  wherein the infant undergarment includes a visual inspection port in said rear panel between said neck opening and said lower flap.