Tote Coat

Abstract

A portable and collapsible combined coat and blanket and item bag for an infant, alternately able to function as clothing or changing pad or swaddling, having the advantages of minimizing quantity of items which must be carried in order to bring a child and necessary items away from a home, such as to do errands, and simplifying the number of steps necessary to perform changing of a diaper, as well as to adjust clothing or access items, in order to accommodate the needs of a child.

1 . A garment comprising:
 A coat section having an interior for receiving a child and   A blanket section,   wherein the blanket section is defined between an upper blanket terminus and a lower blanket terminus, and the coat section is defined between an upper coat terminus and a lower coat terminus, the blanket section and coat section being arranged with the upper blanket terminus abutting the lower coat terminus, such that the coat section and the blanket section comprise a textile ply that extends continuously between the upper coat terminus to the lower blanket terminus.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1 , further wherein the upper coat terminus comprises a hood 
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 1 , further wherein the coat section comprises sleeves 
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 1 , further wherein the coat section comprises a left breast panel and a right breast panel, the left breast panel and right breast panel being adapted to wrap about the upper body of a child wearing the garment and engage one another, to enclose substantially all of the upper body of the child. 
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 4 , wherein the right breast and the left breast Comprise coat Fasteners, such that the left breast and the right breast are adapted to be fastened with respect to one another, independently of the blanket section. 
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the lower terminus of the blanket section is located, with respect to the body of a child wearing the garment and laying on a surface, such that the blanket section provides a separating layer of sufficient area to separate substantially all of the lower body of the child from the surface. 
     
     
         7 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the coat section comprises garment structure adapted to fit with respect to the upper body of a particular size of child. 
     
     
         8 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the blanket section is shaped such that it is a substantially uninterrupted area of fabric between the upper blanket terminus and the lower blanket terminus. 
     
     
         9 . The garment of  claim 1 , the blanket section being sized and shaped such that it is adapted to flexibly articulate with respect to the coat section to envelop the coat-section. 
     
     
         10 . The garment of  claim 9 , wherein the garment is adapted to folding into a compact portable form-factor when not in use. 
     
     
         11 . The garment of  claim 1 , the blanket section being sized and shaped to flexibly articulate forward with respect to the legs of a child wearing the garment, and fit with respect to the child, such that the garment is closed to envelop the lower body of the child. 
     
     
         12 . The garment of  claim 11 , wherein the garment is adapted to be closed with respect to the lower body of the child, such that the torso, legs, and feet are contained within the garment. 
     
     
         13 . The garment of  claim 11 , wherein the blanket section is adapted to flexibly articulate forward and be retained with respect to the coat section such that the lower blanket terminus is located with respect to the interior of the coat section 
     
     
         14 . The garment of  claim 11 , wherein the blanket section has a width defined by outermost edges along its entire length and is adapted to flexibly articulate forward and form a fold, the fold demarcating the blanket section into a front area and a back area, the front area and back area comprising engaging features that connect to one another such that the outermost edges of the blanket section engage one another at corresponding locations with respect to the fold. 
     
     
         15 . The garment of  claim 14 , wherein the engaging features are adapted to enclose the sides of the garment along the length of the blanket section. 
     
     
         16 . The garment of  claim 1 , further comprising a pocket adapted to accommodate items associated with the care of a child while the garment is in use, use being at least one selected from a list comprising: being worn by a child, being stowed for portability, the blanket section laying open, and the coat section being open, and being in a state in which the items may be selectably accessed, without the garment having to be stowed or on a the body of a child. 
     
     
         17 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one section of the garment is of a size and shape adapted to accommodate retaining items in the section while the garment is in use, use being at least one selected from a list comprising: being worn by a child, being stowed for portability, the blanket section laying open, and the coat section being open, and being in a state in which the items may be selectably accessed, without the garment having to be stowed or on a the body of a child. 
     
     
         18 . A garment comprising:
 A coat section for a child and   A changing blanket section,   wherein the blanket section is defined between an upper blanket terminus and a lower blanket terminus, and the coat section is defined between an upper coat terminus and a lower coat terminus, the blanket section and coat section being arranged with the upper blanket terminus abutting the lower coat terminus, such that the coat section and the blanket section form a textile ply that extends continuously between the upper coat terminus to the lower blanket terminus, and, wherein the coat section comprises garment structure appropriate to fit the physiology specific to a child of a particular size, the blanket section being sized and shaped to flexibly articulate and fit with respect to a child, in order to fit with respect the lower body of the child, further wherein the coat section comprises a left breast panel and a right breast panel, the left breast panel and right breast panel being adapted to independently wrap about the upper body of a child wearing the garment and engage one another, to enclose substantially all of the upper body of the child, and comprising sleeves.   
     
     
         19 . The garment of  claim 18 , further wherein the blanket section is flexibly articulate to alternately lay under the lower body of a child wearing the garment, such that it provides a textile surface of sufficient area to separate substantially all of the lower body of the child while the child is laying atop a surface, and alternately be retained with respect to the coat section to at least one selected from a list comprising the outside of the coat section and interior of the coat section. 
     
     
         20 . The garment of  claim 19 , wherein at least one section of the garment comprises a pocket and is of a size and shape adapted to accommodate retaining items in the pocket while the garment is in use, use being at least one selected from a list comprising: being worn by a child, being stowed for portability, the blanket section laying open, and the coat section being open, and being in a state in which the items may be selectably accessed, without the garment having to be stowed or on a the body of a child.