Swaddling blanket and pouch combination

Abstract

A swaddling blanket and pouch combination (SBPC) ( 10 ) that allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The blanket ( 12 ) is comprised of a right blanket flap ( 28 ) and a left blanket flap ( 46 ) and includes a designated area to which is removably attached the pouch ( 70 ). The pouch features a lower end ( 78 ) which includes an opening and closing means that allows an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The SBPC ( 10 ) is used by first placing the left blanket flap ( 46 ) over the pouch ( 70 ), which is then followed by placing the right blanket flap ( 28 ) over the pouch. The right and left blanket flaps ( 28,46 ) as well as the pouch ( 70 ) are preferably held in place by hook and loop fasteners ( 88 ).

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A swaddling blanket and pouch combination (SBPC) comprising:
 a) said swaddling blanket having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface has a marked pouch attachment area form where laterally extends a right blanket flap and a left blanket flap, wherein the left blanket flap has a longitudinal length that is less than the longitudinal length of the right blanket flap, and   b) said pouch having an inner surface with means for being removably attached to the marked pouch attachment area, an outer surface, an open upper end and a lower end having means for being opened and closed to allow a diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature, wherein said means for removably attaching the inner surface of said pouch to the marked pouch attachment area located on said swaddling blanket is selected from the group consisting of hook and loop fasteners, male and female detents and buttons, wherein to utilize said SBPC the left blanket flap is initially wrapped around the outer surface of said pouch, which is then followed by wrapping the right blanket flap over and around the left blanket flap.   
     
     
       2. A swaddling blanket and pouch combination (SBPC) comprising:
 a) said swaddling blanket having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface has a marked pouch attachment area from where laterally extends a right blanket flap and a left blanket flap, wherein the left blanket flap has a longitudinal length that is less than the longitudinal length of the right blanket flap, and   b) said pouch having an inner surface with means for being removably attached to the marked pouch attachment area, an outer surface, an open upper end and a lower end having means for being opened and closed to allow a diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature, an infant head cover that is removably attached to the open upper end of said pouch by means of hook and loop fasteners, male and female detents and buttons, wherein to utilize said SBPC the left blanket flap is initially wrapped around the outer surface of said pouch, which is then followed by wrapping the right blanket flap over and around the left blanket flap.   
     
     
       3. A swaddling blanket and pouch combination (SBPC) swaddle comprising:
 A. said swaddling blanket comprising:
 a) a pouch attachment an area having: comprising 
 (1) an upper edge, 
 (2) a lower edge, 
 (3) a right pouch border attachment mark a first area side, and 
 (4) a left pouch border attachment mark,a second area side; 
   b) a right blanketa first flap having:comprising  (1) ana first inner edge that is integral with the right pouch border attachment markportion proximal the first area side, and    (2) ana first outer edge,portion;    (3) an upper edge,   (4) a lower edge,   (5) an inner surface and   (6) an outer surface,     c) a left blanket a second flap having: comprising 
 (1) ana second inner edge that is integral with the left pouch border attachment markportion proximal the second area side, and  
 (2) ana second outer edge,portion; and  
 (3) an upper edge, 
 (4) a lower edge, 
 (5) an inner surface and 
 (6) an outer surface, wherein the longitudinal length of said left blanket flap is less than the longitudinal length of said right blanket flap, 
   
 B. said a pouch having:, sized and configured to allow an infant to be placed partially into the pouch, the pouch comprising 
 a) an inner section that is dimensioned to be attached by an attachment means to the area bordered by the right and left pouch border attachment marks located on said swaddling blanket, 
 b) an integrally attached outer section an outward-facing portion, 
 c) an open upper and portion, 
 d) a closeable lower end and side end, 
 e) a righta first pouch side, and 
 g) a left a second pouch side, and 
 a recloseable portion spaced apart from the open portion and extending along a segment of the lower end and along 1) a first segment of the first pouch side, or 2) a second segment of the second pouch side, or 3) the first segment of the first pouch side and the second segment of the second pouch side,  
 
 wherein to utilize said SBPC, in use, 
 the left blanket second flap commencing from the left pouch border attachment mark is wrapped sequentially around said pouch's inner section, the left side, the outer section and with the outer edge of the left blanket flap attached by an attachment means to the right side of said pouch, likewise the second pouch side and the outward-facing portion of the pouch, 
 the right blanket first flap is wrapped sequentially around the left blanket flap that is attached to the right side of said pouch, around the outer and left side section of said pouch with the first pouch side and the outward-facing portion of the pouch, and  
 the first outer edge portion of the right blanket first flap is configured to be attached by the attachment means one or more fasteners to the left blanket second flap that is attached to the inner section of said pouch, wherein said pouch is dimensioned to allow an infant to be placed into said pouch, with the infant's arms located internally within said pouch or with the infant's arms located externally to said pouch. 
 
 
     
     
       4. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 3  wherein the first flap comprises a first lower portion, the second flap comprises a second lower portion, and said pouch has a length that preferably places is sized and configured such that, when in use, the open upper end portion of said pouch adjacent to is near the chest area of an the infant and the lower end recloseable portion of said pouch adjacent to is near the first lower edge of said swaddling blanket portion of the first flap and the second lower portion of the second flap. 
     
     
       5. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in claim  4  3 wherein said pouch is made of a resilient, soft material that applies configured to apply a comforting pressure around the infant. 
     
     
       6. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 5  wherein the resilient, soft material is comprises one or more fabrics selected from the group consisting of cotton, spandex, stretch denim, stretch vinyl and stretch velvet. 
     
     
       7. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 3  wherein said means for attaching the inner section of said pouch to the pouch attachment area on said swaddling blanket is selected from the group consisting of one or more fasteners comprises hook and loop fasteners, male and female detents, and buttons. 
     
     
       8. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination as specified in  claim 3  wherein the closeable lower end of said pouch further comprises an opening and closing means that extends along the lower end of said pouch and continuous partially along either the right or the left side of said pouch, wherein the opening and closing means allows said pouch to be opened to allow a soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. 
     
     
       9. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in claim  8  3, further comprising means for opening and closing the recloseable portion, wherein the opening and closing means for opening and closing said pouch means is selected from the group consisting of comprises hook and loop fasteners, male and female detents, a zipper and, or a drawstring. 
     
     
       10. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination as specified in  claim 3  wherein said pouch further comprises an infant head cover that is removably attached to and extends from the open upper end of said pouch. 
     
     
       11. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination as specified in  claim 10  wherein said infant head cover is removably attached to the upper end of said pouch or to the upper edge of said blanket by an attachment means that is selected from the group consisting of hook and loop fasteners, male and female detents and buttons. 
     
     
       12. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination as specified in  claim 10  wherein said infant head cover is made of a resilient, soft material that is selected from the group consisting of cotton, spandex, stretch denim, stretch vinyl and stretch velvet. 
     
     
       13. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 3  wherein:
 a)  the first flap further comprises a first upper edges of the right and left blanket flaps are angled downward from the respective upper edge of said blanket, and edge angled downward from the first inner portion to the first outer portion and a first lower edge angled upward from the first inner portion to the first outer portion, and 
 the second flap further comprises a second upper edge angled downward from the second inner portion to the second outer portion and a second lower edge angled upward from the second inner portion to the second outer portion, 
 b) the lower edges of the right and left blanket flaps are angled upward from the respective lower edge of said blanket, wherein the right first flap terminates at a first centered radiused apex and left blanket flaps terminate the second flap terminates at an outer edge configured as a second centered radiused apex. 
 
     
     
       14. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 3  wherein:
 the first flap further comprises a first upper edge and a first lower edge, 
 the second flap further comprises a second upper edge and a second lower edge, 
 the first upper edges of the right and left blanket flaps are in respective alignment with the upper edge of said blanket edge of the first flap and the second upper edge of the second flap are generally aligned and generally parallel, and 
 the first lower edges of the right and left blanket flaps are in respective alignment with the lower edge of said blanket edge of the first flap and the second lower edge of the second flap are generally aligned and generally parallel. 
 
     
     
       15. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 3  wherein:
 the first flap further comprises a first upper edge and a first lower edge, 
 the second flap further comprises a second upper edge and a second lower edge,  
 a) the first upper edges of said right and left blanket flaps are in alignment with the respective upper edge of said blanket edge of the first flap and the second upper edge of the second flap are generally aligned and generally parallel, and 
 b) the first lower edges of said right and left blanket flaps are angled upward from the respective lower edge of said blanket, wherein edge of the first flap is angled upward from the first inner portion to the first outer portion, and the second lower edge of the second flap is angled upward from the second inner portion to the second outer portion, and  
 the right first flap terminates at a first off-centered radiused apex and left blanket flaps terminate in an outer edge configured as an the second flap terminates at a second off-centered radiused apex. 
 
     
     
       16. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination swaddle as specified in  claim 3  wherein:
 the first flap further comprises a first upper edge and a first lower edge, 
 the second flap further comprises a second upper edge and a second lower edge,  
 a) the first upper edges of said right and left blanket flaps are angled downward from the respective upper edge of said blanket, and edge of the first flap is angled downward from the first inner portion to the first outer portion and the second upper edge of the second flap is angled downward from the second inner portion to the second outer portion,  
 b) the first lower edges of said right and left blanket flaps are in alignment with the respective lower edge of said blanket, wherein edge of the first flap and the second lower edge of the second flap are generally aligned and generally parallel, and  
 the right first flap terminates at a first off-centered radiused apex and left blanket flaps terminate at an outer edge configured as an  the second flap terminates at a second off-centered radiused apex. 
 
     
     
       17. The swaddling blanket and pouch combination as specified in  claim 3  wherein said swaddling blanket is made of a material that is selected from the group consisting of wool, cotton, and waterproof nylon. 
     
     
       18. The swaddle as specified in claim 3, the pouch configured to be removably attached to the area.