US2199869A - Article for babies - Google Patents

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ARTICLE FOR BABIES Filed June 5, 1959 atented May 7, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application June 3, 1939, Serial No. 277,331

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an article for babies, and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind which can be employed to advantage as a bottle holder yet which can also be used as a baby harness or as a restraining device.

The invention consists in the details of construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts of our improved article for babies whereby certain important advantages are attained and the article rendered simpler, less expensive'and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of our invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will now'proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure lis an elevational view of an article for babies constructed in accordance with an. embodiment of our invention;

Figure 2 .is an enlarged fragmentary view of the central portion of the device as illustrated in Figure 1 with an associated bottle indicated by broken lines;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the 'line'3- -3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows;

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, R denotes a bag-like receptacle formed of suitable fabric and which has one end open. This receptacle R, as herein disclosed, comprises overlying sheets I of material having their side and bottom marginal portions sewed or otherwise connected. One of the walls or sheets I has stitched or otherwise secured thereto, as at 2, at a point adjacent to the open end of the receptacle R an elastic loop 3. This loop 3 is entirely confined within the receptacle R and the attachment 2 in the present embodiment of the invention embodies a row of stitching extending across the lapping extremities of an elastic band of desired width. Aside from the attachment 2 the loop 3 is entirely free of either of the overlying sheets or walls I.

Secured to the upper and lower portions of the receptacle R at each side thereof are the inner end portions of the fabric strips 5. These strips 5 are of desired length and the outer end portions thereof are secured by the'stitching 6 to each other and to the inner end portion of the elongated holding band or tape 1. These strips 5 provide a substantially V-shaped loop at each side of the receptacle R with the apex thereof outwardly disposed.

The loop 3 is adapted to have inserted therethru the lower end portion of a nursing bottle B and when so applied the walls l of the receptacle R serve to maintain warm the contents of the bottle. The bands or strips 1 are secured to the opposite sides of the crib or carriage whereupon the bottle will invert the receptacle B so that the nipple of the bottle will be disposed downwardly and in a position to be readily reached by the infant.

If preferred, the bands or strips 1 can be pinned to the bed clothing with the receptacle R and bottle therein resting upon the chest portion of the infant. This manner of use is particularly desirable when the infant is extremely young.

When the article is being used as a bib or walking harness or as a restraining device, the bands or strips 1 are crossed and connected by a single tie knot. The loose ends can then be pinned or otherwise secured to the side of a bed or carriage so that the article will not come off of the infant. This tying of the members 7 is at the back of the baby so that if the child rolls or tries to get up in a high chair the tie knot will tighten.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that an article for babies constructed in accordance with our invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that our invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precise arrangement and formation vof the several parts herein shown in carrying out our invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

elastic loops within the receptacle and securedto j a wall thereof, an end of the receptacle being open and said bottle encircling loops being adja-s i cent to said open end.

PAUL G BAKERL JOHN H. WATTS.

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