IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0951309
(2001-09-11)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
16 인용 특허 :
14 |
초록
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A bifurcated wrap-around covering which covers an already seated person, infant to adult. The covering is made to straddle a vertical obstruction in the crotch area 54 of a child's seating structure and made to wrap a child's legs into leg compartments 57 and 57 A. Significant is the cut of the top
A bifurcated wrap-around covering which covers an already seated person, infant to adult. The covering is made to straddle a vertical obstruction in the crotch area 54 of a child's seating structure and made to wrap a child's legs into leg compartments 57 and 57 A. Significant is the cut of the top edges of the rear leg compartment panels 56 and 56 A that surround a user's buttocks 84 wherein a user's buttocks is exposed, allowing the covering to be placed without the necessity of lifting a user, nor lifting a user's legs. Additional material allows the invention to become a body wrap. The covering in larger sizes wraps the legs of larger persons and can be used as a blanket, or with ties at the waistline, a slacks garment for invalids and handicapped persons in wheelchairs.
대표청구항
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1. A bifurcated wrap-around covering comprising:flexible material of a size that is appropriate for a seated user, said flexible material including a front side, a back side, and top and bottom edges;said flexible material forming a torso covering and leg compartments;said leg compartments including
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A bifurcated wrap-around covering comprising:flexible material of a size that is appropriate for a seated user, said flexible material including a front side, a back side, and top and bottom edges;said flexible material forming a torso covering and leg compartments;said leg compartments including a left leg compartment and a right leg compartment, wherein each compartment includes a front section, a back section, a top edge, and a bottom edge;at least one said leg compartment having fastening means permanently affixed to said flexible material;said wrap-around covering further comprising an aperture and an apex at the upper end of the aperture, said aperture and said apex separating the left leg compartment and the right leg compartment;said top edges of said back sections of said leg compartments extending from the area of said apex to cover the entire backsides of a user's legs; andsaid top edge of said left leg compartment back section extending outwardly and upwardly to the left to the outside edge of said left leg compartment and culminating generally at the left hip area of a user; andsaid top edge of said right leg compartment back section extending outwardly and upwardly to the right to the outside edge of the right leg compartment and culminating generally at the right hip area of a user;wherein said top edges of the said left and right leg compartment back sections surround and expose the buttocks of a user thereby facilitating use of said wrap-around covering on a seated user; andwherein said top edges of said left and right leg compartment back sections extend outwardly and upwardly to cover the upper thigh and hip areas of a user; andwherein said top edges of said left and right leg compartment back sections extend from the area of said apex to cover the entire back sides of the legs of a user. 2. The wrap-around covering of claim 1 wherein said torso covering has a securing means to secure said flexible material against itself or to the clothing of a user. 3. The wrap-around covering of claim 2, wherein additional flexible material is added to said flexible material to form hanging flaps, said flaps creating privacy to cover and conceal the buttocks of a user when a user is removed from a seating structure. 4. The wrap-around covering of claim 1, further comprising additional material added to the length and the width of the flexible material to cover the head and upper torso of a user;said additional material in the width extending from the left outside and bottom edges as a triangular section of diagonally cut material to the left of the left side of said left leg compartment;said additional material in the width extending from the right outside and bottom edges as a triangular section of diagonally cut material to the right of the right side of said right leg compartment; andsaid diagonally cut material being attached to respective lower outer segments of said leg compartments;wherein the diagonally cut edges are affixed to the lower outer segments at the sides of the leg compartments thereby giving gradual fullness to the flexible material from the bottom edge to the top edge, and thereby eliminating excess material in the area of the feet of a user while simultaneously providing an adequate amount of material to cover the lower torso of a user. 5. The wrap-around covering of claim 1, wherein the bottom edges of said torso covering are basted, gathered, sewn, and affixed to itself approximately at the hip areas of a user on each side, respectively, whereby the fullness of the gathered material is adequate to cover the torso of a user. 6. A bifurcated wrap-around covering comprising:flexible material of a size that is appropriate for a seated user, said flexible material including a front side, a back side, and top and bottom edges;said flexible material forming a torso covering and leg compartments;said leg compartments including a left leg compartment and a right leg compartment, wherein each compartment includes a front section, a back section, a top edge, and a bottom edge;said wrap-around covering further comprising an aperture and an apex at the upper end of the aperture, said aperture and said apex separating the left leg compartment and the right leg compartment;said top edges of said back sections of said leg compartments extending from the area of said apex thereby surrounding and exposing the buttocks of a user to facilitate use of said wrap-around covering on a seated user; andsaid top edge of said left leg compartment back section extending outwardly and upwardly to the left to the outside edge of said left leg compartment and culminating generally at the left hip area of a user; andsaid top edge of said right leg compartment back section extending outwardly and upwardly to the right to the outside edge of the right leg compartment and culminating generally at the right hip area of user. 7. A method for making a covering comprising a rectangular piece of flexible material in a predetermined size suitable for an infant child, the method comprising the steps of:establishing a center line between the left and right edges of said flexible material;measuring from an upper segment of said material to a lower segment of said material a distance approximately two-thirds to one-half the distance on said established center line, and marking and designating this point as an apex;starting from said center line at said lower segment, cutting an aperture upwardly to said apex a distance appropriate in separating two compartments for the legs of the user;from the right and left lower segments of said material, measuring upwardly along the outer edges a distance equal to the length of said aperture to points on the outer edges, respectively a left point and a right point;from the left point on the left side of said material, cutting inwardly and upwardly a distance halfway to said apex to a point culminating approximately at the left hip area of a user, thereby establishing the top edge of a left rear leg compartment panel; andfrom the right point on the right side of said material, cutting inwardly and upwardly a distance halfway to said apex to a point culminating approximately at the right hip area of a user, thereby establishing the top edge of a right rear leg compartment panel;finishing all the edges;folding over the material under the cut that extends from the left side, wherein the left edge of the material is designated as a third inner segment and is flopped over wherein said third inner segment lies on top of a first inner segment, both segments outlining the left side of said aperture forming the left leg compartment;folding over the material under the cut that extends from the right side, wherein the right edge of the material is designated as a fourth inner segment and is flopped over wherein said fourth inner segment lies on top of a second inner segment, both segments outlining the right side of said aperture forming the right leg compartment;permanently adding temporary fastening means along the inner segments to engage and disengage one to the other; andbasting and gathering the cut edges remaining at the bottom of the left and right upper sections of flexible material, and sewing and affixing the gathered material to itself approximately at a user's respective hip areas, wherein the gathered material is for covering the torso of a user;wherein said top edges of said rear leg compartment panels extend outwardly and upwardly from the area of said apex and terminate at the areas of the hips of a user; andwherein the hips, the upper thighs, and the entire back sides of the legs of a user are covered; andwherein said wrap-around covering surrounds and exposes the buttocks of a user thereby facilitating placement on a seated user even when the seating structure has a vertical obstruction in the area of a user's crotch. 8. A bifurcated wrap-around covering comprising:flexible material of a size that is appropriate for a seated user, said flexible material including a front side, a back side, and top and bottom edges;said flexible material forming a torso covering and a set of leg compartments;said set of leg compartments including a left leg compartment and a right leg compartment, wherein each said compartment includes a front section, a back section, a top edge, and a bottom edge;said wrap-around covering further comprising an aperture and an apex at the upper end of the aperture, said aperture and said apex separating said left leg compartment and said right leg compartment; andsaid top edges of said back sections of said leg compartments extending from the area of said apex thereby surrounding and exposing the buttocks of a user to facilitate use of said wrap-around covering on a seated user, wherein the entire back sides of the legs of a user are covered; andfurther comprising a set of leg compartment panels adapted to overly said set of leg compartments. 9. The wrap-around covering of claim 8, wherein said top edge of said left leg compartment back section extends outwardly and upwardly to the left to the outside edge of said left leg compartment and culminates generally at the left hip area of a user; andsaid top edge of said right leg compartment back section extends outwardly and upwardly to the right to the outside edge of the right leg compartment and culminates generally at the right hip area of a user. 10. The wrap-around covering of claim 9, wherein said torso covering has a securing means to secure said flexible material against itself or to the clothing of a user. 11. The wrap-around covering of claim 10, wherein additional flexible material is added to said flexible material to form hanging flaps, said flaps creating privacy to cover and conceal the buttocks of a user when a user is removed from a seating structure. 12. The wrap-around covering of claim 8, wherein said second set of leg compartment panels include fastening means. 13. A method for making a covering comprising a rectangular piece of flexible material in a predetermined size suitable for an infant child, the method comprising the steps of:establishing a center line between the left and right edges of said flexible material;measuring from an upper segment of said material to a lower segment of said material a distance approximately two-thirds to one-half the distance on said established center line, and marking and designating this point as an apex;starting from said center line at said lower segment, cutting an aperture upwardly to said apex a distance appropriate in separating two compartments for the legs of a user, and thereby establishing a first set of left and right front leg compartment panels;from the right and left lower segments of said material, measuring upwardly along the outer edges a distance equal to the length of said aperture to points on the outer edges;from the point on the left side of said material, cutting inwardly and upwardly a distance two-thirds to said apex to a point culminating approximately at the left hip area of a user, thereby establishing a second left front leg compartment panel and a left rear leg compartment panel, the cut itself establishing the top edge of the second left front leg compartment panel and the top edge of the left rear leg compartment panel; andfrom the point on the right side of said material, cutting inwardly and upwardly a distance two-thirds to said apex to a point culminating approximately at the right hip area of a user, thereby establishing a second right front leg compartment panel and a right rear leg compartment panel, the cut itself establishing the top edge of the second right front leg compartment panel and the top edge of the right rear leg compartment panel;folding over the material on the left side under the cut to create a vertical fold beneath the left hip area of a user, thereby establishing an outside edge of the left leg compartment and placing the left rear leg compartment panel on top of the first left front leg compartment panel;folding over the material on the right side under the cut to create a vertical fold beneath the right hip area of a user, thereby establishing an outside edge of the right leg compartment and placing the right rear leg compartment panel on top of the first right front leg compartment panel;bringing a second set of left and right front leg compartment panels from the backside of the leg compartments through the aperture;placing the second set of front leg compartment panels over the front of the first set of leg compartment panels on each side, respectively; andsecuring the second set of leg compartment panels by fastening means;wherein said wrap-around covering surrounds and exposes the buttocks of a user thereby facilitating placement on a seated user even when the seating structure has a vertical obstruction in the area of a user's crotch.
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