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Clothing adapted for a child to wear while traveling in a car seat. The clothing includes sleeves, legs, and a hood connected to a back panel to form an always-open area over the child's chest. The always-open area avoids trapping material of the clothing between seat belt straps and the child's che

Clothing adapted for a child to wear while traveling in a car seat. The clothing includes sleeves, legs, and a hood connected to a back panel to form an always-open area over the child's chest. The always-open area avoids trapping material of the clothing between seat belt straps and the child's chest. Certain embodiments include a blanket that is sized to form a covering over the always-open area. Desirably, the blanket is optionally removable, to permit its use for other functions. When present, it is currently preferred for an edge of the blanket to be affixed to a visor of the hood. The distal ends of sleeves and legs in certain embodiments are permanently closed. In other cases, the ends may be optionally closed, or structured to remain open-ended. The clothing may include a plurality of layers to provide variable insulation.

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1. A first suit of clothing, for a human child, comprising: a back panel having a length sized in general agreement with an abdomen of said child;a left sleeve associated with a left shoulder area of said back panel, said left sleeve comprising a permanent tunnel structured to accommodate insertion

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A first suit of clothing, for a human child, comprising: a back panel having a length sized in general agreement with an abdomen of said child;a left sleeve associated with a left shoulder area of said back panel, said left sleeve comprising a permanent tunnel structured to accommodate insertion therein of a left arm of said child;a right sleeve associated with a right shoulder area of said back panel, said right sleeve comprising a permanent tunnel structured to accommodate insertion therein of a right arm of said child;a left leg associated with a left hip area of said back panel;a right leg associated with a right hip area of said back panel;a hood configured to accommodate the head of said child, a bottom of said hood being associated with a top of said back panel; anda first perimeter comprising: a first stretch extending downwardly from said left shoulder area; anda second stretch extending downwardly from said right shoulder area, said first stretch and said second stretch being permanently spaced apart to provide an always-open chest area of said first suit of clothing, said always-open chest area extending downward from the neck at least through the pectoral area of said child; and wherein:a portion of an edge of a blanket is removably affixed to a perimeter of said hood. 2. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, further comprising: a blanket affixed to said first suit of clothing, said blanket being configured and arranged for optional disposition to at least substantially cover said always-open chest area. 3. The first suit of clothing of claim 2, wherein: said blanket is removably affixed to said first suit of clothing. 4. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, in combination with: a second suit of clothing structured substantially in accordance with said first suit of clothing and sized for insertion inside said first suit of clothing as a liner layer providing additional insulation. 5. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, wherein: said always-open chest area is sized for correspondence with at least substantially the entire chest area of said first suit of clothing. 6. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, wherein: said always-open chest area is sized and arranged to permit fastening retention straps of a seatbelt of a car seat, effective to secure a child that is wearing said first suit of clothing in said car seat, without trapping material of said first suit of clothing between said retention straps and the chest area of said child. 7. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the distal ends of said left sleeve and said right sleeve are permanently closed. 8. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the distal ends of said left sleeve and said right sleeve are optionally closable. 9. The first suit of clothing of claim 8, wherein: a cuff disposed proximal to an end of an sleeve is configured and arranged to provide either an open-ended sleeve, or a closed sleeve. 10. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the distal ends of said left leg and said right leg are permanently closed. 11. The first suit of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the distal ends of said left leg and said right leg are optionally closable. 12. The first suit of clothing of claim 11, wherein: a cuff disposed proximal to an end of a leg is configured and arranged to provide either an open-ended leg, or a closed leg. 13. The first suit of clothing of claim 2, wherein: said blanket may be variably secured to said first suit of clothing such that: at a first anchoring configuration, the face of said child may be fully covered by clothing structure comprising said blanket; andat a second anchoring configuration, an opening is formed such that said face is exposed at least sufficiently to permit said child to peer out from under said blanket. 14. The combination of claim 4, further comprising: a first fastener arrangement disposed in association with a first portion of said first perimeter and a cooperation second portion of said second suit of clothing, said first fastener arrangement being operable to resist separation between said first and second portion to facilitate insertion of an arm of said child into reception inside a sleeve of said second suit of clothing. 15. The combination of claim 4, further comprising: a second fastener arrangement disposed in association with a third portion of said first perimeter and a cooperation fourth portion of said second suit of clothing, said second fastener arrangement being operable to resist separation between said third and fourth portion to facilitate insertion of a leg of said child into reception inside a leg of said second suit of clothing. 16. The combination of claim 4, further comprising: a fastener arrangement operable to maintain a distal end of a sleeve or a leg of said second suit of clothing registered in an installed position in inside said first suit of clothing. 17. A car seat coat, comprising: a back panel having a perimeter formed in the general outline of a human child, and including a head connected by a neck to the top of an abdomen, a horizontally outstretched left arm connected to the left shoulder of said abdomen, a horizontally outstretched right arm connected to the right shoulder of said abdomen, a left leg connected to the left hip of said abdomen, and a right leg connected to the right hip of said abdomen;a visor associated with said head effective to form a hood;a first left front panel affixed to said left arm effective to form a left sleeve comprising a tubular length in which to accommodate a portion of an arm of a child;a second left front panel affixed to said left leg to form a left trouser-leg;a first right front panel affixed to said right arm effective to form a right sleeve comprising a tubular length in which to accommodate a portion of the other arm of said child; anda second right front panel affixed to said right leg to form a right trouser-leg; wherein:a first perimeter associated in combination with said left sleeve, right sleeve, left trouser-leg, and right trouser-leg is structured to provide an always-open chest area of said car seat coat, said always-open chest area being structured to expose at least the pectoral region of said child; anda space is provided between the proximal termination of each said sleeve and said neck to permit draping a strap over a shoulder of a wearer without trapping material of a sleeve between the strap and the chest of said wearer; and further comprising:a blanket structured for removable attachment to said hood, said blanket being configured and arranged for optional disposition to at least substantially cover said always-open chest area.