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A cover is provided that is adapted to wrap around at least a portion of a child container such as a crib or play yard. The cover includes at least one fabric sheet having a surface area sufficient to cover substantially all of a top face of a mattress in the child container. The sheet includes at l

A cover is provided that is adapted to wrap around at least a portion of a child container such as a crib or play yard. The cover includes at least one fabric sheet having a surface area sufficient to cover substantially all of a top face of a mattress in the child container. The sheet includes at least one mattress fastener such as a sleeve or band that is operative to mount the sheet to the mattress. The cover also includes at least one panel connected to the sheet which wraps inner faces of the walls of the child container, which extends over the upper edges of the walls, and which extends over adjacent portions of the outer faces of the walls. The at least one panel includes at least one fastener component that is usable to fasten the cover adjacent the outer faces is of the child container.

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1. An apparatus comprising: a child container cover adapted to wrap at least a portion of a child container, which child container includes an interior space bounded by a floor and at least one wall that extends around the floor, wherein the floor is operative to support a mattress having a top face

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An apparatus comprising: a child container cover adapted to wrap at least a portion of a child container, which child container includes an interior space bounded by a floor and at least one wall that extends around the floor, wherein the floor is operative to support a mattress having a top face and a bottom face, wherein the at least one wall includes an upper edge, an inner face and an outer face,wherein the cover includes: at least one sheet having a surface area sufficient to cover substantially all of the top face of the mattress;at least one mattress fastener in operative connection with the at least one sheet, wherein the at least one mattress fastener is operative to fasten the sheet to the mattress;at least one panel connected to the at least one sheet; andat least one first fastener component in operative connection with the at least one panel;wherein the cover has a shape that is operative to mount to the child container in a first configuration in which: the at least one sheet extends over substantially all of the top face of the mattress positioned over the floor of the child container;the at least one mattress fastener traverses at least a portion of the bottom face of the mattress;the at least one panel extends upwardly from the sheet so as: to wrap at least portions of the inner face of the at least one wall of the child container;to wrap over at least portions of the upper edge of the at least one wall of the child container;to extend downwardly from the upper edge of the at least one wall along at least portions of the outer face of the at least one wall;and to enable the at least one first fastener component to extend to a position in which the at least one first fastener component is operative to cooperatively engage with at least one second fastener component in operative connection with the child container. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the child container includes a crib, further comprising the crib. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the child container includes a play yard, further comprising the play yard. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the child container, wherein the child container includes the at least one second fastener component mounted adjacent an outer face of the at least one wall. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the at least one first fastener component includes an aperture, wherein the at least one second fastener component includes a strap with a first end that is operative to extend through the aperture and fasten via at least one hook-and-loop fastener to the child container. 6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the at least one first fastener component and the at least one second fastener component includes at least one of a clip, a snap, a button, a button hole, an aperture, a loop, a slit, a grommet, an eyelet, a strap, a tie, a rope, a cable, a hook, a latch, and a buckle. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sheet includes a lower face, wherein the at least one mattress fastener traverses the lower face of the at least one sheet and is connected to at least two spaced-apart portions of the at least one sheet to form at least one pocket between the at least one mattress fastener and the lower face of the at least one sheet, wherein the pocket has a sufficient size to receive at least a portion of the mattress therein when the cover is mounted to the child container in the first configuration. 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the cover includes at least two mattress fasteners operative to form at least two respective pockets, wherein the pockets are spaced apart such that at least a portion of a first end of the mattress is operative to extend in a first one of the pockets, and at least a portion of the second opposed end of the mattress is operative to extend in a second one of the pockets. 9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one sheet is comprised of a fabric, wherein the at least one mattress fastener is comprised of the same fabric. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sheet includes a lower face, wherein the at least one mattress fastener includes at least one band that traverses the lower face of the at least one sheet and is connected to at least two spaced-apart portions of the at least one sheet to form at least one loop bounded by at least portions of the at least one sheet and the at least one band, wherein the at least one loop has a sufficient size to receive at least a portion of the mattress therein when the cover is mounted to the child container in the first configuration. 11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the at least one panel includes a see-through material that extends adjacent at least portions of the inner face of the at least one wall of the child container. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein portions of the at least one panel that wrap portions of the outer face of the at least one wall of the child container when mounted in the first configuration, do not include a see-through material. 13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the see-through material includes a mesh fabric. 14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein portions of the at least one panel adjacent the outer edge of the at least one panel include at least one elastic band. 15. The apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising the child container, wherein the child container is a play yard, wherein the at least one wall of the play yard includes a window comprised of a mesh fabric, wherein when the cover is mounted in the first configuration to the child container, at least portions of the mesh fabric of the cover extend adjacent at least portions of the mesh fabric of the window of the at least one wall. 16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mattress fastener includes at least one hole therein, wherein when the cover is mounted in the first configuration to the child container, at least one strap extending from the lower face of the mattress is operative to pass through the at least one hole and to fasten to portions of the child container. 17. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the child container includes a first warning label in a first location thereon, wherein when the cover is mounted in the first configuration to the child container, portions of the at least one panel wrap directly over the first warning label, wherein the portions of the at least one panel that wrap directly over the first warning label include a second warning label thereon that traverses at least a portion of the first location. 18. A method comprising: a) positioning a child container cover over at least a portion of a child container, which child container includes an interior space bounded by a floor and at least one wall that extends around the floor, wherein the floor is operative to support a mattress having a top face and a bottom face, wherein the at least one wall includes an upper edge, an inner face and an outer face, wherein the cover includes: at least one sheet having a surface area sufficient to cover substantially all of the top face of the mattress;at least one mattress fastener in operative connection with the at least one sheet, wherein the at least one mattress fastener is operative to fasten the sheet to the mattress;at least one panel connected to the at least one sheet; andat least one first fastener component in operative connection with the at least one panel;wherein positioning the cover includes: i) positioning the at least one sheet so that the at least one mattress fastener traverses at least a portion of the bottom face of the mattress and the at least one sheet extends over substantially all of the top face of the mattress when positioned over the floor of the child container;ii) positioning the at least one panel to extends upwardly from the sheet so as: to wrap at least portions of the inner face of the at least one wall of the child container;to wrap over at least portions of the upper edge of the at least one wall of the child container;to extend downwardly from the upper edge of the at least one wall along at least portions of the outer face of the at least one wall;b) cooperatively engaging the at least one first fastener component with at least one second fastener component in operative connection with the child container. 19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the at least one first fastener component includes an aperture, wherein the at least one second fastener component includes a strap mounted adjacent an outer face of the at least one wall, wherein the strap includes a first end, wherein (b) includes placing the first end of the strap through the aperture and fastening the first end of the strap to the child container using at least one hook-and-loop fastener.