Patent Application
20220225690
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The disclosure relates to bib devices and more particularly pertains to a new bib device for inhibiting an infant from dropping a pacifier. The bib device includes a wire extending around a collar of the bib thereby facilitating the collar to be shaped around the infant's neck. In this way the pacifier can be positioned near the infant's mouth when the bib is worn.
The prior art relates to bib devices including a variety of bibs that have a flap integrated therein for engaging a ring of a pacifier. The prior art discloses a bib that has a pacifier mounted adjacent to a collar of the bib for positioning the pacifier near the infant's mouth when the bib is worn. The prior art also discloses a variety of bibs that have a strap coupled thereto when can releasably engage a pacifier. In no instance does the prior art disclose a bib that has a wire shaped collar and a pacifier that is removably attachable to the bib.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bib that has a collar being integrated therein to extend around the infants' neck when the bib is worn for retaining the bib on the infant. A wire is integrated into the bib thereby facilitating the collar to be shaped. In this way the wire facilitates the collar to be shaped around the infant's neck to inhibit the bib from falling off of the infant. A pacifier is removably attachable to the bib to inhibit the pacifier from being dropped when the bib is being worn and the infant is suckling on the pacifier. In this way a caregiver does not have to continually retrieve the pacifier when the infant drops the pacifier.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A wire 36 is integrated into the bib 12 and the wire 36 extends around the collar 14. The wire 36 is comprised of a bendable material thereby facilitating the collar 14 to be shaped. In this way the wire 36 facilitates the collar 14 to be shaped around the infant's neck 16 to inhibit the bib 12 from falling off of the infant 13. The wire 36 extends along each of the first lateral bounding edge 32, the second lateral bounding edge 34 and the lower bounding edge 30 of the slot 28 in the top side 24 of the bib 12. The wire 36 extends along the top side 24 on opposite sides of the slot 28. As is most clearly shown in
A pair of first mating members 38 is provided and each of the first mating members 38 is coupled to the bib 12. Each of the first mating members 38 is positioned adjacent to the collar 14 and each of the first mating members 38 is positioned on the first surface 20 of the bib 12. Each of the first mating members 38 is positioned adjacent to the lower bounding edge 30 of the slot 28 thereby facilitating each of the first mating members 38 to be positioned proximate the infant's face when the bib 12 is worn. Each of the first mating members 38 may comprise hook and loop fasteners or the like. Additionally, the first surface 20 of the bid and the first mating members 38 are directed toward the infant 13 when the bib 12 is worn.
A pacifier 40 is removably attachable to the bib 12 such that the pacifier 40 is inhibited from being dropped when the bib 12 is being worn and the infant 13 is suckling on the pacifier 40. The pacifier 40 includes a panel 42 and a nipple 44 extending away from a front surface 46 of the panel 42. Moreover, panel 42 and the nipple 44 may be constructed in a similar fashion to a variety of different manufacturers of pacifiers.
A pair of second mating members 48 is each of the second mating members 48 is coupled to the pacifier 40. Each of the second mating members 48 is releasably matable to a respective one of the first mating members 38 for retaining the pacifier 40 on the bib 12. In this way the pacifier 40 is aligned with the infant's mouth 50 when the bib 12 is worn. Each of the second mating members 48 is positioned on a back surface 52 of the panel 42 associated with the pacifier 40. Additionally, each of the second mating members 48 may comprise a hook and loop fasteners or the like.
In an alternative embodiment 54 as is most clearly shown in figure the slot 28 has a bounding edge 56, and the bounding edge 56 is concavely arcuate with the top side 24 of the perimeter edge 22 of the bib 12. Continuing in the alternative embodiment 54, the bib 12 is comprised of a loosely woven material thereby facilitating each of the second mating members 48 on the pacifier 40 to engage the bib 12 rather than the first mating members 38. The loosely woven material may include, but not be limited to, terry cloth or fleece.
In use, the collar 14 is placed around the infant's neck 16 and the wire 36 is shaped to retain the bib 12 on the infant 13. The pacifier 40 is coupled to the bib 12 thereby facilitating the infant 13 to suckle on the pacifier 40. Additionally, the first mating members 38 and the second mating members 48 inhibit the infant 13 from dropping the pacifier 40. In this way a caregiver does not have to continually retrieve the pacifier 40 for the infant 13.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
