Patent Application
20220369798
A newborn baby is unlikely to sleep through the night before they are four to six months old, creating a stressful and possible sleep depriving situation for many parents. Finding solutions to calm a fussy baby at night can be an incredibly difficult and a time-consuming process. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus to simplify the process of getting your baby to sleep and a higher chance of the baby sleeping through the night is presently unavailable. There exists a need for a versatile hammock product that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present.
The main purpose of the disclosed Wrapping Hammock is to mimic a womb environment via a hammock for babies to ensure long, restful sleep. Also known as the Next To Me Baby Hammock, the disclosure introduces a novel baby hammock layout that provides a means to tightly wrap an infant, in order to mirror the womb experience where babies feel the most comfortable and secure.
The disclosure includes a sheet gathered at a first end attached to a first point and gathered at a second end attached to a second point. The disclosure also includes a high durometer lengthwise wiring looping from the first point to the second point and configured to provide a lengthwise antibunching characteristic. The disclosure additionally includes a suspension cord attached to the first end and to the second end. The disclosure further includes a stand comprising a free standing arm and an anchor attached thereto configured to suspend the hammock system therefrom.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
Expanding on the initial design of a hammock, the Next To Me Baby Hammock is attached to a portable, durable stand and wired material that is sewn into the fabric trims, latches onto ceiling anchors and tracks. The stand hook located on the top of the stand securely attaches onto the hammock to ensure all aspects are adequately held into place and are stable. The hammock hovers over a padded base in a spherical shape to act as an extra safety measure and ensures babies are protected at all times. The Next To Me baby Hammock is easily movable and adjustable and is intended for new born babies to children of up to two years of age. The Next To Me Baby Hammock ensures a fully operational baby bed that can be easily placed in a parents bedroom and may reduce the likelihood of child discomfort at night.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
