Patent ID: 6089873
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method for training a person to properly support the head of a young infant, comprising assigning an infant simulator to a person for an assignment period, the infant simulator comprising:(a) a doll having at least a torso and a head floppily connected to the torso by a neck linkage allowing the free rearward repositioning of the head relative to the torso, as between an acceptable contented position and an unacceptable, harmful, rearwardly bent position;(b) a means effective for sensing the flopped position of the head relative to the torso as between the acceptable position and the unacceptable position; and(c) a data recording means in communication with the head-position sensing means effective for recording a sensed positioning of the head in an unacceptable position as bent-neck occurrence data.