Patent ID: 6688305
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A therapeutic aid for easing cold symptoms of a child, the therapeutic aid comprising:a body member having a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall defining an interior space, said perimeter wall of said body member having a slot positioned along a front portion of said body member such that said slot is for permitting access to said interior space of said body member; a treatment member being insertable into said interior space of said body member, said treatment member being adapted for emitting therapeutic vapors through said body member for easing the cold symptoms of the child when said body member is positioned in a proximity to the child; a fastening member being coupled to said perimeter wall of said body member such that said fastening member is coupled to an exterior of said perimeter wall and a rear portion of said body member, said fastening member being adapted for selectively securing said body member to an article such that said body member is maintained in proximity to the child and said slot is readily accessible to remove and replace said treatment member; said fastening member comprising a safety pin, said safety pin having a hooded portion for selectively receiving a pin-portion such that said hooded portion is adapted for preventing said pin portion from impaling a user when said pin portion is received by said hooded portion; said treatment member being substantially planar, said treatment member comprising a flexible absorbent material, said flexible absorbent material absorbing a medicinal mixture such that said medicinal mixture evaporates from said treatment member for easing the cold symptoms of the child when said treatment member is positioned in said interior space of said body member; a first fastener being coupled to a first face of said slot, a second fastener being coupled to a second face of said slot such that said first fastener is complimentary to said second fastener for selectively closing said slot of said perimeter wall of said body member; said first fastener comprising a first portion of book and loop fastener, said second fastener comprising a second portion of hook and loop fastener such that said second portion of hook and loop fastener is complimentary to said first portion of hook and loop fastener for selectively closing said slot in said perimeter wall of said body member; and said body member having a body portion, a head portion and a plurality of appendage portions, said head portion and said appendage portions being coupled to said body portion such that said body member is adapted for resembling an animal that is comforting to the child.