Patent ID: 7062807
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. An infant change mat comprising: a body sized to receive an infant, the body having a length at least about a length of an infant from the infant's head to the infant's buttocks and a width that is wider than about a width of a torso of the infant to accommodate the infant lying on the infant's back on the body; and a cache of protective covering material connected to the body and configured to be disposed under at least a portion of the infant when the infant is disposed on the mat and to have a first portion of the cache be disposed above a portion of the body and under the at least a portion of the infant during a first usage of the mat for changing the diaper of the infant, be soiled, and be discarded, and to have a second portion of the cache be disposed above the portion of the body and under the at least a portion of the infant during a second usage of the mat for changing another diaper of the infant, be soiled, and be discarded; wherein at least one of the body and the cache of protective covering material is configured to inhibit the infant from contacting a surface on which the mat is disposed; wherein the second portion is disposed to inhibit soiling of the second portion during the first usage of the mat; and wherein the body and the cache are configured to be portable.