Patent ID: 8607386
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A prone positioning apparatus for an infant, such infant having a body including a head, a trunk, a spine, arms and legs, the prone positioning apparatus comprising: a support member structured to support such infant in a prone position, the support member including a first end, a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, a first side extending between the first end and the second end and including a first recess, a second side disposed opposite the first side and including a second recess disposed opposite the first recess, a top surface structured to face such infant, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface; a first portion disposed at or about the first end of the support member and being structured to support a corresponding one of the head of such infant and the trunk of such infant; and a second portion extending from the first portion and being structured to support the other of the corresponding one of the trunk of such infant and the head of such infant, wherein the first portion of the support member has a first width; wherein the second portion of the support member has a second width; wherein the support member has a third width between the first recess and the second recess; and wherein the third width is less than the first width and the second width, wherein, when the support member is supporting such infant in the prone position, the head of such infant and the trunk of such infant are aligned and elevated with respect to at least a portion of the arms and at least a portion of the legs of such infant, in order that the spine of such infant is substantially straight, wherein each of the first recess and the second recess is structured to receive at least a portion of a corresponding one of the arms of such infant, wherein the second portion of the support member comprises a first protrusion extending from the second portion toward the first end of the support member on the first side of the support member, and a second protrusion extending from the second portion toward the first end of the support member on the second side of the support member; wherein the first protrusion is disposed opposite the first recess, and is structured to secure at least a portion of the corresponding one of the arms of such infant within the first recess; and wherein the second protrusion is disposed opposite the second recess, and is structured to secure at least a portion of the other of the corresponding one of the arms of such infant within the second recess.