Sitting square baby support cushion

This invention is a infant and child polyurethane foam 24″ square support cushion with a 12″ square center cut-out well region in which the child sits who needs help sitting up unsupported at rest or play or to learn how to support self on knees while learning how to crawl. This invention offers the new concept of offering a firmer, more durable cushion that supports children with four surrounding 5″ high sides that do not allow the child to fall over and that teach the child how to support self in a seated position or a crawling position.

REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING

Not Applicable

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

This invention pertains to the field of support pillows and cushions, and in particular to support pillows and cushions that are suitable for placement around an object, in this case, a baby's and child's head, neck, and body. The U.S. patent Classification would be Class 5 BEDS, relating to devices intended to hold the human body in a prone, supine, or sitting position. The subclass would be 652 SUPPORT FOR USER'S BODY OR PART THEREOF, which includes “cushions” and art that requires some modification to materials to adapt them for body support.

There are a number of other baby support pillows and cushions that provide support to the child's neck or body, however, only one was found that provides similar support that pertains to this invention by Susan Matthews, Application number 944629, filed Sep. 14, 1992, class 5/655. Susan Matthew's invention is a tubular-shaped, oval pillow to support the child in a laying position or seated position, which also supports the child's back and/or arms while at rest or play. The problems with this support pillow is that the infant is not firmly supported by a 5″ high firm foam cushion, which allows the infant to flop over sideways, nor does it provide a front support for the child who falls over frontwards. Other support pillows only provide support to the head and neck. Specifically, U.S. Pat. No. 4,679,262 (Davis), U.S. Pat. No. 4,285,081 (Price), U.S. Pat. No. 2,167,622 (Bentivoglio), U.S. Pat. No. 4,788,728 (Lake). A pillow designed for the support of infants and small children while asleep in a sitting position is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,726,085 (Antonio). This device supports only the head, not any other portion of the infant's body.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

This baby and child support cushion provides support on all four sides of the infant and child needing support to sit up or when learning how to crawl. It contains a center well in which the child sits, with four, flat surrounding 5 inch high, 6 inch wide surfaces on which the child can rest its head and neck when lying down or back and arms when sitting up or on which to rest toys.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A support cushion comprises a one-piece flame-retardant, polyurethane foam cushion body with the following dimensions: 24″ square, 5″ high, with a center 12″ square cut-out region. A removable cover is disposed about the cushion body securing at the inside of the inner 12″ square cut-out well by Velcro.

Previous inventions contained cotton filling stuffed within a tubular, oval or c-shaped pillow lacking firm support and complete surrounding support.