This disclosure is directed to a child's crawler garment and a method of making the garment which is a pair of pants having leg portions which are formed in the vicinity of the knee area with a design made of a thermal heat settable material which, when subjected to heat, is caused to raise slightly above the surface of the garment to form an anti-skid surface to prohibit a crawling infant from sliding or falling. Also, an embossed or roughened knee area may provide for an anti-slip surface.

FIELD OF INVENTION 
This invention is directed to a child's garment for use during the crawling 
stage of an infant, and to the method of making such garment. 
PRIOR ART 
Heretofore, children's garments made for crawling infants consisted 
essentially of a pair of pants which were designed for ease of putting on 
or taking off. The leg portions of such crawler garments consisted of only 
the material from which the garment was made. It has been noted that an 
infant dressed in such prior known garments would invariably slip or fall 
in crawling along a floor. Such slipping is aggrevated when a child crawls 
along a wooden floor or a linoleum covered floor. Because of such 
slippage, an infant just learning to crawl would encounter considerable 
difficulty and could be subject to injury. 
OBJECTS 
An object of this invention is to provide an improved crawler's garment by 
forming the garment with an anti-skid surface applied to the knee area of 
the garment so that in use, the wearer will not slide or skid when 
crawling. 
Another object is to provide an infant crawler garment with an anti-skid 
surface formed in the knee area thereof with a printed surface that will 
cure to form a raised anti-skid design. 
Another object is to provide an infant's crawler garment with a friction 
producing knee pad. 
Another object is to provide an infant's crawler garment having a heat 
settable design printed on the knee area of the garment which, when set, 
forms a raised pattern to form an anti-skid surface thereat. 
Another object is to provide a method of making an infant's crawler garment 
with protected knee portions to prevent a crawling infant from slipping. 
Another object is to provide a method for making an infant's garment with 
an anti-skid surface in the vicinity of the knee area by printing a 
predetermined design formed of a heat setting material to define an 
anti-skid surface. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The foregoing objects and other features of the invention are attained by 
an infant's crawler garment in the form of pants having extended leg 
portions, and which leg portions have formed or attached thereto in the 
vicinity of the knee area, an anti-skid or slip design. In accordance with 
this invention, the anti-skid or slip design is formed by printing or 
applying to the knee area of the garment a design formed of a heat 
settable material, which after heating, will expand to form a raised 
anti-slip area or portion at the knee area of the garment. In another form 
of the invention, the anti-skid design is formed in the shape of a 
decorative knee pad which has formed thereon the non-skid design defined 
by the heat settable material, and which knee pad is then attached or sewn 
to the infant's garment. 
FEATURES 
A feature of this invention resides in the forming of an infant's crawler 
garment with an anti-skid design in the vicinity of the knee area of the 
garment. 
Another feature resides in the provision of printing on the knee area of an 
infant's crawer garment a design formed of a heat settable material, which 
after curing, forms a raised and safe anti-skid surface. 
Another feature resides in the method of making an infant's garment to 
prohibit a crawling infant from slipping or sliding.

DETAIL DESCRIPTION 
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is illustrated an embodiment of a child's 
garment 10 constructed in accordance with this invention. The illustrated 
garment 10 comprises a pair of pants 11 having leg portions 12 and 13. It 
will be understood that the garment or pants may be formed in any 
conventional manner. It will also be understood that the garment 10 may be 
formed as a coverall. The garment or pants of this invention are sized so 
as to be worn by infants when in their crawling stage. 
To prohibit an infant from sliding or falling when crawling, there is 
formed or attached to the knee area of the garment 10, an anti-slip or 
skid surface. In accordance with this invention, this is attained by 
printing or forming on the knee area of the garment 10 a design, image or 
pleasing configuration formed of a material which can be readily printed 
or painted upon the external surface of the garment, and which material, 
upon setting or curing, will expand and form raised characters 14, as best 
shown in FIG. 2. The nature of the material is such that it has a rubbery 
feel, such that it will function as an anti-skid an anti-slip surface. 
Various materials which are readily commercially available may be used to 
form the design or raised surface as hereinbefore described. One such 
material that can be so used is sold under the tradename "Puffy Pen" 
manufactured by Tulip Productions, a division of Polymerics, Inc. of 
Waltham, Massachusetts. This material can be readily painted directed onto 
the surface of fabric to form the desired design, and then subjected to 
heat to cure or set the material. Upon curing, the material will swell to 
provide the raised design. Other graphic forming material that may be 
utilized to form the designed raised designs may be those disclosed in 
U.S. Pats. Nos. 2,862,834; 3,645,768; 4,006,273; 4,044,176 and 4,268,615. 
It will be understood that the material from which the design is made may 
be formed by other methods such as by printing, screen printing, by a 
decal process and any other suitable process; which, when cured or set, 
will function to define an anti-skid or slip surface on the garment. 
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a modified embodiment. In this form of the 
invention, the garment 20 is similar in construction to garment 10 of FIG. 
1. However, in this form of the invention, the design 21 is printed onto a 
patch of fabric 22 which is attached as a knee pad to the leg portion 20A 
of garment 20. In the illustrated embodiment, the knee patch 22 may be 
shaped in the form of a pleasing design or configuration with the material 
forming the raised design 21 being made an integral part of the design or 
configuration of the patch 22. In the illustrated embodiment, the shape of 
the patch 22 is in the form of a strawberry and the material forming the 
raised portion of the design supplies the textured appearance of a 
strawberry, and which textured appearance imparts the anti-skid or slip 
surface for the knee area of the garment. While a strawberry design is 
illustrated, it will be understood that the same result can be achieved 
with any other design configuration which may be pleasing to a child or 
infant. 
In the embodiment disclosed, it will be apparent that the construction is 
such so as to render the garment both pleasing in design or fashion and 
functional in a utilitarian manner by forming a positive anti-skid surface 
to prevent a crawler or infant from slipping or falling on his or her 
face. Thus, the garment described provides a degree of safety and 
confidence not provided by conventional crawler garments. 
An alternate construction for providing an anti-slip surface for a child's 
crawler garment may comprise a pad formed of a suitable fabric, plastic or 
other material which is capable of being embossed or formed with a 
roughened surface that will allow for some friction to occur that would 
prevent slipping or sliding as a child crawls. A suitable material 
comprises a vinyl pad formed in some child pleasing decorated form which 
has formed on a surface thereof, a wrinkling or other embossed or raised 
design which will impart some friction against a surface or floor. The pad 
so formed may be sewn or adhesively secured to the child's garment. In 
appearance, the construction may be similar to that shown in FIG. 3, with 
the exception that a raised design is integrally formed or embossed as an 
integral part of the vinyl pad or the like. 
While the invention has been described with respect to several embodiments, 
variations and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit 
or scope of the invention.