Patent ID: 8726437

Claim:
An apparatus for care of an infant, the apparatus comprising: a lower section having a pouch configured for receiving the legs and lower torso of the infant, wherein the pouch is further configured to: (i) snuggly support each of the legs relative to the lower torso in a fetal tuck position, (ii) stretch when the infant's legs apply a dislocation force to the pouch, and (iii) generate a resistance force that urges the infant's legs back into the fetal tuck position once the dislocation force falls below a threshold value; wherein the pouch comprises a pouch front wall section, a pouch bottom, a pouch rear wall section and a comfort support area that extents from the pouch front wall section, around the pouch bottom and up the pouch rear wall section; and wherein the pouch is formed so as to include two discrete layers of a first elastic fabric material, and wherein in the comfort support area, the pouch is further formed of a third discrete layer of a resistance material, which is sandwiched between the two discrete layers of the first elastic fabric material to provide an even greater resistance force; and an upper section having an upper fabric panel configured for receiving at least an upper torso of the infant, wherein the upper section comprises a pair of fabric flaps, which are joined to an inner surface of the upper fabric panel above an upper edge of the pouch and configured to wrap around the lower torso of the infant to attach to the upper edge of the pouch.