Patent ID: 7384098

Claim:
A mummy bag for use with an infant carrier having a back portion and a seat portion together with a three-point retaining harness including a pair of retaining straps, each strap having one end connected to the back portion of the carrier and the opposite end connected to a harness buckle and further including a harness latch connected to the seat portion of the carrier for receiving the harness buckle, the mummy bag comprising: a blanket having a contoured top edge forming an integral hood with a face opening, two opposing lengthwise side edges and a bottom edge; a closure means extending from the bottom edge to the face opening along the side edges for connecting together the side edges of the blanket leaving an open bottom; a drawstring secured around the periphery of the open bottom for closing the open bottom; a drawstring secured around the periphery of the face opening for reducing the size of the face opening; an opening in the blanket disposed near the bottom edge and generally centered between the two opposing side edges for receiving the harness latch; an enlarged opening in the blanket disposed near the top edge and generally centered between the two opposing side edges for freely receiving the pair of retaining straps; a flap for partially closing the enlarged opening, the flap hingedly connected to a bottom edge of the enlarged opening, the flap further including opposing side edges together with means for releasably securing the side edges to the blanket; and a tongue hingedly attached to the blanket at a top edge of the enlarged opening and depending toward the flap and means for securing a free end of the tongue to the flap, the tongue having a lateral width less than the lateral width of the enlarged opening wherein each harness strap may extend through the enlarged opening on either side of the tongue.