Patent ID: 8753355

Claim:
A device that protects the skin surrounding an infant's navel from cleaning solutions, aids in manipulating the infant's umbilical cord stump, and provides support and protection to the infant's umbilical cord stump while a user cleans the infant's navel and umbilical cord stump, consisting of: a. a non-absorbent upper portion and a non-absorbent lower portion, the non-absorbent upper portion consisting of a wall extending upward from a junction of the non-absorbent lower portion and a base of the wall, the non-absorbent upper portion defining, by partially encircling a first area of the non-absorbent lower portion, the first area having a continuous surface and a central orifice that is completely encircled by the first area of the non-absorbent lower portion, having a second area less than the first area, wherein the partial encirclement of the first area by the wall defines an opening; and b. a third area of the non-absorbent lower portion, consisting of two flanges extending laterally outward from the first area at the junction of the base of the wall of the non-absorbent upper portion and the first area of the non-absorbent lower portion, each flange having a fourth area.