Patent ID: 7520010

Claim:
A baby changing article comprising: a substantially circular body including an outer edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a central portion; a plurality of fold lines within said body to enable said body to be folded for storage, said plurality of fold lines being adapted to facilitate folding and unfolding of said body along said plurality of fold lines between a folded closed configuration and an open unfolded configuration, wherein the folded closed configuration comprises a substantially flat polygonal shape, and wherein said plurality of fold lines includes a first pair of spaced-apart fold lines extending in one direction along said body and towards and terminating at said outer edge, and a second pair of fold lines extending along said body substantially perpendicular to said first pair of fold lines and towards and terminating at said outer edge; four handles connected to and spaced along said outer edge at approximately 90° from one another, each of said four handles being attached, respectively, to said outer edge at locations where said first pair and said second pair of fold lines extend to said outer edge, the four handles including a first handle, a second handle, a third handle and a fourth handle, the first handle being adapted to maintain said body in the folded closed configuration, the second handle being adapted for a user to carry said body in the folded closed configuration, and the third and fourth handles being exposed in the open unfolded configuration and concealed within said body in the folded closed configuration; and at least one storage area, each at least one storage area concentrically positioned with respect to the center of the body on said upper surface of said body, each at least one storage area abutting the outer edge and having at least one opening toward said central portion of said body.