Patent ID: 7188372

Claim:
A nursing apron for covering the chest area of a nursing mother to afford privacy to the mother while nursing an infant and for aiding in supporting the infant while it is nursing, comprising: a generally trapezoidally shaped piece of washable material having a top end, a bottom end, and opposite side edges that taper inwardly from the bottom end toward the top end, and adapted to cover the chest area and breasts of a nursing mother, with the top end adapted to lie beneath the chin of the mother, the bottom end adapted to lie at about midsection of the mother, and the opposite side edges adapted to wrap partially around the sides of the mother; securing means on the bottom end for securing the bottom end about the midsection of the mother to form a support pouch for receiving and covering an infant and aiding in supporting the infant in position to be breastfed; a neck strap on the top end adapted to extend around the neck of a person wearing the apron to support the apron and an infant held therein; the opposite side edges of the apron positioned so that the head of a nursing infant can be seen past a respective side edge; and privacy flaps on the opposite side edges of the apron for selectively covering or uncovering the head of an infant covered and supported by the apron.