Patent ID: 7587769

Claim:
An article for swaddling a baby, comprising: a soft, pliant blanket having opposed upper and lower edges, opposed first and second side edges, an outer face and an opposed inner face defining a body-receiving area between the first and second side edges of the blanket extending from the upper edge of the blanket to the lower edge of the blanket; the blanket formed with opposed, spaced apart first and second arm-receiving sleeves; the first arm-receiving sleeve disposed between the opposed upper and lower edges of the blanket and between the body-receiving area of the inner face of the blanket and the first side edge of the blanket; the second arm-receiving sleeve disposed between the opposed upper and lower edges of the blanket and between the body-receiving area of the inner face of the blanket and the second side edge of the blanket; a pacifier retaining structure formed in the blanket adjacent to the upper edge of the blanket opposing the first arm-receiving sleeve and positioned between the body-receiving area and the first side edge of the blanket, the pacifier retaining structure adapted to receive and operatively hold a pacifier having a nipple so as to retain the pacifier with respect to the blanket leaving the nipple operatively exposed in preparation for use with respect to the inner face of the blanket; the blanket extending from the first side edge to proximate to the body-receiving area to wrap over a baby positioned on the inner face of the body-receiving area of the blanket to draw the inner face of the blanket between the first side edge of the blanket and the body-receiving area of the blanket, the first arm-receiving sleeve, and the pacifier-retaining structure across the body-receiving area; and the blanket extending from the second side edge to proximate to the body-receiving area to wrap over a baby positioned on the inner face of the body-receiving area of the blanket to draw the inner face of the blanket between the second side edge of the blanket and the body-receiving area of the blanket, and the second arm-receiving sleeve across the body-receiving area.