Patent ID: 7254849

Claim:
An article for swaddling an infant, said article comprising: a sheet of flexible material having an inner surface for receiving the infant and an outer surface, said sheet of flexible material having in combination: a first portion wherein a pouch is secured to an inner surface, said pouch being sized to contain the infant up to at least the infant's upper torso; a reinforced slit disposed adjacent to a first side of the pouch to allow passage through the inner surface to the outer surface; a second portion having cooperating fasteners and adapted to wrap around the infant contained in the pouch and arranged to transit through the reinforced slit and secure to the outer surface of the sheet of flexible material; and a third potion adapted to wrap over and around the infant and is secure to the outer surface of the sheet of flexible material, the second and third portions being tapered to end portions having a horizontal width of about 4 inches, each end portion having a hook fastener component and a loop fastener component disposed thereon, with the hook fastener components being positioned adjacent the loop fastener components.