Patent ID: 7770237

Claim:
A baby garment for accessing and protecting the umbilical cord comprising: a piece of material having front and back portions and also having an umbilical-exposing hole being disposed through said front portion and about the baby's umbilical cord to allow a user to effectively clean the umbilical cord without the user having to remove the baby garment from the baby, said piece of material further including a neck-receiving opening; and an oversized cover being hingedly attached to said front portion and being fastenably closeable and loosely disposed over the umbilical cord to effectively protect and not to irritate the umbilical cord, said oversized cover having a hinged edge which is securely attached to and extends laterally across an entire width of said front portion, said hinged edge effectively bisecting said front portion, said front and back portions having bottom edges which are fastenable to one another to form leg-receiving openings, said oversized cover also having a width which is substantially equivalent to the width of said front portion and extends entirely from a left side to a right side of said piece of material, said oversized cover having a length which extends from where said hinged edge effectively bisects said front portion to a position substantially halfway between said umbilical-exposing hole and said bottom edge of said front portion such that said oversized cover is loosely and bulgingly disposed over said umbilical cord and does not rub nor irritate the umbilical cord.