Patent ID: 8549685

Claim:
A method for securing a child to an adult using a sleeping restraint comprising a chest strap having two strap ends and a strap length, first and second child restraining walls extending from the chest strap, the walls each having a wall length transverse to the strap length, and a first restraining strap extending from the first child restraining wall, the method comprising the steps of: encircling the chest strap around the chest of the adult; positioning the adult in a substantially horizontal position such that the adult is lying on the adult's back; positioning the first and second child restraining walls on the anterior portion of the adult's chest such that the first and second child restraining walls extend vertically upward with respect to the adult's chest and longitudinally along the length of the adult; and positioning a child of about 3 years of age or younger between the first and second child restraining walls.