Patent ID: 7269857

Claim:
A bib that has a leak-proof bowl-like pocket comprising a body having a front and a back, left and right opposing side edges, a bottom edge and a top edge and being made of a resilient, waterproof and soil-resistant material, the body including: two upper sections for placement around the wearer's neck, the two upper sections when fastened around the wearer's neck cause the bib body to arc outwardly and act to hold the bowl-shaped pocket in an open configuration; a lower section wherein the left and right side edges of said lower section each define a convex arced segment, which is integral in forming the bowl-shaped pocket; two pairs of first cooperative snaps placed on the front of the body, with a first snap of each pair of cooperative snaps on each of the left and right bottom corners which is a lower end of the convex arced segment, with the corresponding cooperative snaps of the pairs placed at upper ends of the convex arced segments on the front of the bib, with the two cooperative snaps of each pair being vertically equidistant from a horizontal centerline of the pocket to be formed, and the two pairs of first cooperative snaps when fastened will create a partially formed pocket having a new bottom edge comprising a fold and will cause the pocket front to arc away from the wearer creating a bowl-shaped pocket; and two pairs of second cooperative snaps both located on the back of the bib, with a first snap of each pair of cooperative snaps on the new bottom edge lowest right and left corners of the partially formed bib which is the center point of the convex arced segments, and the corresponding cooperative snaps placed horizontally toward the center of the body adjacent the corresponding cooperative snaps of the pairs of first cooperative snaps and equal in distance to that of a vertical depth of said pocket; the pocket being formed firstly by folding each of the two lower left and right corners of the lower body upwards toward the front of the body and fastening each of these two corners' cooperative snaps to its corresponding cooperative snap on the left and right side of the bib, then by positioning the bib so that the back of the body is accessible, the second cooperative snaps found on the left and right corners at the bottom of the partially formed pocket on the back side of the body are now folded upwards on an angle and fastened to each of the two corresponding cooperative snaps located on the back of the bib equidistant to the centerline of said fold so that the edges which once formed the left and right side edges of the bib are now positioned horizontal and parallel to the top of the pocket on the front side, the resulting pocket being free from folds within its internal structure making it leak-proof on the sides and bottom of said pocket.