Patent ID: 8671465

Claim:
A nursing canopy for shielding an upper front torso of a mother and a nursing infant comprising: an opaque panel of fabric having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, and having a height and width sufficient to substantially cover at least from an upper chest of the mother to below breasts of the mother; a neck strap connected to the top edge of the panel for extending around a neck of the mother and configured to suspend the panel of fabric from the neck of the mother; a first strip of resiliently flexible material having a stiffness greater than the panel of fabric and configured to prevent the upper edge of the panel from resting against a front neck portion of the mother by bowing outward and wherein a viewing area is left between the mother and the upper edge of the panel that allows at least a portion of the infant to be viewed by the mother; and a second strip of resiliently flexible material having a stiffness greater than the panel of fabric extending across a midpoint between the first side edge and the second side edge and configured to prevent a midsection of the panel from resting against a head and face of the infant.