Patent ID: 8863337

Claim:
A sleeping restraint for a child, comprising: a) a chest strap for at least partially encircling an adult's chest, the chest strap having a strap length and first and second strap ends; b) a connector for joining the first and second strap ends together after the chest strap is placed around the adult's chest; c) first and second child restraining walls extending away from the chest strap so that when the adult is lying on the adult's back, the chest strap is at least partially encircling the adult's chest and the first and second child restraining walls are positioned on the anterior portion of the adult's chest, the walls extend generally upwards away from the adult's chest, the walls being spaced along the length of the chest strap, the walls each having a wall length transverse to the strap length, the first child restraining wall having an interior side facing the second child restraining wall and an exterior side opposite of the interior side, the second child restraining wall having an interior side facing the first child restraining wall and an exterior side opposite of the interior side; d) a first restraining strap for restraining a child in place on the adult's chest between the walls when the adult is lying on the adult's back, the first restraining strap attached to the interior side of the first restraining wall; and e) an alarm system comprising an alarm, a power source configured to power the alarm system, a memory, a sensor configured to determine the orientation of the sleeping restraint and a processor configured to trigger the alarm when the sensor senses that the sleeping restraint occupies a dangerous orientation.