Patent ID: 8302225

Claim:
A garment for swaddling a person, said garment comprising: a back panel for engaging the person's back; first and second arm restraints attached to and extending outwardly in opposing directions from said back panel; said first and second arm restraints being wrappable about respective arms of the person, and said back panel and each said arm restraint carrying respective first releasable closure components, which are selectively and releasably interengaged to releasably fasten said respective arm restraints to said back panel; a leg pouch including a back portion attached and depending from said back panel and a front portion attached to said back portion along respective sides of said leg pouch, said leg pouch for receiving the legs of the person; and an elongate front panel attached foldably to an upper end of said front portion of said leg pouch, said front panel being folded downwardly relative to said leg pouch to extend across said front portion of said leg pouch and being unfolded upwardly for extending across the torso of the person, said front panel having first and second end wraps formed at respective ends of said front panel; said front panel being unfolded upwardly and said first and second end wraps being wrappable over said back panel with said first and second arm restraints fastened to said back panel and said first and second end wraps carrying respective second releasable closure components, which are selectively interengaged to releasably secure said first end wrap to said second end wrap over said first and second arm restraints; whereby the person is swaddled by the garment.