Combination infant's garment and blanket

Jan. 7, 1941. b. idelman 2,227,751

COMBINATION INFANT’S GARMENT AND BLANKET Filed Feb. 13, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1

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Jan. 7, 1941. b. idelman 2,227,751

COMBINATION INFANT’S GARMENT AND BLANKET

Filed Feb. 13, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2

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Patented Jan. 7, 1941

2,227,751

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,227,751 COMBINATION INFANT’S GARMENT AND BLANKET

Bernard Idelman, Chicago, III. Application February 13,1939, Serial No. 256,036

Claims.

This invention relates to a combination infant’s or baby’s garment and blanket, adapted to be used for warmth and outdoor wear as well as indoors and for sleeping or carrying purposes ⁶ or in a crib or bed as a blanket.

The object of the invention is to provide in a new article of manufacture, a combination garment of the kind referred to which embodies a novel and extremely simple form of blank and construction adapted to be used as a blanket or covering for an infant or child reposed in a crib or carriage or on a bed with special facility for anchoring or tying the same down to keep the child from kicking the blanket off and while so used having special provision for giving extra protection and covering for the head, chest and feet in addition to the rest of the body, and also adapted to be folded to include a hood for the 20 head and an enclosed covering or sack With special provision for closing or sealing the same to protect the entire body of the infant or child either while sleeping or as reposed and enclosed therein while being carried about and especially 25 outdoors, and adapted for changes in climate and weather conditions, including collar adjustments for a high or low collar, the former providing protection for the neck and face of the child in extremely cold or inclement weather and 30 for adjustment as the child grows.

A further object of the invention is to make provision for fastening the hood down over the child’s head and to so arrange the securing means or tie thereof that appearance is maintained 85 while preventing the hood from being drawn tight or binding at the back of the neck or causing strangulation in any way whatsoever.

Further objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fully in the following speci40 flcation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the combination infant’s garment and blanket applied for use as . a bag or sack;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front elevation with the collar up;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary rear elevation with the collar up;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5—5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank, partly folded;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the gar55 ment and blanket looking at the back;

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Fig. 9 is a fragmentary -front elevation with the hood tied;

Fig. 10 is a side view of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a view of the garment applied to a crib, and 5

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the separable fastener.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I show the combination Infant’s or baby’s garment bag or sack and blanket, which embodies 10 a blank i 5 of substantially rectangular form and made from suitable cloth material such as wool, flannel, flannelette, or the like, or even of waterproof material for use in inclement weather, as desired. The blank 15 includes a central or ¹⁵back portion or body part 16 applied to the back of the infant when used as a sack or bundled therein or at the front or top when used as a blanket, but provided with side portions, flaps or extensions 11 and f 8 foldable inwardly along parallel lines at the side margins of a bottom or foot portion, flap or extension i 9 produced by angular or arcuate cut-outs at the lower corners of the blank with the vertical lower leg portions or ₂g edges thereof preferably shorter than the upwardly and outwardly inclined lower edges of the bottom or substantially horizontal leg portions or edges thereof.

The blank is also cut or formed with a central _soupwardly extending top extension or portion 20 of reduced width corresponding substantially to the width of the bottom portion 19 with downwardly extending cut-outs, recesses, kerfs or darts 2f of substantially V-shape at the lines ₃₅where the side flaps i 7 and 18 fold over the body part 16 producing upward extensions at the sides outwardly thereof forming side collar portions 22 which lie at the front of the neck above the shoulders when the side portions of the blank are ,θ turned over and folded inwardly over the main ⁴body part or central portion of the blank. Also, it should be noted that the main body part below the cuts 21 is of a length to extend to the neck of the wearer. The top extension 20 ₄₅preferably has its opposite side edges 23 converging upwardly or diverging downwardly, being inclined in opposite directions on opposite sides to form the extension 20 tapered whereby the same is adapted to form a hood 24 for cover- 50 ing the head and for other purposes as will be later described. In order to best accomplish this, the extension 20 is recessed centrally at the top as at 25 in substantially V-formation with convexly curved edges substantially parabolic and 55

2,227,751 sloping or curving downwardly at the outside toward the outer edges 23 of the extension or bifurcations thus formed. These edges of the recess are turned toward each other in overlap6 ping abutting relation to form a seam 26 and stitched together as at 27 in spaced relation to the raw edges of the material and the folds of the seam opened up with the edges finished, stitched or hemmed and a finishing strip of rib10 bon or the like stitched thereover to the front edge. A ribbon binding 28 corresponding to the color of the blanket is also folded over the entire surrounding edge of the blank including the edge of the hood at the open front side as distinguished 15 from the pocket or closed back side thereof and stitched together to the blanket material along or adjacent and parallel to said edge.

Strips, sections or lengths of tape or stringers 29 and 30 of flexible separable fasteners are also 20 secured along the greater intermediate portions of the lengths of the edges of the side portions i 7 and 18 at the inner faces thereof by the same or additional rows of stitching, preferably to the binding strips or ribbon only to lie free at the 25 fold thereberieath and bearing the usual separable or detachable fastener members as used in this type of fastener although buttons, snaps, hooks and eyes or other fasteners may be employed if desired for separably joining the edges 8® at the center and front of the garment or sack when folded on the infant as described. The advantage of the separable fasteners is that the joint is entirely closed against the entrance of cold air, or rain or snow in inclement weather. The 85 fasteners include a terminal socket starting member or key 31 on one strip 29 at the bottom and a terminal shank 32 on the bottom of the other strip 30. A slide 33 is also provided on the strip or section 29 retained from displacement &lt;0 by the terminal 3(, the slide having the. usual finger piece or gripping means at the outside beneath the flexible folds or edge portions of the blanket material or binding thereon and covered thereby whereby the fasteners may be manipu⁴³ lated to connect or separate the edges of the folds forming the front of the garment or sack. Total disconnection or separation of these edges may be effected so that the same may be laid fiat in blanket form as a garment, for facility in laying ®® a child thereon in applying the garment or in removing the same, as it is thought will be readily appreciated and well understood.

The bottom reduced portion or downward extension constitutes a closure flap for the bottom * of the garment or sack and foot covering and when the sides are folded in, it is adapted to be folded up over the front to keep the garment from slipping up as with ordinary garments or blankets and may be attached to the front of ®® the folded side portions by spaced suitable fasteners 34 such as snap fasteners, buttonholes and buttons or otherwise, there being one or more rows of fasteners on the exposed faces of the folded side portions 17 and 18, normally the ®5 reverse or back portions of the blank or blanket when opened out but constituting the front or top portions when the blanket is in use, so that only one side of the article or material is maintained toward the body of the child. This series 70 of rows of fasteners is for adjustment as the child grows, although the article is ordinarily made sufficiently large to accommodate the child throughout the period of use. However, where snap fasteners are used, the sockets are on the 75 bottom flap and the balls or head members co operating therewith are on the side flaps; or there may be buttonholes on the bottom flap and buttons on the side flaps, or other separable fasteners such as used at the front may be employed, as it is thought will be obvious within the β spirit of the invention.

Tie strings or ribbons 36 are provided at the inside of the upper inner corners of the front and side collar portions or extensions 22 when the blank is flat but these inner corners become io the outer corners when the sides are folded inwardly. A pocket 37 is provided around or across the outside of the hood 24 at the neck portion slightly above the crotch portions of the cut-outs 21, the same being of ribbon or the like to form 15 a reenforcing strip in addition to a pocket within as stitched along its edges to the blanket material and the pocket having open ends 38 receiving draw strings or ribbons 39 which are anchored in spaced relation to each other at their inner 20 ends toward the sides of the hood neck portion and pocket as at 40 at spaced points by stitching or otherwise so that the hood may be gathered or drawn in at the sides to tighten the same around the neck without choking or binding, as 25 well as giving fullness at the sides for attractive appearance but leaving the intermediate back portion smooth and ungathered but flat and straight to give support and smoothness at the back of the hood and collar portion of the gar- 30 ment, when the strings 39 are tied at the front of the neck into a bow 41 as seen in Figs. 9 and 10 and gathered at the sides as at 42. The collar portions 22 are adapted to be folded over and down outwardly as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 at 43. 35 The sides of the garment may be folded back as shown at 44 in Figs. 3 and 4 over the shoulders and the strings or ribbons 36 tied in a bow at the back below or at the neck as shown at 45. Also, the hood 24 may be folded back and down 49 inside or outside when not in use, or when the article is used as a blanket the same is reversed to bring the inside toward the body as seen in Fig. 11 and spread over the child reposed in the crib or bed, the strings 36 being tied to the crib 45 or bed rungs, sides or posts as shown in Fig. 11 to keep the blanket cover in position over the child and keep it covered and from being kicked or pulled off, and the hood being folded back inside as at 46 to cause the hood to give double go protection over the chest within the crib 47. In this use, the bottom extension or flap 19 is tucked in and back under the feet to give extra warmth and protection at such point. In Figs. 3 and 4, the collar portions 22 are shown unfolded and 55 extended from the folded positions as in Figs. 1 and 2 and extended straight up to form a straight or standing collar to cover the face, except perhaps spaced at the mouth, nose and eyes, while the neck, ears and head are covered and pro- 60 tected by the hood and drawn under the chin.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a novel and attractive yet simple and ingenious combination infant’s or child’s garment or sack for warmly wrapping the child up when taken out 65 or when sleeping outdoors in a carriage or in a cold, airy room, or when used as a crib or bed cover, or blanket. The device may be quickly and easily interchanged in its uses and put on or removed, it being only necessary to spread out the 70 blanket and lay the child in it to be dressed with the hood pulled over the. head and tied at the front, the sides folded inwardly and fastened and then with the collar up or down, folded over the shoulders and tied at the back, before or after 76

2,227,751 which the bottom flap or fold is turned up and fastened at the front over the folded in front portions from the sides. The dual functions of the garment produce a combination capable of 5 efficiently taking care of all climatic and weather conditions with the material used governed accordingly.

The side portions or folds Π and 18 at the binding 28 and top or neck portion above the 10 zipper or slide 33 of the separable fastener at the front, are provided with tie strings or ribbons 48 which may be sewn down with and beneath the ribbon or like bindings 28 and tied to produce a bow above the slide 33 to keep the collar tight ¹⁵ or closed around the neck and prevent the fastener from accidentally opening.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation 20 and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope 25 of the appended claims.