US 12,439,980 B2
Therapeutic burp cloth
Matthew Joseph Saxton, Moorpark, CA (US); Kaitlyn Giselle Miguel Flores, Cary, NC (US); and Laura Ellen Biedebach, Franklin, TN (US)
Assigned to MUNCHKIN, INC., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed by Munchkin, Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,311.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,794, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047003 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 1/215 (2018.01); A41B 13/10 (2006.01); A61F 7/08 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/215 (2018.01) [A61F 7/08 (2013.01); A61F 7/10 (2013.01); A41B 13/10 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0019 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A therapeutic burp cloth comprising:
a top panel;
a middle panel; and
a bottom panel, wherein the top panel, the middle panel and the bottom panel together form a panel assembly that has an outer perimeter with a first elongated straight edge and a second elongated curved edge, both the first elongated straight edge and the second elongated curved edge extend along the top panel, middle panel and bottom panel, wherein the second elongated curved edge is adapted to contour to a neck of a caregiver;
wherein the top panel attaches to an upper portion of the middle panel and the bottom panel attaches to a lower portion of the middle panel and at least one panel contains a fixed pocket with an opening having a first opening length therein, wherein the opening of the fixed pocket is disposed within the second elongated curved edge of the panel assembly, wherein the fixed pocket has a closing mechanism that seals the fixed pocket in a closed position, wherein at least one pad has a length sized slightly smaller than the first opening length of the fixed pocket so that when the pad is inserted into the fixed pocket and the closing mechanism is in the closed position, the pad is unable to substantially move or exit from within the fixed pocket, and
wherein the therapeutic burp cloth is configured to provide therapeutic temperature to an infant and the caregiver simultaneously.