US 11,849,776 B1
Nursing cover with integrated cooling fan
Jacqueline Samuelson, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by Jacqueline Samuelson, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,455.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/397,365, filed on Aug. 11, 2022.
Int. Cl. A41D 1/215 (2018.01); A41D 13/005 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/215 (2018.01) [A41D 13/0053 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for nursing a child, comprising:
a nursing cover, comprising:
a neck strap;
an elongated cover piece, wherein the neck strap is attached to the elongated cover piece at a top edge of the elongated cover piece, wherein the elongated cover piece further comprises:
a bendable structural element contained inside and integrated into a top area of the elongated cover piece, wherein the bendable structural element is proximate to the top edge of the elongated cover piece and causes a neckline of the elongated cover piece to be adjustable; and
one or more horizontally extending hook and loop fastening strips integrated into or attached to an interior surface of the nursing cover near the top edge of the elongated cover piece;
a neck fan, comprising:
a flexible, bendable single body having a curved central top piece that is connected to a left side member and a right side member, wherein the single body is capable of bending to form a general U-shape or being straightened over a range of angles including to approximately 180 degrees;
one or more air vents arranged along the left side member and the right side member of the neck fan configured to release air from the one or more air vents; and
one or more hook and loop fastening strips attached to a top surface of the single body of the neck fan, wherein the one or more hook and loop fastening strips attached to the top surface of the single body of the neck fan are adapted to removably fasten to the one or more horizontally extending hook and loop fastening strips attached to the interior surface of the nursing cover near the top edge of the elongated cover piece;
wherein the neck fan removably attaches to the nursing cover.