An apparatus for improved sleep made up of a mattress, and a sleep aid, on a first end of the mattress the sleep aid being a partially fitted sheet, the fitted sheet tucked into and secured onto a side of the mattress, and on a second end of the mattress the sleep aid being a blanket, the blanket attached to the fitted sheet and the blanket being large enough to be folded over an infant, the fitted sheet having hook and loop fasteners and the blanket having matable hook and loop fasteners situated on the blanket opposite the fitted sheet, such that when the blanket is folded over and the hook and loop fasteners are mated a pocket capable of containing an infant is formed.

Infant support devices and containment devices are described for use with premature and small-for-age infants, and in particular premature babies two kilograms or less, and even babies of one kilograms or less. The devices can be used separately or in combination (whereupon both support and containment are achieved together).

An anti-SIDS infant crib, including a crib, a limited-stretchability belt to be worn by an infant lying in the crib, a processor, one or more sensors, in communication with the processor, where the sensors being disposed on the belt, thereby being in contact with the infant for allowing metering SIDS-related sensing of the infant, a pair of limited-stretchability straps each connected to an opposite side of the belt, for allowing the infant to turn on its side while preventing from the infant to turn upside-down, a vibrator disposed in the belt, the vibrator being operable by the processor upon detecting a deep-sleep situation, thereby stopping the deep-sleep situation of the infant, and a remote control in wireless communication with the processor, the remote control being adapted to alert a user upon exceeding a predetermined threshold of the sensors.

An alert system for rails that includes a cover assembly, sensors and an alert assembly is disclosed. There is a need to momentarily leave a child unattended while they sleep, for example. The child may unexpectedly awaken and attempt to climb over the rails of their crib. This is a dangerous situation that is to be prevented. Hence, the alert system includes a cover assembly that may be mounted and secured on top of railings of all sorts, such as a bed, crib or gate. The sensors may be configured to detect weight thereon and upon detection of a predetermined weight threshold being surpassed may generate alerts through the alert assembly. The alerts occur in the form of lights, an audible alarm through speakers, or to a mobile device. Thereby allowing alerts to occur even when the guardian and child are not near one another.

A fitted crib sheet with bumper paddings may be described herein. The bumper may be attached to a base crib sheet with a zipper, or the like. The zipper may be stitched around or near the border of the base fitted crib sheet, on all sides. A second fitted crib sheet may be stitched around or close to the border to cover the zipper of the bumper paddings.

A three pivot point foldable frame has first and second lower front hubs, first and second upper front hubs, a lower rear hub, and an upper rear hub. Six support members interconnect the hubs. First and second support members pivotally engage each other at a first pivot. Third and fifth support members pivotally engage each other at a second pivot. Fourth and sixth support members pivotally engage each other at a third pivot. A child seat or lounger is engaged to the upper hubs. The frame folds out to an operating position and in to a compact position.

A crib liner constructed of breathable material having a reduced suffocation resistance level for infant and toddler use. In some configurations, the breathable material may include an inner fabric, outer fabric, and a pile substructure between the front and back substructures, thereby allowing air to move effectively therethrough.

Systems, methods and instrumentalities are disclosed for adaptive infant positioning to reliably maintain an infant of any size in any position. An infant positioning device may comprise, for example, one or more barrier restraints and infant restraints with or without accessory restraints. A barrier may form-fit an infant in any position (e.g. without gap fillers). A barrier restraint may resist barrier movement, e.g., by underlaying an infant and overlaying and tucking under a barrier. An infant restraint may resist infant movement, e.g., by overlaying an infant and tucking under a barrier. An accessory restraint may restrain accessories, e.g., for substrate adaptation, height adjustment, position-sculpting, comfort pads or devices and/or medical devices. Adaptive infant positioning may reliably maintain infants in proper developmental positions, reduce repositioning corrections, simplify positioning and repositioning procedures, reduce positioning errors, reduce handling and aural disruptions, reduce supplemental devices and procedures and/or reduce inventory space and costs.

An infant support pad assembly has a body of resilient material, a generally planar bottom surface and a top surface that is inclined relative to the bottom surface between a proximal end and a distal end of the body such that the infant is in an inclined position when placed on the body. The top surface has an opening in a distal portion of the body and curved surface configured to receive and support at least a portion of an infant's head. The support pad assembly also has a pair of raised side members on either side of the top surface configured to generally maintain the infant on the body and inhibit movement of the infant out of the body. The support pad assembly also has an outer padding to at least partially surround the body to generally maintain the infant on the body.

The present invention concerns shelves (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) for changing the diaper of an infant or toddler. A shelf comprises a movable barrier (13) and a facility (18, 53) for automatically detecting a caregiver. The facility for automatically detecting is adapted to bring the movable barrier into an open state when the facility for automatically detecting detects a caregiver.