Outfit for simulating pregnancy

• US 8,544,113 B1
• Filed: 05/23/2006
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Realityworks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Realityworks, Inc.
• Inventors: Bauer, Jeremiah R., Boettcher, Timmothy A., Herbison, Gary T, Roberts, Joel B., Mooney, Shane E.
• Primary Examiner(s): QUINN, RICHALE LEE
• Application Number:
  US11/439,096
• Time in Patent Office: 2,688 Days
• Field of Search: 2 6/9, 2/1, 434/262, 434/266, 434/267, 434/273, 434/268, 446/26, 446/28
• US Class Current: 2/69
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/281 for pregnancy, birth or obstetrics G09B23/286 takes precedence

Abstract

In one aspect the pregnancy simulation outfit comprises (i) a vest, (ii) a pair of protuberances configured and arranged on an upper portion of a frontal area of the vest for depicting the enlarged breasts of a pregnant woman when the vest is worn, (iii) a weighted element, and (iv) a pouch in a lower portion of the frontal area of the vest accessible from the outside surface of the vest for accommodating insertion and removal of the weighted element into and out from the pouch while the vest is worn without doffing the vest. In a second aspect, the pregnancy simulation outfit comprises (a) a vest configured and arranged to bestow a frontal profile depicting a pregnant woman upon a wearer, (b) a pair of firm objects, and (c) a laterally elongated constriction belt configured and arranged to be worn around the midsection and having a pair of laterally spaced pockets configured and arranged for accommodating one of the firm objects into each of the pockets and pressing the firm object retained within each pocket against the diaphragm when the constriction belt is worn.

Claims

1. A pregnancy simulation outfit, comprising:

(a) a vest configured and arranged to bestow a frontal profile depicting a pregnant woman when worn, (b) a pair of roundish firm objects, and (c) a laterally elongated constriction belt configured and arranged to be worn around a midsection and having a pair of laterally spaced pockets configured and arranged for accommodating one of the firm objects into each of the pockets and pressing a firm object retained within each pocket against a diaphragm when the constriction belt is worn.

2. The pregnancy simulation outfit of claim 1 wherein the constriction belt is elastic.

3. The pregnancy simulation outfit of claim 1 wherein (i) the vest is configured and arranged to be worn over a torso of a human and has an inside surface, an outside surface and a frontal area with an upper portion and a lower portion, and (ii) the pregnancy simulation outfit further comprises (A) a weighted element, and (B) a pouch in the lower portion of the frontal area of the vest accessible from the outside surface of the vest for accommodating insertion and removal of the weighted element into and out from the pouch while the vest is worn without doffing the vest.

4. The pregnancy simulation outfit of claim 3 wherein the weighted element is a bladder having a valve for permitting the bladder to be selectively filled and emptied to achieve a desired weight.

5. The pregnancy simulation outfit of claim 4 wherein the bladder has an integral handle.

6. The pregnancy simulation outfit of claim 3 wherein the frontal area has a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension when worn and the pouch is accessible through a horizontally extending closeable opening.

7. The pregnancy simulation outfit of claim 1 wherein the firm objects are spheres having a diameter of about 1 to about 8 cm.