Clothing for measuring and displaying a body temperature

• US 20050094703A1
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Prince Lionheart Inc
• Original Assignee: Prince Lionheart Inc
• Inventors: McConnell, Thomas E., McConnell, Michael T., Hacquard, Francois
• Application Number:
  US10/701,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20050094703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 374/101
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals

Abstract

There is provided a clothing for measuring and displaying a temperature of a baby'"'"'s body and/or the temperature inside the clothing. The clothing first features a clothing body sized and configured to accommodate the baby'"'"'s body therewithin. The clothing body has inner and outer clothing surfaces. The clothing further features a body temperature device which is engaged to the clothing body and has a temperature measuring member and a temperature displaying member. The temperature measuring member is disposed between the baby'"'"'s body and the inner clothing surface for measuring the temperature of the baby'"'"'s body. The temperature displaying member is in communication with the temperature measuring member for receiving the temperature measurement of the baby'"'"'s body therefrom. The temperature displaying member has a temperature displaying surface which is disposed outside the baby'"'"'s body and upon the outer clothing surface for displaying a visual indicia representative of the temperature of the baby'"'"'s body.

Claims

1. Clothing for measuring and displaying body temperature comprising:

a. a sleep sack sized and configured to accommodate a mammalian body therewithin; and

b. a body temperature device engaged to the sleep sack and having a temperature measuring member and a temperature displaying member, the temperature measuring member being disposed in contact with the mammalian body for measuring the temperature of the mammalian'"'"'s body, the temperature displaying member being in communication with the temperature measuring member for receiving the temperature measurement of the mammalian'"'"'s body therefrom, the temperature displaying member having a temperature displaying surface visible from outside the sleep sack for displaying a visual indicia representative of the temperature of the mammalian'"'"'s body.

2. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the body temperature device measures and displays the temperature of the baby'"'"'s body when the baby is asleep.

5. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the body temperature device measures and displays the temperature of the baby'"'"'s body when the baby is awake.

6. The clothing of claim 1 wherein a flexible electrical line communicates the temperature displaying member and the temperature measuring member with each other, the flexible electrical line being extendable from the temperature displaying member to the temperature measuring member when the body temperature device is engaged to the clothing body.

7. The clothing of claim 6 wherein the sleep sack has at least one pocket, the temperature displaying member being removably retainable within the at least one pocket.

8. The clothing of claim 7 wherein the sleep sack defines an inner clothing surface and the flexible electrical line is sized and configured to extend from the temperature displaying member retained within the at least one pocket to the temperature measuring member disposed between the baby'"'"'s body and the inner clothing surface.

9. The clothing of claim 8 wherein the temperature measuring member is a temperature measuring probe.

10. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the sleep sack defines an inner clothing surface and the temperature measuring member has a temperature measuring surface sized and configured to contact a baby'"'"'s body underneath the inner clothing surface for measuring the temperature of the baby'"'"'s body.

11. The clothing of claim 10 wherein the temperature measuring surface comprises a layer fabricated from a conductive material.

12. The clothing of claim 11 wherein the conductive material is aluminum.

13. The clothing of claim 10 wherein the sleep sack defines an outer clothing surface and the temperature displaying member is sized and configured to extend from the temperature measuring member for exposing the temperature displaying surface outside the baby'"'"'s body and upon the outer clothing surface.

15. The clothing of claim 13 wherein an elongated electrical rod is disposed between the temperature displaying member and the temperature measuring member for communication therebetween.

16. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the temperature measuring member has a generally circular configuration.

17. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the temperature displaying member has a generally circular configuration.

18. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the visual indicia displayed on the temperature displaying surface is a numeric figure representative of the temperature of the mammalian'"'"'s body.

19. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the visual indicia displayed on the temperature displaying surface is a color scale sized and configured to illuminate a particular color representative of the temperature of the mammalian'"'"'s body.

20. The clothing of claim 1 wherein the visual indicia displayed on the temperature displaying surface is a numeric scale sized and configured to illuminate a particular numeric figure representative of the temperature of the mammalian'"'"'s body.

3. (canceled)

4. (canceled)

14. Clothing for measuring and displaying a body temperature of a mammal comprising:

a. a clothing body sized and configured to accommodate a body of the mammal therewithin;

b. a body temperature device having a temperature measuring member and a temperature displaying member, the temperature measuring member adjacently disposable to the mammal body for measuring the temperature of the mammal body, the temperature displaying member being in communication with and fixedly stacked upon the temperature measuring member, the temperature displaying member being in communication with the temperature measuring member for receiving the temperature measurement of the mammal body therefrom, the temperature displaying member having a temperature displaying surface visible from outside the clothing body for displaying a visual indicia representative of the temperature of the mammal body.

21. Clothing for measuring and displaying a body temperature of a mammal comprising:

a. a body temperature device having a temperature measuring device and a temperature displaying member, the temperature measuring member adjacently disposable to a body of the mammal for measuring the mammal body temperature, the temperature displaying member being in communication with the temperature measuring member for receiving the temperature measurement of the mammal body therefrom, the temperature displaying member having a temperature displaying surface for displaying a visual indicia representative of the temperature of the mammal body; and

b. a clothing body sized and configured to accommodate the mammal body therewithin, the clothing body having an aperture sized and configured to receive only the body temperature device therethrough.

22. The clothing of claim 21 wherein the temperature displaying member is in communication with the temperature measuring member via a conductor.

23. The clothing of claim 22 wherein the conductor is a wire.

24. The clothing of claim 22 wherein the conductor is a rod.

25. The clothing of claim 22 wherein the conductor is removeably snapped onto the clothing body.

26. Clothing for measuring and displaying a body temperature of a mammal comprising:

a. a clothing body sized and configured to accommodate a body of the mammal therewithin, the clothing body having an aperture defining an outer perimeter; and

b. a body temperature device engageable to the aperture outer perimeter, the device having a temperature measuring member and a temperature displaying member, the temperature measuring member being adjacently disposable to the mammal body for measuring the temperature of the mammal body, the temperature displaying member being in communication with the temperature measuring member for receiving the temperature measurement of the mammal body therefrom, the temperature displaying member having a temperature displaying surface visible from outside the clothing body for displaying a visual indicia representative of the temperature of the mammal body.

27. The clothing of claim 26 wherein the temperature displaying member engages the aperture outer perimeter.