Blythe Winkelmann, Elbert, CO.

Filed: 6/16/21
Issued: 6/11/24

A cloth diaper comprising: an outer layer having a main panel with a trapezoid shape with a left hip wing and a right hip wing, which hip wings are contiguous with each other, and having a stomach panel with an ellipse shape with a left stomach wing and a right stomach wing, which stomach wings are contiguous with each other, and the main panel is contiguous along a shorter width of the trapezoid shape with the stomach panel; and an inner layer having a rectangle shape with a left absorbency panel and a right absorbency panel, which panels are contiguous with each other, and having a tab with an area above a tab line, the inner layer having a bottom edge that travels a length of the left absorbency panel and the right absorbency panel and an attachment seam; an attachment seam connecting the tab to the outer layer; wherein the tab extends a partial length of the bottom edge such that a majority of the left absorbency panel is not connected to the tab or the outer layer and a majority of the right absorbency panel is not connected to the tab or the outer layer; wherein a length of the bottom edge of the inner layer is equal to or greater than a width of the outer layer; wherein the inner layer is configured to fold into a plurality of absorbency configurations before the inner layer and the outer layer are folded together along the attachment seam; wherein the tab of the inner layer is attached along the attachment seam to a corresponding portion of the outer layer; wherein the outer layer comprises an outer layer seam allowance which binds a perimeter of the outer layer, and the inner layer comprises an inner layer seam allowance which binds a perimeter of the inner layer; wherein the outer layer comprises at least a layer of fabric finished along the seam allowance; wherein the inner layer comprises at least a layer of fabric finished along the seam allowance; wherein a direction of a fabric grain for the inner layer is aligned with and parallel to a center line of the inner layer; and wherein the outer layer and the inner layer are constructed of a fabric having from about 3% to about 7% of synthetic, elastic fiber content, and the fabric used to construct the diaper is selected from the group consisting of stretch French terry, stretch fleece, and blends thereof, and the fabric is made of fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, cotton, organic cotton, hemp, soy, wool, Merino wool, lyocell, modal, and blends thereof.