Infant bathing apparatus

Claim 1

Baby bathing apparatus for use with a standard kitchen sink comprising, in combination, upper and lower layers of flexible material, cruciform shapes cut from said upper and lower layers of material with said cruciform shapes each having a bottom portion and sides and ends extending therefrom, extensions from one end of each cruciform shape, peripheral welds joining the peripheries of said cruciform shapes, transverse spaced apart line welds joining said layers together within said bottom portions and said ends of said cruciform shapes, longitudinal spaced apart line welds joining said layers together within said sides of said cruciform shapes, said line welds terminating short of the peripheries of said cruciform shapes, a mouth inflation valve in one of said extensions, said valve inflating said apparatus with said bottom portions inflating as contiguous transverse ribs forming the bottom of said apparatus, with said sides and ends of said cruciform shapes inflating as horizontal contiguous ribs forming sides and ends of said apparatus, and with said extensions inflating as a pillow resting at the end of the sink, said bottom of said apparatus having one end opposite said pillow containing a drain, a stopper for said drain, and vertical welds joining adjacent sides and ends of said apparatus, said uppermost of said horizontal ribs extending above the sink.