Patent ID: 6393637
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A41D,A47G

Abstract:
A multipurpose article for providing a sleeping bag and personal cover, comprising:a planar flexible body having in an unfolded condition four peripheral edges consisting of a first, a second, a third, and a fourth peripheral edge, said first and said third peripheral edges being transverse to both said second and said fourth peripheral edges, said flexible body having a peripheral fastener arranged to hold said flexible body in a folded condition along a fold line that is spaced from said second and fourth peripheral edges and intersects said first and said third peripheral edges to form a sleeping bag with three closed edges and one open edge, said one open edge being formed with said third peripheral edge, said peripheral fastener being operable to form said three closed edges by joining together at least portions of said first, said second and said fourth peripheral edges, said flexible body having an opening sized to permit passage of a person's head through said flexible body at a position along said fold line that is spaced from said peripheral fastener and from said four peripheral edges, said peripheral fastener having a pair of complementary linking devices separately located on opposite sides of said fold line, said pair of linking devices comprising (a) a first linking device at least partially extending along said second peripheral edge and half of said first peripheral edge, and (b) a second linking device at least partially extending along said fourth peripheral edge and half of said first peripheral edge.