Patent ID: 8117693
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A bedclothes apparatus, comprising: a blanket sized to cover two occupants of a bed, the blanket having a central section and opposed first and second segments formed on either side of the central section, the first and second segments having opposed first and second upper sections, respectively, and opposed first and second lower sections, respectively, wherein the central section extends along the first and second upper sections and the first and second lower sections of the first and second segments, respectively, of the blanket; a coverlet having opposed first and second ends and a marginal edge extending therebetween; a slide fastener assembly incorporating opposed first and second sliders, the slide fastener assembly formed between the central section of the blanket and the marginal edge of the coverlet; and the slide fastener assembly operable to secure the marginal edge of the coverlet to and along the central section of the blanket to allow the coverlet to be laid across the first segment of the blanket, to release the marginal edge of the coverlet from the central section of the blanket in response to movement of the first slider in a direction from the first upper section of the first segment of the blanket toward the first lower section of the first segment of the blanket extending along the first upper section of the first segment of the blanket to allow the coverlet to be moved away from the first upper section of the first segment of the blanket and the central section of the blanket extending along the first upper section of the first segment of the blanket while leaving the marginal edge of the coverlet secured to the central section of the blanket extending along the first lower section of the first segment of the blanket, and to release the marginal edge of the coverlet from the central section of the blanket in response to movement of the second slider in a direction from the first lower section of the first segment of the blanket toward the first upper section of the first segment of the blanket extending along the first lower section of the first segment of the blanket to allow the coverlet to be moved away from the first lower section of the first segment of the blanket and the central section of the blanket extending along the first lower section of the first segment of the blanket while leaving the marginal edge of the coverlet secured to the central section of the blanket extending along the first upper section of the first segment of the blanket.