Patent ID: 7636962
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A47C,A47G,A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A sleeping apparatus, comprising: a collapsible base that assumes a deployed position and a collapsed position where the base has a smaller size than in the deployed position, the base having a plurality of struts connected to a plurality of hinges, with the struts folded about the hinges when the base is converted from the deployed position to the collapsed position, the base further including a panel that extends across upper ends of all the struts to cover all the struts; a sleeping bag comprising an outer layer having an outer surface, an inner liner superimposed and coextensive with the outer layer, the inner liner having an outer surface, and wherein the inner liner and outer layer are secured together, with a part of the outer layer defining a bottom for the sleeping bag; and a removable attachment mechanism, positioned on the bottom of the sleeping bag and the top panel, that removably attaches the bottom of the sleeping bag to the top panel.