Patent ID: 7752690
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A sleeping bag for receiving and providing selective concurrent coverage and exposure of selected body areas and segments of a human body having a torso segment including a chest area, armpits just above a transverse axillary plane extending across the chest area, arm segments jointed to the torso segment including upper arm segments and lower arm segments, two collarbones disposed in a transverse neck plane, a neck segment above the neck plane and a head segment above the neck segment, a waist area including a navel, knee joints, leg segments including upper leg segments above the knee joints and lower leg segments below the knee joints, ankle joints beneath the lower leg segments, and foot segments below the ankle joints, the sleeping bag comprising: an elongate sleeping bag shell comprising a flexible top cover panel and a flexible bottom panel, each having a head end, a foot end, and laterally opposed sides defining an interior space therebetween sized and shaped to receive, cover, and enclose at least the torso segment, arm segments, waist area, leg segments, and foot segments of the body in said interior space; at least three body segment ingress/egress openings in said top cover panel disposed between said head end and said foot end thereof extending transversely substantially across the width of said top cover panel terminating adjacent laterally opposed sides thereof, each of said body segment ingress/egress openings extending entirely through only said top cover panel and defined by a pair of adjacent separable edges of said top cover panel disposed in opposed facing relation; closure means on each of said adjacent separable edges of each of said body segment ingress/egress openings in said top cover panel for selectively joining said adjacent separable edges together to close said openings and separating said adjacent separable edges to open said openings; and said at least three body segment ingress/egress openings in said top cover panel spaced longitudinally apart at locations adapted to correspond generally to at least three areas or joints of the body selected from the group consisting of the chest area of the torso segment, the neck segment, the waist area, the knee joints, and the ankle joints of the body, which in an open condition enable ingress of a first selected body area or segment through said top cover panel into said interior space so as to be capable of being covered by said top cover panel and, concurrently therewith, egress of a second selected body area or segment through said top cover panel out of said interior space so as to be capable of being uncovered by said top cover panel.