A lounging/sleeping apparatus (10) includes a combination rectangularly-shaped heavy-woven bag-like container (20) and a rectangularly-shaped flannel cover sheet (22) permanently sewn together only at a seam at the foot end of each of these elements, with the container having enclosed therein a thin rectangular sheet (14) of resilient polyurethane foam material and the cover sheet being substantially wider than the bag-like container. The sleeping apparatus is foldable into a roll (48) and includes attached ties for maintaining it in such a roll.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates broadly to the art of portable sleeping devices, and 
more specifically to informal, lounging/sleeping devices with which one 
can sleep or rest on the floor of a house and the like. 
It often occurs that people wish to be in reclining positions in house 
areas where there is no reclining furniture. This occurs, for example, 
when young children, or teens, have slumber parties and many more children 
wish to be in a specific room than there are beds in that room. Other 
examples are, people sometimes wish to lie close to a television set 
although there is no reclining furniture there, people sometimes wish to 
spend the night in a house although there are not enough beds there and 
preschools often have pupils take naps on a floor without beds. 
In the past people have solved this problem by setting up cots, sleeping on 
sofas, sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags, placing cushions from 
furniture on the floor and then sleeping on them with sleeping bags, 
simply sleeping on the floor, etc. Using cots is cumbersome and their 
storage takes up undue space. Sleeping on furniture is bad for the 
furniture and is usually quite uncomfortable for sleepers. Although 
sleeping bags are convenient from a storage and portability point of view, 
they are often too warm for a house and are generally uncomfortable 
because they unduly restrict body movement and offer very little resilient 
support under the sleeper. Further, they are expensive to clean. Sleeping 
bags combined with inflatable mattresses, or cushions from furniture, are 
much more comfortable than sleeping directly on the floor, however, 
inflatable mattresses are expensive, furniture cushions can be damaged, 
and both add undue bulk as far as portability and convenience is 
concerned. 
It is an object of this invention to provide a lounging/sleeping apparatus 
which can be conveniently used in a house which is: inexpensive, highly 
portable, not unduly bulky, firm but resilient, supportive for a reclining 
person, durable, easy and inexpensive to maintain and very comfortable to 
sleep on in a house or outdoors in mild weather. 
SUMMARY 
According to principles of this invention, a rectangular bag-like container 
of durable cloth material is seamed at its foot only to the foot of a 
rectangular cover sheet of softer warm material. The bag-like container 
contains a single integral rectangular sheet of resilient foam material 
having sufficient firmness that when it is spread out it provides a 
comfortable support for a human body to lie on. The cover sheet has a 
width which is substantially wider than that of the cloth container. The 
sleeping apparatus can be folded into a roll and includes ties for holding 
the roll in its rolled shape. The bag-like, cloth, container is 
constructed of a heavy-woven fabric such as broadcloth, the cover sheet is 
constructed of flannel and the foam material is polyurethane foam.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Referring the drawings, lounging/sleeping apparatus 10 comprises a 
composite container/sheet member 12, an integral, thin, rectangular sheet 
of resilient foam material 14, ties 16, and a pillow 18. 
The composite container/sheet member 12 includes a container portion 20 and 
a cover sheet portion 22. The container portion 20 forms a rectangular 
container which is closed at its sides 24A and B and at its foot end 26, 
but which can be selectively opened at its head end 28, this end having a 
zipper 30 thereat. The container portion 20 is sized to snugly contain a 
single, integral, thin rectangular sheet of resilient foam material 14. 
This foam material is perferably a polyurethane foam which is 24 inches 
wide and 2 inches thick. The length is variable depending on the size of a 
person expected to use the sleeping apparatus 10. In this regard, the 
sleeping apparatus, and therefore the sheet of foam material 14, is 
presently made to be either 3 feet, 5 feet, or 6 feet long. The 3 feet 
long sleeping apparatus is only 20 inches wide rather than being 24 inches 
wide and, of course, is normally for a small child. The sheet of 
polyurethane foam material 14 has a sufficient firmness that when it is 
spread out it provides a comfortable support for a human body lying 
thereon from a floor. Further, the foam material is sufficiently resilient 
that it can be folded into a roll as is depicted in FIGS. 5 and 6 but it 
is highly durable so that these activities do not cause it to disintegrate 
from extensive use. The foam sheet remains as a single integral sheet 
which can be easily, independently handled when it is not in the container 
portion 20. The container portion 20 is formed of a somewhat heavy, 
durable material which is a heavy-woven fabric such as broadcloth, but 
sometimes is denim or other similar materials. In one embodiment a cotten 
and polyester blend broadcloth is used. 
A cover sheet portion 22 has a width which is substantially wider than the 
width of the container portion 20 and the sheet of foam material 14 and 
its foot end 32 is sewn into the foot end seam 26 of the container portion 
20. The cover sheet portion 22 is almost as long as the container portion 
20. In this respect, since the foot end width of the cover sheet portion 
22 is wider than that of the container portion 20, the cover sheet portion 
22 is gathered at corners 33 shown in FIG. 1 in order to make the foot 
ends match. The cover sheet portion 22 is of softer material than the 
material used for the container portion 20, but yet it is also 
sufficiently thick to be warm. In this respect, flannel has proven to be 
the most satisfactory material of which to form the cover sheet portion 
22. Of course it is not necessary for the cover sheet portion 22 to be as 
durable as the container portion 20. 
Also sewn into the foot end seam 26 are the cloth ties 16 whicn are cut and 
sewn from the same material as is the container portion 20 and, in the 
preferred embodiment, it is not. 
A better understanding of the construction of the sleeping apparatus of 
FIG. 1 can be obtained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 which respectively 
depict a blank sheet of heavy-woven broadcloth 34 from which the container 
portion 20 is sewn and a blank sheet of flannel 36 from which the cover 
sheet 22 is sewn. The sheet of broadcloth 34 is 52 inches wide and 
slightly more than 6 feet long (to make a 6 feet long seeping apparatus 
10). The sheet of broadcloth 34 is folded at a middle line, represented by 
a dashed line 38 in FIG. 2. The flannel sheet 36 is 45 inches wide, which 
is approximately 19 inches wider than the folded sheet of broadcloth 34, 
and about as long as the broadcloth. The flannel sheet is gathered at its 
foot end 32 so that its sides are pulled in to the dashed lines 40 shown 
in FIG. 3. The foot end 32 of the flannel sheet 36 is placed between folds 
of the sheet of broadcloth 34 and they are all sewn together to form a 
foot seam 26. Of course the ties 16 are also sewn at the seam 26, however, 
they are not shown in FIGS. 2 or 3 for purposes of simplification. 
Side edges 42 of the sheet of broadcloth 34 are sewn together to form the 
side 24A of the container. Side 24B, of course, is formed by the fold at 
line 38. A zipper is installed at the end edge 44 of the sheet of 
broadcloth 34. 
The pillow 18 is formed of a container of flannel having something soft 
inside, however, it should be understood that this invention does not 
depend on the features of the pillow 18, the pillow being described only 
for purposes of completeness. 
A 24 inch by 2 inch by 6 feet sheet of foam material 14 will fit snugly 
into the container portion 20 made in accordance with the above-mentioned 
dimensions. 
In use, the sleeping apparatus of this invention is folded into a roll as 
depicted in FIGS. 5 and 6 with the ties 16 extending thereabout and tied 
at bows 46. When thusly folded, the roll can be easily stored and 
transported. In order to use the sleeping apparatus 10, one places the 
roll 48 on a floor and unties the bows 46 allowing the resiliency of the 
sheet of foam material 14 to unroll the roll 48 by itself. In order to lie 
on the sleeping apparatus 10, one lifts the cover sheet portion 22, lies 
on the container portion 20 (with the enclosed sheet of foam material 14), 
with his feet directed toward the foot end seam 26 and covers himself with 
the cover sheet portion 22. 
The fact that the cover sheet portion 22 is wider than the container 
portion 20 ensures that the cover portion 22 hangs down on the sides of a 
person lying on the container portion 20. These extra-width flanks are 
folded onto the container portion 20 when the sleeping apparatus 10 is 
folded into a roll. The sheet of foam material 14 which is inside the 
container portion 20 provides firm, soft and comfortable support for the 
person lying on the container portion 20 while the cover sheet portion 22 
keeps him warm, but yet does not in any way restrict his movements 
inasmuch as it is not at all fastened at the sides 24A and B of the 
container portion 20. The device of this invention is particularly 
convenient in that the sheet of foam material 14 is easily removable from 
the container portion 20 through the opening covered by the zipper 30 to 
wash the composit container portion/sheet portion in a washing machine. 
The device is extremely inexpensive to construct, there really being only 
two joining seams and a zipper to install to completely construct the 
apparatus. Of course, those skilled in the art will realize that edge 
seams are necessary to prevent unraveling. The fact that the cover sheet 
22 is only attached to the foot seam of the containing portion 20 not only 
makes the device more comfortable to use, but reduces its manufacturing 
costs. 
While the invention has been particularly shown and described with 
reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those 
skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made 
therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For 
example, the opening for inserting and removing the sheet of foam material 
14 could be at a side 24A or B of the container portion 20 instead of 
being at the head end 28 as depicted in FIG. 1. This arrangement is not 
thought to be quite as satisfactory as the depicted embodiment because it 
requires a longer zipper which adds both to the amount of work and to the 
cost of materials for the device. With such an arrangement the other edges 
would be sewn closed.