Patent ID: 8272450

Claim:
A fire blanket, comprising: a poorly flammable or inflammable, substantially flexible blanket material; and two relatively rigid handles attached to the blanket material, wherein the blanket material is folded into a storage position, and wherein the two relatively rigid handles project at least partly outside the blanket material folded into the storage position, so that the two relatively rigid handles can be grasped by at least one hand, and wherein the handles are connected to the fire blanket material in a manner such that hands grasping the handles are well protected from a fire, wherein the handles are fastened to the blanket material at a distance from the top edge of the blanket material, the distance from the edge being more than 5 cm and no more than half a height of the blanket material, wherein the blanket material in the storage position is folded up such that when the handles are moved apart, the fire blanket takes up an extinguishing position, wherein the blanket has a relatively small front flap and a relatively large screening flap, wherein the handles comprise distancing elements fastened to the blanket material such that the front flap and the screening flap extend to surround the fire while a blanket part is stretched to a greater or smaller extent and/or approximately horizontally above the fire.