Patent ID: 7779492

Claim:
A self-storing combination blanket and neck roll assembly which can be draped over a person and supported on a seat having a back, comprising: a flat, generally rectangular fabric panel having two sides and four side edges; a flexible neck roll centrally located and removably disposed adjacent to a portion of said fabric panel disposed adjacent to one of said side edges of said fabric panel wherein said neck roll is bendable into a desired bent shape and has means for retaining said bent shape comprising a flexible spine disposed within said neck roll; a pouch having an opening, said pouch being attached to said one side edge of said fabric panel adjacent to said neck roll so that said opening thereof opens towards one of said sides of said fabric panel and having two flat, generally rectangular sheets each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposite side edges, wherein said sheets are attached to each other along said top edges and said two side edges thereof and unattached along said bottom edges thereof to define said pouch opening and wherein said bottom edge of one of said sheets is attached to said one side edge of said fabric panel adjacent to said neck roll-receiving pocket and wherein said pouch is configured and dimensioned to permit both said fabric panel and said neck roll to be folded and received therein; an elongated tubular sleeve having two ends, one of which is open and the other of which is closed, thereby forming a neck roll-receiving pocket, said sleeve and, in turn, said pocket disposed adjacent to a portion of said fabric panel adjacent to said opening of said pouch and wherein said neck roll is removably disposed in said neck roll-receiving pocket; and wherein said fabric panel and said neck roll received in said neck roll-receiving pocket are movable between a folded stored position wherein said fabric panel and said neck roll received in said neck roll-receiving pocket, are stored within said pouch and an open position wherein said fabric panel and said neck roll received in said neck roll-receiving pocket, are disposed exteriorly of said pouch and wherein, when in said open position, said opening of said pouch can be received over and atop of the seat back.