Patent ID: 7829822

Claim:
An electric blanket, said blanket comprising: a woven web comprised of warp and weft fibers, wherein a first group of said warp fibers are electrically non-conductive and a second group of said warp fibers are electrically conductive, wherein a first group of said weft fibers are electrically non-conductive and a second group of said weft fibers are electrically conductive, wherein fibers of the first group of warp fibers comprise flame resistant fibers or are coated with a flame resistant material, and wherein said second group of warp fibers and said second group of weft fibers interweave in electrical contact with each other at a central area of the web; a pair of electrically conductive wires separate from each other and in electrical contact with the second group of warp fibers and the second group of weft fibers; a power source in electrical contact with the pair of conductive wires so that the power source applies a voltage across the conductive wires that produces a wide area electrical distribution at the central area.