Patent ID: 7441288

Claim:
A fitted top blanket adapted to fit over a foot end of a bed mattress, the mattress having a lengthwise dimension extending from a head end to said foot end thereof and having a transverse dimension extending from a left side to a right side thereof, the fitted blanket comprising a blanket portion formed generally as a rectangle of a suitable material with a head end and a foot end opposite the head end, the blanket portion having a length dimension sufficient to cover a sleeper on said mattress and to drape over the foot end of the bed mattress and having a width dimension sufficient to cover the sleeper and to drape over the sides of the bed mattress; a pocket member of a durable flexible cloth material disposed near the foot end of the blanket portion and formed of a rectangular top panel, side panels, a rectangular back panel, and a rectangular bottom panel, leaving an open mouth formed at front edges of said top, bottom and side panels, the mouth opening generally toward the head end of the blanket portion, the top panel having a length dimension of between 12 and 24 inches, the bottom panel having a length dimension of about three to six inches, and the side panels each having a diagonal front edge that slopes up towards the head end of the blanket portion; an elastic member sewn along the diagonal front edges of the left and right side panels and extending along the entire front edge of the bottom panel and for the entire length of said diagonal front edges to hold said pocket in place over the foot end of the bed mattress; and a transverse seam sewn transversely through the blanket portion and through the pocket member at a line adjacent the front edge of the top panel of the pocket member, such that said pocket member is joined to said blanket portion at said transverse sewn seam and with said seam extending thereacross, joining the blanket portion directly to the pocket member, such that the pocket is sufficiently deep that it can accommodate the sleeper's feet to permit the sleepers's feet to slide under the transverse seam and into the pocket under said top panel, and with the blanket providing normal comfort.