Patent ID: 7405378

Claim:
A warming apparatus comprising: a blanket having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side, the blanket also having a first corner, a second corner, a third corner, and a fourth corner, wherein the first corner and the third corner are diagonally opposite one another, further wherein the second corner and the fourth corner are diagonally opposite one another, the blanket further having a perimeter edge extending along the first end, the second end, the first side, and the second side; a heating coil having a first end and a second end, the first end of the heating coil located at the first corner of the blanket, the second end of the heating coil located at the third corner of the blanket, the heating coil embedded within the blanket; and first L-shaped power means for providing power to the heating coil, the first L-shaped power means abutting and contacting the perimeter edge only and surrounding the first corner, the first L-shaped power means having a first section secured directly to perimeter edge of the blanket between the first corner and the second corner and a second section secured directly to the perimeter edge of the blanket between the first corner and the fourth corner; wherein the L-shaped power means abuts the perimeter edge at the first corner and is substantially free from extension over either the top surface or the bottom surface of the blanket.