Blanket
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsKyle Edward Rogers, Donald Edward Desroches, Erin K. Ellison, Derek Sullivan, John W. Dow
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Abstract
A blanket formed from multiple layers including a fabric layer on the top and a base layer on the bottom where the base layer may include a waterproof coating on at least one side. The blanket may also include an insulation layer and an adhesive scrim layer positioned between the fabric layer and the base layer. The layers of the blanket may be attached using a combination of stitching along with an adhesive to form a blanket that is waterproof and is secured together such that the fabric layer does not move relative to the base layer.
Claims20
A method of forming a blanket comprising:
- placing a fabric layer onto an insulation layer and an adhesive mesh scrim layer underneath the insulation layer to form a layered member,
- stitching the layered member together to form a stitched layered member, wherein the stitched layered member is stitched together across an entire surface using a quilted pattern,
- placing a base layer onto the fabric layer of the stitched layered member, wherein the base layer has a first side having a waterproof coating and a second side opposite the first side, wherein on the first side, the waterproof coating is facing an exterior surface of the fabric layer,
- stitching together the base layer to the stitched layered member using a first stitching proximate at least three perimeter edges of the base layer to form a blanket sub-assembly,
- turning the blanket sub-assembly inside out such that the exterior surface of the fabric layer is exposed and the second side of the base layer is exposed, and
- laminating the blanket sub-assembly to adhere the first side of the base layer to the adhesive mesh scrim layer.
A method of forming a blanket comprising:
- placing a fabric layer onto an insulation layer and an adhesive mesh scrim layer underneath the insulation layer to form a layered member,
- stitching the layered member together to form a stitched layered member, wherein the stitched layered member is stitched together across an entire surface using a quilted pattern,
- placing a base layer onto the fabric layer of the stitched layered member, wherein the base layer has a first side having a waterproof coating and a second side opposite the first side, wherein on the first side, the waterproof coating is facing an exterior surface of the fabric layer,
- stitching together the base layer to the stitched layered member using a first stitching proximate at least three perimeter edges of the base layer to form a blanket sub-assembly,
- placing at least one utility loop between the stitched layered member and the base layer and stitching the at least one utility loop to the stitched layered member and the base layer;
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- laminating the blanket sub-assembly to adhere the first side of the base layer to the adhesive mesh scrim layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.