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US 2003/0191514 A1Published application
Heated personal boating blanket
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InventorRichard Scott Chatham
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A heated personal boating blanket having a wind and water resistant nylon covering and woven fleece lining for delivering thermally controlled air to a occupants in a boat. The nylon covering and fleece lining are connected at the periphery forming an inflatable chamber into which a heated air supply hose from the boat heater is inserted to supply heated air to the inflatable chamber. The heated air is dissipated from the inflatable chamber through the fleece lining directly onto the occupants draped in the heated personal boating blanket. Utilizing the existing flexible boat heater hose as a source of heat there is no need for bulky external heating apparatus. Utilizing the existing flexible boat heater hose eliminates the possibility of electrical shock from internally electrically heated blankets. The heated personal boating blanket does not attach to boat occupants in any way thus avoiding possible entanglement of the boat occupants in emergency situations and upsets.
An inflatable heated boating blanket for convectively warming boat occupants. An inflatable covering including an upper sheet and lower woven sheet sown together at the periphery forming an inflatable chamber, the woven base sheet allowing heated air to escape directly onto the boat occupants draped under the boat blanket.
An inflatable heated boating blanket includes a foot pocket at the base of the blanket allowing for the boat occupants feet to be inserted in the pocket and warmed by escaping heated air from the woven base sheet.
An inflatable heated personal boating blanket that warms and dries boat occupants exiting from the water.
An inflatable heated personal boating blanket that utilizes existing flexible boat heater hose as a source of heat.
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For a more complete understanding of this invention reference is now made to the following detailed description of the embodiments as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a sitting boat occupant and a heated personal boating blanket according to the invention with lead lines illustrating how the blanket would be received by a sitting boat occupants, and also illustrating a boat heater flexible hose supplying heated air to the boating blanket.
FIG. 2 is a bottom view illustrating the bottom of the boating blanket and the foot receptacle.
This invention is described in the following description with reference to the figures, in which like numbers represents the same or similar elements. Variations from this description may be accomplished without deviating from the spirit or scope of the invention.
FIG. 1 illustrates a boat occupant 100 in a sitting position on a boat seat 116. The occupant may be in a variety of positions within the boat. The occupant is illustrated in the sitting position with thighs generally perpendicular to the boat deck, lower legs extending downward to the boat deck and feet resting upon the deck. A heated personal boating blanket indicated by reference numeral 101 is shown with connecting lines that illustrate how it would be draped over the boat occupant. The heated personal boating blanket includes a foot receptacle 102 which in addition to providing heat to the occupants' feet also serves as an anchor to keep the blanket in position. The foot receptacle can be turned upside down and used as a hood for the occupants' head.
The heated personal boating blanket includes an inlet 103 that receives warmed air to the inflatable chamber. The warmed air is provided by an air hose 104 from the forced air boat heating unit 105. The boat-heating unit includes user-selectable fan speeds, controllable heat amounts and temperature control. The inlet in the inflatable section is lined with a hook and loop closure 106 to receive and retain the end of the heater hose. Using this configuration forced and heated air can flow through the air hose into the inflatable chamber 107.