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US 2003/0226205 A1Published application
Combination sleeping bag and mat for infants and children
OwnerZelma Lee Fishmaninventor
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A device is provided to serve a dual purpose of a sleeping bag and sleeping or resting mat for users, e.g., infants and small children, that is easily transportable to an from day care centers or other places while the users are away from their home. The device includes a main body having a front, a back, two sides, a head end, a bottom end, a head section, a body section, and a pocket. The pocket is attached to the sides of the head section and has a slit extending laterally from side to side to receive the main body after it has been rolled up. The sleeping bag in this form is compact and ready for being transported or stored. The body section of the main body has mating zipper halves attached to each sides of the body section to permit parallel zippers to be engaged when the bottom end is adjacent the lateral slit in the pocket. This permits the caregiver to place a child on the front of the bag, bring the bottom end up over the child, and engage each of the parallel zippers without disturbing the child.
A sleeping bag comprising a main body having a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a head end, a bottom end, a head section, a body section, a pocket attached to the first and second sides of said head section and having a slit extending laterally from said first and second sides to receive said body section, said body section comprises mating zipper halves of a zipper respectively attached substantially along the first and second sides of said body section, said mating zipper halves are positioned for engagement as parallel zippers when said bottom end is adjacent said slit.
A sleeping bag comprising a main body having a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a head end, a bottom end, a head section, a body section, a pocket flap attached to at least a portion of the first and second sides of said head section to form a pocket having a slit extending laterally from the first and second sides to receive said body section of said main body, said body section comprises a zipper half and an engaging half of a zipper respectively attached substantially along the first and second sides of said body section, said zipper half and said engaging half are positioned for engagement as parallel zippers when said bottom end is adjacent said slit and said body section is folded in two parts of substantially the same length, a mating zipper half of a transverse zipper attached to the back of said main body and extending laterally from said first and second sides and the other mating zipper half of said transverse zipper attached to the inner edge of said pocket flap and extending laterally along said slit, said mating zipper halves are positioned for engagement as said transverse zipper when said main body is tucked within said pocket to form a compact transportable bag.
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