US 6,199,232 B1Granted

Emergency care blanket

OwnerKarl Kocivarinventor

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Abstract

An emergency care blanket may be assembled into a plurality of desired arrangements to protect an individual from prevailing environmental conditions while providing access to the patients. Broadly the blanket includes a first flexible covering, a second flexible covering and a plurality of fasteners associated with the first and second coverings. Each of the fasteners includes two fastening structures, preferably male and female snaps, which project from opposite respective ones of the upper and lower surfaces of their associated first and second coverings. Thus, cooperative fastening structures can matably engage so that the first and second coverings may be releasably secured thereby to assemble the emergency care blanket into a fastened state characterized by one of the plurality of desired arrangements. A plurality of similarly configured first and second flexible coverings may also be provided to define a modular emergency care blanket system, whereby layers of covering may be added or removed to accommodate the individual.

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Dependent claims

An emergency care blanket adapted to be selectively assembled into a plurality of desired arrangements to accommodate an individual in need of assistance and to protect the individual from heat loss and against prevailing environmental conditions, comprising:

(a) an elongated first flexible covering having an associated pair of first covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of first covering longitudinally extending edges, said first flexible covering further including an upper first covering surface and a lower first covering surface;
(b) an elongated second flexible covering having an associated pair of second covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of second covering longitudinally extending edges, said second flexible covering further including an upper second covering surface and a lower second covering surface;
(c) a plurality of fasteners disposed on each of said first and second flexible coverings, each of said fasteners including two fastening structures with each of said fastening structures projecting from opposite respective ones of the upper surface and lower surface of its associated one of said first and second flexible coverings, whereby selected ones of said fastening structures are operative to matably engage selected other ones of said fastening structures so that said first and second flexible coverings may be releasably secured thereby to assemble said emergency care blanket into a fastened state characterized by one of said plurality of desired arrangements;
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(d) a plurality of transversely spaced apart pairs of litter handles disposed on the upper surface of said first flexible covering, each of said spaced apart pairs of litter handles interconnected by strap portions which transversely span across a mid portion of said upper first covering surface to provide added reinforcement during transportation of the individual.

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(a) an elongated first flexible covering having an associated pair of first covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of first covering longitudinally extending edges, said first flexible covering further including an upper first covering surface and a lower first covering surface;
(b) an elongated second flexible covering that is of the same size and shape as said first flexible covering, said second flexible covering having an associated pair of second covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of second covering longitudinally extending edges, said second flexible covering further including an upper second covering surface and a lower second covering surface;
(c) a plurality of fasteners, each of said fasteners including two fastening structures with each of said fastening structures projecting from opposite respective ones of the upper surface and lower surface of its associated one of said first and second flexible coverings, whereby selected ones of said fastening structures on said first flexible covering are operative to matably engage selected other ones of said fastening structures on said second flexible covering so that said first and second flexible coverings may be releasably secured thereby to assemble said emergency care blanket into a fastened state characterized by one of said plurality of desired arrangements;
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(d) a first pair of draw cords positioned on said first flexible covering at an inset distance from each transversely extending end edge thereof;
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(e) a second pair of draw chords positioned on said second flexible covering in proximity to each transversely extending end edge thereof, whereby when said emergency care blanket is assembled into a fastened state wherein said first and second flexible coverings are in facing relationship to one another, opposed ones of said first and second pairs of draw chords may be selectively manipulated to provide at least two separate seal regions to better protect the individual against the prevailing environmental conditions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.