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US 7,405,378 B1Granted
Safety blanket
OwnerErnestine Marie Whitlowinventor
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Abstract
A warming blanket for use by individuals is provided. The warming blanket has an integrated heat coil which can be heated up by a pair of attached battery packs. Each of the battery packs is removably attached and includes at least one battery. The warming blanket is ideally used as an extra safety feature for vehicles in case the vehicle is stranded during very cold or very bad weather, such as a snowstorm, in which warmth may play a crucial role in the survival of individuals within the vehicle. In addition, the warming blanket will assist in saving lives.
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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;
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- 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.
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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 power means secured directly to the blanket along the perimeter edge and surrounding the first corner for providing power to the heating coil;
- wherein the first power means abuts and contacts the perimeter edge only at the first corner and is substantially free from extension over either the top surface or the bottom surface of the blanket.
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A method for warming an individual, the method comprising:
- providing 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;
- providing a heating coil having a first end and a second end;
- positioning the first end of the heating coil at the first corner of the blanket;
- positioning the second end of the heating coil at the third corner of the blanket;
- winding the heating coil through the blanket in a serpentine manner;
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- securing first power means directly to the blanket;
- abutting and contacting the perimeter edge only about the first corner with the first power means;
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- powering the heating coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.