US 8,459,649 B2Granted

Board game storable sleeping bag and method

OwnerPreston Walkerinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a combination sleeping bag and means for storing a game board device within the sleeping bag structure, along with an associated method of storing flexible game boards and game pieces within a sleeping bag for travel and storage use. The sleeping bag comprises a folded and zipperable blanket having familiar design aspects, wherein within the interior of the bag is a removable blanket liner. The blanket comprises a board game design on its surface such that it can be removed from the bag and utilized as a game board, wherein the blanket otherwise attaches along the interior surface of the bag. A securable pouch within the sleeping bag is provided for containing compressible or flexible game pieces associated with the given game board, while the exterior of the bag may be adorned in a logo illustrating the exact game or games stored within the bag.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A combination sleeping bag and board game, comprising:

a plurality of game pieces constructed of a deformable, depressible, cushion fill material;
an outer covering having a first and second side edge and a top and bottom edge, said first and second edges adapted to be joined and said covering to fold in half;
said covering having a closure means to join its folded bottom edges and side edges together to form an interior volume having an interior surface;
a flexible liner coextensive along said outer covering interior surface and removably attached thereto by an attachment means;
said liner having a first and second side surface, said liner having a game or activity indicia on at least one side surface of said liner;
said outer covering further comprising a removably securable pouch adapted to accept game pieces associated with said game or activity, and wherein said pouch is a cushion when said game pieces are inserted therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/474,621Filed 17 May 2012 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 May 2011
Published: US 2012/0292853 A122 Nov 2012
Granted: 11 Jun 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A63F 9/001
Games not otherwise provided for: games or toys connected to, or combined with, other objects; Objects with a second use as a toy or game
A47G 9/083
Sleeping bags: for babies and infants
A63F 2003/00233
Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards: with one fold or hinge
A63F 2003/00258
Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards: rollable, flexible or deformable board