Patent Application
20210401196
The present invention relates to bedding, and more particularly the present invention relates to a sleeping bag.
Good sleep is essential for healthy life and a good sleeping environment is essential for good sleep. Bedding plays an important role in a good sleeping environment. First and most important, the bedding should be clean and hygienic. It is common that during travel or sleeping in shared beds, a person may have to use unhygienic beddings. Besides hygiene, a person may be allergic to certain materials of the bedding. Also, the bedding may affect skin and hairs, such as rubbing off coatings on the skin or frizzy hair after sleep. Sometimes, a person may be wearing make-up or had a skin treatment, such as a tan spray, and desires that the bedding does not ruin the make-up or skin treatment. Bodily oils or massage oils can be absorbed by cotton bed sheets. The skin treatment may also stain the bedding. Thus, a need is there for a sleeping bag that can provide a hygienic and isolated sleeping environment.
Sleeping bags are known in the art. These are usually designed for the outdoors and made from thick material. Sleeping bags are generally made for normal temperature, cold, and extremely cold temperature usage. A sleeping bag for a cold climate cannot be used in warm weather. The sleeping bag for normal weather feels warm because of the thick material. Additionally, the material of the known sleeping bags is not skin-friendly and affects the skin or any coatings on the skin. Prior art sleeping bags are cumbersome, heavy, difficult to carry, unroll, or rolled back for storage.
Thus, a desire is there for a sleeping bag that is devoid of the above drawbacks of the prior art sleeping bags and provides an isolated and hygienic sleeping environment.
The following presents a simplified summary of one or more embodiments of the present invention in order to provide a basic understanding of such embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated embodiments and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all embodiments nor delineate the scope of any or all embodiments. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more embodiments in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
The principal object of the present invention is therefore directed to a sleeping bag that provides a hygienic sleeping environment.
It is another object of the present invention that the sleeping bag is a one-piece sleeping bag that can be folded in a pouch.
It is still another object of the present invention that the pouch is a part of the sleeping bag.
It is yet another object of the present invention that the sleeping bag provides a comfortable sleep.
It is a further object of the present invention that the sleeping bag is compact and easy to carry.
It is still a further object of the present invention that the sleeping bag can be quickly and easily folded and unfolded.
It is an additional object of the present invention that the sleeping bag can be used with other beddings.
It is still an additional object of the present invention that the material of the sleeping bag is neutral on skin and hairs.
It is yet an additional object of the present invention that the sleeping bag can be easily cleaned.
It is yet a further object of the present invention that the sleeping bag prevents staining of the bedding.
In one aspect, disclosed is a sleeping bag for the isolated and hygienic sleeping environment. The sleeping bag having a proximal end and a distal end. The sleeping bag includes a base sheet that extends along the length of the sleeping bag. The proximal end of the sleeping bag configured as a pillow housing having an opening for receiving a pillow. A top sheet having a long segment and a short segment, the long segment of the top sheet extends from the distal end up to near the pillow housing. The long segment is at its three edges bonded with the three edges of the base sheet forming a bag. The short segment can fold over the long sheet. Corners of the short segment can have a fastener that can be coupled to opposite side edges of the base sheet. A pouch coupled to the distal end such as the sleeping bag can be rolled into the pouch.
In one aspect, the sleeping bag can be made of faux silk or any similar material that is neutral to the skin and hairs.
These and other objects and advantages of the embodiments herein and the summary will become readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings
The accompanying figures, which are incorporated herein, form part of the specification and illustrate embodiments of the present invention. Together with the description, the figures further explain the principles of the present invention and to enable a person skilled in the relevant arts to make and use the invention.
Subject matter will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and which show, by way of illustration, specific exemplary embodiments. Subject matter may, however, be embodied in a variety of different forms and, therefore, covered or claimed subject matter is intended to be construed as not being limited to any exemplary embodiments set forth herein; exemplary embodiments are provided merely to be illustrative. Likewise, a reasonably broad scope for claimed or covered subject matter is intended. Among other things, for example, the subject matter may be embodied as methods, devices, components, or systems. The following detailed description is, therefore, not intended to be taken in a limiting sense.
The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Likewise, the term “embodiments of the present invention” does not require that all embodiments of the invention include the discussed feature, advantage or mode of operation.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of embodiments of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises”, “comprising,”, “includes” and/or “including”, when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
The following detailed description includes the best currently contemplated mode or modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention will be best defined by the allowed claims of any resulting patent.
Disclosed is a sleeping bag that is compact and portable and can be easily carried. The sleeping bag is ideally suited for home use, travel, and sleeping in shared beds. The disclosed sleeping bag can be easily rolled into an attached pouch for storage. The sleeping bag can provide an isolated and hygienic sleeping environment.
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A top sheet 130 bonds with the base sheet 110 to form the bag. The top sheet 130 can extends from the distal end of the sleeping bag up to near the pillow housing. Three edges of the top sheet 130 can bond with the three edges of the base sheet 110 to form the bag. Three edges include a bottom edge, a left edge, and a right edge. The front edge of the top sheet near the pillow housing is not bonded and forms an opening of the bag. A person can enter the sleeping bag through this opening. The top sheet can be sewn or bonded with the base sheet.
A cover sheet 140 can extend from the front edge of the top sheet 130. The cover sheet 140 can fold over the top sheet, such as to sandwich bedding like a blanket between the cover sheet 140 and the top sheet 130. The length of the cover sheet 140 can be about a quarter length of the top sheet. Corners of the cover sheet 140 can have first fasteners 150 that can be fastened to the second fastener 160. The second fasteners 160 can extend from the base sheet and allows the cover sheet 140 to removably coupled with the base sheet 110. In one case, the first fasteners and the second fasteners can be cords.
A pouch 170 can also be provided at the distal end.
The disclosed sleeping bag can be made from a breathable material that can be neutral to the skin and hair. The material may not rub off or absorb any coatings of the body or bodily secretions. Moreover, the material can be lubricious that smoothens the rubbing of the body with the sleeping bag. In one case, faux silk can be used that does not absorb skin coatings like spray tanning on the body. Spray tanning composition including dihydroxyacetone (DHA) are known. Faux silk is a polyester can keep the tan and other skincare products from absorbing off the skin into bedding. Oil coatings or secretions may also not absorb by the disclosed sleeping bag. Being neutral to hairs, no frizzy hairs in the morning. The hairstyling may be preserved substantially while sleeping. An isolated environment provided by the sleeping bag prevents soiling or staining of the beddings from bodily coatings or secretions. The coating can be make-up, massage oils, lotions, and body cosmetics. The disclosed sleeping bag can be made of a material that prevent staining of bedsheets from skin care products including the spray tanning cosmetics.
While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The invention should therefore not be limited by the above-described embodiment, method, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.
This application claims priority to the U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/705,419, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
