Electrically heated foot canopy for bed top sheets, blankets, quilts or beds and the like

• US 8,984,683 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2013
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harold P. Mintz
• Original Assignee: Harold P. Mintz
• Inventors: Mintz, Harold P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos, Robert G
• Application Number:
  US13/938,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20130291302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 548/6, 548/2, 548/5, 549/5, 549/7, 550/51, 550/61, 542/1, 528/4, 219/212, 219/529, 219/545, 219/549
• US Class Current: 5/485
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/048 for heating
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0215 with cooling or heating means electric blankets H05B3/34
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0223 Blankets
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0238 Bed linen
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0246 Fitted sheets loose furniture covers A47C31/10
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/145 Carbon only, e.g. carbon black, graphite
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/56 Heating cables

Abstract

A bed top covering, includes a top portion; a second portion; and a bottom portion. The second portion includes a back-folded, electrically heated, foot canopy therein configured to allow the feet of a user to be extended in an upward direction therewithin and providing room and maneuverability and warmth for the feet of the user. The third portion is tucked under the mattress for snugness.

Claims

1. A bed top covering, comprising:

a top portion or header;

a bottom portion or footer;

the bottom portion including a back-folded, foot canopy therein configured to allow expansion when feet of a user are extended in an upward direction therewithin and providing room and maneuverability for the feet of the user; and

an additional portion below the footer to be tucked in beneath an end of a mattress;

wherein sides of the foot canopy comprise walls formed by back folds each extending substantially across a width of the bottom portion or footer and said walls and back folds are opposite and spaced apart from each other.

2. The bed top covering of claim 1, wherein the bed top covering comprises one of a bed top sheet, a bed top blanket, and a bed top quilt.

3. The bed top covering of claim 1, wherein a top or ceiling of the back-folded foot canopy is one of rectangular shape, a dome shape, a round shape, a pointed shape, or another shape.

4. The bed top covering of claim 1, wherein sidewalls of the back-folded foot canopy allow for expansion due to a hairpin fold that functions like a large pleat when in use, and/or flexible material, and including a pleated or accordion-type structure that also allows the canopy to further drape the feet when in use.

5. The bed top covering of claim 1, wherein the foot canopy is configured as a vaulted foot-tent at the bottom portion of the bed top covering.

6. The bed top covering of claim 1, wherein the bed top covering is configured to go over a bed mattress and tucked in around the bed mattress.

7. The bed top covering of claim 1, wherein the bottom portion includes the back-folded foot canopy being electrically heated to provide warmth with insulated heating wires or other heating elements incorporated into a ceiling of the canopy or some combination of the ceiling and sides of the canopy.

8. The bed top covering of claim 7, wherein the back-folded, electrically heated, foot canopy is made from the same or similar material to the top portion of the bed top covering and encompasses the heating wires or heating element and their respective insulation.

9. The bed top covering of claim 7, wherein the back-folded, electrically heated, foot canopy is made from a different material than the top portion of the bed top covering and encompasses the heating wires or heating element and their respective insulation.

10. The bed top covering of claim 7, wherein the back-folded, electrically heated, foot canopy comprises insulated wires including carbon fiber wires or heating elements designed into the ceiling of the foot canopy that heat up when a control is on and when plugged into a wall electrical socket or connected to a battery and configured to allow the feet of a user to be extended in an upward direction therewithin and providing room and maneuverability for the feet of the user in addition to the electric warmth from the wires and/or heating elements.