Reader's blanket

Claim 1

A non-restraining bedclothes cover adapted to be loosely draped over a bed for at least partially covering a person disposed thereon; said cover having a generally rectangular configuration including one edge defining a head end thereof for placing at the head end of a bed, a pair of spaced apart arcuate slits extending through said cover adjacent said head end for receiving the hands and a portion of the arms extending therethrough of a person disposed thereunder and, said openings spaced from said edge sufficient at least to provide sufficient blanket therebetween for extending up to and covering the neck and shoulders by said person to be covered by said bedclothes cover when the person is in a sitting position and the hands are in a position for holding a book for reading, said arcuate slits being defined by first and second arcuate edges, one of said edges overlapping the other of said edges defining a flap for closing said slits, and means depicting a pictoral illustration of the head of at least one object taken from the group of persons, characters, and animals and said flaps define the eyelids of said one object.