Insulated boot blanket

Claim 1

A mating pair of insulated boot blankets each comprising: a right side panel of a quilted and thermally insulative material having a moisture impervious outer layer and conforming generally to the shape of a shoe or boot-encased human foot to provide a front, top, lower and rear edge; a left side panel of a quilted and thermally insulative material having a moisture impervious outer layer conforming generally to the shape of a shoe or boot-encased human foot to provide a front, top, lower and rear edge; a longitudinal panel of a quilted and thermally insulative material having a central portion of substantially constant width secured to the lower edges of both of said side panels over the length thereof to thereby form a bottom panel; said longitudinal panel having a front portion tapering generally from the width of said bottom panel to a width of approximately one-half the width of said bottom panel at the free end thereof, said front portion being secured to the front edge of both of said side panels over the length thereof to thereby form a front panel, said longitudinal panel having a rear portion tapering generally from the width of said bottom panel to a width approximately one-half of the width of said bottom panel, said rear portion being secured to the rear edges of both of said side panels over the length thereof to thereby form a rear panel; a zipper disposed longitudinally of said rear panel along the center thereof and opening downwardly from the free end of said rear panel toward said bottom panel over substantially the entire length of said bottom panel to thereby form a means of inserting a shoe or boot-encased human foot into the boot blanket from the rear thereof; a drawstring disposed adjacent the free end of said front and rear panels and the top edges of said side panels for drawing the opening formed thereby snugly around the leg above the top of the shoe or boot-encased foot and for maintaining the opening so drawn by tying at the rear of the boot blanket; a belt having a selective adjustable length adapted to fit around the waist of a human body and having a fastener adjacent both ends thereof; a pair of generally vertical straps carried by said side panels on the outer surface thereof, said straps being provided with closed loops at the upper extremities thereof to facilitate the insertion of a finger of the human hand for putting the boot blanket rearwardly and upwardly over the shoe or boot encased foot, said straps being provided with fasteners for removably gripping either the fasteners of a strap of the mating boot blanket as well as the fastener of said belt whereby the mating pair of boot blankets may be selectively and removably attached to each other and to said belt to be carried adjacent to the small of the human back when not being worn as boot blankets.

Claim 17

A method of making a boot blanket comprising the steps of: (a) providing a pair of matching side panels and an elongated central panel; (b) securing the lower edge of the side panels to opposite lateral sides of the central panel to form a bottom panel; (c) securing opposite lateral sides of one end of the central panel to the front edges of the two side panels to form a front panel; and (d) securing opposite lateral sides of the other end of the central panel to the rear edges of the two side panels to form a rear panel, so that the free ends of the front and rear panels and the top edges of the two side panels form a leg opening.

Claim 18

A method of making a boot blanket comprising the steps of: (a) providing a pair of matching side panels and an elongated central panel; (b) securing the lower edge of the side panels to opposite lateral sides of the central panel to form a bottom panel; (c) securing opposite lateral sides of one end of the central panel to the front edges of the two side panels to form a front panel; and (d) securing opposite lateral sides of the other end of the central panel to the rear edges of the two side panels to form a rear panel, so that the free ends of the front and rear panels and the top edges of the two side panels form a leg opening.