Passenger covering for motor vehicle or the like

Claim 1

A covering for a person comprising: a rotatable winding shaft for being supported upon a support located in front of a seat, and means for rotating the shaft; a blanket having a first end on the shaft, the blanket being windable onto the shaft upon winding the shaft in one direction and the blanket being rewindable off the shaft; the blanket having lateral edges and a first width between the lateral edges; a blanket guide located toward the support, the guide being shaped for defining an interior of the guide for receiving the blanket, for passing the blanket through the guide and for guiding movement of the blanket toward and away from the winding shaft as the blanket passes through the guide; the guide interior having a profile which is generally funnel shaped, narrowing in width at the end thereof toward the shaft; the interior profile of the guide being of a second width narrower than the first width of the blanket and the guide interior profile being shaped for folding over the lateral edges of the blanket thereby narrowing the blanket to be narrower than the first width thereof as the blanket is moved through the guide toward the shaft while the blanket is being wound upon the shaft; and means for rotating the shaft for winding the blanket on the shaft.