Blanket with Frustum Shaped Foot Pocket

Abstract

The invention comprises a blanket having a frustum shaped foot pocket and method of making said blanket and further means for securing the upper left corner of the blanket to the upper right corner and around a user's neck for maintaining secure attachment of the blanket to a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A blanket, comprising;
 a fabric rectangular in shape having a top edge, a left edge parallel with a right edge, a right diagonal edge, a left diagonal edge and a bottom edge;   a frustoconical shaped foot pocket in the bottom region of the blanket; and   means for securing an upper right corner of the blanket with an upper left corner of the blanket located on interior side of the blanket.   
     
     
         2 . The blanket of  claim 1  wherein the where the width of said fabric is 70 percent of the length of said rectangular fabric. 
     
     
         3 . The blanket of  claim 1  wherein the means for securing an upper right corner of the blanket with the upper left corner of the blanket is located on the upper left interior side of the blanket and the upper right interior side of the blanket. 
     
     
         4 . A method for forming a blanket comprising:
 providing a fabric rectangular in shape whose width is shorter than its length;   sewing a hem along the fabric left edge, top edge and right edge;   folding said fabric lengthwise by taking said right edge and aligning it with said left edge where the width of said fabric has been reduced by 50 percent and the right half of the fabric is resting upon the left half of the fabric;   sewing a hem along the bottom edge such that the right half and left half of the fabric are joined on their bottom edge;   spreading the right edge apart from the left edge such that the fabric has an upper portion rectangular in shape and a lower portion that is triangular in shape whereby the blanket has a left diagonal edge adjacent to the left edge and a right diagonal edge adjacent to the right edge;   sewing a horizontal hem on the triangular lower portion a distance upward from the lower point of the triangular lower portion;   making a horizontal cut directly below and parallel to the horizontal hem;   reversing the rectangular upper portion and triangular lower portion of the fabric such that a blanket with a frustoconical shaped foot pocket is revealed; and   providing means for securing an upper right corner with the upper left corner of the blanket around a person's upper torso and neck area.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the width of the fabric is 70 percent of the length of said fabric. 
     
     
         6 . The method claim of  claim 4  wherein the means for securing an upper right corner of the blanket with the upper left corner of the blanket is located on the upper left interior side of the blanket and the upper right interior side of the blanket. 
     
     
         7 . A method for using a blanket, comprising;
 providing a blanket with a frustoconical shaped foot pocket on its bottom end and having means for securing an upper right corner of the blanket to an upper left corner of the blanket located on the interior upper right corner and upper left corner of the blanket;   inserting a user's legs and feet into the foot pocket such that they reside at the bottom of the foot pocket;   securing the blanket upper right corner to the upper left corner wherein a top edge of the blanket is in close proximity to a user's neck and shoulders and the upper left corner and upper right corner are attached using said means for securing behind a user's neck and shoulders such that the blanket shrouds the upper body; and   inserting a user's arms underneath the blanket or deploying a user's arms outside of the blanket while still maintaining secure blanket position on a user's body.