Corner pouch blanket

Abstract

A blanket having one or more corner pouches for receiving a body portion of a user, or a pillow or other object. A rectangular blanket has a triangular panel of material attached to one or more corners of the blanket, with the hypotenuse of each triangular panel not being attached to the blanket, thus forming a pouch.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A blanket comprising: 
 a sheet of material having first and second edges intersecting to form a corner; and    a corner pouch panel comprising a first pouch edge, a second pouch edge, and a third pouch edge;    wherein said first pouch edge is attached to the first edge of said sheet of material adjacent the corner, said second pouch edge is attached to the second edge of said sheet of material adjacent the corner, and at least a portion of said third pouch edge is unattached to said sheet of material, thereby forming a pouch between said sheet of material and said corner pouch panel.    
     
     
         2 . The blanket of    claim 1   , wherein said corner pouch panel is generally triangular, and wherein first ends of said first pouch edge and said second pouch edge intersect at a vertex, and wherein said third pouch edge extends along a hypotenuse between second ends of said first pouch edge and said second pouch edge.  
     
     
         3 . The blanket of    claim 2   , wherein said sheet of material is generally rectangular, having four corners, and wherein said blanket comprises first and second corner pouch panels attached at first and second corners of said generally rectangular sheet of material.  
     
     
         4 . The blanket of    claim 3   , wherein said first and second corner pouch panels are attached at diagonally opposite corners of said generally rectangular sheet of material.  
     
     
         5 . The blanket of    claim 3   , comprising four corner pouch panels, one corner pouch panel being attached at each of said four corners of said generally rectangular sheet of material.  
     
     
         6 . The blanket of    claim 5   , wherein said generally rectangular sheet of material is generally square.  
     
     
         7 . The blanket of    claim 1   , wherein said sheet of material and said corner pouch panel are formed of like materials.  
     
     
         8 . The blanket of    claim 1   , wherein said corner pouch panel is attached to said sheet of material by stitching.  
     
     
         9 . The blanket of    claim 1   , further comprising at least one releasable fastener attached to said blanket.  
     
     
         10 . The blanket of    claim 1   , defining a passage through said sheet of material.  
     
     
         11 . A blanket comprising a flexible sheet of material with adjoining first and second edges, said first edge having a first length and said second edge having a second length; said blanket further comprising a corner pouch panel having a first pouch edge and a second pouch edge; wherein said first pouch edge is connected to the first edge of said flexible sheet of material along a portion of the first edge thereof comprising less than the first length, and said second pouch edge is connected to the second edge of said flexible sheet of material along a portion of the second edge thereof comprising less than the second length.  
     
     
         12 . The blanket of    claim 1     1 , wherein said sheet of material is generally rectangular, having four corners, and wherein said blanket comprises first and second corner pouch panels attached at diagonally opposite first and second corners of said generally rectangular sheet of material.  
     
     
         13 . The blanket of    claim 12   , wherein said generally rectangular sheet of material is generally square, and further comprising four corner pouch panels, one corner pouch panel being attached at each of said four corners of said sheet of material.  
     
     
         14 . The blanket of    claim 11   , further comprising at least one releasable fastener attached to said blanket.  
     
     
         15 . The blanket of    claim 11   , defining a passage through said flexible sheet of material.  
     
     
         16 . A blanket comprising a pouch for receiving an object, said pouch formed between a flexible sheet of material and a pouch panel, said flexible sheet of material and said pouch panel comprising separate pieces of material joined together by stitching, wherein said pouch has a depth of at least about eight inches and an opening width of at least about twelve inches.  
     
     
         17 . The blanket of    claim 16   , wherein said flexible sheet of material is generally rectangular, having four corners, and wherein said blanket comprises first and second pouch panels attached at diagonally opposite first and second corners of said generally rectangular sheet of material.  
     
     
         18 . The blanket of    claim 16   , wherein said flexible sheet of material is generally square, and further comprising four pouch panels, one pouch panel being attached at each of said four corners of said sheet of material.  
     
     
         19 . The blanket of    claim 16   , further comprising at least one releasable fastener attached to said blanket.  
     
     
         20 . The blanket of    claim 16   , defining a passage through said flexible sheet of material.