Day care sleeper

Abstract

A daycare sleeper includes a mat, a pillow, detachable blanket that is non-confining, and an integral storage pouch. The preferred storage pouch is a pocket generally equal in width to the sleeping pad and is located at or near the foot of the sleeping pad on the top surface of the sleeping pad. The storage pouch may be used both as a foot pocket for the person resting on the sleeping pad and as a container for the pad and blanket during non-use. The storage pouch opens toward the top end of the sleeping pad and is closed on the other sides, so that the sleeping mat and blanket may be rolled together from the head of the sleeping pad toward the storage pouch and into the storage pouch. The preferred blanket attaches to the sleeping pad at or near the open end of the storage pouch, is loose on the sides, and is removable. A handle may be positioned on the outside of the pouch for easier carrying. A zipper or similar device may be placed on one or more edges of the sleeping mat to allow the padding to be removed during washing.

1 . A sleeping pad comprising: 
 a mat with a top end and a bottom end, an upper surface and a back surface;    a pillow at or near the top end of said mat;    a storage pouch on the upper surface of the mat at or near said bottom end of said mat, the storage pouch being equal in width to the mat; and    a blanket attached to said storage pouch;    wherein the storage pouch comprises a lower half that is a portion of the upper surface of the mat and an upper half that is a flap extending over the upper surface of the mat, the upper half having a bottom edge and two side edges that are attached to said mat, and a top edge that is the extremity of the pouch nearest the top end of the mat, wherein said top edge is unattached from said mat to form an opening into the storage pouch that is adapted to receive the portion of the mat not covered by the pouch.    
   
   
       2 . (Canceled)  
   
   
       3 . (Canceled)  
   
   
       4 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 1 , wherein said blanket is detachable from and reattachable to said storage pouch.  
   
   
       5 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 4 , wherein said blanket is  
   
   
       6 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 5 , wherein said blanket comprises an extension portion having a blanket fastener and the upper half of the storage pouch comprising a bottom surface at or near the top edge of the upper half having a cooperating pouch fastener, and wherein the blanket extends into the storage pouch to contact the bottom surface of the upper half of the pouch so that and the blanket fastener connects to the pouch fastener.  
   
   
       7 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the mat top end rolls into the storage pouch and the sleeping pad further comprises a hook and loop connector system for closing the storage pouch with the mat substantially contained within the storage pouch.  
   
   
       8 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pillow is integral with the mat.  
   
   
       9 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 1 , with a handle positioned on the bottom end of said sleeping pad.  
   
   
       10 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 1 , wherein said storage pouch comprises: 
 said pocket being generally equal in width to said mat and extending upward from said bottom end of said mat ⅙-⅓ of the way to the top end of the mat.    
   
   
       11 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 10 , wherein the blanket is generally rectangular and has a bottom edge, a top edge, sides edges, and two top corners and two bottom corners, and wherein said blanket is removably attached to the sleeping pad only at said bottom edge and said two bottom corners.  
   
   
       12 . (Canceled)  
   
   
       13 . A sleeping pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pillow is integral with the mat, the pillow is rectangular and the pouch is rectangular.  
   
   
       14 . (Canceled)  
   
   
       15 . A sleeping pad comprising: 
 a mat with a foot end, a head end, an upper surface, and a back surface;    a storage pouch on the upper surface of the mat at or near the foot end having an opening at an extremity of the storage pouch that is nearest the head end;    wherein the mat is adapted to fold into a compact shape and be inserted into said storage pouch through the opening; and,    wherein the storage pouch has a fastener on an interior surface of the storage pouch at or near the opening and the mat has a fastener on the back surface; and,    wherein the mat is folded from the head end into the storage pouch, and said storage pouch fastener attaches to said fastener on the mat back surface to hold the mat within the pouch.    
   
   
       16 . A sleeping pad as in  claim 15 , wherein said pouch and said opening are the same width as the mat.  
   
   
       17 . A sleeping pad as in  claim 15 , comprising a pillow integral with the mat at said head end.  
   
   
       18 . A sleeping pad as in  claim 15 , comprising a pillow fastened to the mat at said head end.