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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Robert R. Cantwell, Leslie, MO (US);
American Recreation Products, Inc., New Haven, MO (US);
Abstract
A sleeping bag having a compact foot space configuration for user warmth in cold ambient temperatures and an expanded foot space configuration for user comfort in mild to warm ambient temperatures. The sleeping bag includes an elongate shell defining a volume sized and shaped to receive a user therein. The shell has an outer surface, a head end portion, a foot end portion and left and right lateral sides. An opening extends generally along at least one of the lateral sides generally in the foot end portion. A pocket made of limp material and associated with the shell is generally in the opening. In the expanded configuration, the pocket and shell define a first foot space volume of the sleeping bag extending through the opening in the shell to a location spaced from the outer surface of the shell. In the compact configuration, the shell defines a second foot space volume and the pocket defines no volume outwardly of the shell opening, the first foot space volume being greater than the second foot space volume. A fastener is associated with the shell for closing the shell opening in the compact configuration of the sleeping bag.