IP Library Granted Patent US 12,490,788
Granted Patent B2
US 12,490,788 · App. 18/434,169 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Wearable blanket

Inventor: Eric Li (Chino Hills, CA)
A41D15/04A41D27/20A41D2300/30
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Patent No.
US 12,490,788
App. No.
18/434,169
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable blanket that is usable in a variety of different configurations whereby the blanket has a central waist slit, a drawstring or belt, and one or more fasteners, wherein the blanket does not comprise a hood or sleeves, and wherein the blanket is wearable by a user by pulling the blanket down from a head of the user or up from feet of the user through the central waist slit, securing the blanket around a waist area of the user by cinching the drawstring or belt, and securing the blanket on shoulders of a user with the one or more fasteners. The blanket is adjustable with the one or more fasteners to accommodate different sized users, and can be worn in different ways, and also can be secured behind the legs to ensure blanket coverage behind the legs. The blanket also has conveniently located pockets for storing items.

Claims (27)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

a wearable blanket, the wearable blanket comprising:

a single body that further comprises:

a central waist slit sized for a waist integrated centrally in the single body, not reaching any sides of the single body, and parallel to a top side and a bottom side of the single body;

wherein the central waist slit has no missing material when the single body is laid flat;

wherein the central waist slit comprises a removable drawstring or belt around a perimeter of the central waist slit;

one or more fasteners along the top side of the single body; and

one or more fasteners along a right side and a left side of the single body that are spaced out between the central waist slit and the bottom side of the single body.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the single body does not comprise a hood or sleeves.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more fasteners on the single body comprise snap buttons, buttons and buttonholes, segments of hook and loop fasteners, toggle buttons and loops, magnets, ties, zippers, or any combination thereof.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wearable blanket further comprises one or more fasteners on the right side and the left side of the single body toward the top side of the single body.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or more pockets are located near the central waist slit and between the central waist slit and the bottom side of the single body.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a hem, casing, or loops for the drawstring or belt to loop through so as to enable tightening of the central slit about a waist of a user.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the single body is substantially rectangular in shape.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a length of the single body is adjustable using the one or more fasteners located between the central waist slit and the bottom side, wherein the length between the central waist slit and the bottom side is configured to cover a user from a waist of the user to anywhere between knees of the user to ankles or feet of the user when the user is wearing the wearable blanket.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a length of the single body is adjustable using the one or more fasteners located along the top side and the right and left sides of the single body, wherein the length between the central waist slit and the top side is configured to cover an upper torso of a user when the user is wearing the wearable blanket.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second slit wherein the second slit is smaller than the central waist slit and parallel to and positioned between the central waist slit and the top side of the single body.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising one or more fasteners around a periphery of the central waist slit.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an extra flap of a material, different or same as a material of the single body, sewn onto an upper periphery of the central waist slit and one or more fasteners on a bottom periphery of the central waist slit and the other side of the extra flap of the material.

13 . An apparatus comprising a wearable blanket comprising a single body with a central waist slit sized for a waist parallel to a top side and a bottom side and not reaching any sides of the single body, wherein the central waist slit has no missing material when the single body is laid flat, a removable drawstring or belt around a perimeter of the central waist slit, and one or more fasteners, wherein the wearable blanket does not comprise a hood or sleeves, and wherein the wearable blanket is wearable by a user by pulling the wearable blanket down from a head of the user or up from feet of the user through the central waist slit, securing the wearable blanket around a waist area of the user by cinching the removable drawstring or belt, and securing the wearable blanket on shoulders of a user with the one or more fasteners.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the user secures the wearable blanket behind legs of the user with the one or more fasteners.

15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or fasteners on the single body comprise snap buttons, buttons and buttonholes, segments of hook and loop fasteners, toggle buttons and loops, magnets, ties, zippers, or any combination thereof.

16 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein one or more pockets are located near the central waist slit and between the central waist slit and the bottom side of the single body.

17 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a length of the single body is adjustable using the one or more fasteners located between the central waist slit and a bottom side, wherein a length between the central waist and the bottom side is configured to cover a user from the waist area of the user to anywhere between knees of the user to ankles or feet of the user when the user is wearing the wearable blanket.

18 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a length of the single body is adjustable using the one or more fasteners located along a top side and right and left sides of the single body, wherein a length between the central waist slit and the top side is configured to cover an upper torso of a user when the user is wearing the wearable blanket.

19 . The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a second slit wherein the second slit is smaller than the central waist slit and parallel to and positioned between the central waist slit and the top side of the single body.

20 . The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising one or more fasteners around a periphery of the central waist slit or an extra flap of a material, different or same as a material of the single body, sewn onto an upper periphery of the central waist slit and one or more fasteners on a bottom periphery of the central waist slit and the other side of the extra flap of the material.

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