NZ723590A - A Quilt That Can Be Purchased In Two Separate Parts And Joined Together - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed “Quilt” can be purchased in two “Part’s” independently, one “Part” can be extremely warm, and the other “Part” can be extremely cool. Both “Parts” can then be joined together to form a “Quilt”. When juxtaposed the two separate “Part’s” of the “Quilt”, are a reverse image of each other, sharing both the Negative and Positive componentry of a joiner. In this instance a Hook and Loop fastener is sewn into the joining“Channel Wall” of each “Part”. The Hook Fastener tape is sewn along one half of the edge of the joining “Channel Wall” to the middle of the “Channel Wall” , and the other half of the joining “Channel” Wall is sewn with a Loop Fastener tape, this way both “Parts” can be purchased separately, and joined together allowing the individual to choose their own level of thermal resistance independently, and be joined up with another individuals chosen thermal resistance. sharing both the Negative and Positive componentry of a joiner. In this instance a Hook and Loop fastener is sewn into the joining“Channel Wall” of each “Part”. The Hook Fastener tape is sewn along one half of the edge of the joining “Channel Wall” to the middle of the “Channel Wall” , and the other half of the joining “Channel” Wall is sewn with a Loop Fastener tape, this way both “Parts” can be purchased separately, and joined together allowing the individual to choose their own level of thermal resistance independently, and be joined up with another individuals chosen thermal resistance.

Description

A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Description Complete Specification Innovation Patent for a “Quilt”,(which is also known as a Duvet, or Doona, depending on the country, or origin of the individual, but for the purposes of this Innovation Patent shall be known as a “Quilt” ) that can be purchased in two individual halves,( that for the purposes of this Innovative Patent to differentiate between segments, or portions of a “Quilt” shall be known as “Parts”) and joined together , no matter what “Part” is purchased, allowing for an independent choice of thermal resistance for an individual for their side of the bed at the time of purchase. For many years “Quilt’s” have been styled in a manner to cover the whole of the bed surface in one piece.

This created a consistent warmth, or thermal resistance across the bed, and presented an even cover on the top of the surface of the bed. However as people are of different warmth’s i.e. one person could be colder than the other person, this made for a disturbing nights sleep for one, or both party’s. One person could feel a perfect temperature whilst the other person could be too hot, or too cold.

Previous attempts at manufacturing “Quilt’s”, relied on conventional methods of joining them together say by Zip, or Buttons but as they did not reverse the joining mechanism to be both negative, and positive on each “Part” of the “Quilt”, they could not be sold separately, and therefore limited the amount of variations that could be applied to suit an individual, making them difficult to market as up to 250 combinations or more in each size could be needed if allergies, thermal resistance variations, and preference of the filling were taken into account..

This innovation is designed to eradicate this problem by offering a choice of warmth for each party sharing the same bed, and giving them a level of thermal resistance on their side of the bed that is more suitable to them, independently, at the time of purchase, whether it be cooler, or warmer than the other half, both “Part’s” are then joined together to make up one whole “Quilt”.

The levels of warmth can be determined by either a “Tog Rating” being given to A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Description each “Part” of the “Quilt”, or by colour coding the warmth in grades of thermal resistance, or both. No matter what half is purchased it will always join to the other half as is set out in the diagrams in this Innovation Patent.

This Innovation Patent can be purchased in two “Parts” or two “Parts” with two segments ( for the purposes of this Innovative Patent segments shall be known as “Portions” that make up one “Part”) utilizing the “Four Seasons” method” (the “Four Seasons method is a design in the market place that separates in layers allowing for one “portion” to be separated from another to vary the thermal resistance for winter, or summer, or vary again for Autumn and Spring.) After the two separate “Parts” of the “Quilt”, are joined together it then completes the “Quilt”. The joining mechanism can be either, but not restricted to, zip’s, buttons, hook and loop fasteners, studs, etc, how it is fastened is not important, but rather the fact that the “Quilt”, can be purchased in two separate “Part’s” of varying thermal resistance, and can be linked together with another “Part”, whether it be heavier, lighter, warmer, or cooler, using a variety of materials, but not restricted to, Wool, Feather, Down, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Polyester, Microfibre, Cotton, or a mixture of materials, and will always join together as long as the two “Part’s” are manufactured in the same manner, is the concept of this Innovative Patent.

The preferred method of manufacture is demonstrated here in this Innovative Patent due to it’s ease of manufacture, and functionality. For instance a 500 gram per square metre Wool “Quilt” “Part” joined with a 300 gram per square metre Wool “Quilt” “Part”, would be substantially warmer than the latter “Part”, and also heavier, giving the person on that half of the “Quilt”, a higher amount of thermal resistance than the other person on the side where the 300 gram per square metre Wool “Part”, is used.

A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Description Figure 1 A “Channel Wall” as referred to in this “Innovation Patent” is the wall of a “Quilt”, (7 & 3), used to assist the Loft or thickness of a “Quilt”, making it appear fluffier or fuller, and to assist in a more even thermal resistance across the “Quilt”, i.e. rather than the stitching going through from the top to the bottom of the “Quilt” (Figure 2), like tradition “Quilt’s”, a strip of material is sewn (4) into each “Channel” of the “Quilt”, joining the top (5) to the bottom (6), and allowing for more fill to be placed into the channel, and leaving the surface of the Quilt flatter in appearance.

Figure 2 Depicts a traditional Quilt with the stitching sewn through from the top Fabric through to the bottom fabric to form a “Channel” for the filling of the “Quilt” to be inserted. As you can plainly see in this Figure a less even surface is left, and due to the stitching going through from top to bottom less, or no fill is with in this area leaving it with less thermal resistance.

Figure 3 This is by far the preferred form of manufacture as it’s ease to be made, and it’s ability to be utilized is the simplest form known to me.

In this diagram it shows one “Part” of the “Quilt” (9), which is purchased independently from (10), then joined together in the middle through a Hook and Loop Fastener, which is sewn into the length of the joining “Channel Wall” (15) on each of the “Quilt” “Parts” , (11,12,13 & 14) , one half of the “Channel Wall” (15) is sewn with a Loop Fastener tape (11 & 12), and the other half is sewn with a Hook Fastener tape (13&14), so no matter which “Part” is purchased it will always join up with another “Part” of a “Quilt”, as long as they are both manufactured in the same way (see inset Figure 4 for a closer view). For instance a 500 gram per square metre Wool “Quilt” “Part”, joined with a 300 gram per square metre Wool “Quilt”, “Part”, would be substantially warmer than the latter “Part”, and also heavier, giving the person on that ‘Part” of the “Quilt”, a higher amount of thermal A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Description resistance than the other person on the side where the 300 gram per square metre Wool “Quilt” ”Part”, is used.

Figure 4 Depicts the edge of the joining “Channel Wall” (Figure 3 (15) of the “Part” of the “Quilt”, (Figure 3 (10) showing the middle of the “Channel” wall, (Figure 3 (15) , and where the Hook tape (18) meets with the Loop tape (16). Each “Part” of each “Quilt” is made this way so no matter what “Part” is purchased they will always join together by simply rotating one “Part” of the “Quilt” to join up with the other “Part” in the middle. All joining mechanism’s zips, etc, can be made this way, although this is the easiest form of manufacture known to me. (17) Shows the top of the “Part” (Figure 3(10) of the “Quilt” Figure 5 Here depicted is a “Four Seasons” type “Quilt” as described in this Innovative Patent, showing all “Portions” (19,31,28 & 29) being joined by Hook Tab’s sewn into the bottom of the Top (26) “Portion’s” (31& 29) , and Loop Tab’s sewn into the top of the bottom (27) “Portion’s” (19 & 28) , this is by far the preferred form of manufacture for this style of “Quilt”, as it’s ease to be manufactured and ability to be utilized, is the simplest form known to me. Once each “Portion” (31,19,29 & 28) is either joined together, or left as a single “Portion” depending on the desired warmth of the individual, each “Part” (20 & 21) of the “Quilt” is then joined together in the middle through a Hook and Loop Fastener, which is sewn into the length of one joining “Channel Wall”, on each of the “Quilt” “Portions” (31,19,29 & 28) that make up each “Part” (20 & 21) of the “Quilt” which are purchased independently from each other. One half of the “Channel Wall” is sewn with a Loop Fastener tape (23 & 25), and the other half is sewn with a Hook Fastener tape , (22 & 24) so no matter which “Part” (20 & 21) is purchased it will always join up with another “Part (20 & 21) of a “Quilt”, as long as they are both manufactured in this same way. For that matter each “Portion” (31,19,29 & 28) of Each “Part” (20 & 21) of the “Quilt”, will always join with A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Description each “Part”(20 & 21) of the Quilt. This allows three variables for all seasons.

“Portion’ (31) maybe, but not restricted to, a 350 gram per square metre wool “Portion” of the “Part” (20) of the “Quilt”, and “Portion” (19) maybe, but not restricted to, a 150 gram per square metre “Portion” of the “Part” (20) of the “Quilt”, which would be more suitable for summer. Joined together as the full “Part” (20) they would be 500 grams per square metre, suitable for winter.

“Part” (21) however could be some what cooler consisting of a “Portion” (29) which maybe, but not restricted to a 200 gram Polyethylene Terephthalate “Portion”, and “Portion” (28) maybe, but not restricted to a 150 gram per square metre Polyethylene Terephthalate “Portion”. Making it substantially Cooler than “Part” (20) of the “Quilt”. “Portion” (28) could also be exchanged to replace “Portion” (19) increasing the variables in thermal resistance even further which could be useful when an individual has a fever on one side of the bed.

Figure 6 Depicts how the edge joining “Channel Wall’s” ( Figure 5 (30) , of both “Portions” ( Figure 5 (28 & 29), are sewn with both Hook Tape (34 & 36) to the middle of the joining “Channel Wall”, and Loop tape (37 & 38) sewn to the middle of the joining “Channel Wall”. All “Portions” ( Figure 5 (31,19,28 & 29) are sewn in this manner so they will always join with another “Part” or “Portion”, no matter what “Part” or “Portion” is purchased as long as it is manufactured in the same manner. A Loop Tab (39) is sewn into the top of the bottom “Portion”, and a Hook Tab is sewn into the bottom of the top “Portion” (33) indicated with doted lines as it is obscured from view (32), to join the two “Portion’s” (Figure 5 (29 & 28) together. Increased variations in thermal resistance can be obtained by adding additional Hook and Loop Fastener tab’s on each “Portion” so the Bottom and Top of each “Portion” are Identical in either Hook Tabs or Loop tabs. making each “Portion” and “Part” interchangeable in all combination’s if need be.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 4 Figure 6 A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Abstract The disclosed “Quilt” can be purchased in two “Part’s” indepenantly, one “Part” can be extremely warm, and the other “Part” can be extremely cool. Both “Parts” can then be joined together to form a “Quilt”. When juxtaposed the two separate “Part’s” of the “Quilt”, are a reverse image of each other, sharing both the Negative and Positive componentry of a joiner.

In this instance a Hook and Loop fastener is sewn into the joining “Channel Wall” of each “Part”. The Hook Fastener tape is sewn along one half of the edge of the joining “Channel Wall” to the middle of the “Channel Wall” , and the other half of the joining “Channel” Wall is sewn with a Loop Fastener tape, this way both “Parts” can be purchased separately, and joined together allowing the individual to choose their own level of thermal resistance independently, and be joined up with another individuals chosen thermal resistance.

A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER.

Claims (5)

Claims The claims defining this invention are as follows;

1. A quilt comprising: first and second quilt parts, wherein each quilt part has a thermal resistivity and the thermal resistivity of the first quilt part is different to the thermal resistivity of the second quilt part, and wherein each quilt part has uppermost and lowermost surfaces and a channel wall disposed at a peripheral end of the quilt part, wherein the channel wall consists of a flat surface that extends between respective peripheral ends of the uppermost and lowermost surfaces of the quilt part and is orientated substantially perpendicular to the to the uppermost and lowermost surfaces; and has a plurality of hook or loop fasteners disposed on the surface, whereby, the hook or loop fasteners disposed on the flat surface of the channel wall of the first quilt part are releasably attachable to the hook or loop fasteners disposed on the flat surface of the channel wall of the second quilt part for releasably attaching the two quilt parts together.

2. A quilt according to claim 1, wherein the flat surface of the channel wall of each quilt part comprises: a first surface section having a plurality of hook fasteners disposed on the first surface section; and a second surface section having a plurality of loop fasteners on the second surface section.

3. A quilt according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each quilt part has one or more attachment means disposed on the uppermost and lowermost surfaces of the quilt part, each attachment means being adapted to attach the quilt releasably to an overlying or underlying quilt part. A QUILT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IN TWO SEPARATE PART’S AND JOINED TOGETHER. Claims

4. A quilt according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the attachment means comprises hook or loop fasteners.

5. A quilt according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the attachment means comprises a zip.