Blanket system with flaps

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing bedding solutions fail to provide quick and easy regulation of insulation by body part for individual sleepers, especially when sharing a bed, without disrupting the overall blanket position or disturbing a partner.

Innovation Solution

A multi-layer blanket system with flaps that can be opened or closed over specific body parts, allowing each sleeper to adjust insulation levels independently without displacing the entire blanket, using a thicker upper layer over a thinner lower layer with ports and flaps that can be folded laterally off the bed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single blanket is used to cover the entire body, then the sleeper remains covered and warm, but the sleeper cannot easily adjust insulation for different body parts without disturbing the blanket position or a partner

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinsulation adjustment by body partVSAvoidadjustment convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The blanket is divided into multiple sections with individual flaps that can be opened or closed independently. Each flap corresponds to a specific body part region, allowing selective insulation adjustment without affecting other areas. This segmentation enables precise control over insulation for different body parts while maintaining overall blanket coverage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The blanket incorporates movable flaps that can be dynamically adjusted during sleep. These flaps can be opened to reduce insulation on specific body parts or closed to increase insulation, providing real-time adaptability to changing thermal needs without requiring the sleeper to move the entire blanket.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the blanket is moved to adjust insulation on one body part, then that body part's insulation is adjusted, but the overall blanket position is disturbed and the partner is affected

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinsulation regulation by body partVSAvoidblanket position stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The blanket is divided into multiple sections with individual flaps that can be opened or closed independently. Each flap corresponds to a specific body part region, allowing selective insulation adjustment without affecting other areas. This segmentation enables precise control over insulation for different body parts while maintaining overall blanket coverage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different parts of the blanket have different functions through the flap mechanism. Each flap can be independently controlled to provide or remove insulation from specific body parts, while the rest of the blanket maintains its insulating function. This local differentiation allows targeted thermal adjustment without disrupting the overall blanket structure or position.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Temperature

If the blanket is completely removed from a body part to provide cooling, then that body part can be cooled, but the sleeper loses comfort and the partner is disturbed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebody part temperature controlVSAvoidsleep comfort and partner disturbance

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The blanket is divided into multiple sections with individual flaps that can be opened or closed independently. Each flap corresponds to a specific body part region, allowing selective insulation adjustment without affecting other areas. This segmentation enables precise control over insulation for different body parts while maintaining overall blanket coverage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of completely removing the blanket from a body part, the invention applies partial action by opening only the specific flap covering that body part. This provides sufficient cooling for the targeted area while maintaining blanket coverage over the rest of the body, preserving sleep comfort and avoiding partner disturbance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables individual adjustment of insulation by body part, maintaining blanket position and partner comfort, and allowing easy access for caretakers or medical professionals.

Implementation Method 1

When sleeping in a bed, we regulate body temperature through the insulating effect of bedding such as sheets and blankets.

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal Insulation: Thermal Insulation

Data Source

PatentUS12557926B2Blanket system with flaps

Publication Date: 2026.02.24 FLAPPY BLANKY LLC

AI summary

The present disclosure is directed to multi-layer blanket systems which accommodate the insulation needs of one sleeper or two sleepers, by incorporating flaps that are disposed to open or close ports that can be disposed over different body parts of each sleeper, while keeping the sleeper covered by a lower layer of the system. In some illustrative embodiments, the flaps can be folded off the bed to decrease the amount of insulation on that particular body part for that particular sleeper or left on the bed to increase the amount of insulation on that particular body part for that particular sleeper.