Patents by Inventor Carol B. Mills

Carol B. Mills has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4856131
    Abstract: A sleeping bag having an image of a doll attached to the upper surface thereof which image includes separate arm and leg appendages which are secured to the upper surfaces of the sleeping bag and at least one selectively opening panel member which defines the body portion of the doll and which is secured to the upper surface of the sleeping bag in such a manner that when in a first position it defines a pocket in which various articles may be stored and when in a second position the sleeping bag may be folded and received and enclosed therein to thereby form a doll having three-dimensional characteristics. In an alternate embodiment the head of the doll is attached to an edge of the sleeping bag so as to form a pillow when the sleeping bag is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Inventor: Carol B. Mills
  • Patent number: 4774734
    Abstract: A sleeping bag having a pocket or pouch located on an exterior surface thereof which may be in the configuration of an animate or inanimate object, and which is of sufficient size to receive the sleeping bag therein as the pocket is pulled inside out so that the interior surfaces of the pocket form the external surfaces of a stuffed child's toy which toy is a three dimensional likeness of the configuration or shape of the pocket or pouch. In another embodiment, the sleeping bag is recieved within the pouch to form a simulated knapsack which can be carried by a child and which may be used to receive other articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Inventor: Carol B. Mills
  • Patent number: 4739529
    Abstract: A sleeping bag having an image of a doll attached to the upper surface thereof which image includes separate arm and leg appendages which are secured to the upper surfaces of the sleeping bag and at least one selectively opening panel member which defines the body portion of the doll and which is secured to the upper surface of the sleeping bag in such a manner that when in a first position it defines a pocket in which various articles may be stored and when in a second position the sleeping bag may be folded and received and enclosed therein to thereby form a doll having three-dimensional characteristics. In an alternate embodiment the head of the doll is attached to an edge of the sleeping bag so as to form a pillow when the sleeping bag is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventor: Carol B. Mills
  • Patent number: 4458372
    Abstract: A sleeping bag having an image of a doll attached to the upper surface thereof which image includes separate arm and leg appendages which are secured to the upper surfaces of the sleeping bag and a pair of selectively opening panel members which define the body portion of the doll and which are secured to the upper surface of the sleeping bag in such a manner that when such panel members are closed in a first direction they define a pocket in which various articles may be stored when the sleeping bag is in use and when such panel members are moved in an opposite direction the sleeping bag may be folded and received therebetween so that when the panel members are joined to one another such panel members enclose the sleeping bag therein, and thereby form a doll having three-dimensional characteristics. In an alternate embodiment, a portion of the sleeping bag may be selectively stored within the head of the doll when the sleeping bag is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Inventor: Carol B. Mills