Quilt panel

Abstract

This invention relates generally to a quilt panel as a cloth fragment which is connected to other cloth fragments to make a blanket or garment, or other such constructions. The quilt panel is devised to be joined to like quilt panels to make a blanket, rug, or garment. The quilt panel comprises: a polygonal inner portion within a same shape outer portion wherein a hemline joining face-to-face sheets of the outer portion extends from each corner of the inner potion to the closest corner of the outer portion to form trapezoid quilt pockets; and quilt flaps each with a connected side in common with one of the open sides of one of the quilt pockets.

Claims

1. A first quilt panel to be joined to a second like quilt panel, the first quilt panel comprising: a polygonal inner portion within a same shape outer portion wherein hemlines joining face-to-face sheets of the outer portion extend from each corner of the inner portion to the closest corner of the outer portion to form trapezoid quilt pockets intermediate the face-to-face sheets, each of the trapezoid quilt pockets having an opening through an open side in common with a perimeter side of the outer portion outer border; and quilt flaps each connected to the open side of one of the trapezoid quilt pockets, each one of the quilt flaps has a trapezoidal shape with a longest parallel edge of the trapezoidal shape in common with the one of the open sides of the trapezoid quilt pocket to which it is connected, wherein a first configuration of the first quilt panel at least one of the quilt flaps extends out from the one of the trapezoid quilt pockets to which it is connected to be inserted in a like trapezoid quilt pocket of the second like quilt panel, and in a second configuration of the first quilt panel at least one of the quilt flaps is tucked through the opening into the one of the trapezoid quilt pockets to which it is connected to arrange that quilt pocket receive a like flap of the second like quilt panel.

2. The first quilt panel according to claim 1, wherein the inner portion comprises the same face-to-face sheets as the outer portion.

3. The first quilt panel according to claim 1, wherein the quilt flaps comprise the same face-to-face sheets as the outer portion.

4. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the inner portion is rectangular in shape.

5. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the inner portion is triangular in shape.

6. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the quilt flaps have contiguous external edges which are respective polygonal sides of the quilt panel.

7. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein contiguous edges of the quilt flaps provide the quilt panel with an octagonal shape.

8. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the first quilt panel is polygonal having twice as many sides as the polygonal inner portion.

9. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein each of the trapezoid quilt pockets has a longest parallel edge in common with its open side.

10. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the trapezoid quilt pockets and the quilt flaps have an isosceles trapezoid shape.

11. The first quilt panel according claim 1 wherein the inner portion contains a first batting intermediate the face-to-face sheets which cover the outer portion and the inner portion.

12. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 where the outer portion contains a second batting.

13. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the inner portion contains a first batting intermediate the face-to-face sheets which cover the outer portion and the inner portion, and the outer portion contains a second batting which comprises a layer also in the first batting.

14. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein the inner portion comprises the same face to face sheets as the outer portion and further comprising a second hemline through the face-to-face sheets, wherein the second hemline follows a polygonal line which coincide with the polygonal inner portion perimeter.

15. The first quilt panel according to claim 1 wherein each quilt flap comprises a type one connector and a type two connector in two respective locations which are equidistant on either side of a center line of the quilt panel and the quilt flap, wherein the type one connector is connectable to the type two connector and vice versa.

16. A system of quilt panels comprising a first quilt panel and a second like quilt panel each according to claim 1, wherein the first quilt panel is in the first configuration in which at least a first one of the quilt flaps extends out from the one of the trapezoid quilt pockets to which it is connected to be inserted in a like second one of the trapezoid quilt pockets of the second like quilt panel which is in the second configuration in which a like second one of the quilt flaps is tucked into the like second one of the trapezoid quilt pockets to which it is connected.

17. A method of making the system of quilt panels according to claim 16, wherein the method includes arranging the second like quilt panel into the second configuration by tucking the like second one of the quilt flaps of the second like quilt panel into the like second one of the trapezoid quilt pockets to which it is connected and inserting a first quilt flap of the first quilt panel which is in the first configuration in which at least the first one of the quilt flaps extends from the one of the trapezoid quilt pockets to which it is connected.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a quilt panel;

(2) FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a quilt panel joined along a perimeter side of an outer portion to a like quilt panel;

(3) FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of quilt panel in a second configuration looking into an open side of a quilt pocket; and

(4) FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a quilt panel in first configuration positioned to be joined to a like panel in a second configuration.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(5) Referring to the Figures, there is shown in FIG. 1 a quilt panel 100. In FIG. 2 the quilt panel 100 is shown joined to a like quilt panel 200.

(6) The quilt panel 100 comprises a polygonal inner portion 90. In the examples shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 the inner polygonal inner portion is square shaped. Other shapes such as a triangle, rectangle, pentagon and so forth are also possible.

(7) As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 the square shaped inner polygonal portion has four perimeter sides 91, 92, 93, 94. A first perimeter side 91 is a border of a first trapezoid quilt pocket 50. A second perimeter side 92 is a border of a second trapezoid quilt pocket 60. A third perimeter side 93 is a border of a third trapezoid quilt pocket 70. A fourth perimeter side 94 is a border of a fourth trapezoid quilt pocket 80. The perimeter sides 91,92, 93, 94 coincide with the shorter one of the two parallel sides of the respective trapezoidal quilt pocket 50, 60, 70, 80.

(8) The square shaped inner portion 90 is centered within a same shape outer portion which has a square shaped border of four perimeter sides 52, 62, 72, 82.

(9) The outer portion of that can be seen as four trapezoid quilt pockets 50, 60, 70, 80 which are outside the borders of the square shaped inner portion 90. Each one of the four perimeter sides 52, 62, 72, 82 of the outer border of the square shape outer portion coincides with the longer one of the two parallel sides of the respective trapezoidal quilt pocket 50, 60, 70, 80.

(10) The outer portion with perimeter sides 52, 62, 72, 82 comprises two sheets face-to-face. It is possible for both the inner portion 90 and the outer portion to comprise the same two sheets. In FIG. 3, the third trapezoid quilt pocket 70 is shown open and a portion of the top one of the two sheets can be seen above the bottom one.

(11) Four hemlines 51, 53, 61, 73 join the two face-to-face sheets of the outer portion. Each hemline 51, 53, 61, 73 extends from each corner 95, 96, 97, 98 of the inner portion 90 to the closest corner 54, 64, 74, 84 of the outer portion to form trapezoid quilt pockets 60, 70, 80, 90. The hemlines 51, 53, 61, 73 are lines of stitching, glue, tape, plastic welding or other type of joint which connect the two face-to-face sheets.

(12) Four more hemlines are optional along the four sides 91, 92, 93 and 94 of the inner portion 90. These hemlines may be used to close off the interior of the square inner portion which is intermediate the two face-to-face sheets. This way the interior may hold batting or stuffing as insulation and to make the quilt panel comfier. The batting or stuffing is usually an eighth inch, or a quarter inch or a half inch thick. In square inner portion may be two between and a hundred square inches in area.

(13) The four sides 52, 62, 72, 82 of the square shape outer portion do not have a hemline that joins the two face-to-face sheets. There is no joint between the two face-to-face sheets along the four sides 52, 62, 72, 82. So the two face-to-face sheets can be separated along the four sides 52, 62, 72, 82 to make openings into the four trapezoid quilt pockets. 50, 60, 70, 80. This can be seen, for example, in FIG. 3 where the third trapezoid quilt pocket 70 has top sheet side 72 separated from bottom sheet side 74. This also shows that the open side 72 the trapezoid quilt pocket 70 is in common with the perimeter side 72 of the outer portion.

(14) The is usually a batting lining the two face-to-face sheets in the of the outer portion to provide the trapezoid quilt pocket 50, 60, 70, 80 walls with softness. The batting in the outer portion is usually less thick than in the inner portion and is usually one sixteenth of an inch thick. In the quilt flaps 10, 20, 30, 40 there is usually even less or no insulation.

(15) The quilt panel 100 has four quilt flaps 10, 20, 30, 40 which can be seen in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Each quilt flap 10, 20, 30, 40 is connected to a respective one of the of the open sides 52, 62, 72, 82 of each trapezoid quilt pocket 50, 60, 70, 80. So each quilt flap 10, 20, 30, 40 has a flap side 52, 62, 72, 82 in common with one of the open side 52, 62, 72, 82.

(16) The trapezoid quilt pockets 50, 60, 70, 80 and quilt flaps 10, 20, 30, 40 enable a quilt panel 100 to be joined to a like panel 200 which has like pockets 250, 260, 270, 280 and like flaps 210, 220, 230, 240. This can be seen for example in FIG. 2.

(17) In FIG. 4, the quilt panel 100 may be seen positioned to be joined to the like panel 200. The quilt flap 20 is positioned to be inserted into like pocket 280. Annotation numbers in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 show quilt features with numbers ‘xx’ on the quilt panel 100. Like features have numbers ‘2xx’ on the like panel 200. For example quilt flap 20 on the quilt panel 100 has a like feature on the like panel which is annotated as like flap 220 on the like panel 200. Quilt pocket 60 on the quilt panel 100 has a like pocket 260 on the quilt panel 200. Other corresponding pairs of (quilt:like) features include, for example: (13:213), (12, 212), (11:211), (501:521), (502:522), (50:250), (51:250), (52:252), (53:253), (54:254), (84:284), (98:298), (91:291), and (95:295).

(18) To facilitate being joined to a like panel 200, the quilt panel 100 is arranged in a first configuration. Referring to FIG. 1, the quilt panel 100 is in the first configuration. The quilt panel 100 has all four quilt flaps 10, 20, 30, 40 arranged so that they extend from the open side 52, 62, 72, 82 of each respective quilt pocket 50, 60, 70, 80. So for example as shown in FIG. 2, quilt flap 20 can be inserted through an open side 282 of a like pocket 280 of like quilt panel in a second configuration. To put a quilt panel into a second configuration, a quilt flap 10, 20, 30, 40 may be folded into a respective quilt pocket 50, 60, 70, 80 by turning the two face-to-face sheets inwards in a similar fashion as a sock toe may be turned inside out into a foot portion of a socket. An illustration of a quilt panel 100 in a second configuration is shown in FIG. 3. The open side 72 of the third trapezoid quilt pocket 70 is opened wide as the top sheet is separated from the bottom sheet. The third quilt flap 30 is tucked in through the open side 72 and so tucked into the third trapezoid quilt pocket 70. The third quilt flap 30 is thereby tucked out of the way of the open wide opening into the open side 72. So a like flap, for example like flap 210 could be inserted into the open wide opening and into the third trapezoid quilt pocket.

(19) Referring to FIGS. 2 and 4 it is possible for a quilt panel 100 to have a first quilt flap 20 which extends from a first quilt pocket 60 to which it is connected. A second quilt flap 30 is folded into a second quilt pocket 70 to which it is connected. The first quilt flap 20 extends from the first quilt pocket 60 as is the first configuration. The second quilt flap 30 is tucked into the second quilt pocket 70 as is the second configuration. The first quilt flap 20 which extends from the first quilt pocket 60 of the quilt panel 100 is positioned to be joined to a like panel 200. The like panel 200 has a third like pocket 240 in which a connected like flap is tucked. So the third like pocket 240 is positioned and arranged to receive the first quilt flap 20. In this way the quilt panel 100 is joined to the like panel 200.

(20) After a quilt flap 10, 20, 30, 40 is inserted into a like pocket 250, 260, 270, 280, the quilt flap must be fastened to the like pocket to hold the quilt panel 100 and the like panel 200 together. Each quilt flap has a type one connector and a type two connector side by side in a row parallel with the quilt flap side in common with the respective open side. For example the first quilt flap 10 has a first type one connector 501 beside a first type two connector 502; the second quilt flap 20 has a second type two connector 601 beside a second type one connector 602; the third quilt flap 30 has a third type one connector 702 beside a third type two connector 701; and the fourth quilt flap 40 has a fourth type two connector 801 beside a fourth type one connector 801. The snaps are in the same location on each quilt flap. Adjacent quilt flaps have male and type two connectors in alternate positions. So for example, going clockwise around the quilt panel 100 the first quilt flap 10 has a first type one connector 501 then a first type two connector 502; then second quilt flap 20 has a second type two connector 601 beside a second type one connector. This way a type one connector will always align with a type two connector when a quilt panel is joined to a like quilt panel.

(21) In the examples shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 the quilt panel 100 and like panel 200 have octagonal shapes with all eight sides of the quilt panel perimeter having same length. So in these examples the quilt panel 100 to be joined to a like quilt panel, comprises: two octagonal sheets face-to-face connected along their common eight edges 11, 23, 22, 21, 32, 31, 41, 42, 43, 13 and connected by four hemlines 51, 61, 73, 53 each hemline extending from the center 54, 64, 74, 84 of four alternate edges (10, 23), (21, 33), (31, 41), (43, 13) orthogonal to the alternate edge a distance substantially half the length of the edge to form four quilt pockets 50, 60, 70, 80 intermediate the sheets, each quilt pocket open intermediate the hemlines 51, 61, 73, 53 along a base 91, 92, 93, 94 of an isosceles trapezoid.

(22) The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the claims.