Bed sheet mounting system

• US 4,979,251 A
• Filed: 05/15/1989
• Issued: 12/25/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Norma Lazar
• Original Assignee: Norma Lazar
• Inventors: Lazar, Norma
• Primary Examiner(s): Trettel, Michael F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAETHER, FLEMMING
• Application Number:
  US07/351,823
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 5/495-502, 5/460
• US Class Current: 5/496
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/022 Sheet holders; Bed cover holders
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0238 Bed linen
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 5/923 Bedclothing

Abstract

A bedding system which comprises a rectangular mattress, a top sheet and a bottom sheet. The top and bottom sheets are releasibly connectable to the mattress via cooperating areas of hook and loop material respectively carried by the mattress and the sheets. The bottom sheet connects along its sides to the mattress sides and does not overlay a foot end of the mattress. The top sheet connects to the foot end of the mattress. The top and bottom surfaces of the mattress couple to a mattress pad and a blanket via additional hook and loop fasteners. A dust ruffle can be connected in a similar manner to the sides and a foot end of a box spring or other mattress support.

Claims

1. A bedding system comprising:

a mattress having opposite major surfaces bounded by end and side mattress surfaces normal to the major surfaces, a top sheet and a bottom sheet;

the top and bottom sheets each being releasibly connectable to the mattress via the agency of cooperating respective first and second moieties of a selected kind of releasable fastener mechanism respectively carried by the mattress and the sheets;

a plurality of first fastener moieties secured to each of the mattress side and end surfaces substantially between the mattress major surfaces, the first fastener moieties secured to the mattress side surface being disposed in essentially identical first predetermined patterns symmetrical about the midlength of each side surface, the first fastener moieties secured to the end surfaces being disposed in essentially identical second predetermined second patterns symmetrical about the midlength of each end surface, whereby the patterns are essentially the same relative to an actual mattress top surface and a mattress foot end surface regardless of which major surface is the top surface and which end surface is the foot end surface;

the bottom sheet having obverse and reverse surfaces, opposite side edges, and opposite head and foot end edges, the distance between the side edges being a selected amount greater than the distance across the major surface of the mattress between its side surfaces, the distance between the end edges of the bottom sheet at least as great as the distance across the major surface of the mattress between its end surfaces, the bottom sheet including a plurality of second fastener moieties secured to the bottom sheet reverse surface proximate the side edges and disposed in each instance in a third predetermined pattern corresponding to the first predetermined pattern of first fastener moieties on the side surfaces of the mattress, the center of each third pattern along each side edge of the bottom sheet being spaced from the foot edge of that sheet a distance substantially equal to one-half the distance between the mattress end surfaces; and

the top sheet having obverse and reverse surfaces, opposite side edges, and opposite head and foot end edges, the top sheet including a plurality of second fastener moieties secured to the top sheet obverse surface only proximate to the foot edge and disposed in a fourth predetermined pattern corresponding to the second predetermined pattern of first fastener moieties on the end surfaces of the mattress, the center of the fourth pattern being disposed substantially at the midlength of the distance between the top sheet side edges.

2. The bedding system of claim 1 wherein the top and bottom sheets are simple rectangular pieces of fabric.

3. The bedding system of claim 1 wherein the first fastener moieties are pieces of hook material and the second fastener moieties are pieces of cooperating loop material.

4. The bedding system of claim 1 further comprising:

a mattress pad releasibly connectable to the mattress via the agency of cooperating respective first and second moieties of a selected kind of releasable fastener mechanism carried by the mattress pad and the mattress;

second fastener moieties secured to a surface of the pad proximate to each corner thereof and disposed in a fifth predetermined pat&

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the mattress having first fastener moieties secured on its two major surfaces proximate the corners of these surfaces in a sixth predetermined pattern corresponding to the fifth predetermined pattern of the second fastener moieties on the mattress pad.

5. The bedding system of claim 4 further comprising:

a blanket, having opposite head and foot end edges; and

second fastener moieties secured to a surface of the blanket proximate to each foot edge corner thereof in a seventh predetermined pattern related to the sixth predetermined pattern of the first fastener moieties on the mattress majcr surfaces.

6. The bedding system of claim 5 wherein the first fastener moieties are pieces of hook material and the second fastener moieties are pieces of cooperating loop material.

7. The bedding system of claim 1 further comprising:

a dust ruffle and a box spring, the ruffle being releasibly connectable to the box spring via the agency of cooperating respective first and second moieties of a selected kind of releasable fastener mechanism respectively carried by the dust ruffle and the box spring;

the box spring having side and end surfaces and a plurality of first fastener moieties secured to its side and end surfaces in a further predetermined pattern adjacent an upper surface thereof; and

the dust ruffle being of strip-like nature and having an effective length approximately equal to the combined length of the side and one of the end surfaces of the box spring, the ruffle having inner and outer sides including a plurality of second fastener moieties secured to its inner side according to the further predetermined pattern.

8. The bedding system of claim 7 wherein the first fastener moieties are pieces of hook material and the second fastener moieties are pieces of cooperating loop material.

9. A bed sheet set comprising:

a bottom sheet having obverse and reverse surfaces, opposite side edges, and opposite foot and head end edges, the distance between the side edges being about equal to the width and twice the thickness of a mattress of selected size with which the bottom sheet is sized to cooperate in use of the sheet, the distance between the sheet foot and head end edges being at least as great as the length of the mattress of selected size, the bottom sheet carrying on the reverse surface thereof along each side edge thereof a plurality of first fastener moieties which are cooperable with related second fastener moieties to define a selected kind of releasable fastener mechanism, the first fastener moieties along each bottom sheet side edge being disposed within a portion of the length of the bottom sheet which begins at the foot edge thereof and extends therealong a distance substantially equal to the length of a mattress of said selected size and being disposed in a first selected pattern which is symmetrical about the midlength of said sheet length portion, the said first patterns along the bottom sheet side edges being essentially identical in terms of the number and spacing of said first fastener moieties therein;

a top sheet having obverse and reverse surfaces, opposite side edges, and opposite foot and head end edges, the distances respectively between the side edges and the end edges of the top sheet being selected amounts greater than the corresponding dimensions of a mattress of said selected size, the top on the obverse surface thereof along only the foot edge thereof carrying a plurality of the first fastener moieties, the top sheet first fastener moieties being disposed within a portion of the width of the top sheet which is substantially equal to the width of a mattress of said selected size and which is centered at the middle of the width of the top sheet, the top sheet first fasteners moieties being disposed in a second selected pattern which is symmetrical about the middle of width of the top sheet; and

a plurality of second fastener moieties for coupling with the first fastener moieties and equal in number to the sum of the number of first fastener moieties carried by the bottom sheet and twice the number of first fastener moieties carried by the top sheet, the second fastener moieties having associated with them means adapting them for affixation to the side and end surfaces of the mattress, whereby the second fastener moieties can be affixed to the mattress side surfaces and the mattress end surfaces in patterns which are essentially the same relative to an actual mattress top surface and an actual mattress foot end surface regardless of which major surface is the top surface and which end surface is the foot end surface, and wherein the first fastener moieties are pieces of loop material and the second fastener moieties are pieces of cooperating hook material.

10. The bed sheet set of claim 9 wherein the means adapting the second fastener moieties for affixation to a mattress comprises an adhesive.

11. A method for coupling bed sheets to a mattress for the making of a bed comprising the steps of

(a) identifying a mattress of selected size having opposite major surfaces bounded by end and side surfaces normal to the major surfaces,

(b) providing a tottom sheet having a width between opposite side edges which is at least equal to the sum of the width of the mattress and about twice the thickness of the mattress between its major surfaces and having a length between opposite foot and head end edges which is at least equal to the length of the mattress between its opposite end surfaces,

(c) providing a top sheet having a width at least equal to the width of the mattress, a length at least equal to the length of the mattress, and obverse and reverse surfaces,

(d) providing a first plurality of first fastener moieties and a second plurality of second fastener moieties defined in cooperation with the first moieties for coaction therewith as respective parts of a releasable fastener of a selected kind,

(e) attaching, within a portion of the length of the bottom sheet which begins at the foot edge thereof and extends along the length thereof a distance substantially equal to the length of the mattress, equal first plural numbers of the first fastener moieties to the reverse surface of the bottom sheet along each side edge thereof in essentially identical first patterns which are symmetrical about the midlength of said bottom sheet length portion,

(f) attaching, within a portion of the width of the top sheet which is substantially equal to the width of the mattress and which is centered essentially at the center of the width of the top sheet, a second plural number of the first fastener moieties to the obverse surface of the top sheet along only the foot edge thereof in a second pattern which is symmetrical about the center of the width of the top sheet,

(g) attaching to each side surface of the mattress a number of the second fastener moieties which is equal to the first number of the first moieties in a third pattern which is symmetrical about the midlength of the mattress and which is essentially identical to the first pattern, and

(h) attaching to each end surface of the mattress a number of the second fastener moieties which is equal to the second number of the first moieties in a fourth pattern which is symmetrical about the middle of the width of the mattress and which is essentially identical to the second pattern,

(i) the number of second fastener moieties attached to the mattress side and end surfaces being equal to the sum of the number of first fastener moieties attached to the bottom sheet and twice the number of first fastener moieties attached to the top sheet.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the first fastener moieties are pieces of loop material and the second fastener moieties are pieces of cooperating hook material.