Fitted crib sheet

• US 20040139547A1
• Filed: 01/17/2003
• Published: 07/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Homtex Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Gerald E. Wootten Jr
• Inventors: Wootten, Gerald E. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 6,799,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/497
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/022 Sheet holders; Bed cover holders
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0246 Fitted sheets loose furniture covers A47C31/10

Abstract

A fitted sheet for a crib mattress includes an elongated main body which defines opposite side sections and opposite end sections, respective end panels stitched to the end sections, the end sections and end panels being stitched to respective side sections. An elastic binder is stitched to inner edges of the side sections and the end panels. The fitted sheet, once placed on a crib mattress, will strongly resist unwanted dislodgements from the mattress corners.

Claims

1. A fitted sheet for a mattress which comprises an elongated main body section which defines opposite first and second side sections and opposite first and second end sections, adjacent edges of said side and end sections being attached together,

a first end panel which is connected to said first end section and said first and second side sections,

a second end panel which is connected to said second end section and said first and second side sections, and

an elastic band which is connected to inner peripheries of said first and second side sections and said first and second end panels so that said side sections said end sections and said end panels will tightly fit against the sides of a mattress and extend thereunder to tightly fit the fitted sheet on the mattress.

2. The sheet of claim 1, wherein said first and second side and first and second end sections are connected by stitching.

3. The sheet of claim 1, wherein said first and second end panels are connected to said end sections and said side panels by stitching.

4. The sheet of claim 1, wherein said first and second side sections are generally rectangular in shape.

5. The sheet of claim 4, wherein said first and second end sections are generally rectangular in shape.

6. The sheet of claim 5, wherein said first and second end panels are generally rectangular in shape.

7. The sheet of claim 1, wherein said main body and first and second end panels are made of cotton.

8. The sheet of claim 1, wherein said main body and first and second end panels are made of linen.

9. The combination of a crib mattress and a fitted sheet, said fitted sheet comprising an elongated main body section which defines opposite first and second side sections and opposite first and second end sections, adjacent edges of said side and end sections being attached together,

a first end panel which is connected to said first end section and said first and second side sections,

a second end panel which is connected to said second end section and said first and second side sections, and

an elastic band which is connected to inner peripheries of said first and second side sections and said first and second end panels so that said side sections said end sections and said end panels will tightly fit against the sides of a mattress and extend thereunder to tightly fit the fitted sheet on the mattress.