Bedding systems and the like having orientation means
AssigneeHomTex, Inc.
InventorGerald E. Wootten, Jr.
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Abstract
An article for use on a mattress includes a bedding article and means for orienting the bedding article on a mattress. The means for orienting the bedding article on a mattress may be hidden from view when the bedding article is installed on a mattress. The means for orienting the bedding article on a mattress may be one or more of color contrasting sections, indicia, labels, or stitching. The bedding article has two sides, a top end, a bottom, an opening for seating around the bed, an edge around the opening, and four corners, with two corners being at the top end and two corners being at the bottom end. An article for use as a cover for an underlying item is also disclosed, with the article including a cover article and means for orienting the cover article on an underlying item.
Claims5
An article for use on a mattress having a length that is greater than a width thereof, comprising:
- a bedding article having a plurality of corners;
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- a part of the bedding article having at least one contrasting element coupled thereto for orienting the bedding article lengthwise on a mattress without experimentation, with the at least one contrasting element being associated with one or more, but not all of the corners of the bedding article, wherein the at least one contrasting element is one or more of color, a label, a label with indicia, a contrasting width corner strap, or decorative stitching,
- wherein the bedding article includes four corner straps, one positioned at each corner, and the at least one contrasting element is provided by one or more of the corner straps having a different width than other of the corner straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.