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US 11,109,698 B1Granted
Pillowcase whose internal cavity accommodates an open pocket into which is fitted a neck support cushion
OwnerPatsy Ogdeninventor
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Abstract
A method of making a pillowcase and a pillowcase having a cavity that accommodates therein a pillow and having a pocket within the cavity that accommodates therein a neck support cushion. The pocket may have an opening that is fully accessible after folding the pillowcase inside out. The opening may be closed by a releasable fastener, such as fabric strips that tie to each other into knots across the opening.
Claims20
A pillowcase product, comprising:
- a pillowcase that has two fabric side panels connected together along common side margins and along one common end margin to define a cavity therein, said two fabric side panels being unconnected at a remaining end margin thereof to define an open end in communication with the cavity, the cavity being dimensioned to accommodate fitting a pillow and a neck support cushion therein;
- a pocket panel having a peripheral edge region at least partially connected to the one of the two fabric side panels to define a boundary of a bounded portion of the one of the two fabric side panels, the bounded portion together with the pocket panel defining a pocket, the bounded portion having an inside surface within the cavity and having an outside surface outside the cavity;
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- wherein said pillowcase is configured to fold between a non-inside out position, at which the pocket is within the cavity, and an inside out position, at which the pocket is no longer within the cavity.
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A method of manufacture of a pillowcase product, comprising:
- configuring a pillowcase to fold between a non-inside out position, at which a pocket is within a cavity, and an inside out position, at which the pocket is no longer within the cavity, the configuring including
- bounding a pocket by a pocket panel and one of two fabric side panels of the pillowcase by at least partially connecting a peripheral edge region of the pocket panel to the one of the two fabric side panels to define a boundary of a bounded portion of the one of the two fabric side panels, and
- connecting together the one of the two fabric side panels to a remaining one of the two fabric side panels of the pillowcase along common side margins and along one common end margin to define the cavity therein, said two fabric side panels being unconnected at a remaining end margin thereof to define an open end in communication with the cavity, the cavity being dimensioned to accommodate fitting a pillow and a neck support cushion therein, wherein the bounded portion of the one of the two fabric side panels together with the pocket panel define the pocket, the bounded portion having an inside surface within the cavity and having an outside surface outside the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.