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US 12,376,692 B2Granted
Mattress covers and methods of manufacture
AssigneeSysco Guest Supply, LLC
InventorKhushboo Mittal
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Abstract
A mattress cover includes a fabric substrate having a top surface, a foot portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, wherein the foot portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion each have two edges, wherein at least a portion of one edge of the foot portion is stitched or sewn together with one edge of the first side portion, and wherein at least a portion of a second edge of the foot portion is stitched or sewn together with one edge of the second side portion.
Claims21
A cover comprising:
- a fabric substrate having a top surface, a foot portion, a head portion, and side portions comprising a first side portion, and a second side portion, wherein:
- the foot portion, the head portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion each have two edges;
- the foot portion comprises:
- a first rectangular shaped cutout on one end to form a first edge of the foot portion and a first edge of the first side portion, first edge of the foot portion being substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the first side portion;
- and a second rectangular shaped cutout on a second end to form a second edge of the foot portion and a first edge of the second side portion, the second edge of the foot portion being substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the second side portion;
- at least a portion of the first edge of the foot portion is stitched or sewn together with at least a portion of the first edge of the first side portion;
- at least a portion of the second edge of the foot portion is stitched or sewn together with at least a portion of the first edge of the second side portion;
- the head portion has no cutouts;
- a portion of the head portion is folded backwards towards a bottom surface of the fabric substrate;
- at least a portion of a first edge of the head portion of the cover is stitched or sewn together with a first outer edge of the first side portion and at least a portion of a second edge of the head portion is stitched or sewn together with a second outer edge of the second side portion to retain the head portion in a folded position;
- the first outer edge is substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the first side portion;
- and
- the second outer edge is substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the second side portion.
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A method comprising:
- cutting two shaped cutouts at two adjacent comers of a fabric substrate to form the fabric substrate having a top surface, a foot portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, wherein the foot portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion each have two edges, wherein the foot portion comprises:
- a first rectangular shaped cutout on one end to form a first edge of the foot portion and a first edge of the first side portion, first edge of the foot portion being substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the first side portion;
- and a second rectangular shaped cutout on a second end to form a second edge of the foot portion and a first edge of the second side portion, the second edge of the foot portion being substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the second side portion;
- sewing or stitching at least a portion of the first edge of the foot portion together with at least a portion of the first edge of the first side portion;
- sewing or stitching at least a portion of a second edge of the foot portion together with at least a portion of a first edge of the second side portion;
- forming a head portion without cutouts in the fabric substrate by folding a portion of the head portion of the fabric substrate backwards towards a bottom surface of the fabric substrate;
- and
- sewing or stitching at least a portion of a first edge of the head portion together with a first outer edge of the first side portion and sewing or stitching a portion of a second edge of the head portion together with a second outer edge of the second side portion to retain the head portion in a folded position, wherein the first outer edge is substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the first side portion, and wherein the second outer edge is substantially perpendicular to the first edge of the second side portion.
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