# US 2012/0030874 A1 · Fabric System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2012/0030874 A1 - Document ID: US20120030874A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/272,977 - Filed: 2011-10-13 - Published: 2012-02-09 - Earliest claimed: 2008-09-29 - Assignees: SHEEX, Inc. - Inventors: Susan Walvius; Michelle Marciniak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120030874A1 ## CPC - A47G 9/0238: {Bed linen} - A47G 9/02: Bed linen; Blankets; Counterpanes - A47G 9/0246: {Fitted sheets (loose furniture covers A47C31/10)} - D04B 1/14: Other fabrics or articles characterised primarily by the use of particular thread materials - D04B 1/18: elastic threads - D04B 9/42: specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration - D05B 1/04: Running-stitch seams - D06C 7/02: Setting - D10B 2503/062: Fitted bedsheets - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - D04B: KNITTING - D05B: SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08) - D06C: FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS - D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES ## Abstract Bedding material including a first fabric section manufactured from performance fabric and having a first and second side; and, a second fabric section attached to the first side of the first fabric section. Additionally, a third fabric section can be attached to the second side of the first fabric section. The first fabric section can be attached to the second fabric section through a flatlock stitch. The first fabric section can include a first zone and a second zone wherein the first zone contains different performance properties from the second zone and the first zone can have thermal or moisture wicking properties. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-13. (canceled) ### Claim 14 A bed sheet comprising a fabric of a man-made fiber, the fabric having higher breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton fabric. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 wherein the fabric comprises a finished fabric comprising: a first circular knitted fabric portion; and a second circular knitted fabric portion; at least one of the fabric portions comprising a performance fabric portion; the first and second fabric portions being discrete and joined to form the finished fabric. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14, comprising piping. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The bed sheet of claim 15, wherein the first and second fabric portions have different fabric characteristics. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric characteristics comprises moisture management. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 in which the fabric is knit of the man-made fiber. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 in which the fabric has a gauge of at least 17 gauges. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 in which the fabric is circularly knit. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 being stretchable to fit either a baby crib and an adult bed. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 that is sufficiently stretchable to fit a standard rectangular bed and a smaller, non-rectangular marine bed. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 that is sufficiently stretchable to fit either a crib or a standard adult bed. ### Claim 25 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 that is at least 90 inches wide. ### Claim 26 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 having dimensions of approximately 102 inches in length and approximately 91 inches in width. ### Claim 27 (depends on 14) The bed sheet of claim 14 comprising a pull tie that can be cinched to increase tension around an edge of the bed sheet. ### Claim 28 (depends on 17) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric characteristics is UV protection. ### Claim 29 (depends on 17) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric characteristics is anti-microbial fabric. ### Claim 30 (depends on 17) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric characteristics is thermo-regulation. ### Claim 31 (depends on 17) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric characteristics is wind resistance. ### Claim 32 (depends on 17) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric characteristics is water resistance. ### Claim 33 A bed sheet comprising a circularly knit fabric including a high performance man-made fiber. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The bed sheet of claim 33 that is at least 90 inches wide. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The bed sheet of claim 33 in which the bed sheet comprises at least two portions of the circularly knit fabric. ### Claim 36 (depends on 33) The bed sheet of claim 33 in which the fabric comprises polyurethanepolyurea copolymer fiber. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The bed sheet of claim 36 in which the polyurethanepolyurea copolymer fiber is included in the fabric in a proportion such that, if circularly knit at a high gauge, the fabric could be knit at no more than a 72.5 inch circumference without losing integrity of the polyurethanepolyurea copolymer fiber. ### Claim 38 A bed covered by a bed sheet comprising a fabric of a man-made fiber, the fabric having higher breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton fabric. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The bed of claim 38 in which the fabric comprises comprising a circularly knit fabric. ### Claim 40 (depends on 38) The bed of claim 38 wherein the bed sheet is at least 90 inches wide. ### Claim 41 A bed sheet comprising a fabric circularly knit of a man-made fiber, the fabric having a gauge of at least 17 gauges, and the fabric having higher breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton fabric.