# US 2014/0150181 A1 · System for securing a mattress cover

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- Number: US 2014/0150181 A1
- Document ID: US20140150181A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/770,658
- Filed: 2013-02-19
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-02-20
- Inventors: Symone Tulloch
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150181A1

## CPC

- A47G 9/0238: {Bed linen}
- A47C 21/02: {Holders for loose bed elements, e.g.} sheet holders; bed cover holders
- A47C 21/022: {Sheet holders; Bed cover holders}
- A47C 21/028: {Holders for facilitating making the bed}
- A47G 9/02: Bed linen; Blankets; Counterpanes
- A47G 9/0246: {Fitted sheets (loose furniture covers A47C31/10)}
- A47G 9/0292: {Bed skirts, valances or dust ruffles (A47G9/0284 takes precedence)}
- A47G 9/04: with fastening strips (haberdashery in general A44B)
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS

## Abstract

A mattress cover includes a securing belt about its skirt to aid in engaging and fixing the skirt to a mattress, thereby minimizing the tendency of a skirt to migrate upward on the mattress during use. The belt may be attached to the skirt by means of a sleeve extending the length of the skirt, lacing, belt loop structures, an integrated channel, Velcro® or similar devices. The belt may be adjusted by means of a buckle, a knot or other similar devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

A mattress cover comprising a top panel, a skirt and a securing belt.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The mattress cover of claim 2 wherein the securing belt is partially glued or stitched to the skirt.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The mattress cover of claim 2 further comprising a sleeve integrated in the skirt, the securing belt extending through the sleeve.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The mattress cover of claim 4 further comprising a flap.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The mattress cover of claim 5 further comprising a placard on the flap.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The mattress cover of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of belt loops which hold the securing belt in place.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The mattress cover of claim 2 wherein the belt extends in and out of a plurality of slits in the skirt.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The mattress cover of claim 2 further comprising a buckle, wherein the belt has a length that may be adjusted by the buckle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The mattress cover of claim 9 wherein the buckle comprises a slider buckle.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The mattress cover of claim 9 wherein the buckle includes a placard.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The mattress cover of claim 9 further comprising a sleeve integrated in the skirt, the securing belt extending through the sleeve.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The mattress cover of claim 9 further comprising a plurality of belt loops which hold the securing belt in place.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The mattress cover of claim 13 wherein the buckle includes a placard.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The mattress cover of claim 9 wherein the belt extends in and out of a plurality of slits in the skirt.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The mattress cover of claim 15 wherein the buckle includes a placard.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The mattress cover of claim 15 wherein the mattress cover has four corners and the belt is positioned on the outside of the skirt at each of the corners.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The mattress cover of claim 10 further comprising a sleeve integrated in the skirt and a flap; wherein the securing belt extends through the sleeve; and wherein the flap covers the slider buckle.

### Claim 19

A mattress cover comprising a top panel, a skirt and a securing belt having two ends that may be tied together.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The mattress cover of claim 19 further comprising a buckle on the belt, a sleeve integrated in the skirt and a flap; wherein the securing belt extends through the sleeve.

### Claim 21

A mattress cover comprising a top panel, a skirt having one or more grommets and a securing belt having one or more hooks; wherein the belt has a length which may be adjusted by engaging one or more of the grommets with on or more of the hooks.