Fitted Sheet
AssigneeUbimed L.L.C.
InventorJose Bensoussan
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Abstract
A fitted sheet that is particularly well suited for use on a small mattress such as a child's sleeping mattress has elastic on some, but less than all, of its bottom surface periphery. The portion without elastic is wider than the portion with elastic, and defines a pocket part. A first end of the mattress is inserted into the pocket part. The pocket part holds the mattress securely while the elasticized portion is stretched and slipped over the remainder of the mattress. The pocket part not only allows for easier insertion of the mattress into that part, but also serves as a visual index that allows the user to easily identify which part of the sheet goes on which part of the mattress.
Claims20
A fitted sheet for a child's sleeping mattress, the fitted sheet comprising:
- a top panel having a periphery thereof;
- a side extending around said top panel periphery;
- a bottom panel extending inwardly across a bottom of the mattress from a bottom part of the side when fitted on the mattress, wherein the bottom panel has underneath the bottom surface of the mattress when fitted thereon:
- a first and elasticized portion, the elasticized portion being drawn inward by an elastic member to retain the sheet on the child's sleeping mattress when the sheet is fitted thereon, the elasticized portion having an inward extent thereof across the bottom surface of the mattress;
- and
- a second and unelasticized portion, the unelasticized portion having no elastic member thereof drawing said unelasticized portion inward;
- wherein the unelasticized portion extends inwardly across the bottom surface of the mattress from the side a distance that is greater than an average inward extent of said elasticized portion.
A fitted sheet for a child's sleeping mattress comprising:
- a top panel, a side, and a bottom panel, the bottom panel extending inwardly across a bottom of the mattress when fitted on the mattress, the bottom panel having an inner edge that lies under the mattress when the sheet is fitted thereon;
- wherein:
- the bottom panel inner edge has a first part and an opposite second part, the bottom panel first part having an elastic strip incorporated therein, the bottom panel second part having no elastic incorporated therein, whereby the bottom panel inner edge has an elasticized first part and an unelasticized opposite second part;
- when the fitted sheet is fitted completely onto the child's sleeping mattress such that the bottom panel inner edge is disposed entirely underneath the mattress, the elastic strip is stretched and gathers most but not all of the bottom panel inner edge inward and underneath the mattress;
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- a portion of the bottom panel inner edge in which the elastic strip is not incorporated defines at least 10% by distance of the bottom panel inner edge.
A method of installing a fitted sheet on a mattress, the method comprising:
- positioning a first end of the mattress so that the first end is not resting on a supporting surface;
- inserting an unelasticized pocket defined by a first and unelasticized portion of the fitted sheet over the first end of the mattress;
- and
- stretching a second and elasticized portion of the fitted sheet over a remaining portion of the mattress that is not within the unelasticized pocket of the fitted sheet such that both the elasticized portion and the unelasticized portion extend underneath a bottom of the mattress, and the unelasticized portion extends inwardly across a bottom of the mattress by more than an average inward extent of the elasticized portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.