Unitized bed covering assembly
OwnerLaura Dunwoodinventor
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Abstract
A fitted bottom sheet is formed with opposing pockets adapted to receive the head end and foot end of a mattress or cot. A top covering assembly including a top covering, a heat-reflecting sheet, and a top sheet attaches securely to the foot end of the fitted bottom sheet. The top covering assembly and fitted bottom sheet may be installed simultaneously as an integral unit on a cot or mattress. The top covering assembly may be formed with a pocket for receiving additional thermal insulation such as another blanket. Embodiments may be securely and neatly placed on rectangular mattresses, nonrectangular mattresses, and bedding without mattresses such as folding camp cots.
Claims17
An apparatus, comprising:
- a fitted sheet comprising a first mattress pocket at a foot end and a second mattress pocket at a head end opposite said foot end;
- and
- a top covering assembly attached to said fitted sheet near said foot end of said fitted sheet, said top covering assembly comprising:
- a top sheet assembly comprising:
- a top sheet;
- and
- a heat-reflecting sheet fixed to said top sheet;
- a top cover fixed to said top sheet assembly along a right side of said top cover and along a left side of said top cover;
- a first fastener detachably coupling said top sheet assembly to said top cover near said head end;
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- a second fastener detachably coupling said top sheet assembly to said top cover near said foot end.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a heat-reflecting sheet made from a polymer sheet with a metallic coating;
- a head end and a foot end opposite said head end;
- a left side joining said head end to said foot end and a right side opposite said left side;
- a top sheet made from a fabric and joined to said heat-reflecting sheet transversely across said head end and transversely across said foot end;
- a top cover made from a fabric and joined to said top sheet near an edge of said left side and near an edge of said right side;
- a first piece of hook-and-loop fastener material attached to said heat-reflecting sheet near said head end;
- a second piece of hook-and-loop fastener material attached to said top cover near said head end and disposed to engage with said first piece of hook-and-loop fastener material;
- a third piece of hook-and-loop fastener material attached to said heat-reflecting sheet near said foot end;
- a fourth piece of hook-and-loop fastener material attached to said top cover near said foot end and disposed to engage with said third piece of hook-and-loop fastener material;
- a fitted sheet comprising:
- a foot-end mattress pocket shaped to extend transversely across a width dimension of a foot end of a mattress and further shaped to receive said foot end of said mattress with a sliding fit;
- a head-end mattress pocket opposite said foot-end mattress pocket, said head-end mattress pocket shaped to extend transversely across said width dimension of a head end of said mattress and further shaped to receive said head end of said mattress with a sliding fit;
- a first side panel attached to said foot-end mattress pocket and to said head-end mattress pocket and shaped to cover a left side of said mattress;
- a second side panel attached to said foot-end mattress pocket and to said head-end mattress pocket and shaped to cover a right side of said mattress;
- a fifth piece of hook-and-loop fastener material disposed transversely across said foot end of said foot-end mattress pocket;
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- a sixth piece of hook-and-loop fastener material attached transversely across a bottom side of said top sheet near said foot end and disposed to engage with said fifth piece of said hook-and-loop fastener material;
- wherein an opening into said foot-end mattress pocket for receiving said foot end of said mattress faces an opening into said head-end mattress pocket for receiving said head end of said mattress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.