Attachment of flat sheets to waterbeds
OwnerWilliam B. Hutton, Deanice B. Huttoninventors
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Abstract
A device for attaching flat bed sheets and other bed covers to a waterbed and for retaining them neatly in a desired position atop the mattress of a waterbed includes a fastener including a slot and stud combination, attached to an elastic connector extending from the fastener to a retainer portion of relatively stiff construction and extending parallel with the bottom of the waterbed, beneath the mattress thereof. The retainer may include openings therethrough, or in another embodiment may include suction cups for gripping the lower surface of the mattress.
Claims21
A device for holding bedding neatly in place on a waterbed including a fluid-filled mattress supported within a waterbed frame structure, the device comprising:
- (a) fastener means for gripping a portion of a bed cover for a waterbed;
- (b) an elongate flexible elastic connector member having opposite first and second ends, said first end being attached to said fastener means;
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- (c) a relatively stiff, generally planar retainer member, said second end of said elastic connector member being attached to said retainer member, said retainer member being adapted for placement beneath the mattress and within the frame of a waterbed and said retainer member including means defining at least one opening extending therethrough for receiving a portion of the mattress of said waterbed protruding downwardly therethrough.
A device for holding bedding neatly in place on a waterbed including a fluid-filled mattress supported within a waterbed frame structure, the device comprising:
- (a) fastener means for gripping a portion of a bed cover for a waterbed;
- (b) a generally planar retainer member adapted for placement beneath a fluid-filled mattress and within the frame of a waterbed, said retainer member including rim means defining at least one opening extending therethrough, for receiving a portion of the mattress of said waterbed protruding downwardly therethrough, said rim means including conical surface means providing space for expansion of a protruding portion of said mattress so as to interlockingly engage said opening;
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- (c) an elongate flexible elastic connector member extending from said retainer member and having an opposite end thereof attached to said fastener means.
A device for use in attaching bed covers to beds of the type including a supporting structure having a bottom and a plurality of upright side members attached to the bottom and surrounding a fluid-filled flexible mattress, the device comprising:
- (a) a generally planar retainer member having a pair of major faces and a pair of sides convergent toward a corner portion of said retainer member, said pair of sides defining approximately a right angle with respect to each other in said corner portion, and said major faces defining a surface configuration adapted to resist slippage of said retainer member along a bottom surface of said fluid-filled flexible mattress;
- (b) an elongate connector attached to and extending away from said corner portion of said retainer member, said connector including a pair of elastic cord-like members, each having an enlarged end;
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- (c) fastener means, including a plate member having a pair of hook members, each defining a throat area smaller than said enlarged end but large enough to receive one of said cord-like members, attached to said connector and spaced apart from said retainer member, for attaching said device to a bed cover while said retainer member is located between said bottom of said bed and said lower surface of said fluid-filled flexible mattress, so as to attach said bed cover to said bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.