Inelastic mattress covering with an elastic underskirt
AssigneePerfect Fit Industries, Inc.
InventorJohn W. Whitley
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Abstract
A mattress covering in the form of a fitted mattress pad or fitted sheet having a top portion, an inelastic side skirt, and an elastic underskirt with the top portion dimensioned to fit a standard size mattress and the side skirt and underskirt being dimensioned to fit a range of mattress heights. The side skirt can be made of the same quilted or sheet material as the top portion for attractive appearance, or it can be made of other material, such as inexpensive single ply, non-woven, sheeting. The elastic underskirt can be made of three ply laminated material having a pair of inelastic outer plies gathered and bonded to an elastic inner ply. An elastic strand is secured in a peripheral fold in the underskirt to facilitate retention of the covering on a mattress.
Claims21
A mattress covering comprising:
- a substantially inelastic top portion dimensioned to cover the top surface of mattresses of a predetermined standard top surface size;
- a substantially inelastic side skirt extending generally perpendicularly from the periphery of said top portion and having corners extending generally straight and generally perpendicularly from said top portion for fitted disposition of said side skirt on the side walls and corners of any mattress of said standard top surface size and a predetermined standard range of heights;
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- an elastic underskirt extending from the periphery of said side skirt an extent sufficient to extend under the side walls and corners of the highest height mattress of said standard height range to retain said top portion and said side skirt in fitted relation on any mattress of said predetermined standard top surface size and predetermined standard height range.
A mattress covering comprising:
- a substantially inelastic, generally rectangular top portion dimensioned to cover a top surface of mattresses of a predetermined standard top surface size;
- a substantially inelastic side skirt extending generally perpendicularly from the periphery of said top portion and having corners extending generally straight and generally perpendicularly from said top portion so as to provide fitted disposition of said side skirt on side walls and corners of any mattress of said standard top surface size;
- an elastic underskirt extending away from the periphery of said side skirt;
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- a separate elastic strand secured to and extending around the periphery of said elastic underskirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.