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US 6,634,042 B2Granted
Crib mattress cover
OwnerRaleigh Blossmaninventor
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Abstract
A crib mattress cover has a top panel and a bottom panel sewn together and configured to fit over a rectangular crib mattress. One end of the cover is open, and a plurality of securing elements are attached along the opposing edges of the panels, on the interior surfaces thereof. When the securing members, which may be hook and loop fasteners, or a zipper, are joined together, the cover tightly fits over the mattress and cannot be easily dislodged by an infant resting in the crib.
Claims11
A crib mattress cover, comprising:
- a generally rectangular top panel and a generally rectangular bottom panel configured to form an opening sized and shaped to receive a crib mattress therein, said cover having an open end defined by opposing edges of the top panel and the bottom panel, and
- a means attached to interior surfaces of said top panel and the bottom panel for securing the opposing edges and releaseably closing said open end of the cover, said securing means being a zipper, said top panel and said bottom panel forming a pair of flaps adjacent opposite ends of the zipper when the panels are secured together with the zipper, said flaps carrying hook-and-loop fasteners, and wherein matching hook-and-loop fasteners are secured on an outer surface of the panels a distance from an outermost edge of the panels to allow said fasteners to be joined together and cover at least a portion of said zipper.
A crib mattress cover, comprising:
- a generally rectangular top panel and a generally rectangular bottom panel configured to form an opening sized and shaped to receive a crib mattress therein, said cover having an open end defined by opposing edges of the top panel and the bottom panel, and
- a means attached to the opposing edges of said top panel and the bottom panel for securing the opposing edges and releaseably closing said open end of the cover, said securing means comprising a zipper, said top panel and said bottom panel forming a pair of flaps adjacent opposing ends of the zipper when the panels are secured together with the zipper, said flaps carrying hook-and-loop fasteners, and wherein matching hook-and-loop fasteners are secured on an outer surface of the panels a distance from an outermost edge of the panels to allow said fasteners to be joined together and cover at least a portion of said zipper.
A method of enclosing a crib mattress, comprising the steps of:
- providing a mattress cover comprised of a generally rectangular top panel and a generally rectangular bottom panel configured to form an opening sized and shaped to receive a crib mattress therein, said cover having an open end defined by opposing edges of the top panel and the bottom panel, and a plurality of securing members attached to interior surfaces of said top panel and said bottom panel;
- inserting the mattress into said opening and moving said opposing edges away from an end of the mattress;
- securing the opposing edges of the top panel and the bottom panel by engaging the securing members together, thereby releaseably closing said open end of the cover and enclosing the mattress in the cover, said securing members comprising a zipper;
- forming a pair of flaps on opposite ends of the zipper and providing a fastener on each of said flaps and on said panels;
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- securing said fasteners on said flaps and said panels, thereby covering at least a portion of said zipper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.