Self-storing bedding article

A self-storing article of bedding comprising:

• an expansive cover having top and bottom surfaces and within which a pocket region is defined and which has a larger peripheral region extending beyond said pocket region,
• a pouch formed of opposing first and second panels each having an obverse surface and a reverse surface, and said first and second panels both have boundary edges that are permanently secured throughout to said cover to delineate an enclosing perimeter of said pocket region of said cover and free, linear, overlapping edges extending between their respective boundary edges and free edge margins immediately adjacent said free edges, and said overlapping free edge margins both have opposing ends that are permanently secured to said expansive cover in overlapping fashion at opposing locations on said encircling perimeter to thereby divide said pocket region into a first area covered by said first panel, a second area covered by said second panel, and a third area covered by both said first and second panels and bounded by said ends of said free edge margins and by said free edges of both said first and second panels, and said panels are reversible between a first orientation in which their obverse surfaces face said pocket region of said cover and a second orientation in which their reverse surfaces face each other and said peripheral region of said cover is foldable toward said pocket region thereof and collapsible for encapsulation between said first and second panels and said pocket region of said cover when said first and second panels are in said second orientation, and said peripheral region of said cover is alternatively withdrawable from said first and second panels so that said peripheral region of said cover extends beyond said pocket region when said panels are in said first orientation.

A self-storing article of bedding comprising:

• an expansive cover formed of flexible fabric material having a top surface and in which a pocket area is delineated from a larger peripheral area by a pocket perimeter,
• a first pouch panel having obverse and reverse surfaces overlying only a first portion of said pocket area and permanently secured about only a first portion of said pocket perimeter with said obverse surface thereof facing said top surface of said cover and leaving a free, linear first pocket panel open edge with a first pocket panel open edge margin located immediately adjacent thereto, and
• a second pocket panel having obverse and reverse surfaces overlying the remaining portion of said pocket area beyond said first portion thereof and permanently secured about only a second portion of said pocket perimeter with said obverse surface thereof facing said top surface of said cover and leaving a free, linear second pocket panel open edge parallel to said first pocket panel open edge and said second pocket panel open edge has a second pocket panel open edge margin located immediately adjacent thereto and overlapping said first pocket panel open edge margin, and said first and second pocket panel open edge margins both have opposing ends that are secured in overlapping fashion across said pocket area of said expansive cover, so that said first and second portions of said pocket perimeter have common opposing sections to which both said first and second pocket panels are secured, whereby said pocket panels and said pocket area of said cover form a reversible pouch which resides atop said top surface of said cover when said obverse surfaces of said pocket panels are concealed facing said pocket area of said cover, and alternatively, when said pocket panels are reversed to expose their obverse surfaces, said peripheral area of said cover is foldable between said pocket panels for encapsulation between said reverse surfaces thereof and said pocket area of said cover.