Quilted mattress cover with inverted seam
AssigneeDreamwell, Ltd.
InventorNeal Charles Van Patten
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Abstract
A mattress having an inverted top panel/border seam, with an optional appended decorative rope welting on the border is described. An inverted seam secures the top panel to the border portion of a mattress cover to eliminate bumps and creases found in conventional welted top seam. Manufacturing costs may be reduced by eliminating the need for an expensive table-mounted tape edge closure machine and/or skilled operators, since the inverted seam may be flay sewn with a conventional sewing machine or even hand-stitched. Alternatively, a conventional tape edge machine can be used with less-skilled labor and or reduced tape/welting material, as all of the stitches and welting are hidden inside the mattress by the inverted seam.
Claims16
A mattress covering having an inverted seam, comprising:
- a top panel having a perimeter edge and a finished side;
- and
- a border having a perimeter edge and a finished side,
- wherein said border is attached to said panel, with said finished side of the panel facing said finished side of the border, along the perimeter edge of at least one of the panel and the border to form the inverted seam,
- said inverted seam further including a tape encompassing said attached border and panel on a side opposite the finished side of the border and panel.
A method of forming a mattress covering having an inverted seam, comprising:
- arranging a panel on a mattress, said panel having an unfinished side facing the mattress, a finished side opposite the unfinished side and forming a sleeping surface, and a perimeter;
- positioning a border having a perimeter, a free perimeter and a finished side in such a way that the perimeter of the border is positioned proximate to the perimeter of the panel and the finished side of the panel faces the finished side of the border;
- folding said positioned border and panel so that the folded unfinished side of the panel faces the unfinished side of the panel disposed on the mattress along a perimeter edge;
- applying a tape so as to encompass the folded border and panel;
- and
- securing said tape to said border and said panel along said perimeter to form the inverted seam.
A method of forming a mattress covering having an inverted seam, comprising:
- arranging a panel on a mattress, said panel having an unfinished side facing the mattress, a finished side opposite the unfinished side and forming a sleeping surface, and a perimeter;
- positioning a border having a perimeter, a free perimeter and a finished side in such a way that the perimeter of the border is positioned proximate to the perimeter of the panel and the finished side of the panel faces the finished side of the border;
- securing said border to said panel along said perimeter of at least one of the panel and the border to form the inverted seam;
- and
- applying a tape so as to encompass the border and panel and sewing along the perimeter edges through the tape, the border and the panel.
A method of forming a mattress covering having an inverted seam, comprising:
- arranging a panel on a mattress, said panel having an unfinished side facing the mattress, a finished side opposite the unfinished side and forming a sleeping surface, and a perimeter;
- positioning a border having a perimeter, a free perimeter and a finished side in such a way that the perimeter of the border is positioned proximate to the perimeter of the panel and the finished side of the panel faces the finished side of the border;
- securing said border to said panel along said perimeter of at least one of the panel and the border to form the inverted seam;
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- folding the border over the inverted seam and a side of the mattress, so that the finished side of the border faces outwardly away from the mattress, thereby obscuring the inverted seam from view from said finished sides of said panel and said border.
A method of forming a mattress covering having an inverted seam, comprising:
- arranging a panel on a mattress, said panel having an unfinished side facing the mattress, a finished side opposite the unfinished side and forming a sleeping surface, and a perimeter;
- positioning a border having a perimeter, a free perimeter and a finished side in such a way that the perimeter of the border is positioned proximate to the perimeter of the panel and the finished side of the panel faces the finished side of the border;
- securing said border to said panel along said perimeter of at least one of the panel and the border to form the inverted seam;
- and
- securing a second panel to the free perimeter of the border so as to enclose the mattress between the panel, the second panel and the border.
A mattress comprising:
- a mattress core having a plurality of springs;
- and
- a mattress cover disposed on the mattress core and comprising at least a top cover panel and a border and at least one flange having two ends,
- wherein said border is attached to said top cover panel by an inverted seam that is obscured from view, and one end of the at least one flange is attached to the inverted seam and the other end of the at least one flange is secured to a spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.