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US 9,775,441 B2Granted
Sheet tightening system
OwnerJeffrey Burrillinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for tightening and removing slack in a fitted or flat sheet and to secure the sheet to prevent the slack from returning.
Claims10
A bed sheet tightening system comprising:
- an elongated L-shaped base having a length;
- a vertical member that has a height, a top edge, and is generally curved;
- a horizontal member that is generally flat, the horizontal member having a width, a length, a top surface, and a bottom surface that incorporates at least two downwardly protruding ridges;
- wherein the curve of the vertical member extends the top edge over at least a portion of the horizontal member top surface;
- an elongated roller having a length, a width and a height;
- a substructure that has a stadium shaped profile, the substructure having two parallel flat sections integrated with two curved sections that connect the two flat sections;
- two cap members, each cap member being generally integrated with the substructure and centered on a longitudinal axis of the stadium shaped profile, each cap member having a narrowed tip portion, the narrowed tip portions pointing generally away from the substructure;
- and,
- wherein the length of the base is generally the same as the length of the roller;
- the height of the vertical member of the base is less than the width of the horizontal member of the base;
- the height of the roller is less than the height of the vertical member of the base;
- and, the width of the roller is generally the same as the width of the horizontal member of the base.
9 more elements
A sheet tightening system comprising:
- an elongated L-shaped base having a length;
- a horizontal section of the L-shaped having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface having two downwardly protruding gripping portions;
- a vertical section of the of the L-shaped base having a top ridge configured to frictionally engage a mattress surface;
- an elongated roller having a generally stadium shaped profile, having a first and a second curved end, a length that is generally the same length as the elongated base;
- the curved ends are narrowed and configured to grip a sheet rolled around the rollers;
- and,
- wherein the base is sized such that, when a sheet is rolled onto the roller, the roller can be securely placed into the base such that the vertical section of the L-shape resists the roller exiting the base.
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A bed sheet tightening kit comprising:
- two elongated L-shaped bases, each having a length;
- a horizontal section having a bottom surface incorporating two downwardly protruding gripping portions;
- a vertical section having a top ridge configured to frictionally engage a mattress bottom surface;
- two elongated rollers each having a generally stadium shaped profile, each having a first and a second curved end, each having a length that is generally the same length as each elongated base;
- and each roller having curved ends that are narrowed and configured to frictionally grip a sheet rolled around each of the rollers;
- and,
- wherein each base is sized such that, when a sheet is rolled onto each roller, each roller can be securely placed into one base such that the vertical section of each base resists each roller exiting each base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.