# US 9,872,576 B2 · Pillow cover and pillow

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- Number: US 9,872,576 B2
- Document ID: US9872576B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/849,689
- Filed: 2015-09-10
- Published: 2016-03-17
- Granted: 2018-01-23
- Earliest claimed: 2014-09-15
- Assignees: JLJ Home Furnishings LLC
- Applicants: JLJ Home Furnishing LLC
- Inventors: Rory D. Vitale
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9872576B2

## CPC

- A47G 9/0253: {Pillow slips}
- A47G 9/10: Pillows (pillow holders A47C21/00, {A47C21/026}; specially adapted for preventing snoring A61F5/56)
- A47G 2009/1018: {Foam pillows}
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

A pillow cover includes a top sheet with a peripheral edge, a bottom sheet with a peripheral edge, and a gusset. The gusset is affixed between the top sheet peripheral edge and the bottom sheet peripheral edge. The gusset is stretchable in a circumferential direction. A pillow includes a stuffing material, and the foregoing the foregoing pillow cover for encasing the stuffing material. When the pillow cover is stuffed with the stuffing material, the stretchable gusset crowns the pillow.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pillow cover for a pillow comprising:
a top sheet with a peripheral edge;
a bottom sheet with a peripheral edge;
a circumference being located between the top sheet and the bottom sheet; and
a pleated fabric strip affixed in a relaxed state between the top sheet peripheral edge and the bottom sheet peripheral edge around the circumference of the pillow cover, the pleated fabric strip being stretchable in a circumferential direction, the pleated fabric strip has two or more circumferential elastic members positioned between the top sheet peripheral edge and the bottom sheet peripheral edge;
wherein when a stuffing material is inserted into the cover, the pleated fabric strip expands in the circumferential direction, and after insertion, the pleated fabric strip relaxes and thereby crowns the stuffing material in the cover.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pillow cover of claim 1 wherein the pleats are generally perpendicular to the stretch direction of the pleated fabric strip.

### Claim 3

A pillow comprising:
a stuffing material; and
a pillow cover for encasing the stuffing material, wherein the pillow cover includes:
a top sheet with a peripheral edge;
a bottom sheet with a peripheral edge;
a circumference being located between the top sheet and the bottom sheet; and
a pleated fabric strip affixed in a relaxed state between the top sheet peripheral edge and the bottom sheet peripheral edge around the circumference of the pillow case, the pleated fabric strip being stretchable in a circumferential direction, the pleated fabric strip has two or more circumferential elastic members positioned between the top sheet peripheral edge and the bottom sheet peripheral edge;
wherein when the stuffing a material is inserted into the cover, the pleated fabric strip expands in the circumferential direction, and after insertion, the pleated fabric strip relaxes and thereby crowns the stuffing material in the cover.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The pillow of claim 3 wherein the pleats are generally perpendicular to the stretch direction of the pleated fabric strip.