Abstract: A comforter includes a main body portion and a peripheral region extending along at least one edge of the main body portion. With the comforter placed on a bed, the peripheral region defines an at least partially enclosed space between the upper surface of the bed and the main body portion of the comforter. The main body portion contains a fill material in a first weight per unit area and the peripheral region contains a fill material in a second weight per unit area greater than the first weight per unit area. In use, the greater weight per unit area of the peripheral region substantially reduces air circulation into and out from the at least partially enclosed space, creating insulating qualities that are improved over conventional comforters.

Abstract: A mattress cover consists of a top panel, a skirt, an edge elastic and a peripheral elastic. The top panel is adopted for covering of at least a substantial portion of a top surface of a mattress. The skirt extends outwardly from the top panel forming an enclosure for at least portions of side and end surfaces of the mattress. The skirt has a distal edge remote from the top panel. An opening situated at the distal edge is provided. The edge elastic forms a resilient boundary of the opening. The peripheral elastic urges the edge elastic and an adjacent portion of the skirt towards a central area of the opening, so as to pull the skirt away from said top panel and to provide a close fit between the mattress and the cover.