COMBINATION FLAT SHEET, FITTED BED SKIRT SHEET, AND MATTRESS PAD ASSEMBLY
A combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly, and mattress pad assembly. The mattress pad assembly has a top surface, upper and lower edges, retainers for retaining the mattress pad on a mattress, and strips of hook and loop material on the top surface near the upper and lower edge of the mattress pad. The combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly have a fitted sheet portion having a flat top, upper and lower edges, lateral edges, lateral side skirts extending from the lateral edges, and a foot side skirt extending from the lower edge. Strips of hook and loop material are located on an underside of the flat top near its upper and lower edges. The flat sheet is positioned above the fitted sheet portion and is attached at a lower edge thereof to the lower edge of the fitted sheet portion.
The invention relates to bedding, and more particularly to a combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly that can be used to make a bed up quickly and easily and taking the guesswork and frustration out of the direction the sheets should lay.
With conventional bedding, a fitted sheet, e.g., including folded corners with elastic are fitted around a mattress (or a mattress with a mattress pad on the mattress), and then a flat sheet is placed on top of the fitted sheet. Some people like to tuck in the corners of the flat sheet at the front of bed, but others do not. For a more attractive appearance, a bed skirt placed on top of the box spring under the mattress with a flat top surface and a vertical skirt is placed on top of the box spring under with mattress with the vertical skirt covering the sides of the box spring.
Making a bed, in particular with thick mattresses that can be very bulky and heavy can be difficult since the person of various ages making the bed may need to lift up the corners and attempt to slip the folded corners of the fitted sheet over the mattress's corners. Men and women and boys and girls can struggle with this task and often break fingernails in the process. Next, the flat sheet must be aligned with the fitted sheet. In use, sleepers typically sleep between the fitted sheet and the flat sheet, and the flat sheet can twist and shift around on top of the fitted sheet, sometimes ending up on the floor. Not surprising, getting children and some adults to spend the time and trouble to make their bed can be a challenge.
There accordingly is a need for an advanced way of bed making. The improved all in one Velcro sewn sheet set is the combination of a flat sheet, a fitted bed skirt sheet, and a mattress pad assembly. The bed is made more quickly and easily.
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The invention comprises a combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly 120. It includes a special mattress pad 30 that has a top 32, retention straps 34 located at corners, a strip of hook and loop material (e.g., Velcro®) 36 position on top of the mattress pad 30 near a foot edge 38, and a strip of hook and loop material 40 position on top of the mattress pad near a head edge 42 thereof. These two strips of hook and loop material 36 and 40 preferably extend across the width of the mattress and can have different colors, and/or can have printing thereon or nearby, words such as “FOOT . . . FOOT . . . FOOT”, and “HEAD . . . HEAD . . . HEAD”, or “BOTTOM . . . BOTTOM . . . BOTTOM”, and “TOP . . . TOP . . . TOP”, etc. respectively, so that when the mattress pad is placed on the bed, it is oriented correctly as required for use of the combo flat sheet and fitted skirted sheet of the invention. In lieu of retention straps 34, folded and elasticized side panels can (not shown) be used to retain the mattress pad on top of the mattress. Instead of strip of hook and loop material 36 and 40, double hook material, or some other detachable attachment device can be used, such as clips, snaps and the like can be used. The mattress pad 30 has two lateral edges 44 and 46.
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Sleepers will place their body between the fitted sheet portion 60 and flat sheet portion 90. If more room is needed at the sleeper's feet, the sleeper can kick the top sheet 90 towards the feet to provide more foot room. Since the flat sheet portion 90 is attached to the foot of fitted sheet portion 60, this keeps the fitted sheet portion 90 aligned straight on the bed (to avoid the common twisting of sheets). Moreover, as the sides 94 and 96 are not sewn to other sides of the bedding, this design also allows sleepers to stick their feet out of the sides of the bed.
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Having thus described the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above disclosures are exemplary only and that various other alternatives, adaptations, and modifications may be made within the scope of the present invention. The presently disclosed embodiment is to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.
Claims
1. A combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly for use with a mattress having a top surface and generally vertical lateral sides and a generally vertical foot side, the combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly comprising:
- a mattress pad having a top surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, retainers for maintaining the mattress pad in position on the top surface of the mattress, and detachable attachments positioned laterally across the top surface adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the mattress pad; and
- a combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly, having a flat sheet, and a fitted bed skirt sheet, the fitted bed skirt sheet having a flat top with an upper edge, a lower edge, and lateral edges, and distinct lateral side skirts that freely extend downwardly from the lateral edges of the flat top and a distinct foot side skirt that freely extends downwardly from the lower edge of the flat top, and detachable attachments located on a lower surface of the flat top adjacent to the upper edge of the flat top and adjacent to the lower edge of the flat top, wherein when the combination flat sheet, and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly are aligned with and attached to the complementary detachable attachments located on the top surface of the mattress pad, the flat top of the fitted bed skirt sheet will be tightly positioned and unwrinkled relative to the mattress pad and mattress, and the distinct lateral side skirts and the distinct foot side skirt of the fitted bed skirt sheet will freely hang down and cover corresponding generally vertical lateral sides and the generally vertical foot side of the mattress, wherein the flat sheet is permanently attached to the fitted bed skirt sheet only at the lower edge of the flat top of the fitted bed skirt sheet, wherein a space between the flat sheet and the bed skirt sheet is adapted to receive a user.
2. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the retainers comprise elastic straps near corners of the mattress pad.
3. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the distinct lateral side skirts that extend from the lateral edges of the flat top of the fitted bed skirt sheet and the distinct foot side skirt that extends from the foot edge thereof are connected to each other in the vicinity of vertical corners of the mattress by pleated closed corners.
4. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the detachable attachments located on the top surface of the mattress pad comprise two strips of hook and loop material, and the detachable attachments located on the bottom surface of the fitted bed skirt sheet comprises two strips of hook and loop material complementary to the strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad.
5. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 4, wherein the two strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad have a different visual appearance from each other, and the two complementary strips of hook and loop material on the fitted bed skirt sheet have a complementary appearance to the two corresponding strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad so that users will be guided how to place the combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet arrangement on the mattress pad.
6. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the flat sheet has a flat top portion with lateral side edges and lateral side panels that extend vertically downwardly from the lateral sides and at least partially overlay the distinct lateral side skirts of the fitted bed skirt sheet.
7. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 6, wherein the lateral side panels of the flat sheet are unattached to the fitted sheet portion.
8. A combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly for use with a mattress have a top surface and generally vertical sides, the combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly comprising:
- a mattress pad having a top surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, retainers for maintaining the mattress pad in position on the mattress, and strips of hook and loop material positioned laterally across the top surface adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the mattress pad; and
- a combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly, having a fitted bed skirt sheet having a flat top with an upper edge, a lower edge, lateral edges, and distinct lateral side skirts that freely extend downwardly from the lateral edges of the flat top, and a distinct foot side skirt that freely extends downwardly from the lower edge of the flat top, and complementary hook and loop material located on a lower surface of the flat top adjacent to the upper edge of the flat top and the lower edge of the flat top which are spaced apart so that when the combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly are aligned with and attached to the hook and loop material located on the top surface of the mattress pad the flat top of the fitted sheet will be tightly positioned and unwrinkled relative to the mattress pad and mattress, and wherein the distinct lateral side skirts and distinct foot side skirt will freely hang down and cover corresponding sides of the mattress, and further comprising a flat sheet with a lower edge, which lower edge of the flat sheet is attached to the fitted bed skirt sheet only at the lower edge thereof, the flat sheet having a flat top with lateral side edges and lateral side panels that extend downwardly from the lateral side edges of the flat top of the flat sheet, and wherein the lateral side panels that extend from the lateral edges of the flat top of the flat sheet and a foot side skirt that extends from the foot edge of the flat top of the flat sheet are connected to each other in the vicinity of vertical corners of the mattress by pleated closed corners, wherein a space between the flat sheet and the bed skirt sheet is adapted to receive a user.
9. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 8, wherein the retainers comprise elastic straps near corners of the mattress pad.
10. The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of claim 8, wherein the two strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad have different visual appearance and the two complementary strips of hook and loop material on the fitted bed skirt sheet have a complementary appearance to the two strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad so that users will be guided how to place the combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt on the mattress pad.
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Type: Application
Filed: Jun 9, 2010
Publication Date: Dec 15, 2011
Inventors: Donna Battaglia (Monrovia, CA), Rose Mary Battaglia (Monrovia, CA)
Application Number: 12/797,426