Beds – Bedclothing
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-10
2001-09-11
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 3628)
Beds
Bedclothing
C005S485000, C005S497000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286162
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Description of the Related Art
This invention relates to bedding elements, and in particular the covers for these, especial comforter covers.
Different models of comforter covers are available on the market. Such covers comprise at least two pieces of fabric joined together by their lateral borders and by the front borders destined to be turned toward the head of the bed. Usually, the rear borders, destined to be turned toward the food of the bed, are left either completely or partially open, in order to be able to insert the comforter into the cover and to withdraw it therefrom with ease. The cover and the comforter are simply tucked under the mattress. The width of the cover (and the comforter) is often greater than that of the mattress. As time passes, because of the movements of the sleepers, on the one hand the comforter has a tendency to come out of the cover, and on the other hand the bed has a tendency to become undone.
Comforter covers can be found on the market, but whose open side is provided with a piece of fabric stitched smaller or attached differently to the free part from that of the two pieces of fabric destined to be turned toward the top of the bedding. It is then this piece of additional fabric which is tucked under the mattress. Such a cover is for example described in the patent application EP-A-0 026 968, and in the patents CH-A-202 811 and CH-A-214326. This category of cover allows the comforter to come out less easily, but it is not held on the bed satisfactorily either.
In the applications GB-A-2 023 419 and GB-A-2 031 504 for example, comforters provided with different pieces of fabric destined to be tucked under the mattress have also been put forward.
Other models are also known, in which it is each of the two main pieces of fabric which take on a particular form as they extend, in the middle of their rear borders, by narrow pieces of fabric themselves stitched to one another, and both of which are tucked under the mattress. This type of comforter cover is more satisfactory, but nevertheless imperfect for the sleeper.
Indeed, as in all the other known types, the bed, in the long run, has a tendency to undo, and the comforter furthermore has a tendency to move inside the cover.
There has been proposed, for example in U.S. Pat. No. 4,316,299, a non reversible comforter cover for which one end acts as a holding device, in substance taking on the form of a rectangle parallelepiped, and suitable for conforming in shape to an extremity of the mattress
In the document GB-A-2 191 088, there is proposed on the other hand a comforter cover which is reversible in principle, comprising for this purpose several additional pieces of fabric.
Except if there is used a complex and unaesthetic structure requiring numerous handling for the manufacturing and the maintenance, as is the case for the cover of the document GB-A-2191088, none of the comforter covers mentioned above is reversible.
The purpose of the invention is to solve this problem simply and efficiently.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose of the invention is a bedding element cover suitable for receiving at least one comforter comprising a first main piece of fabric and a second main piece of fabric joined together by their lateral borders. It comprises at least one holding device which in substance takes on the form of a rectangle parallelepiped open on one of its sides, and suitable for conforming in shape to an extremity of the mattress. The holding device is an integral part of the comforter cover and is formed by the main first piece of fabric and the second main piece of fabric, in such a way that the cover is reversible.
In that way, the problem forming the base of the invention is solved simply and efficiently.
Advantageously, a holding device comprises on each of its sides a first assembly area and a second assembly area.
Preferably, the assembly areas consist of borders of the rectangle parallelepiped. They can be joined by stitching.
These assembly areas can be implemented from elements selected from among the borders of the pieces of fabric and the internal fabric areas.
In various embodiments, the covers according to the invention comprise at least two compartments each suitable for receiving a comforter. They can comprise three.
A cover according to the invention can also comprise at least one intermediate piece of fabric placed between the two main pieces of fabric, this intermediate piece having dimensions such that it is suitable for being superposed on the two other pieces by defining with the main pieces two compartments each suitable for receiving a comforter.
A holding device for a cover according to the invention can be suitable for conforming in shape to the foot or the head of a mattress.
Advantageously, the covers according to the invention can comprise elements suitable for enabling their attachment to a mattress. These are for example flaps of fabric.
The purpose of the invention is also a bedding element comprising a cover according to the invention and at least one padding element selected from among the comforters and the auxiliary mattresses. Such a bedding element is suitable for being utilized on a mattress, but also as a sleeping-bag.
In a particular embodiment, it can comprise a holding device suitable for conforming in shape to the head of a mattress when it is utilized on such a mattress, and suitable for receiving a pillow when it is utilized as a sleeping-bag.
The purpose of the invention is also holding devices for covers for bedding elements as specified above.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1865329 (1932-06-01), McHorter
patent: 4316299 (1982-02-01), Friedman
patent: 4839934 (1989-06-01), Rojas
patent: 5442822 (1995-08-01), Diaz
patent: 5901389 (1999-05-01), Manner
Browne Lynne H.
Conley Fredrick
Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP
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