Beds – Bedclothing – Sheet
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-20
2002-05-28
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 3628)
Beds
Bedclothing
Sheet
C005S655500, C005S909000, C005S691000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06393640
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to mattress pads and more particularly pertains to a new mattress pad and pocket combination for holding a pad in place on a mattress.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of mattress pads is known in the prior art. More specifically, mattress pads heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,189,744; U.S. Pat. No. 5,442,822; U.S. Pat. No. 4,964,184; U.S. Pat. No. 5,008,966; U.S. Pat. No. 4,308,626; U.S. Pat. No. 4,962,546; U.S. Pat. No. 5,325,555; U.S. Pat. No. 3,654,646; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 385,144; U.S. Pat. No. 4,825,489; U.S. Pat. No. 5,287,574 and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 372,622.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new mattress pad and pocket combination. The inventive device includes a pad and a pocket. The pad has a distal edge, a proximal edge and pair of side edges. The pocket has a bottom wall, a back wall and a pair of side walls. Each of the back and side walls has a top edge. The top edge of the back wall is fixedly coupled to the proximal edge of the pad. Each of the top edges of the side edges is fixedly coupled to one of the side edges of the pad. The pocket is placed over a proximal end of a mattress.
In these respects, the mattress pad and pocket combination according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of holding a pad in place on a mattress.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of mattress pads now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new mattress pad and pocket combination construction wherein the same can be utilized for holding a pad in place on a mattress.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the mattress pads mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new mattress pad and pocket combination which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mattress pads, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pad and a pocket. The pad has a distal edge, a proximal edge and pair of side edges. The pocket has a bottom wall, a back wall and a pair of side walls. Each of the back and side walls has a top edge. The top edge of the back wall is fixedly coupled to the proximal edge of the pad. Each of the top edges of the side edges is fixedly coupled to one of the side edges of the pad. The pocket is placed over a proximal end of a mattress.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the mattress pads mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new mattress pad and pocket combination which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mattress pads, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such mattress pad and pocket combination economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination for holding a pad in place on a mattress.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination which includes a pad and a pocket. The pad has a distal edge, a proximal edge and pair of side edges. The pocket has a bottom wall, a back wall and a pair of side walls. Each of the back and side walls has a top edge. The top edge of the back wall is fixedly coupled to the proximal edge of the pad. Each of the top edges of the side edges is fixedly coupled to one of the side edges of the pad. The pocket is placed over a proximal end of a mattress.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination that has a pocket which will slip over the head, or proximal portion of a bed so that the pad does not slide off of the bed when the bed is in a raised or angled configuration.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress pad and pocket combination that that may be easily modified for any bed and helps prevents injuries which occur from refitting mattress pads.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, ref
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