Patent Application
20250160548
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The disclosure relates to bedsheet devices and more particularly pertains to a new bedsheet device for retaining a fitted sheet on a mattress. The device includes a fitted sheet with a plurality of grommets that can be positioned around a mattress and a harness that is positionable around the mattress. The device includes a plurality of hooks that are each attached to the harness and each of the hooks is extendable through a respective one of the grommets for retaining the fitted sheet on the mattress.
The prior art relates to bedsheet devices including a fitted bed sheet and a harness that is attachable to the fitted bed sheet which extends beneath a mattress for retaining the fitted bed sheet on the mattress and a variety of ornamental bed sheets that have fastening elements for suspending pockets or a bed skirt on a mattress. In no instance does the prior art disclose a bed sheet device that includes a fitted bed sheet that has a plurality of grommets and a harness that is positionable around the mattress and a plurality of hooks attached to the harness which extend through respective grommets for securing the fitted bed sheet to the mattress.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a fitted sheet that is positionable around a mattress. A drawstring is slidably integrated into the fitted sheet thereby facilitating the drawstring to be tightened for securing the fitted sheet around the mattress. A plurality of grommets is each of the grommets is integrated into the fitted sheet and each of the plurality of grommets is aligned with a respective one of four corners of the mattress when the fitted sheet is positioned around the mattress. A harness is positionable around the mattress and a plurality of hooks is attached to the harness. Each of the plurality of hooks is strategically positioned on the harness thereby facilitating each of the plurality of hooks to be extended through a respective one of the plurality of grommets such that the harness secures the fitted sheet to the mattress.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The top panel 16 lies on top of the mattress 14 having the perimeter panel 18 extending downwardly along sides 25 of the mattress 14. The lip 22 rests against a bottom 26 of the mattress 14 when the fitted sheet 12 is positioned around the mattress 14. Additionally, the lip 22 is folded over onto itself to define a channel 28 extending around a substantial perimeter of the lip 22 such that a pair of terminal ends 30 of the channel 28 are spaced apart from each other. Furthermore, the channel 28 is spaced from the perimeter panel 18 of the fitted sheet 12.
A drawstring 32 is slidably integrated into the fitted sheet 12 thereby facilitating the drawstring 32 to be tightened for securing the fitted sheet 12 around the mattress 14. The drawstring 32 is positioned in the channel 28 defined by the lip 22. The drawstring 32 extends outwardly through each of the pair of terminal ends 30 of the channel 28 thereby facilitating the drawstring 32 to be gripped for tightening the drawstring 32. Additionally, the drawstring 32 reduces the size of an opening 34 defined by the lip 22 when the drawstring 32 is tightened.
A plurality of grommets 36 is provided and each of the grommets 36 is integrated into the fitted sheet 12. The plurality of grommets 36 is strategically positioned on the fitted sheet 12 such that each of the plurality of grommets 36 is aligned with a respective one of four corners 38 of the mattress 14 when the fitted sheet 12 is positioned around the mattress 14. Each of the plurality grommets 36 extends through the perimeter panel 18 of the fitted sheet 12 and each of the plurality of grommets 36 is aligned with a respective one of four corners 38 of the perimeter panel 18. Additionally, each of the plurality of grommets 36 is centrally positioned between the top panel 16 and the lip 22.
A harness 40 is provided and the harness 40 is positionable around the mattress 14. The harness 40 is comprised of an elastomeric material thereby facilitating the harness 40 to stretch around the mattress 14. The harness 40 comprises a first member 42 that is continuous such that the first member 42 defines a closed loop. The first member 42 extends around each of the sides 25 of the mattress 14 when the harness 40 is positioned around the mattress 14 and the first member 42 has an outwardly facing surface 46 and a bottom edge 48.
The harness 40 includes a second member 50 that has a first end 52 and a second end 54. Each of the first end 52 and the second end 54 is coupled to the bottom edge 48 of the first member 42 such that the second member 50 defines a closed loop with the first member 42. In this way the second member 50 can extend around the bottom 26 of the mattress 14 when the harness 40 is positioned around the mattress 14. The harness 40 includes a third member 56 that has a first end 58 and a second end 60. Each of the first end 58 and the second end 60 of the third member 56 is coupled to the bottom edge 48 of the first member 42 such that the third member 56 defines a closed loop with the first member 42. In this way the third member 56 can extend around the bottom 26 of the mattress 14 when the harness 40 is positioned around the mattress 14. The third member 56 is spaced from the second member 50 such that each of the third member 56 and the second member 50 are positioned proximate to opposite ends of the mattress 14 when the harness 40 is positioned around the mattress 12.
A plurality of hooks 62 is provided and each of the plurality of hooks 62 is attached to the harness 40. Each of the plurality of hooks 62 is strategically positioned on the harness 40 thereby facilitating each of the plurality of hooks 62 to be extended through a respective one of the plurality of grommets 36. In this way the harness 40 secures the fitted sheet 12 to the mattress 14.
Each of the plurality of hooks 62 includes a disk 64 that is sewn into the first member 42 of the harness 40. Each of the plurality of hooks 62 includes a finger 66 that is coupled to and extends away from a front surface 68 of the disk 64. The finger 66 has a distal end 70 with respect to the disk 64 and the finger 66 is curved between the front surface 68 and the distal end 70. The finger 66 extends outwardly from the first member 42 of the harness 40 such that the disk 64 inhibits the finger 66 from being removed from the first member 42. The finger 66 is extendable through a respective one of the plurality of grommets 36 in the fitted sheet 12 for securing the fitted sheet 12 to the harness 40. Additionally, each of the plurality of hooks 62 is oriented such that the finger 66 associated with the plurality of hooks 62 curves downwardly when the harness 40 is positioned around the mattress 14 thereby inhibiting the respective grommet from sliding off of the finger 66.
In use, the harness 40 is positioned around the mattress 14 such that each of the plurality of hooks 62 is aligned with a respective one of the four corners 38 of the mattress 14. The fitted sheet 12 is positioned around the mattress 14 such that the lip 22 extends beneath the bottom 26 of the mattress 14 and each of the grommets 36 is aligned with a respective one of the four corners 38 of the mattress 14. The drawstring 32 is tightened, if necessary, and each of the hooks 62 is extended through the respective grommet 36. In this way the fitted sheet 12 is retained on the mattress 14 thereby inhibiting the fitted sheet 12 from becoming unfitted from the mattress 14 while the mattress 14 is being employed for sleeping.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
