US3047887A - Bed cover - Google Patents

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Aug. 7,1962 A. KOCH 3,047,887

BED COVER Filed Octf9, 1957 Anna ffocfi ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,647,887 BED QOVER Anna Koch, N. 43 Farview Ave, Pararnus, NJ. Filed Oct. 9, 1957, Ser. No. 689,070 3 Claims. (Cl. -634) My invention relates generally to bed coverings and particularly to bed coverings which are self-anchoring. It is among the objects of my invention to provide a bed covering which will normally maintain its position on the top of the bed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bed covering which is easily attachable and detachable with respect to a bed.

Yet a further object of my invention is to provide a bed covering which will maintain full coverage of the person using the bed, without hampering or restricting the normal movements of the person during sleep.

Among the further objects of my invention is to provide a bed covering which is simple in form, easy to construct, and being endurable.

These objects and advantages, as well as other objects and advantages, may be achieved by the device illustrated in the drawings in which FIGURE 1 is a view in perspective of a bed to which my bed cover has been applied, parts of the bed and parts of the cover being exploded away to show the attachment of the cover to the bed;

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational View of a hook;

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view of an eye;

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view of my bed covering showing the interior construction and attachment of the elastic band; and

FIGURE 5 is a partial side View of a bed showing the appearance of the bed covering when attached thereto.

Bed coverings may take many forms, such as quilts, comforters, blankets, electric blankets, and the like. Little attention has been paid to the means by which the position of such a bed covering is maintained with respect to the top or sleeping surface of the mattress. It is well recognized that many sleepers, during the normal sleeping hours, move frequently and assume various positions which may result in the displacement of the coverings. Such covering displacement may make the sleeper uncomfortable, disturb his sleep, or cause the incidence of respiratory infections, and the like. My invention is intended to overcome these problems by accurately positioning the bed covering to precisely cover the normal sleeping surface of the bed without binding the sleeper or causing discomfort.

' Referring to the drawings in detail, FIGURE 1 shows shows a conventional bed 11, having a headboard 12, and a footboard 13, connected together by side rails 14, with the mattress and spring in position. A sleeping surface is provided which should be covered with a view to providing warmth for the sleeper. There is illustrated (l) a bed covering 15, in the nature of a comforter. Such a bed covering 15, if in the form of a comforter usually consists of top and bottom sheets 16, 17, secured together at their outer edges. Included in between these sheets, there is usually provided a fibrous filling 18, such as cotton, kapok, wool, or some other material intended to provide a low degree of heat exchange between the person under the covers and the air in the bedroom. This fibrous filling may be arranged in a continuous sheet or in bats which are secured to the top and bottom sheets 16, 17, by stitching 19, forming quilting.

Although I have illustrated in the drawings a quilt or comforter, the principles of my invention may equally Well be applied to blankets, provided that they are formed with a double layer of blanket material.

Patented Aug. 7, 1962 The area of the comforter 15, which covers the sleeping surface of the bed, may be provided with a liberal thickness of'filling 18. The side panels 20, or overlap, since they are not necessary for provicfing warmth, may be provided with a thinner filling 18, or thefilling may be entirely dispensed with, in order to avoid bulk. Adjacent to the marginal edge 21 of the comforter 15, eyelets 22, Z?) are provided in a general button-hole-like form. Inside of the comforter 15, and extending generally in the direction of the eyelets 22, 23, there is an elastic band 24. At a distance spaced away from the eyelets 22, 23, the elastic band is secured by stitching 25, to the top and bottom sheets l6, 17. The points 26, 27 define the limits of attachment of the elastic band. While I have shown in FIGURE 4 the inner end of the elastic band, such elastic band could be sewn to the top and bottom sheets 16, 17, across the entire top of the comforter and the opposite end utilized in the same manner as hereinafter set forth, on the other side of the comforter.

The end of the elastic band beyond the point 26 is unattached and may stretch so that it may be drawn out of either the top eyelet 2-2, or the bottom eyelet 23. Secured to the end of the elastic band 24, there is an eye 28, this eye may be formed of metal or fabric wound metal and may be provided with -a tubular covering 29, at one end. The corded winding or covering for the eye 28, as well as the end covering 29, is intended to insure freedom from disturbing noises to the sleeper.

A co-operative hook St is provided. This hook may be of metal, with a corded covering as shown and is provided with circular enlargements 31, so that it may be attached, for example by screws, to the side rails 14, in a position to cooperate with the eye 23, by engaging the same. The hook 3% is also provided with a covering 32,

to provide for quiet engagement with the eye 28. The

coverings on both the hook and the eye, likewise, serve to prevent damage by these members to the bed covering 15. The coverings 29 and 32, likewise, preserve the corded eye 29, and hook 3%, from being worn.

It will be seen that the eye 23 may be withdrawn from either the top eyelet 22, or the bottom eyelet 23. Thus, regardless of which face of the bed covering 15 is displayed, i.e., whether it is right side up or upside down, the eye 2%, may be withdrawn through the eyelet 22, 2-3, which is on the bottom. The hook Si) is attached to the side rail 14 of the bed 11, in such a position that the eye 23 will be engaged with it upon some stretching of the elastic band. While the normal position of the eye is preferably immediately within the eyelets 22, 23, between the top and bottom sheets 16, 1'7, it will be seen that the precise normal positioning of the eye 28 need not necessarily be there. If, however, it is positioned normally there by the elastic band 2 2-, it will be easy for the user of the bed covering 15 to reach into either of the eyelets 22., 23, and withdraw the eye 28 for engagement with the hook 3%. It is also permissible for the elastic band 24 to be of such normal length that the eye 28, would normally be outside the top and bottom sheets 16 and 17, protruding from the eyelets 22, 23. However, such extension of the eye 28, outside of the eyelets 22, 23, must not be so great that the elastic band 24- would normally permit the engagement of the eye 28 with the hook Call. It is important that some degree of tension be applied to the eye 28, by the elastic band, at the time it is engaged with the hook 30.

It will be seen that the bed covering 15 should be provided with at least three eyes 28 for engagement with three cooperative hooks 3t although additional eyes may be used to provide more secure positioning of the bed covering 15. Reference to FIGURE 5 will show the spares? side panel 20 of the bed covering 15, as it appears during normal use with the top eyelet 22, vacant and the elastic band 24, drawn through the bottom eyelet 23,

whereby the eye 28 is engaged with the hook 30. This construction provides a means for aifirmatively anchoring and positioning a bed covering over the sleeping surface of a mattress and insures against the displacement of the covering to the discomfort of the sleeper. Nevertheless, the covering is not uncomfortable to the sleeper and provides a stabilized covering in spite of normal sleep movements.

It wi l be seen that a pair of marginally disposed eyelets may be included in the bed covering at the end nearest the pillows. The positioning of such a pair of eyelets will permit of the reversal of the bed covering so that the head may be placed at the foot and the foot at the head. Increased life through freedom from wear may thereby be achieved.

The foregoing description is merely intended to illustrate an embodiment of the invention. The component parts have been shown and described. They each may have substitutes which may perform a substantially similar function; such substitutes may be known as proper substitutes for the said components and may have actually been known or invented before the present invention; these substitutes are contemplated as being within the scope of the appended claims, although they are not specifically catalogued herein.

I claim:

1. A detachable bed cover including the combination of a top sheet, a bottom sheet coextensive therewith and marginally secured to the top sheet, an eyelet in each of the opposite sides and at one end at least of the top sheet, corresponding eyelets in the sides and end of the bottom sheet, an elastic band of limited length secured 4 between and to the top and bottom sheets a short distance inward from each side of the cover and between and to both sheets a short distance from said one end of said cover, and eye secured to the end of each of the several elastic bands normally lying between both of the sheets and capable of being drawn through either of the respectively adjacent eyelets of the top and bottom sheets upon manually elongating the elastic bands individually involved for attaching the eyes upon the bands to corresponding hooks upon the sides and end of a bed.

2. A bed cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover has a filling with low heat conduction coefficient between the sheets, and the elastic band at each side and that at the end of the cover is in each case directed outward toward and disposed adjacent to one corresponding pair of eyelets which are secured to the top and bottom sheets.

3. A bed cover according to claim 2, wherein each elastic band has a free unsecured outer end provided with the eye for attaching said end to a hook at will and normally colresponding to, and directed toward one corresponding pair of eyelets of the top and bottom sheets.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 557,456 Utter Mar. 31, 1896 705,648 Clark July 29, 1902 979,838 'Flynn Dec. 27, 1910 1,368,582 Stevens Feb. 15, 1921 2,024,050 May Dec. 10, 1935 2,221,114 Schwartz Nov. 12, 1940 2,401,026 Steigerwald May 28, 1946

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