Patent ID: 9345337
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A47C

Claim Text:
1. A mattress protector, comprising: an upper central portion and a lower central portion, each of said upper and lower central portions defining a flexible and substantially flat planar structure, each of said upper and lower central portions defining a contact area, each of said upper and lower central portions having a first laminated structure including a woven-fabric outer layer and a TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) lining layer laminated to an inner side of the woven-fabric base layer, wherein the woven-fabric outer layer and the TPU lining layer are connected together by a laminator through a hot pressing process; and a peripheral portion having a second laminated structure different from the first laminated structure, the peripheral portion including a woven-fabric internal layer sandwiched between a TPU lining layer laminated to an inner side of the woven-fabric internal layer of the peripheral portion, and a PU (polyurethane) shell layer laminated to an outer side of the woven-fabric internal layer of the peripheral portion, wherein the woven-fabric internal layer, the TPU lining layer, and the PU shell layer of the peripheral portion are connected together by a laminator through a hot pressing process, the peripheral portion further having a middle section provided with a slit selectively closed by a waterproof zipper; wherein the upper central portion and the lower central portion are placed above and below the peripheral portion respectively, and the contact areas of the upper and lower central portions and an upper end and a lower end of the peripheral portion are connected together by a laminator through a hot pressing process such that the TPU lining layers on the inner sides of the upper and lower central portions and of the peripheral portion are fused together by the hot pressing process used to connect said contact areas and form a sealed and gap-free inner structure inside the mattress protector.