Patent ID: 6041456
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A rectangular, fitted, fabric top sheet for use on a mattress having a given width, a given length, a given thickness, a lower end and lower corners, said sheet having a width greater than said given mattress width, parallel side edges and a bottom edge, said sheet including an upper portion with side edges and a lower portion with side edges folded beneath said upper portion, the side edges of said lower portion being non-elastically sewn to the side edges of the upper portion to form a pocket to receive the lower end of the mattress, the pocket including billowing flaps of fabric sized to accommodate a user's feet at each mattress lower corner, and the bottom edge of said sheet being elastically gathered to a width approximately equal to said given mattress width and being unstretched when said sheet is fitted onto said mattress.