Patent ID: 6272701
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A47C,A47G,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
A fitted mattress cover comprising:a flat top panel of substantially inextensible fabric for overlaying the top surface of a mattress; anda skirt attached to and depending from a periphery of the top panel, wherein the skirt is a knit fabric having yarns that form courses and wales or a woven fabric having yarns that form warps and wefts,the successive courses or wefts extending in a transverse direction perpendicular to the periphery of the top panelthe wales or warps extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to the periphery of the top panel, andthe skirt further having a top edge and a lower edge, at least the lower edge comprising elastic yarns integrally incorporated therein and extending in the longitudinal direction.