Patent ID: 7293306
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A fitted top sheet for use on a mattress having an end with spaced corner edges and a predetermined height, the top sheet comprising: a material blank having a top portion, opposed side portions, and an end portion defining a first surface therebetween adapted to face away from a mattress when the fitted top sheet is deployed over a mattress an opposed second surface adapted to face toward a mattress, a width of the blank being greater than a width of a mattress on which the blank is mountable such that the edges of the side portions and end portions of the blank freely extend at least in line with a bottom edge of the mattress when the blank is deployed on the mattress; and at least two generally vertically oriented and spaced pleats formed at each of the opposed ends of the end portion of the blank between the top portion and the bottom edge of the blank and overlaying the second surface of the sheet, the pleats spaced apart along an entire length of each pleat and forming opposed fitted corners mountable over the corresponding bottom corner edges of a mattress to fit the top sheet on the mattress without the side and end portions being tucked under the mattress.