Patent ID: 9038213
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A bed clothing system that accommodates a mattress having a foot end and a head end, a bottom and a top, said mattress having a thickness that is one of a plurality of mattress thicknesses comprising: a flat bottom sheet that includes an extended portion that wraps around said foot end of said mattress to form a first pocket by attaching said first extended portion of said flat bottom sheet that surrounds said foot end of said mattress to a first vertical edge and first horizontal edge of said flat bottom sheet, and a second pocket by attaching a second extended portion of said flat bottom sheet to a second vertical edge and a second horizontal edge of said flat bottom sheet that surrounds said head end of said mattress, said first pocket and said second pocket surrounding said mattress by an amount that securely holds said bottom sheet to said mattress, said first pocket comprising: said second pocket comprising: a flat top sheet that drapes over said bottom sheet and extends to at least a first bottom edge of said mattress, said flat top sheet comprising: a first separate strip of stretchable material, that does not form a portion of said flat top sheet, that extends along said first lengthwise vertical edge and not between said first lengthwise vertical edge and said second lengthwise vertical edge, said first strip of stretchable material attached to said first lengthwise vertical edge of said flat top sheet and said first bottom sheet corner to form a first stretchable corner that connects said flat top sheet and said flat bottom sheet and allows both said flat top sheet and said flat bottom sheet to expand in said direction of said mattress thickness to accommodate said plurality of mattress thicknesses and provide foot space at said foot end of said mattress adjacent to said first corner of said mattress; a second separate strip of stretchable material that does not form a portion of said flat top sheet that extends along a length of said second lengthwise vertical edge and not between said first lengthwise vertical edge and said second lengthwise vertical edge, said second strip of stretchable material attached to said second lengthwise vertical edge of said flat top sheet and said second bottom sheet corner to form a second stretchable corner that connects said flat top sheet and said flat bottom sheet and allows both said flat top sheet and said flat bottom sheet to expand in said direction of said mattress thickness to accommodate said plurality of mattress thicknesses and provide foot space at said foot end of said mattress adjacent to said second corner of said mattress.