Patent ID: 6948207
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A mattress cover comprising a mattress covering material having an opening therein defined by first and second side edges of said mattress covering material a zip fastener comprising first and second halves attached respectively to the first and second side edges and adapted to close said opening, and a cover flap formed integrally with said mattress covering material, wherein (a) the first side edge is defined by first and second juxtaposed layers of the mattress covering material linked by a first fold in the mattress covering material and which layers are joined together along a region spaced apart from said first fold by a first non-puncturing join, (b) the second half of said zip fastener is secured to said second side edge of the mattress covering material by means of a non-punctured joint, (c) the first half of the zip fastener is attached to the first side edge in a region between said first fold and said first non-puncturing join, and (d) the cover flap comprises third and fourth juxtaposed layers of said mattress covering material linked at a leading edge by a second fold, said third layer depending from said first non-puncturing join, and a terminal edge of said fourth layer being joined to said first side edge by a second non-puncturing join in a region between said first fold and said region in which the first half of the zip fastener is attached to the first side edge.