Patent ID: 8365361
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A laundry retainer for bed sheets to prevent entanglement with smaller items in a mixed load of laundry in a washer or dryer comprising a resilient base plate with a top and a bottom and a side edge, at least four clothes clips substantially equally spaced about the periphery of the base plate, said clips having a first end capable of gripping and retaining a side edge of a sheet and a second end whereby the clip is attached to the base plate with the first end facing outwardly, each of the clips pivotally attached to the base plate and having limited movement between a plane substantially parallel to the top of the base plate with the first end facing outwardly and a plane substantially normal thereto with the first end facing upwardly when the bed sheet is tumbled in the washer or dryer, whereby when said laundry retainer is attached to the four side edges of the bed sheet, the laundry retainer draws the side edges together to form a generally closed mouth bag in which smaller items in a mixed load are less likely to become entangled.