Comforter for child's bed

A comforter adapted to cover a mattress and which is formed of a quilted fabric that extends over the sides and foot end of a mattress and having a seam at the corners of the foot end of the mattress. The comforter has a fabric bottom section fastened to the quilted fabric at the end and detachably secured to the sides of the quilted fabric so that the lower third of the comforter is designed for holding the comforter onto the mattress. The detachable sides may have zippers or other fasteners.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
The invention relates to a comforter for a bed and, more particularly, to a 
quilted comforter boxed at the foot end and having a plain fabric bottom 
section extending one third the length of the comforter and fixedly 
attached to the foot end and detachably secured to the sides of the 
comforter. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
This comforter is made from quilted fabric with the batting enclosed. 
Typically, this will be 90 inches long and 60 to 75 inches wide, designed 
to fit over a mattress for these beds that is typically 75 inches long 
from head to the foot of the mattress and 40 to 54 inches wide. This 
leaves 9 inches overhang on the sides and about the same at the foot of 
the mattress. 
A cut is made in the quilted fabric at the foot of the quilted fabric at 
the corners so that the cuts may be sewn together to form a fitted end 
that will box in the mattress at the foot of the bed. A plain fabric 
bottom extends one third the length of the comforter and is detachably 
secured at its sides thereto.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
In FIG. 1 of the drawings, 10 shows a typical bunk bed for the comforter of 
the present invention. The purpose is to fasten the comforter to the 
mattress over a fitted sheet, not shown. A lower mattress is shown at 11 
and an upper mattress at 12. A cut away section is shown at 13 to 
illustrate how the mattresses are constructed. 
FIG. 2 shows a top view of a mattress like those of FIG. 1, and is 
designated by the numeral 16. 
FIG. 3 shows a schematic view with a portion cut out of the new comforter 
as it would be positioned over a mattress. The foot of the comforter is 
seamed at 18 and 19 so that it boxes the mattress. Sections 9 inches wide 
are seamed at 18 and 19. One side is shown at 29. 
FIG. 4 shows the underside of the comforter with a fabric piece 20 about 
one third the length of the comforter. The fabric piece 20 is fixedly 
attached to one end of the quilted fabric at 21 and the sides of the 
fabric piece 20 are detachably secured to the sides of the comforter at 24 
and 25 by zipper fasteners at 26 and 27 extending along the sides. 
In assembly on the mattress, the fabric piece 20 is slipped under the 
mattress from the foot and then zipped up to hold it to the sides, such as 
at 29. The opposite side 30 holds the other side with a zipper 26. Other 
fasteners such as buttons or hook and loops which are well known also 
could be used. Longitudinal pleats 31 and 32 are provided in fabric piece 
20 and which allow foot room for the child. This provides 12 inches of 
room for the feet if they are upright. 
This disclosure is to be construed broadly but the attached claims are the 
measure of the invention.