Patent Publication Number: US-2023142740-A1

Title: Mattress Covering Device

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relate to covering devices and more particularly pertains to a new covering device for freshening a room. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a sheet that is configured to position over and to couple to a mattress. A pad is coupled to an underside of the sheet. The pad is scented and is configured to freshen a room in which the mattress is positioned. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG.  1    is an isometric perspective view of a mattress covering device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS.  1  through  3    thereof, a new covering device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS.  1  through  3   , the mattress covering device  10  generally comprises a sheet  12  that is configured to position over and to couple to a mattress  14 . The sheet  12  comprises fabric or the like. The sheet  12  comprises a shell  16  that is substantially rectangularly box shaped and which defines an interior space  18 , as shown in  FIG.  1   . The shell  16  has intersections  20  defined by opposing sides  22  and opposing ends  24  of the shell  16 . The intersections  20  are arcuate so that the intersections  20  are complementary to corners  26  of the mattress  14 . 
     An opening  28  is positioned in a bottom  30  of the shell  16  and defines a lip  32 , as shown in  FIG.  2   . The opening  28  is configured to insert the mattress  14  into the interior space  18  so that the lip  32  extends over a lower perimeter  34  of the mattress  14  to couple the shell  16  to the mattress  14 . The opening  28  is substantially rectangularly shaped. 
     A pad  36  is coupled to an underside  38  of the sheet  12 , as shown in  FIG.  3   . The pad  36  is scented and is configured to freshen a room in which the mattress  14  is positioned. 
     A panel  40  is coupled to and extends between the opposing ends  24  and the opposing sides  22  of the shell  16 , proximate to a top  42  of the shell  16 , to define an internal space  44 . The pad  36  is positioned in and substantially occupies the internal space  44 . 
     Each of plurality of couplers  46  is coupled to the sheet  12  proximate to a respective edge corner  48  of the sheet  12 . The couplers  46  are configured to couple the sheet  12  to the mattress  14  so that the sheet  12  extends over an upper face  50  of the mattress  14 . 
     Each coupler  46  comprises a band  52  that is coupled to the lip  32  proximate to a circumference  54  of the opening  28  and a respective intersection  20 , as shown in  FIG.  2   . The band  52  comprises elastomer, or the like, so that the band  52  is resiliently stretchable. The band  52  is configured to be stretched to insert the mattress  14  through the opening  28  into the interior space  18  and to rebound to couple the shell  16  to the mattress  14 . 
     In use, the sheet  12  is positioned over the mattress  14  so that the bands  52  that are positioned on the lip  32  extend over the lower perimeter  34  of the mattress  14  to couple the shell  16  to the mattress  14 . The pad  36 , which is scented, freshens the room in which the mattress  14  is positioned. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.