Patent ID: 10820713

Abstract:
A gather-fitted bedding placement apparatus and method for easy installation and removal, and prevention of slippage during use, of gather-fitted bedding upon a bed mattress. The apparatus has a semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit of a size corresponding to the standard minimum depth of the bed mattress, a bottom lip formed along the bottom edge of the semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit, at least one curve-enabling notch in the central portion of the bottom lip, to enable bending of the semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit to conform to the corner of the mattress, a bottom-lip curved-corner portion formed by such bending, and at least one tab cutout through the semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit. The method is practiced by using a gather-fitted bedding placement apparatus at each corner of the mattress, placing the bent semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit underneath and inside of a corner of the gather-fitted bedding, with the gathered edge of the bedding wrapped around the bottom lip and the bottom-lip curved-corner portion, with the gathered edge resting on the top or inner surface of the bottom lip and the bottom-lip curved-corner portion, manually pushing the semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit and the fitted bedding downward over the bed mattress for installation, or manually pulling upward for removal, using the tab cutouts or the bottom lip as gripping points, where the low-friction inner face of the semi-flexible friction-calibrated sheet-material unit provides smooth downward and upward pushing for installation and removal, and the bottom lip and the bottom-lip curved-corner portion hold the gather-fitted bedding in place underneath the bed mattress during the period between installation and removal.