Patent ID: 8635724

Claim:
A bed sheet connecting apparatus comprising: a fitted bottom bed sheet having corner elastic portions for gripping the bottom bed sheet to a bed or mattress or cushion, the fitted bottom bed sheet having a head end portion opposite a foot end portion, the head end portion and foot end portion arranged to overlie vertical end walls of a mattress; a top bed sheet having a head end opposite a foot end, the top bed sheet having a rectangular perimeter; the bottom bed sheet having a row of buttons sewn thereon on the foot end portion that overlie the vertical end wall of the mattress at a foot end thereof; the top bed sheet having a row of button holes near the foot end thereof; the row of buttons and the row of button holes each positioned on the respective bottom bed sheet and top bed sheet for aligning the top bed sheet on the bottom bed sheet, and for connecting the top bed sheet to the bottom bed sheet; and wherein the lengthwise location of the head end portion of the top bed sheet is pre-set by the connection of buttons of the row of buttons and button holes of the row of button holes, the location of the head end portion of the top bed sheet compatible with a desired fold over length of the top bed sheet at the head end portion, and wherein a folded edge of the top bed sheet, when the top sheet is folded over according to the desired fold over length is located at a distance from a head end of the mattress to allow a bed pillow to be placed between the folded edge of the top bed sheet and the head end of the mattress; wherein the row of buttons is a first row of buttons, and the apparatus comprises a second row of buttons located near an end opposite the end having the first row of buttons.