Patent ID: 6892404

Claim:
A top sheet for a mattress having a top surface, a bottom surface, a head end, a foot end, a right side and a left side, the sheet comprising: a top portion that extends over the top surface of the mattress; a right side flap extending from the top surface of the mattress downwardly over the right side of the mattress; a left side flap extending from the top surface of the mattress downwardly over the left side of the mattress; a foot pocket further comprising a foot end face panel extending downwardly from the top surface of the mattress over the foot end of the mattress, a foot tuck panel that is tucked beneath the bottom surface of the mattress, a right side corner panel being joined to the foot end face panel at a vertical edge and the top portion at a horizontal edge to thereby define a three sided corner covering portions of the top surface of the mattress, the right side of the mattress and the foot end of the mattress, and a left side corner panel being joined to the foot end face panel at a vertical edge and the top portion at a horizontal edge to thereby define a three sided corner covering portions of the top surface of the mattress, the left side of the mattress, and the foot end of the mattress, wherein the right and left side corner panels locate the sheet on the foot end of the mattress; and a right edge reinforcement and a left edge reinforcement, wherein the right edge reinforcement is an L-shaped member that is attached to the top portion of the sheet near the foot end of the mattress and is also attached to a foot end edge of the right side flap, and the left edge reinforcement is an L-shaped member that is attached to the top portion of the sheet near the foot end of the mattress and is also attached to a foot end edge of the left side flap.