Patent ID: 7698759

Claim:
A bed sheet securing assembly, said assembly releasably coupling a bed sheet to a bed frame, said assembly comprising: a clamp being removably attachable to the bed sheet, said clamp including a first plate and a second plate, each of said first and second plates having a first side, a second side, a back edge and a front edge, a biasing member being attached to each of said back edges of said plates and biasing said first side of said first plate against said second side of said second plate, said biasing member extending away from said back edges and rearward of said first and second plates; a tether being attached to said clamp, said tether being removably couplable to the bed frame by tying said tether to the bed frame; an opening apparatus being removably engaged with said clamp and being actuated to open said clamp, said opening apparatus engaging said back edges to extend said biasing member into said opening apparatus; and said opening apparatus includes a pair of arms having a first end and a second end, said arms being pivotally coupled together between associated ones of said first and second ends, each of said arms having a bend therein and said second ends being spaced from each other and urging said first ends away from each other when said second ends are moved toward each other, each of said first ends having at least one rod attached thereto, said at least one rod being extendable into corresponding apertures in said back edges of said first and second plates to releasably couple each of said arms to one of said first and second plates, said first and second plates being moved away from each other when said second ends of said arms are moved toward each other.