Patent ID: 7530124

Claim:
A fitted mattress covering being one of a fitted sheet, fitted mattress pad and other fitted bed clothing for a mattress, said covering comprising, a fabric body having a top portion, side portions and end portions, said side and end portions having lower edge portions defined by fabric from said side or end portions terminating at a lower edge, a cloth binding including an inner inverted J-shaped portion and an outer mirror-image inverted J-shaped or U-shaped portion for ensuring that a visible area of said side portions has virtually no wrinkles to thereby provide a neat and secure fit on the mattress, each of said J-shaped or U-shaped portions being made of a fabric material folded upwards to a first length and folded downwards to a second length, said first length being greater than said second length, said side and end portion lower edges joining one another to form a continuous lower edge of the covering, an elastic binding being disposed under said downwards folded portion of said inner J-shaped or U-shaped portion and being thereby partially enclosed by said downwards folded portion to prevent said elastic binding from becoming loose, said elastic binding extending at least partially along the length of said lower edge of the covering, said elastic and cloth bindings being secured to said lower edge portions by stitching, an elastic band disposed at each corner of the covering, each band extending diagonally across the associated corner and having opposite ends secured adjacent one of said side portions and adjacent one of said adjacent end portions such that a portion of said cloth binding is sandwiched between said elastic binding and said elastic band, respectively, said bands being secured in place by at least one of said stitching and by supplementary securing means to ensure that the bands do not pull away from the covering.