Patent ID: 8347431

Claim:
A pillow holder for use with a mattress and a pillow, the mattress having an upper end, comprising: a) a sheet of material having first and second opposing ends, first and second opposing sides, and upper and lower surfaces, said sheet being substantially rectangular; b) a fold line extending transversely across said sheet from said first side to said second side of said sheet, said fold line being disposed about ⅓ of the distance from said second end to said first end as measured from said second end, wherein said fold line is formed when said second end of said sheet is folded back toward said first end of said sheet so that an enclosure is formed for removably receiving the pillow therein, said enclosure having and upper and lower facing surfaces; c) strips of mating hook and loop material being disposed on each said first and second side of said inner surface of said upper and lower facing surfaces of said enclosure for removably joining said sides of said enclosure so that the pillow can be removably disposed in said enclosure, said strips on both said facing surfaces terminating at one end of said strips adjacent said second end of said sheet when folded so that said second end of said sheet substantially closes off an open end of said enclosure with said pillow enclosed without use of closure material along said second end of said sheet and between said strips; d) first and second straps extending laterally from said first and second sides of said sheet not directly attached to said enclosure, each said strap having an end thereon, each said end having a piece of hook and loop material thereon, said first and second straps being disposed adjacent said first end of said sheet so that when said first end of said sheet wraps around the upper end of the mattress so as to encompass part of the mattress, said first and second straps are disposed proximate to said first end of said sheet; and, e) a piece of hook and loop material being disposed on each corner of said upper surface of said first end of said sheet so that when said first end of said sheet wraps around the upper end of the mattress so as to encompass part of the mattress said pieces of hook and loop material on said straps and said sheet mate to each other and said first and second straps are disposed over the sides of the mattress so as to removably secure said sheet to the mattress.