Patent ID: 6971129

Claim:
A bed skirt having an adjustable nominal hanging length for use with a bed having at least one mattress and box-spring, said bed skirt comprising: at least one separate side panel including a non-slip portion and a hanging portion, said non-slip portion being formed as an integral extension of said hanging portion and being insertable and retainable between the mattress and the box-spring at a plurality of locations to cover a first surface area of a generally horizontal surface of the box-spring and to enable adjustment of the hanging length of said hanging portion, said non-slip portion of said side panel and said hanging portion have substantially the same fabric thickness, and said non-slip portion of said side panel being retainable between the mattress and the box-spring only by means of a fabric interaction between a top surface of said non-slip portion of said side panel and the mattress and between a bottom surface of said non-slip portion of said side panel and the box-spring; and at least one separate end panel including a non-slip portion and a hanging portion, said non-slip portion of said end panel being formed as an integral extension of said hanging portion of said end panel and being insertable and retainable between the mattress and the box-spring at a plurality of locations to cover a second surface area of the generally horizontal surface of the box-spring and to enable adjustment of the hanging length of said hanging portion of said end panel, said non-slip portion of said end panel and said hanging portion of said end panel have substantially the same fabric thickness, and said non-slip portion of said end panel being retainable between the mattress and the box-spring only by means of a fabric interaction between a top surface of said non-slip portion of said end panel and the mattress and between a bottom surface of said non-slip portion of said end panel and the box-spring, wherein when said non-slip portion of each side panel and each end panel is inserted between the mattress and the box-spring and retained therein, the first and second surface areas being substantially different from each other such that the first surface area does not substantially overlap the second surface area, the combined surface areas of the first and second surface areas is less than the total surface area of the generally horizontal surface, and said hanging portion of each side panel and each end panel hangs adjacent the box-spring and forms said bed skirt thereon, and wherein said hanging length being adjustable by shifting said non-slip portions of said side and end panels relative to a top surface of the box-spring.