Patent ID: 7007325

Claim:
A method for fitting bedding to a mattress in a fixed, taut position, said method comprising: providing a side surface of a mattress integrally formed with an interconnectable fastening means, wherein said fastening means comprises pairs of interconnectable bands of a two-sided, hooks-and-loops type material, and wherein the outward surface of said side surface exposes a loops side; providing bedding having double bands of said interconnectable fastening means fixedly attached along stretching bands on at least three sides of said bedding, wherein said double bands comprise adjacent hooks side fastening means and loops side fastening means; stretching and drawing a first component of said bedding over said side surface of said mattress; attaching said first component to said fastening means on said mattress in a removable attachment; stretching and drawing a second component of said bedding over said side surface of said mattress; attaching said second component to said fastening means on said mattress in a removable attachment at a point below that of said first component; and repeating said stretching, drawing, and attaching steps in sequential order for additional components of said bedding as needed, each additional component being attached in a stepped position extending below the attachment of a prior component of said bedding on said side surface.