Bedding having no foot-end corners

Abstract

Improved bedding, more particularly institutional and hotel top and / or bottom sheets and blankets having a specially contoured foot section that provides for faster changing, ease of tucking under a mattress, and less pressure on the feet of the occupant (sleeper) or bed-ridden patient. The best mode embodiment comprises a bedding sheet or blanket having the foot-end, or / and the head end corners cut away, and those edged secured with binding tape, selvage edge sewing or the like to prevent raveling or tearing at the juncture of the cuts. For a top sheet or blanket, only the foot corners are cut away, and for a bottom sheet both the foot and head ends are cut away. The resulting bedding can be tucked without extra, folded-over bedding in the corner tuck.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This is the Regular U.S. Application of Provisional Application 60 / 507,989 filed on Oct 1, 2003 under the same title by the same inventor, the benefit and priority of which application is claimed under 35 US Code §§119, 120 et seq.FIELD [0002] The invention relates to bedding, and more particularly to institutional and hotel top and / or bottom sheets and blankets having a specially contoured foot section that provides for faster changing, ease of tucking under a mattress, and less pressure on the feet of the occupant (sleeper) or bed-ridden patient. BACKGROUND [0003] Conventional bedding (sheets and blankets) have long been tucked under and around mattresses to confine the feet of the occupant(s) of the bed while keeping them snug and warm. However, changing bedding is a chore, at best, as it typically requires securing the bedding by tucking it underneath the end of a raised mattress, making the corner pleats, tucking in the sides, and f...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] Accordingly, there is a need in the field for an improved design for sheets and blankets that allows for easy orientation of the bedding o

Problems solved by technology

However, changing bedding is a chore, at best, as it typically requires securing the bedding by tucking it underneath the end of a raised mattress, making the corner pleats, tucking in the sides, and finally lowering the mattress back into place.

This lifting / folding / tucking maneuver is even more difficult when the mattress is surrounded by a deep bed frame or is the upper bunk of a bunk bed.

Changing sheets is viewed as a difficult, time-consuming, and back-wrenching chore.

In institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, there are a significant number of employee injuries related to this work, leading to employer costs for lost time and workers compensation claims.

Another difficulty with changing bedding is orienting the bedding properly over the mattress to determine which end goes to the foot of the mattress, as opposed to the head of the mattress, and how far each side of the bedding should fall laterally and longitudinally across the mattress edges so that the sheets or blankets are even on each side.

Uneven blankets or sheets result in migration to one side during sleep which results in loss of sleep.

Finally, the tucked foot corners of the top sheet and blanket results in pressure on patients or the elderly.

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