Knitted Bed Sheets With Ventilation Ports for Heat and Moisture Release

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional bed sheets trap heat and moisture, disrupting body temperature regulation and preventing restful sleep due to their material properties.

Innovation Solution

Development of bed sheets made from a circular knitted performance fabric with ventilation ports, allowing heat and moisture to dissipate, featuring specific physical features such as air permeability, material content, and gauge per square inch to enhance breathability and comfort.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If conventional bed sheets are made from traditional materials, then the fabric provides basic coverage and comfort, but heat and moisture are trapped between the fitted sheet and flat sheet

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesleep surface temperatureVSAvoidheat and moisture trapping

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bed sheets incorporate a porous layer with interconnected pores that allow heat and moisture to escape. This porous structure is integrated into the fabric construction, enabling thermal and moisture management while maintaining the sheet's structural integrity and comfort properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The bed sheets are constructed as composite structures combining multiple fabric layers with different functional properties. The composite design includes moisture-wicking layers, breathable layers, and porous layers working together to manage heat and moisture, providing superior temperature regulation compared to single-material sheets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Ease of operation

If the flat bed sheet material is selected for comfort and coverage, then the sheet provides adequate protection and softness, but the material properties cause heat and moisture retention

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomfort and softnessVSAvoidmoisture trapping

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bed sheets incorporate a porous layer with interconnected pores that allow heat and moisture to escape. This porous structure is integrated into the fabric construction, enabling thermal and moisture management while maintaining the sheet's structural integrity and comfort properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The bed sheets are constructed as composite structures combining multiple fabric layers with different functional properties. The composite design includes moisture-wicking layers, breathable layers, and porous layers working together to manage heat and moisture, providing superior temperature regulation compared to single-material sheets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

3Ease of manufacture

If conventional sheets use standard fabric construction, then manufacturing is simple and cost-effective, but the sheets lack breathability and temperature regulation capabilities

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefabric construction simplicityVSAvoidbody temperature regulation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The bed sheets incorporate a porous layer with interconnected pores that allow heat and moisture to escape. This porous structure is integrated into the fabric construction, enabling thermal and moisture management while maintaining the sheet's structural integrity and comfort properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The bed sheets are constructed as composite structures combining multiple fabric layers with different functional properties. The composite design includes moisture-wicking layers, breathable layers, and porous layers working together to manage heat and moisture, providing superior temperature regulation compared to single-material sheets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution provides a breathable sleep surface that regulates body temperature, preventing sweating and discomfort, thereby promoting restful sleep by allowing heat and moisture to dissipate effectively.

Implementation Method 1

The bed sheets are made from a performance fabric that allows heat and moisture that radiates from the sleeper's body to dissipate through the fitted bed sheet and/or the flat bed sheet

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 2

The performance fabric is a circular knitted performance fabric having a plurality of spaced apart ventilation ports... allowing heat and moisture to dissipate

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Implementation Method 3

The circular knitted performance fabric has a gauge per square inch, grams per square meter, air permeability and material content that are pre-selected to provide the circular knitted performance fabric with one or more selected physical features

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectConvection: Convection

Data Source

PatentEP3448209B1Performance bed sheets

Publication Date: 2023.12.27 BEDGEAR LLC

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AI summary

A bed sheet is provided that includes a knitted performance fabric having a plurality of spaced apart ventilation ports (56). The knitted performance fabric has a gauge per square inch, grams per square meter, air permeability and material content that are pre-selected to provide the knitted performance fabric with one or more selected physical features.