Bedding
Patent 4100632 Issued on July 18, 1978. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 30, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 30, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2096913 2202582 2769184 2979737 3284816 InventorApplicationNo. 05/718837 filed on 08/30/1976US Classes:5/496, Having manipulable fastening means5/498And means to hold clothes in position on bedExaminersPrimary: Downey, KennethInternational ClassesA47C 21/02 (20060101)A47C 21/00 (20060101) AbstractBedding and the means for securing it for use with a bed with headboard and footboard so that the mattress never need be lifted to make the bed or to strip it. The bottom sheet is the size of the top of the mattress, with a hem at the headboard end and a hem at the footboard end to accommodate a rod. The rod, with a protruding external wedge at each end, fits into one of several slots in an adjusting plate mounted at each outer edge of the headboard and footboard members at the area of the mattress, with the wedges on the rod fitting into corresponding notches in the slots in the adjusting plate to hold the sheet under tension. A similar rod with similar wedges is accommodated in a hem at the footboard end of the top sheet and a similar rod with similar wedges is accommodated in a hem at the footboard end of other bedclothing and fitted securely in other slots and notches in the adjusting plates mounted at the outer edges of the footboard member to hold the main body of these bedding items in place on top of the mattress.Field of SearchBedstead braces | |
