Mattress Protector and Method to Wrap a Mattress with the Same |
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申请号 | US14931977 | 申请日 | 2015-11-04 | 公开(公告)号 | US20160128499A1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2016-05-12 |
申请人 | JUN HONG CORPORATION; | 发明人 | Wun-Jyun Jhou; | ||||
摘要 | A mattress protector includes an upper layer, a lower layer, a side layer linking edges of the upper and lower layers, and a plurality of joint members. The side layer has a top periphery and a bottom periphery, which abut the upper and lower layers, respectively. Each joint member deployed around the side layer is spaced from the top periphery of the side layer by a distinct distance. A section of the side layer can be double folded in a height direction for development of a first folding portion and a second folding portion. The mattress protector is able to tightly wrap a mattress featuring a distinct thickness when the joint members join the side layer to fix the first and second folding portions of the side layer. The present invention further provides a method to wrap a mattress with the mattress protector. | ||||||
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说明书全文 | 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mattress protector and, more particularly, to a mattress protector for securely wrapping a mattress which features a distinct thickness. 2. Description of the Related Art In general, a mattress is wrapped with a mattress protector (a bedspread or a bed blanket) because a smeared mattress is not cleaned easily and directly. To tightly wrap commercially available mattresses featuring different thicknesses (highness), a mattress protector should be manufactured for thicknesses of mattresses particularly. Against this background, a mattress protector is unavailable to all domestic mattresses with distinct specifications or models. In addition, a buyer who purchases a mattress protector needs to specify the thickness of a mattress; otherwise, a purchased mattress protector will not match realistic requirements. Thus, an objective of the present invention is to provide a mattress protector which is used to tightly wrap mattresses featuring distinct thicknesses for effects of universality and interchangeability. Moreover, the present invention provides a method to tightly wrap a mattress featuring distinct thicknesses with the mattress protector. To achieve this and other objectives, a mattress protector of the present invention includes an upper layer, a lower layer, and a side layer linking edges of the upper and lower layers. The side layer includes a top periphery and a bottom periphery spaced from the top periphery in a height direction of the side layer, with the top and bottom peripheries respectively abutting the upper and lower layers. The mattress protector further includes a plurality of first joint members provided on a circumference of the side layer. Each of the first joint members is spaced from the top periphery of the side layer in the height direction. A section of the side layer between the first joint members and the top periphery in the height direction is capable of being relatively folded for development of a first folding portion and a second folding portion. The first and second folding portions are connected to each other with the first joint members engaged on the side layer, so that the mattress protector is adapted to tightly wrap a mattress featuring a distinct thickness. The present invention also provides a method to wrap a mattress with the mattress protector which comprises providing a mattress protector which includes an upper layer, a lower layer, a side layer linking edges of the upper and lower layers, and a plurality of first joint members, with the side layer including a top periphery and a bottom periphery spaced from the top periphery in a height direction of the side layer, with the top and bottom peripheries respectively abutting the upper and lower layers, with the first joint members provided on a circumference of the side layer, with each of the first joint members spaced from the top periphery of the side layer in the height direction; placing a mattress in the mattress protector, with a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral surface of the mattress respectively wrapped with the upper layer, the lower layer and the side layer of the mattress protector; folding a section of the side layer between the first joint members and the top periphery or the bottom periphery in the height direction for development of a first folding portion and a second folding portion, with the first joint members provided on the first folding portion; and engaging the first joint members with the side layer to fix the first and second folding portions. In a preferred form, a protrudent edge portion is designed along the circumference of the side layer and between the top and bottom peripheries of the side layer, with the first joint members located above or below the protrudent edge portion in the height direction. The present invention will become clearer in light of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments of this invention described in connection with the drawings. The illustrative embodiments may best be described by reference to the accompanying drawings where: A mattress protector 20 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in The mattress protector 20 includes an upper layer (bed surface layer) 24, a lower layer 26, and a side layer 28 linking edges of the upper and lower layers 24 and 26. Preferably, the upper and lower layers 24 and 26 are made of fabrics. The side layer 28 includes a top periphery 30 and a bottom periphery 32 spaced from the top periphery 30 in a height direction of the side layer 28, and the top and bottom peripheries 30 and 32 respectively abut the upper and lower layers 24 and 26. The mattress protector 20 further includes an opening 34 from which the mattress 22 can be placed in the mattress protector 20. At the opening 34 is provided with a zipper 36 by which the opening 34 is controllably opened or closed ( The mattress protector 20 further includes a plurality of first joint members 40. In this embodiment, each of the first joint members 40 is a fastener with a plurality of hook portions 42 at both sides thereof (see The first joint members 40 spaced from one another are deployed along a circumference of the side layer 28 and located above the protrudent edge portion 38. Preferably, the first joint members 40 are accordant to the side layer 28 in height. Further, each of the first joint members 40 is spaced from the top periphery 30 (or the bottom periphery 32) of the side layer 28 by a distinct distance, so that a section of the side layer 28 between the first joint members 40 and the top periphery 30 (or the bottom periphery 32) of the side layer 28 can be relatively folded for development of a first folding portion 46 and a second folding portion 48 (see The present invention further provides a method to wrap a mattress, which includes providing the mattress protector 20 and placing a mattress 22 in the mattress protector 20 with a top surface 50, a bottom surface 52 and a peripheral surface 54 of the mattress 22 respectively wrapped by the upper layer 24, the lower layer 26 and the side layer 28 of the mattress protector 20, and with four corners of the mattress protector 20 aligned with four corners of the mattress 22 ( The mattress protector 20 of the present invention, which matches a mattress's distinct thickness with the height of the side layer 28 adjusted, is characteristic of secure wrapping effect by which the mattress protector 20 covered on the mattress 22 keeps a smooth bed surface neither slippery nor loose. Moreover, the protrudent edge portion 38 contributes to double folding and linking the first and second folding portions 46, 48 conveniently. Specifically, the protrudent edge portion 38, which is a benchmark to double fold the first and second folding portions 46 and 48, can be gripped by a user double folding the first and second folding portions 46, 48 for easy adjustment of the side layer 28 in height. Furthermore, when the mattress protector 20 needs to be cleaned in a washing machine, each first joint member 40 (a fastener with a plurality of hook portions 42 at both sides), which is randomly and easily separated from as well as flexibly and repeatedly attached to the side layer 28, can be removed, and fabrics of the upper layer 24 or the lower layer 26 are not wound by a hook side on the two-sided fastener for easy cleaning. The scope of the invention is to be indicated by the appended claims, rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein. |