FR2566256A1 - BED LINEN SET - Google Patents

Abstract

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A BED LINEN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A BOTTOM SHEET AND A TOP SHEET, INTENDED TO EDGE A BED MATTRESS AND EACH SHAPED AS A RECTANGULAR GENERALLY SHAPE. THE BOTTOM SHEET 10 AND THE TOP SHEET 12 ARE JOINED BETWEEN THEM ON A FLAP 16 INTENDED TO EDGE THE MATTRESS 14 ON THE SIDE OF THE BED FOOT.

Description

FLAHAULT Aff.1

Set of bed linen.

  The present invention relates to household linen and,

  more specifically, bed linen.

  Traditionally, bed linen is made up of essen-

  a sheet of cloth underneath intended to fit on a mattress,

  bordering it on four sides, and a sheet from above

  designed to fit on the bottom sheet bordering the mate-

  las on three sides, the fourth side being intended to form

  a return near the headboard.

  The bottom sheet may be a conventional sheet commonly called "flat sheet", that is to say, a piece of fabric of rectangular shape, or a "fitted sheet", that is to say a piece of fabric of generally rectangular shape, the four corners of which are cup-shaped and each provided with an elastic element or a cord to ensure a tight fit

  bottom sheet around the mattress. Such a fitted sheet

  has four flaps that allow you to tuck the mattress, but

  in a more limited way than in the case of a classic sheet.

  Such bedlinen sets have a certain number of

  disadvantages, first of all in their confection and

  then at the level of their use.

  Indeed, given the different sizes of mattresses and standards or habits that vary from one country to another, the sheets must be made in a range of dimensions, which inevitably leads to falling cloth, because these past are available in a small number of widths, the width being defined as the

  width of the fabric between its two edges.

  From the point of view of use, the implementation of a set of classic bed linen is relatively long because it must first put up the bottom sheet, then the top sheet taking care to properly border

the mattress each time.

  If the use of the fitted sheet has certain advantages,

  in particular a saving of time in the implementation of

  it is none the less true that these sheets are pre-

  feel some inconveniences that we do not find with

the classic sheets.

  Thus, the presence of cups with elastic elements

  ticks or cords has the effect of forming gathered parts in the corners of the fitted sheets. As a result, these sheets are more difficult to wash, to iron, to fold

  and tidy up as the usual sheets.

  The present invention avoids these disadvantages by providing a set of bed linen ready to install on a mattress and comprising a bottom sheet and a top sheet integral with one another, which however offers the same qualities of comfort than a set of classic bedlinen. It also makes it possible to produce bed linen sets suitable for beds of different dimensions with the same width of fabric, without thereby involving

falls at the confection level.

  The present invention relates more particularly to a set of bed linen comprising a bottom sheet and a top sheet, intended to border a bed and each formed

  a piece of fabric of generally rectangular shape.

  According to the essential characteristic of the invention, the bottom sheet and the top sheet are joined together on a flap for tying the mattress on the side of the foot

bed.

  As a result, there is thus obtained a bed assembly in which the bottom sheet and the top sheet are

  permanently attached to each other.

  Advantageously, the bottom sheet and the top sheet are joined together along one of their transverse free edges, the footboard flap thus being in double thickness. However, nothing prevents the transverse free edge of the top sheet from being gathered on the flap of the footboard,

  away from the free edge of the bottom sheet.

  In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the

  bedding fabric includes a footboard flap and a headboard flap each made in the form of a

pocket that can be turned over.

  More particularly, the pocket forming a foot flap of

  bed can be returned from an unused position

  where it is folded over the bottom sheet and the top sheet to a position of use where it is folded to border the mattress, said pocket being folded

  following a fold line parallel to the free edge

  bottom of the bottom sheet and the top sheet and being sewn with the longitudinal free edges of the sheet

  underneath and top sheet, between the free trans-

  foot step and the aforementioned fold line.

  The pocket forming the headboard flap can be returned from an unused position where it is folded over the bottom sheet to a position of use where it is folded to border the mattress, said pocket being folded along a fold line parallel to the transverse free edge of the head of the bottom sheet and being sewn with the longitudinal free edges of the sheet from below, between the

  transverse free edge of the head and the aforementioned fold line.

  The distance between the fold line of the headboard flap and the fold line of the footboard flap

  is substantially equal to the length of the mattress.

  In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the footboard flap and the headboard flap are each provided, near their respective transverse free edges, elastic means tending to reduce the width of the corresponding pocket and to stretch the set of bed linen

  on the mattress when this pocket is in the position of use

  tion. In this preferred embodiment, the assembly further comprises two side flaps joined to the footboard flap and the headboard flap by diagonally seams to form cups at the four corners of the set, when the pockets forming the footboard and headboard flaps are in their position of use where they

line the mattress.

  In another embodiment of the invention, the sheet

  from below is conformed itself in fitted sheet.

  In the context of the invention, the term "fabric" means all woven or non-woven materials used.

  in the manufacture of bed sheets.

  Other features and advantages of the invention will be

  better understood by reading the detailed description which

  follows, given by way of illustration only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is a top view of a set of bed linen according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, this set of linen bed being disposed flat on a mattress, prior to the curling operation; - Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of Figure 1; - Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 2, wherein the set of bed linen is in curling position around the mattress; FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the placement of the bed linen set of FIG. 1 on a mattress during the curling operation; FIG. 5 is a partial view from above of the flap of

  headboard of the whole of Figure 1, showing more

  particularly the elastic means associated with this flap; and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a set of bed linen according to another embodiment of the invention, in which the bottom sheet is shaped in

fitted sheet.

  The set of bed linen shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a bottom sheet 10 and a top sheet 12 for bordering a bed mattress 14 whose rectangular contour is shown in dashed lines in Figure 1. The two sheets 10 and 12 are each formed of a piece of fabric of generally rectangular shape, both

  pieces of fabric having the same length and width.

  The length of the pieces of fabric is greater than the length of the mattress 14 to make it possible to produce a footboard flap 16 and a headboard flap 18 intended to border the mattress respectively on the side of the foot of the bed and on the side of the bed. the headboard. As will be explained in detail below, the flaps-16 and 18 are shown in an unused position in FIGS. 1 and 2, that is to say in a position where they are brought flat on the mattress,

  while they are represented in a position of use

  FIG. 3, where the flaps 16 and 18 line the

mattress 14.

  The sheets 10 and 12 are joined together on the flap 16 and, more specifically, along one of their transverse free edges, namely the footboard 20 which is common to the two sheets 10 and 12. The meeting of the sheets 10

  and 12 along this common edge is made by

  22 which extends over the entire width of the set of bed linen, that is to say between two points 24 and 26 disposed respectively on the longitudinal edges 28 and the set of bed linen. The flap 16 thus has a double thickness, as shown more particularly

Figure 2.

  On the other hand, the flap 18 is a flap of simple thickness whose transverse free edge corresponds to the transverse free edge 32 of the headboard of the undercloth 10.

  free-transverse headboard edge of the top sheet 12-

  is indicated by reference 34. As shown in the figures

  1 to 3, the sheet 12 is folded, in the vicinity of the headboard, along a fold line 36 to form a return

  Directed to the foot of the bed and bounded by the

  you. The position of the fold line 36 can be chosen at will to form a desired length of return,

  as with a classic top sheet.

  The length of the fabric constituting the sheet 10, as well as the length of the fabric constituting the sheet 12, must be

  longer than the length of the mattress to allow

  flaps 16 and 18, while the width of these fabrics must be greater than the width of the mattress to allow two side flaps 40 and 42 to be made.

  The invention provides that the length of the two fabrics constitutes

  killing the sheets 10 and 12 respectively corresponds to the width of the fabric used to make the sheets. it

  means, in other words, that the free transverse edges

  32 and 20 of the sheet 10, as well as the free edges

  versaux 34 and 20 of the sheet 12 will correspond to the selvedges of the fabric used to make the sheets. Thus, the width of the sheets will be taken in the length of the fabric, so

  that there will be no fall during the confection.

  In practice, it is possible to adopt a width of 240 centimeters, which makes it possible for a mattress with a length of 190 centimeters to have a footboard flap and a head flap.

  of bed each having about 25 centimeters in length.

  The width of the side flaps may be substantially equal to or even greater than the length of the headboard flap

or footboard.

  As shown more particularly in Figures 1 and 2, the flap 16 is in the form of a pocket that can be returned from a position of non-use where it is folded on the bottom sheet 10 and the sheet of the

  12 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) to a position of use

  sation ooelle is folded to tuck the mattress (see

Figure 3).

  The pocket constituting the flap 16 is folded along a fold line 44 parallel to the transverse free edge

  common of the bottom sheet 10 and the top sheet 12.

  The pocket forming the flap 16 is sewn with the longitudinal free edges 28 and 30 of the sheet 10 and the sheet 12 by seam lines 46 and 48 which extend between the transverse free edge 20 and the fold line 44, the length

  seam lines 46 and 48 thus corresponding to the length

  The flap 18 of the headboard is also in the form of a similar pocket, but in simple thickness. This

  pocket can be returned from an unused position

  where it is folded on the bottom sheet 10 (see Figures 1 and 2) to a position of use o

  it is folded to border the mattress 14 (see Figure 3).

  The pocket forming the flap 18 is folded along a fold line 50 parallel to the transverse free edge 32 of the sheet

  10. This pocket is sewn with the longitudinal free edges

  28 and 30 of the bottom sheet 10 by seam lines

  52 and 54 which extend between the transverse free edge

sal 32 and the fold line 50.

  So that the set of bed linen of the invention can fit under the best conditions to a mattress, the distance between the fold lines 44 and 50 must be substantially equal to the length of the mattress.

  heard, some tolerance is always possible.

  The flap 16 of the footboard and the flap 18 of the headboard

  are each provided near their free trans-

  respective versaux 20 and 32, elastic means 56, 58,

  60 and 62 tending to reduce the width of the pocket corresponding to

  and lay the set of bed linen on the mattress

  when this pocket is in its position of use. AIN-

  if the elastic means of the flap 18 comprise two links

  elastic members 60 and 62 respectively attached to the longitudinal edges

  28 and 30, or in their vicinity, and each having attachment means 64 and 66 capable of cooperating between

  them. As shown in Figures 1 and 5, the elastic links

  60 and 62 pass respectively through two strips 68 and 70 sewn by two parallel seam lines on the flap 18 and near the transverse free edge 32, a free space being provided between the ends 72 and 74, vis-à-vis bolts 68 and 70. The means of

  64 and 66 are advantageously means of the iron type.

  which can be mounted adjustable on elastic links

  60 and 62, so that when such means cooperate with

  Between them, the elastic force acting on the pocket to reduce its width and to bring the edges 28 and 30 together can be adjusted according to the width and thickness of the mattress. The associated elastic means

  flap 16 are made in a similar manner.

  The side flaps 40 and 42 are joined to the footboard flap 16 and the headboard flap 18 by diagonal seams 76, 78, 80 and 82 to form bonnets at the four corners of the set, when the pockets are in their upturned position where they line the mattress. As shown in FIG. 1, each of the seams extends from the point of connection between the transverse free edge of the flap 16 or 18 and one of the longitudinal edges 28 and 30 to the point of the folding line 44 or 50. which is at a distance from the longitudinal edge corresponding to the width

side flap.

  It will be noted that the seams 76 and 80 pass through two layers of fabric, while the seams 78 and 82 go through four

  thicknesses of fabric.The four delimited triangles respectively

  at the four corners of the bedlinen assembly by the seams 76, 78, 80 and 82 may, if desired, be removed by cutting the pieces of fabric outside.

aforementioned seams.

  To use the set of bed linen as described above, it is arranged on a mattress as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the pockets forming the flaps

  16 and 18 being in the idle position. In this position

  the locking means of the elastic means of the flaps are not in the position of cooperation. The locking means are then cooperated so as to exert an elastic tension on the pockets forming the flaps 16 and 18, these pockets are then returned as represented by the arrows F in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 so as to overshoot the head and the foot of the mattress. The side flaps 40 and 42 are then folded to border the longitudinal edges of the mattress both with the sheet 10 and with the sheet 12, while

  by making a return 38 for the top sheet. The decline

  The lateral flaps 40 and 42 are made as shown by the arrows G in FIGS. 1 and 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the diagonal seams such as 80 and 82 make it possible to make cups so that the four flaps can marry perfectly the corresponding corners of the mattress 14. Note that in the position corresponding to Figure 3, the marginal portions of the flaps, such as the portions 84 and 86 of the flaps 18 and 42 are housed under

  the mattress 14 to tuck it perfectly. In this position

  tion, the two flaps are subjected to the action of an elastic force which tends to hold the flaps 16 and 18, and also

  the flaps 40 and 42 in the curling position of the mattress.

  As shown in Fig. 1, the top and bottom sheets and 12 are joined by a seam along the edge of the footboard and also on a portion of the side edges 28 and 30 from the transverse edge 20. Thus, the lines

  46 and 48 already mentioned are extended

  with seam lines 88 and 90 ensuring

  partial binding of the sheets 10 and 12 along the long edges

  28 and 30. The length of sewing lines 88

  and 90 can be chosen at will during the making.

  FIG. 6 shows another variant embodiment in which the bottom sheet 10 is shaped like a fitted sheet, the rectangular fabric composing this sheet being cut at its corners and sewn by sewing lines such as 92, 94 and 96 to form cups, each provided with an elastic member or a cord (not shown), in a manner known per se. The top sheet 12 is formed in a fabric of the same length and the same width as the bottom sheet 10. The two sheets are joined together on the

  flap intended to border the mattress on the side of the foot of the bed.

  This connection is advantageously effected by the edges

  10 and 12 sheets respectively.

  It is also contemplated that the transverse freeboard edge of the top sheet 12 is joined to the bottom sheet 10 along a line 98, located at a distance from the corresponding transverse free edge of the mattress 10, along the fold line between the horizontal part 100 which forms

tray and the footboard flap.

  It will be noted that the set of bed linen complies with the

  FIGS. 1 to 5 show the additional advantage of

  not to be in a position of

  part wrinkled since the elastic means are desolate

  darisés. This facilitates, in particular, the ironing, folding and storage of the set of bedlinen because

  these operations can be done flat.

Claims (11)

Claims.   A set of bed linen comprising a bottom sheet and a top sheet for bordering a bed mattress and each formed of a piece of generally rectangular fabric, characterized in that the bottom sheet (10) ) and the top sheet (12) are joined together on a flap (16) for tying the mattress (14) on the side of the foot bed.   Bed linen set according to Claim 1, characterized in that the bottom sheet (10) and the top sheet (12) are joined to each other along one of their transverse free edges (20). flap (16) footboard thus being in double thickness.   3. Set of bed linen according to claim 2, characterized   characterized in that the flap (16) of the footboard is in the form of a pocket that can be turned from an unused position where it is folded over the bottom sheet (10) and the sheet of the above (12) to a position of use where it is folded to border the mattress (14), said pocket being folded along a fold line (44) parallel to the transverse free edge (20) of the bed foot of the sheet of the underside (10) and the top sheet (12) and being sewn with the longitudinal free edges (28 and 30) of the bottom sheet and the top sheet, between the transverse free edge (20) of the footboard and the line folding (44).   4. Set of bed linen according to any one of the   1 to 3, characterized in that it further comprises a headboard flap (18) made in the form of a   pocket that can be returned from an inactive position   where it is folded over the bottom sheet (10)   that at a position of use where it is folded to border the mattress (14), said pocket being folded along a fold line (50) parallel to the transverse free edge (32) of the head of the bottom sheet (10) and being sewn with the longitudinal free edges (28 and 30) of the bottom sheet (10) between the transverse free edge (32) of the headboard and the fold line (50).   Bed linen set according to claims 3 and 4,   characterized in that the distance between the fold line (44) of the footboard flap (16) and the fold line (50) of the headboard flap (18) is substantially equal to the length of the mattress.   6. Set of bed linen according to any one of   Claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the flap (16)   footboard and headboard flap (18) are provided   each, near their free transverse free edges   resilient means (56, 58, 60 and 62) tending to decrease the width of the corresponding pocket and to stretch the bed linen assembly on the mattress when   this pocket is in use position.   7. Set of bed linen according to claim 6, characterized   characterized in that the elastic means comprise, for each of the flaps, two elastic links (56, 58; 60, 62) respectively fixed to the longitudinal edges (28 and 30) of the bed linen assembly, or to their vicinity, and each equipped with attachment means (64, 66) capable of cooperate with each other.   8. Set of bed linen according to any one of the   3 to 7, characterized in that it further comprises two lateral flaps (40, 42) joined to the flap (16) of the footboard and the flap (18) of the headboard by diagonal seams (76, 78, 80, 82) to form bonnets at the four   corner of the bedlinen set when the pockets are   tilting the footboard and headboard flaps are   in their position of use to tuck the mattress.   9. Set of bed linen according to claim 1, characterized   characterized in that the bottom sheet (10) is shaped in fitted sheet.   10. Set of bed linen according to any one of   Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the sheet of   underneath (10) and the top sheet (12) have the same width and length, and that length corresponds to   the width of the fabric used to make the sheets.   11. An assembly according to any one of claims 1 to   characterized in that the bottom sheet (10) and the top sheet (12) are joined by a seam line (22) along the transverse footboard edge (20) and by seam lines (88). , 90) on a part of the edges   longitudinals (28 and 30) from the transverse edge (20) - footboard.