US2810921A - Combined sheet and blanket unit - Google Patents

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Oct. 29, 1957 M. M. SEIDENBERG 2,81

COMBINED SHEET AND BLANKET UNIT Filed March 6, 1956 Kw M/W Mung United States Patent COMBINED SEEET AND BLANKET UNIT Margaret'M. Seidenherg, Milwaukee, Wis. Application Iilarch 6,119,56,.Serial-No. 569,922

1 Claim. (Cl. -335) This invention relates in general. to bed clothing and more particularly to a combined sheetand blanket unit.

When a bed is made up, normally two. sheets are employed. The lower sheet is usually fixed in place by having the edges tucked under the mattress. The occupant of the bed reclines on this lower sheet and is covered by the upper sheet over which is positioned a blanket. It is the practice to fold back this upper sheet over the top edge of the blanket so that its rough texture will not come in contact with the skin of the-occup ant.

This arrangement of the bed clothing has notalways proved satisfactory as the movement of the occupant in the bed may cause the upper sheet to separate from the blanket. This separation may give the undesirable contact of the blanket with the occupants skin. A further undesirable feature resulting from the separation of the sheet and blanket isthat-the bedv isudifficult to remake after it has been used.

Not only in homes but in hotels, hospitals and the like this separation of the sheet and blanket is a continuing problem. In the past an approach to this problem was made by fastening a protective covering over the top edge of the blanket. Although this prevented the occupants skin from coming in contact with the blanket, it did not prevent the separation of the top sheet from the blanket.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel and useful improvement in combining and maintaining a sheet and blanket as an integral unit.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined sheet and blanket unit which will keep the blanket from coming in contact with the skin of the occupant.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a combined sheet and blanket unit which will increase the efliciency of the bed making operation.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a combined sheet and blanket unit which will act as a decorative bed spread for the bed obviating the need for a separate bed spread.

Other objects will be apparent from the following description when read in connection with the drawing, in which:

Fig. l is an isometric view showing the top side of the combined sheet and blanket unit;

Fig. 2 is an isometric view showing the bottom side of the combined sheet and blanket unit;

Fig. 3 is an isometric view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modification of the invention wherein the top sheet has larger dimensions than the blanket;

Fig. 4 shows a flap covering a button on part of the combined sheet and blanket unit; and

Fig. 5 shows the decorative panel and part of the combined sheet and blanket in a view similar to Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the integral combination sheet and blanket unit. Sheet is the upper sheet and only this one sheet is illustrated. It is understood that a lower ice sheet would cover the bed, but since the lower. sheet forms no part of the invention, it is not shown.

Blanket 11 is positioned on top of sheet 10 so that sheet 10 completely covers one side of the blanket, as best illustratedin Fig. 2. It will also be noted inFigs. l and 2 that sheet 10 has the. samedimensions as blanket 11 on three sides. In other words, edges 12, 13 and 14 of blanket 11 are alignedwith the edgesof sheet 1?. Having the blanket the same size as the sheet on these three sides affords a neat and easily handled unit when the sheet and blanket are made integral. However, the invention is not to be limited to asheet and blanket combination having the same dimensions. As shown in Fig. 3, where the same numerals are usedonthe elements that are the same as in Figs. 1 and 2, sheet 20 may projectout beyond edges 12, 13 and 14. In fact, most of the bed sheets usually found on beds are larger than the. covering blankets and when these sheets are adapted to incorporate the illustrated invention, the combnied unit will then appear as shown in Fig. 3.

Part of sheet 10 inFig- 1. is folded over. top edge 21 of blanket 11 to cover part of the top side of the blanket. The folded over portion 22 is more than the usual amount of the sheet that is folded over when a bed is made, and as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2' and 3, portion ,22.is more than one eighth but lessthan onequarter of theentire. blanket area.

Spaced along theedges 12, 13. and 14 of the blanket are a plurality of holdingmeans. Thesev holding means are -Sh0Wnzit1ih6 preferredembodiment in, Figs. l,.2-and 3 as buttons.23:-which. can be sewed in: spaced relation adjacent edges 12, 13 and 14 on the side of the blanket in contact with the sheet. A number of buttons 23 are also attached in spaced relation on the other side of the blanket adjacent to and under the free edge 26 of the folded over portion 22.

Corresponding in number to the plurality of holding means 23 are additional means 27. These additional means are shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 as button holes 27, and they are formed and positioned in sheet 10 in Figs. 1 and 2 and sheet 20 in Fig. 3 so as to cooperate with buttons 23 to secure the blanket and sheet together as an integral unit.

With the blanket and sheet secured as a single unit there will no longer be a danger of having the sheet separate from the blanket, which would allow the blanket to come in contact with the occupants skin. The bed clothing can now be handled as a unit to facilitate airing and making up the bed. Another advantage of having the bed clothing in a unit is that there is no danger of kicking off either the blanket or the sheet while the occupant is sleeping.

Although buttons 23 and button holes 27 have been shown as the preferred fastening means, it is to be understood that the present invention is not to be so limited. Snaps, ties or the like may also be used to combine the sheet and blanket as a unit, whichever is the most expedient in a particular case, as long as the fastening means are positioned approximately as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 illustrates a flap attachment that can be sewed to sheet 10 to cover buttons 23. An uncovered button may be annoying to the occupant of the bed, so a plurality of flaps 31 may be attached to sheet 10 corresponding in number to and positioned over button holes 27 with stitching 32 along two sides of each flap 31. When flaps 31 are mounted over button holes 23 as shown in Fig. 4, two sides of the flap are open so that the buttoning operation may easily be performed and buttons 23 positioned as shown by the dotted lines.

Forming the combined sheet and blanket unit in the manner shown provides folded over portion 22, which can be used as a decorative panel. As shown in Fig. 5

an ornamentation or design 34 can be formed on panel 22 to perform a functional purpose for the bed clothing unit. With the decorative appearance of panel 22 when design 34 is included, the bed clothing unit may be used as a top covering of the bed in lieu of a bed spread." i Y The present invention affords a combined sheet and blanket unit including a blanket 11 having a lower side adjacent to a sleeping individual and an upper'side oppositely spaced therefrom. A sheetr10 is in contact with substantially all of the lower side of blanket 11 and includes an integral portion 22 extending beyond one end of blanket 11 so as to be folded over 180 to contact the upper side of blanket 11. A lower group of buttons 23 are sewed along edges 12, 13 and 14 of the lower side of blanket 11, and an upper group of buttons are'sewed transversely across the upper side of blanket 11in substantial alignment with the free edge of portion 22. Button holes 27 corresponding in number to buttons 23 are formed along the periphery of sheet 10 and cooperate with buttons 23 to fasten blanket 11 and sheet 10 together. Rectangular flaps 31 corresponding in number to and covering buttons 23 and button holes 27 are fastened along opposing edges,

each to the side of sheet 10 that is not in contact with blanket 11.

'The particular embodiments of the invention illustrated and described herein are illustrative only. The present invention includes such other modifications and equivalents as may readily occur to those skilled in theart, within the scope of the appended claim.

It is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent:

A combined sheet and blanket unit comprising a blanket adapted to'cover a. bed, said blanket having'a lower side adjacently spaced to said bed and an upper side remotely spaced therefrom, a sheet having a bottom and top portion, said bottom portion being an integral piece and having 4 substantially the same dimensions as said blanket and, extending therealong in adjacent relationship with all points on said lower side of said blanket so as to present a single smooth surface with respect to said bed, said top portion formed integral with said bottom portion and adapted to be folded over to contact an area more than one eighth but less than one quarter of said upper blanket side, said folded over portion having a decorative panel formed therein allowing said unit to serve as a bed spread, a plurality of lower buttons sewed along each edge of said lower blanket side except the edge over which said sheet is folded, a plurality of upperbuttons sewed'transversely across said upper blanket side in substantial alignment with the free edge of said folded over portion, a plurality of button holes formed along the periphery of said sheet, each of said button holes adapted to cooperate with a corresponding button to fasten said single integral sheet to said blanket along part of said upper and all of said lower sides thereof, and a plurality of rectangular flaps, each having opposing edges fastened to the sideof said sheet not in contact'with said blanket, said flaps corresponding in number to and covering said buttons and said button holes when said blanket and sheet are fastened together.

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