US 12,239,228 B1
Bed sheet/bed covering securing device and method
Judy Cannella Schott, Mandeville, LA (US); and Nita F. Gassen, New Orleans, LA (US)
Assigned to CANNELLA, LLC, Mandeville, LA (US)
Filed by CANNELLA, LLC, Mandeville, LA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,616.
Application 18/360,616 is a continuation of application No. 17/736,381, filed on May 4, 2022, granted, now 11,751,696.
Application 17/736,381 is a continuation of application No. 16/396,548, filed on Apr. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,350,759, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,257, filed on Sep. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/720,914, filed on Aug. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,711, filed on Jul. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,136, filed on Apr. 26, 2018.
Int. Cl. A47C 21/02 (2006.01); A47G 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 21/022 (2013.01) [A47G 9/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for securing one or more bed sheets on a mattress of a type that has a pair of mattress opposing sidewall surfaces and a pair of mattress opposing end wall surfaces, a mattress top surface, and a mattress periphery, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a band having a plurality of panels including side panels, end panels, and corner panels, wherein each said corner panel joins with each said side panel and each said end panel, and wherein alternating of said panels having elastic or stretch force;
b) placing the band around the mattress opposing sidewall surfaces and the mattress opposing end wall surfaces;
c) securing portions of the one or more bed sheets that rest upon and extend downwardly and on multiple of said mattress sidewall surfaces beyond the top surface of the mattress into a vertical space in between the band and the mattress sidewall and end wall surfaces; and
d) tucking said portions of the bed sheets into said vertical space in between the band and the mattress to hold the bed sheets in place on the mattress.