US 12,390,016 B2
Bed sheet retention systems, system components, and methods of making and using the same
Travis R. Lewis, Valdosta, GA (US)
Filed by Travis R. Lewis, Valdosta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/086,324.
Application 19/086,324 is a continuation of application No. 18/986,848, filed on Dec. 19, 2024.
Application 18/986,848 is a continuation of application No. 18/945,224, filed on Nov. 12, 2024.
Application 18/945,224 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2023/079473, filed on Nov. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/426,859, filed on Nov. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0213048 A1, Jul. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A47C 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 21/022 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bed sheet retention system comprising:
(I) one or more corner brackets, wherein each of the corner bracket comprises:
(a) a horizontally-extending bracket component sized and designed to extend between a bottom surface of a mattress and a support surface under the bottom surface; and
(b) two or more sheet-engaging channels connected to said horizontally-extending bracket component, with two of the sheet-engaging channels of said two or more sheet-engaging channels (1) being separated from one another by a corner of the corner bracket, (2) extending within a plane P parallel with said horizontally-extending bracket component, and (3) each independently comprising (i) an upper sheet-locking channel member, and (ii) a lower sheet-locking channel member positioned below and spaced from said upper sheet-locking channel member, wherein each of said upper sheet-locking channel member and said lower sheet-locking channel member are designed to engage with one or more sheet locking strips, (4) and each independently comprising a channel track profile having a track profile height HTP greater than a track profile width WTP; and
(II) the one or more sheet locking strips, each of the sheet locking strip (1) being sized and designed to engage with (i) said upper sheet-locking channel member and (ii) said lower sheet-locking channel member, and (2) having a strip width WS greater than a strip thickness TS.