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Mattress cover with elastic fitted skirt

US5603132A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1996
Grant dateFeb 18, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD10B2503/062
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fitted mattress cover has a two-bar stitchbonded skirt that is stretchable by at least 50% and by at least 100% respectively in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the skirt, with at least 80% of the longitudinal stretch and at least 30% of the transverse stretch being elastically recoverable. The skirt is made with one bar forming tricot stitches with inelastic yarn and with the second bar forming a repeating pattern of 1-0, 0-1, 1-2, 2-1 stitches with elastic combination yarn.

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