Removable moisture-wicking pillow case covering with Velcro® fastened oppositely-disposed, different sized openning thereinto

Abstract

A removable moisture-wicking pillow case covering for a pillow for absorbing moisture and for maintaining the loft of the pillow upon which a person's places his or her sweat or perspiration on the head, neck and hair when in bed, or when laying down to rest, comprising a rectangularly-shaped sack having a volume which is slightly smaller than the volume of the pillow inserted and housed therein, the sack having four corners thereof rounded to eliminate the formation of sharp corners on the outside of the sack and for providing a means for registration of the pillow therein, the sack being made of a cloth base having a plurality of threads anchored therein and extending outwardly therefrom from about 3/16 to ⅜ of an inch and continuing through to the opposite side of the cloth base to form a plurality of relatively short loops extending therefrom, and having a pair of oppositely disposed openings into the sack along the seams thereof, one of the oppositely disposed openings being smaller than the other one, the peripheral lips of each of the openings having a pair of lipped portions having a Velcro® fastening system secured thereto so that when the lips are folded over 180 degrees and directed into the inside of the opening to the sack, the hook portion of the Velcro® fastening system when pressed together is operatively fastened to the oppositely-disposed loop portion of the Velcro® fastening system.

1 . A removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow for absorbing moisture and for maintaining the loft of the pillow therein, comprising: 
 a. a sack having a first opening thereinto, said sack being formed of a cloth material for housing the pillow, having an outside-facing surface and an inside-facing surface;    b. registration means in the sack for maintaining the registration of the pillow within the sack;    c. loft maintaining means for maintaining the loft of the pillow within the sack;    d. outside moisture wicking means on the outside-facing surface for absorbing moisture from the body of the person using the pillow;    e. inside moisture wicking means operatively connected to the outside moisture wicking means for receiving the moisture therefrom and for redirecting the moisture wicked therein back to the outside moisture wicking means as the moisture on the outside moisture wicking means evaporates.    
   
   
       2 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 1  further comprising sack closure means for capturing the pillow inside the pillow case.  
   
   
       3 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 2  wherein said sack closure means for capturing the pillow inside the pillow case comprises a VELCRO® hook and loop fastening system means operatively secured about the lips of the first opening into the sack.  
   
   
       4 . A removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow for absorbing moisture and for maintaining the loft of the pillow therein, comprising: 
 a. a sack having a first opening thereinto, the sack being formed of a cloth material for housing the pillow, having an outside-facing surface and an inside-facing surface;    b. registration means in the sack for maintaining the registration of the pillow within the sack;    c. loft maintaining means for maintaining the loft of the pillow within the sack:    d. outside moisture wicking means on the outside-facing surface for absorbing moisture from the body of the person using the pillow;    e. inside moisture wicking means operatively connected to the outside moisture wicking means for receiving the moisture therefrom and for redirecting the moisture wicked therein back to the outside moisture wicking means as the moisture on the outside moisture wicking means evaporates; and    f. a second opening in the sack, said second opening having peripherally arranged lips thereabout and disposed along the bottom of the sack in complementary opposition to the first opening into the sack, said second opening into the sack having closure means about the peripherally arranged lips of the second opening.    
   
   
       5 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 4  wherein said second opening is smaller than the first opening into the sack by about 30% to 50% than the first opening into the sack.  
   
   
       6 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 4  wherein the closure means for said second opening into the sack comprises a Velcro® hook and loop fastening system means operatively secured about the peripherally arranged lips of the second opening into the sack.  
   
   
       10 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 1  wherein the registration means in the sack for maintaining the registration of the pillow within the sack comprises four rounded corners operatively arranged to hold the pillow whereby the relationship between the pillow once inserted into the sack is held in a relatively fixed position with respect to the sack.  
   
   
       11 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 1  wherein the loft maintaining means for maintaining the loft of the pillow within the sack comprising a sack with internal dimensions which are slightly smaller than the outside dimensions of the pillow to be housed inside the pillow case, and a closure means for closing the first opening into the sack, the dimension between closure means and the opposite end of the sack being slightly smaller than the corresponding length of the pillow to be housed in the pillow case between the closure means and the opposite end of the sack.  
   
   
       14 . The removable moisture-wicking pillow case for a pillow of  claim 4  wherein the inside moisture wicking means operatively connected to the outside moisture wicking means for receiving the moisture therefrom and for redirecting the moisture wicked therein back to the outside moisture wicking means as the moisture on the outside moisture wicking means evaporates consisting of a loop of material anchored to the cloth woven of the fabric or material to which the outside moisture wicking means is anchored.  
   
   
       15 . (canceled)