Combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly

Abstract

A combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly, and mattress pad assembly. The mattress pad assembly has a top surface, upper and lower edges, retainers for retaining the mattress pad on a mattress, and strips of hook and loop material on the top surface near the upper and lower edge of the mattress pad. The combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly have a fitted sheet portion having a flat top, upper and lower edges, lateral edges, lateral side skirts extending from the lateral edges, and a foot side skirt extending from the lower edge. Strips of hook and loop material are located on an underside of the flat top near its upper and lower edges. The flat sheet is positioned above the fitted sheet portion and is attached at a lower edge thereof to the lower edge of the fitted sheet portion.

1 . A combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly for use with a mattress having a top surface and generally vertical lateral sides and a generally vertical foot side, the combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly comprising:
 a mattress pad having a top surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, retainers for maintaining the mattress pad in position on the top surface of the mattress, and detachable attachments positioned laterally across the top surface adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the mattress pad; and   a combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly, having a flat sheet, and a fitted bed skirt sheet, the fitted bed skirt sheet having a flat top with an upper edge, a lower edge, and lateral edges, and distinct lateral side skirts that freely extend downwardly from the lateral edges of the flat top and a distinct foot side skirt that freely extends downwardly from the lower edge of the flat top, and detachable attachments located on a lower surface of the flat top adjacent to the upper edge of the flat top and adjacent to the lower edge of the flat top, wherein when the combination flat sheet, and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly are aligned with and attached to the complementary detachable attachments located on the top surface of the mattress pad, the flat top of the fitted bed skirt sheet will be tightly positioned and unwrinkled relative to the mattress pad and mattress, and the distinct lateral side skirts and the distinct foot side skirt of the fitted bed skirt sheet will freely hang down and cover corresponding generally vertical lateral sides and the generally vertical foot side of the mattress, wherein the flat sheet is permanently attached to the fitted bed skirt sheet only at the lower edge of the flat top of the fitted bed skirt sheet, wherein a space between the flat sheet and the bed skirt sheet is adapted to receive a user.   
     
     
         2 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the retainers comprise elastic straps near corners of the mattress pad. 
     
     
         3 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the distinct lateral side skirts that extend from the lateral edges of the flat top of the fitted bed skirt sheet and the distinct foot side skirt that extends from the foot edge thereof are connected to each other in the vicinity of vertical corners of the mattress by pleated closed corners. 
     
     
         4 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the detachable attachments located on the top surface of the mattress pad comprise two strips of hook and loop material, and the detachable attachments located on the bottom surface of the fitted bed skirt sheet comprises two strips of hook and loop material complementary to the strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad. 
     
     
         5 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 4 , wherein the two strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad have a different visual appearance from each other, and the two complementary strips of hook and loop material on the fitted bed skirt sheet have a complementary appearance to the two corresponding strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad so that users will be guided how to place the combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet arrangement on the mattress pad. 
     
     
         6 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the flat sheet has a flat top portion with lateral side edges and lateral side panels that extend vertically downwardly from the lateral sides and at least partially overlay the distinct lateral side skirts of the fitted bed skirt sheet. 
     
     
         7 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the lateral side panels of the flat sheet are unattached to the fitted sheet portion. 
     
     
         8 . A combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly for use with a mattress have a top surface and generally vertical sides, the combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly comprising:
 a mattress pad having a top surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, retainers for maintaining the mattress pad in position on the mattress, and strips of hook and loop material positioned laterally across the top surface adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the mattress pad; and   a combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly, having a fitted bed skirt sheet having a flat top with an upper edge, a lower edge, lateral edges, and distinct lateral side skirts that freely extend downwardly from the lateral edges of the flat top, and a distinct foot side skirt that freely extends downwardly from the lower edge of the flat top, and complementary hook and loop material located on a lower surface of the flat top adjacent to the upper edge of the flat top and the lower edge of the flat top which are spaced apart so that when the combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt sheet assembly are aligned with and attached to the hook and loop material located on the top surface of the mattress pad the flat top of the fitted sheet will be tightly positioned and unwrinkled relative to the mattress pad and mattress, and wherein the distinct lateral side skirts and distinct foot side skirt will freely hang down and cover corresponding sides of the mattress, and further comprising a flat sheet with a lower edge, which lower edge of the flat sheet is attached to the fitted bed skirt sheet only at the lower edge thereof, the flat sheet having a flat top with lateral side edges and lateral side panels that extend downwardly from the lateral side edges of the flat top of the flat sheet, and wherein the lateral side panels that extend from the lateral edges of the flat top of the flat sheet and a foot side skirt that extends from the foot edge of the flat top of the flat sheet are connected to each other in the vicinity of vertical corners of the mattress by pleated closed corners, wherein a space between the flat sheet and the bed skirt sheet is adapted to receive a user.   
     
     
         9 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the retainers comprise elastic straps near corners of the mattress pad. 
     
     
         10 . The combination flat sheet, fitted bed skirt sheet, and mattress pad assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the two strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad have different visual appearance and the two complementary strips of hook and loop material on the fitted bed skirt sheet have a complementary appearance to the two strips of hook and loop material on the mattress pad so that users will be guided how to place the combination flat sheet and fitted bed skirt on the mattress pad. 
     
     
         11 . (canceled)