Granted Patent B2

US 7,647,657 · App. 11/673,165 · Granted Jan 19, 2010

Abstract

Claims (14)

1. A comforter, comprising:

a core portion, having head and foot ends and side edges, the core portion including upper and lower fabric layers of substantially the same size, wit lines of stitching connecting the upper and lower fabric layers and filling within the volumes of the core portion defined by the lines of stitching; and

a head border portion attached to the top edge of the core portion, wherein the top edge of the core portion, which includes the top edges of both the upper and lower fabric layers, is gathered and sewn during manufacture of the comforter to a head border portion, such that the width of the top edge of the core portion is 20-75% wider when the top edge is ungathered prior to being sewn to the head border portion than when the top edge is gathered and sewn to the head border portion.

2. The comforter of claim 1 , wherein the lower edge of the core portion is gathered and sewn to a foot border portion such that the width of the lower edge of the core portion is approximately 0-50% wider when the lower edge is ungathered prior to being sewn to the foot border portion than when the lower edge is gathered and sewn to the foot border portion.

3. The comforter of claim 1 , wherein the top edge of the core portion is approximately 1.4 times wider in its ungathered configuration than in its gathered configuration, while the lower edge of the core portion is approximately 1.10 times wider in its ungathered configuration than in its gathered configuration.

4. The comforter of claim 1 , wherein the core portion is up to 20 inches greater in width than the top of the mattress on which it is used.

5. The comforter of claim 1 , including side border portions which are sewn to the side edges of the core portion and to ends of the head and foot border portions.

6. The comforter of claim 5 , wherein the head and foot border portions are each approximately nine inches wide, and the side border portions are each approximately 15 inches wide.

7. The process of making a comforter, comprising the steps of:

making a core portion of the comforter which includes upper and lower fabric layers of substantially the same size with lines of stitching connecting the upper and lower layers and with filling material positioned within the volumes of the core portion as defined by the lines of stitching, wherein the lines of stitching and the filling are accomplished prior to attachment of a head border portion or after said attachment; and

attaching a head border portion to a top edge of the core portion, which includes the top edges of both the upper and lower fabric layers, wherein the top edge of the core portion is gathered prior to attaching the head border portion, wherein the top edge of the core portion is approximately 20-75% wider ungathered than when gathered and attached to the core portion and wherein the head border portion is filled with filling material prior to or following attachment thereof to the core portion.

8. The process of claim 7 , including the step of attaching a foot border portion to a lower edge of the core portion, wherein the lower edge of the core portion is gathered prior to attaching the foot border portion, wherein the lower edge of the core portion is approximately 0-50% wider ungathered than when gathered and attached to the core portion and wherein the foot border portion is filled with filling material prior to or following attachment thereof to the core portion.

9. The process of claim 8 , wherein the top edge of the core portion is approximately 1.45 times wider ungathered than when gathered and attached to the core portion, and wherein the lower edge of the core portion is approximately 1.1 times wider ungathered than when gathered and attached to the core portion.

10. The process of claim 8 , including the step of attaching side border portions to side edges of the core portion and to opposing ends of the head and foot end border portions.

Assignments (24)