Granted Patent B2

US 10,202,234 · App. 15/334,093 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A packaged bed linen, comprising:

a packaging box including:

a back panel;

a top side panel;

a bottom side panel;

a first lateral side panel;

a second lateral side panel;

a first front panel; and

a second front panel attached at an edge thereof to an edge of one of the first and second lateral side panels and configured to fold relative thereto;

wherein the first front panel is sized and configured so as to be an interior front panel enclosed within the packaging box when the packaging box is in a closed configuration, the interior front panel comprising an interior side panel configured to lay adjacent to an interior side of one of the first and second lateral side panels when the packaging box is in the closed configuration, the second front panel is sized and configured so as to be an exterior front panel exposed on the exterior of the packaging box when the packaging box is in the closed configuration, the exterior front panel further including an exterior side panel configured to lay adjacent one of the first and second lateral side panels when the packaging box is in the closed configuration, the exterior side panel including at least one attachment device securing the exterior side panel to the adjacent one of the first and second lateral side panels when the packaging box is in the closed configuration; and

at least one bed linen disposed in the packaging box.

2. The packaged bed linen of claim 1 , wherein the adjacent one of the first and second lateral side panels comprises at least one additional attachment device located and configured to be attracted or coupled to the at least one attachment device of the exterior side panel when the packaging box is in the closed configuration.

3. The packaged bed linen of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the at least one attachment device or the at least one additional attachment device comprises a permanent magnet.

4. The packaged bed linen of claim 2 , wherein the at least one attachment device comprises one component of hook-and-loop material, and wherein the at least one additional attachment device comprises another component of hook-and-loop material, the components of hook-and-loop material located and configured to be attached to one another when the packaging box is in the closed configuration.

5. The packaged bed linen of claim 2 , wherein the at least one attachment device comprises one component of a snap fastener, and wherein the at least one additional attachment device comprises another component of the snap fastener, the components of the snap fastener located and configured to be secured to one another when the packaging box is in the closed configuration.

6. The packaged bed linen of claim 1 , wherein the interior front panel has an aperture extending therethrough so as to enable a person to touch a fabric of the at least one bed linen through the interior front panel.

7. The packaged bed linen of claim 1 , further comprising a sample of fabric identical to a fabric of the at least one bed linen secured to an exterior surface of the interior front panel or on an interior surface of the exterior front panel.

8. The packaged bed linen of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bed linen comprises at least one of a flat bed sheet, a fitted bed sheet, a pillowcase, or a mattress protector.

9. The packaged bed linen of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bed linen consists of a flat bed sheet, a fitted bed sheet, and one or two pillowcases.

10. The packaged bed linen of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bed linen consists of a mattress protector.

11. A packaged bed linen, comprising:

a packaging box including:

a rectangular container;

a first front panel attached to an upper edge of a first lateral side of the rectangular container; and

a second front panel attached to an upper edge of a second opposite lateral side of the rectangular container and comprising an exterior side panel configured to lay adjacent to the first lateral side of the rectangular container when the packaging box is in a closed configuration, the exterior side panel including at least one attachment device securing the exterior side panel to the first lateral side of the rectangular container;

wherein the first front panel is sized and configured to fold behind the second front panel when the packaging box is in the closed configuration, and wherein the second front panel is sized and configured to fold in front of the first front panel and to be exposed on the exterior of the packaging box when the packaging box is in the closed configuration; and

at least one bed linen disposed in the packaging box.

12. The packaged bed linen of claim 11 , wherein the first lateral of the rectangular container comprises at least one additional attachment device located and configured to couple to the at least one attachment device of the exterior side panel when the packaging box is in the closed configuration.

13. The packaged bed linen of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the at least one attachment device or the at least one additional attachment device comprises a permanent magnet.

14. The packaged bed linen of claim 12 , wherein the at least one attachment device comprises one component of hook-and-loop material, and wherein the at least one additional attachment device comprises another component of hook-and-loop material.

15. The packaged bed linen of claim 12 , wherein the at least one attachment device comprises one component of a snap fastener, and wherein the at least one additional attachment device comprises another component of the snap fastener.

16. The packaged bed linen of claim 11 , wherein the first front panel has an aperture extending therethrough so as to enable a person to touch a fabric of the at least one bed linen through the first front panel.

17. The packaged bed linen of claim 11 , further comprising a sample of fabric identical to a fabric of the at least one bed linen secured to an exterior surface of the first front panel.

18. The packaged bed linen of claim 11 , wherein the first front panel further comprises an interior side panel configured to lay adjacent an interior side of second lateral side of the rectangular container when the packaging box is in the closed configuration.

19. A packaged bed linen, comprising:

a packaging box including:

a rectangular container having a first lateral side and a second opposite lateral side;

a first front panel attached to an upper edge of the first lateral side of the rectangular container, the first front panel sized and configured so as to be an interior front panel enclosed within the packaging box when the packaging box is in a closed configuration and so as to extend from the first lateral side to the second opposite lateral side of the rectangular container; and

a second front panel attached to an upper edge of the second opposite lateral side of the rectangular container and comprising an exterior side panel configured to lay adjacent to the first lateral side of the rectangular container when the packaging box is in the closed configuration; and

at least one bed linen disposed in the packaging box.

20. The packaged bed linen of claim 19 , wherein the first front panel further comprises an interior side panel configured to lay adjacent to an interior side of one of the first and second lateral side panels when the packaging box is in the closed configuration.

Assignments (14)