Device for ensuring smooth and tight fit of sheet over mattress
View Patent ↗A device designed to ensure a smooth and tight fit of the sheet over the mattress, which includes a locking pin or convex cap and a base comprising a horizontal, bottom plate and a vertical plate with a locking hole or protrusion, respectively, whereby the sheet may be fit smoothly and tightly over the base and the locking pin inserted into the locking hole, or the convex locking cap fit over the protrusion, thus ensuring a smooth and tight fit of the sheet over the mattress.
1. A device designed to ensure a smooth and tight fit of a sheet over a mattress, comprising:
a locking pin and a base; wherein said base is an L-shaped and comprises a horizontal bottom plate and a vertical plate with a locking hole;
wherein said locking pin is designed to be inserted into said locking hole and is capable of establishing a firm locking;
wherein said horizontal bottom plate includes a friction stopper on the upper side, facing the mattress;
wherein said vertical plate includes a spacer protrusion near said locking hole; whereby said spacer protrusion is designed to prevent close contact between edge of said locking pin and the mattress;
wherein said vertical plate also has two narrow flexible slits near the perimeter of said locking hole; whereby said two narrow flexible slits are designed to impart elasticity to strips located between said two slits and said locking hole and to enable said locking hole to expand under pressure.