Bedding

Abstract

A bedding arrangement includes a mattress and a mattress package. The mattress package is formed to include a mattress-receiving space and the mattress is positioned to lie in the mattress-receiving space.

1 . A bedding arrangement comprising
 a mattress package including a bag formed to include a mattress-receiving space and a mouth opening into the mattress-receiving space and a closure coupled to the bag to close the mouth and   a mattress positioned to lie in the mattress-receiving space formed in the bag of the mattress package,   wherein the bag comprises a first sheet configured to provide means for transporting moisture provided by a person resting on the mattress package in an inbound direction from a person resting on the mattress package into the mattress-receiving space when a person is resting on the mattress package and in an outward direction from the mattress-receiving space to atmosphere surrounding the mattress package when a person is not resting on the mattress package without allowing passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the mattress package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space formed in the bag and comfort of a person resting on the mattress package is maximized as a result of moisture being transported away from the person and the bed bugs being blocked from biting the person.   
     
     
         2 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 1 , wherein the first sheet includes an inner comfort layer configured to provide an inner surface that faces toward the mattress and defines the mattress-receiving space, an outer comfort layer spaced apart from the inner comfort layer and configured to provide an outer surface arranged to face away from the inner surface, and an insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the inner and outer comfort layers and configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the outer comfort layer of the first sheet of the bag is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space formed in the bag. 
     
     
         3 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 2 , wherein the inner comfort layer is established by an inner pouch included the bag, the insect-barrier layer is provided by a middle pouch that also included in the bag and arranged to receive and surround the inner pouch, and the outer comfort layer is provided by an outer pouch also included in the bag and arranged to receive and surround the middle pouch. 
     
     
         4 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 3 , wherein the middle pouch is larger than the inner pouch and the outer pouch is larger than the middle pouch. 
     
     
         5 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 2 , wherein the first sheet is folded to provide a top panel positioned to lie between the mattress and a person resting on the mattress package and a bottom panel arranged to locate the mattress between the top panel and the bottom panel, the top panel includes a first portion of each of the inner comfort, insect-barrier, and outer comfort layers, and the bottom panel includes a second portion of the inner comfort, insect-barrier, and outer comfort layers. 
     
     
         6 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 5 , wherein the mattress is arranged to lie between the first and second portions of the inner comfort layer, the first and second portions of the outer comfort layer are arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to locate the mattress and the first and second portions of the inner comfort layer therebetween, the first portion of the insect-barrier layer is arranged to lie between the first portions of each of the inner and outer comfort layers, and the second portion of the insect-barrier layer is arranged to lie between the second portions of each of the inner and outer comfort layers. 
     
     
         7 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 1 , wherein the first sheet includes an outer comfort layer configured to provide an outer surface that is located between the mattress-receiving space and a person resting on the mattress package and an insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the outer comfort layer and the mattress-receiving space and configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the outer comfort layer of the first sheet of the bag is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space formed in the bag. 
     
     
         8 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 7 , wherein the outer comfort layer is coupled to the insect-barrier layer. 
     
     
         9 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 7 , wherein the first sheet further includes an inner comfort layer configured to provide an inner surface that faces away from the outer surface toward the mattress-receiving space and the insect-barrier layer is positioned to lie between the outer comfort layer and the inner comfort layer. 
     
     
         10 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 9 , wherein the insect-barrier layer is coupled to each of inner comfort layer and the outer comfort layer. 
     
     
         11 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 9 , wherein the insect-barrier layer is made from a blend of about 30% breathable copolyamide resin and about 70% nonbreathable blend resin. 
     
     
         12 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 11 , wherein the outer comfort layer is made from a spunlace blend of polyester and polypropylene. 
     
     
         13 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 12 , wherein the inner comfort layer is made from a spunlace blend of polyester and polypropylene. 
     
     
         14 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 13 , wherein the moisture is transported through the first sheet at rate of about 200grams per square meter per 24 hours to 5,800 grams per square meter per 24 hours. 
     
     
         15 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 11 , wherein the inner comfort layer is made from a spunlace blend of polyethylene and polypropylene. 
     
     
         16 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 1 , wherein the first sheet includes an inner surface arranged to face toward the mattress and an outer surface arranged to face away from the mattress toward a person resting on the mattress package and moisture is transported between the outer and inner surfaces of the first sheet from a zone characterized by a higher concentration of moisture to a zone characterized by a relatively lower concentration of moisture. 
     
     
         17 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the moisture is transported through the first sheet at rate of about 200 grams per square meter per 24 hours to 5,800 grams per square meter per 24 hours. 
     
     
         18 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 1 , wherein the bag further comprises a second sheet that is configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the second sheet so that a person resting on the mattress package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space. 
     
     
         19 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 18 , wherein the second sheet includes an inner insect-barrier layer configured to provide an inner surface that faces toward the mattress and cooperates with the inner surface of the first sheet to define the mattress-receiving space, an outer insect-barrier layer spaced apart from the inner insect-barrier layer, and a core insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the inner and outer insect-barrier layers. 
     
     
         20 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 19 , wherein the outer insect-barrier layer is made from polypropylene. 
     
     
         21 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 20 , wherein the core insect-barrier layer is made from a blend of about 70% of a first type of linear low density polyethylene, about 25% low density polyethylene, about 5% of a second type of linear low density polyethylene. 
     
     
         22 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 21 , wherein the inner insect-barrier layer is made from polypropylene. 
     
     
         23 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 18 , wherein the first sheet is formed to provide a top panel positioned to lie between the mattress and a person resting on the mattress package and the second sheet is formed to provide a bottom panel arranged to locate the mattress between the top panel and the bottom panel. 
     
     
         24 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 23 , wherein the second sheet is further formed to provide a first side wall arranged to extend between and interconnect the top and bottom panels, a second side wall positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first side wall and arranged to extend between and interconnect the top and bottom panels, and an end wall arranged to extend between and interconnect the first and second side walls and the top and bottom panels. 
     
     
         25 . A mattress package comprising
 a bag formed to include a mattress-receiving space and a mouth opening into the mattress-receiving space and   a closure coupled to the bag to close the mouth,   wherein the bag comprises a first sheet configured to provide means for transporting moisture provided by a person resting on the mattress package in an inbound direction from a person resting on the mattress package into the mattress-receiving space when a person is resting on the mattress package and in an outward direction from the mattress-receiving space to atmosphere surrounding the mattress package when a person is not resting on the mattress package without allowing passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the mattress package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space and comfort of a person resting on the mattress package is maximized.   
     
     
         26 . The mattress package of  claim 25 , wherein the first sheet includes an inner comfort layer having an inner surface, an insect-barrier layer coupled to the inner comfort layer and positioned to lie between the inner comfort layer and a person resting on the mattress package, and an outer comfort layer coupled to the insect-barrier layer and positioned to lie between the insect-barrier layer and a person resting on the mattress package. 
     
     
         27 . The mattress package of  claim 25 , wherein the first sheet is formed by an extrusion lamination process. 
     
     
         28 . The mattress package of  claim 27 , wherein the insect-barrier layer is applied between the inner comfort layer and the outer comfort layer as a molten resin in the extrusion lamination process. 
     
     
         29 . The mattress package of  claim 26 , wherein the bag further comprises a second sheet that is configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the second sheet so that a person resting on the mattress package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space. 
     
     
         30 . The mattress package of  claim 29 , wherein the second sheet includes an inner insect-barrier layer configured to provide an inner surface that faces toward the mattress-receiving space and cooperates with the inner surface of the first sheet to define the mattress-receiving space, an outer insect-barrier layer spaced apart from the inner insect-barrier layer, and a core insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the inner and outer insect-barrier layers. 
     
     
         31 . The mattress package of  claim 26 , wherein the outer comfort layer and the inner comfort layer are made from a spunlace blend of polyester and polypropylene and the insect-barrier layer is made from a blend of about 30% breathable copolyamide resin and about 70% nonbreathable blend resin. 
     
     
         32 . The mattress package of  claim 26 , wherein the bag further comprises a second sheet that is configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the second sheet so that a person resting on the mattress package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space and the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space are blocked from exiting the mattress-receiving space and are eliminated as a result. 
     
     
         33 . The mattress package of  claim 25 , wherein the bag further comprises a second sheet that is configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the second sheet so that a person resting on the mattress package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the mattress-receiving space. 
     
     
         34 . The mattress package of  claim 33 , wherein the second sheet includes an inner insect-barrier layer configured to provide an inner surface that faces toward the mattress-receiving space and cooperates with the inner surface of the first sheet to define the mattress-receiving space, an outer insect-barrier layer spaced apart from the inner insect-barrier layer, and a core insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the inner and outer insect-barrier layers. 
     
     
         35 . A bedding arrangement comprising
 a cushion package including a bag formed to include a cushion-receiving space and a mouth opening into the cushion-receiving space and a closure coupled to the bag to close the mouth and   a cushion positioned to lie in the cushion-receiving space formed in the bag of the cushion package,   wherein the bag comprises a first sheet configured to provide means for transporting moisture provided by a person resting on the cushion package in an inbound direction from a person resting on the cushion package into the cushion-receiving space when a person is resting on the cushion package and in an outward direction from the cushion-receiving space to atmosphere surrounding the cushion package when a person is not resting on the cushion package without allowing passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the cushion package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the cushion-receiving space formed in the bag and comfort of a person resting on the cushion package is maximized as a result of moisture being transported away from the person and the bed bugs being blocked from biting the person.   
     
     
         36 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 35 , wherein the first sheet includes an inner comfort layer configured to provide an inner surface that faces toward the cushion and defines the cushion-receiving space, an outer comfort layer spaced apart from the inner comfort layer and configured to provide an outer surface arranged to face away from the inner surface, and an insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the inner and outer comfort layers and configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the outer comfort layer of the first sheet of the bag is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the cushion-receiving space formed in the bag. 
     
     
         37 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 35 , wherein the first sheet includes an outer comfort layer configured to provide an outer surface that is located between the cushion-receiving space and a person resting on the cushion package and an insect-barrier layer positioned to lie between the outer comfort layer and the cushion-receiving space and configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the first sheet so that a person resting on the outer comfort layer of the first sheet of the bag is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the cushion-receiving space formed in the bag. 
     
     
         38 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 35 , wherein the first sheet includes an inner surface arranged to face toward the cushion and an outer surface arranged to face away from the cushion toward a person resting on the cushion package and moisture is transported between the outer and inner surfaces of the first sheet from a zone characterized by a higher concentration of moisture to a zone characterized by a relatively lower concentration of moisture. 
     
     
         39 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 35 , wherein the bag further comprises a second sheet that is configured to provide means for blocking passage of needle-like mouth parts of bed bugs through the second sheet so that a person resting on the cushion package is not bitten by the bed bugs located in the cushion-receiving space. 
     
     
         40 . The bedding arrangement of  claim 35 , wherein the cushion is a mattress.