Securable bed top covering

Abstract

A mattress securable top bed covering comprising a flat, planar fabric sheet having a proximal edge, a distal edge, two side edges, a top surface and an underside surface. The proximal edge corresponds with the head section of the mattress. The distal edge corresponds to the foot section of the mattress. The two side edges are separated from each other by a desired width depending on the size of the mattress. Fastened to the underside surface at the distal edge of the flat, planar fabric sheet, is a mattress-receiving pocket having a mouth and means for alternatingly expanding and reducing the volume of said mattress-receiving pocket thereby allowing it to accommodate and envelope within the pocket both the foot section of the mattress and the sleeper's feet without sacrificing comfort or sheet tension and simultaneously allowing for easy, minimal effort bed making.

1 . A mattress securable top bed covering for a sleeper's use in conjunction with a bottom sheet on a mattress having a head section and a foot section, said mattress securable top bed covering comprising
 a. a flat, planar fabric sheet having a proximal edge, a distal edge, two sides edges, a top surface, an underside surface; and   b. an expandable mattress receiving pocket fixedly fastened to said underside surface at said distal end of said flat planar fabric sheet   c. such that when in use with a mattress and a sleeper, said proximal edge of said flat planar primary fabric sheet is located at the head section of the mattress, said distal edge of said flat planar primary fabric sheet is located at the foot section of the mattress, and said expandable mattress receiving pocket releases, expands and envelopes both the foot section of the mattress and the feet of the sleeper, without sacrificing the comfort of the sleeper.   
     
     
         2 . A mattress securable top bed covering for use on a mattress having a head section and a foot section, said mattress securable top bed covering comprising
 a. a flat, planar fabric sheet having a proximal edge, a distal edge, two sides edges, a top surface and an underside surface, said proximal edge corresponding to the head section of the mattress, said distal edge corresponding to the foot section of the mattress, said proximal edge separated from said distal edge by a desired length, said two side edges separated from each other by a desired width;   b. a mattress-receiving pocket fastened to said underside surface at said distal edge of said flat, planar fabric sheet, said mattress-receiving pocket having a mouth; and   c. means for alternatingly expanding and reducing the volume of said mattress-receiving pocket to allow both for the accommodation of the foot section of the mattress together with a sleeper's feet without sacrificing comfort, and easy bed making with minimum effort.   
     
     
         3 . The mattress securable top bed covering of  claim 2  wherein said means for alternatingly expanding and reducing the volume of said mattress-receiving pocket is selected from the group consisting of ruching, pleats, bunched fabric, ruching channels, cords, biased tapes, cord locks and tape locks. 
     
     
         4 . A pocketed top bed sheet for use in conjunction with a bottom sheet on a mattress having a head section and a foot section, said pocketed top bed sheet comprising:
 a. A flat, planar fabric sheet having a proximal edge, a distal edge, two sides edges, a top surface, an underside surface, and an expandable mattress receiving pocket fastened to said underside surface at said distal end of said flat planar fabric sheet;   b. said expandable mattress receiving pocket having a foot wall, two side walls, a bottom wall, and an expandable mattress receiving mouth,
 i. said foot wall having a bottom edge, and two opposite side edges; 
 ii. each of said two side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, a proximal edge, and a distal edge, respectively; 
 iii. said bottom wall having two opposite lying side edges, a proximal edge and a distal edge, and lying on a horizontal plane parallel to and distanced from the plane of said bottom surface of said flat, planar fabric sheet and; 
 iv. said flat, planar fabric sheet, said foot wall, said side walls and said bottom wall being arranged and fixedly connected relative to each other such that said distal edge forms said top edge of said foot wall, said bottom edge of said foot wall forms said distal edge of said bottom wall, each of said side edges of said foot wall forms each of said distal edges of each of said side walls respectively, each of said top edges of said side walls respectively is attached to each of said side edges of said flat, planar fabric sheet respectively, each of said bottom edges of each of said side walls respectively form each of said side edges of said bottom wall, such that said foot wall and side walls extend downward from said flat, planar fabric sheet perpendicular to said bottom surface at said distal end of said flat, planar fabric sheet, to form said expandable mattress-receiving pocket, each of said proximal edges of said bottom wall and of side walls forming said expandable mattress-receiving pocket's mouth, 
   
       whereby when in use with a mattress, said proximal edge of said flat planar primary fabric sheet is located at the head section of the mattress, said distal edge of said flat planar primary fabric sheet is located at the foot section of the mattress, and the mattress inserted into said expandable mattress-receiving pocket reaches the bottom of the mattress' foot section immediately adjacent to said foot wall, and said bottom wall of said expandable mattress receiving pocket being trapped underneath the mattress, to keep said top bed sheet in place at all times. 
     
     
         5 . The pocketed top bed sheet of  claim 4  further comprising ruching on at least one of each of said bottom wall, foot wall, side walls, and mattress-receiving pocket's mouth to allow expansion of the said expandable mattress-receiving pocket and accommodate a user's feet during sleep, without displacement of said pocketed top bed sheet. 
     
     
         6 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 4  further comprising ruching on at least one of said edges of said foot wall, side walls and bottom walls of said expandable mattress-receiving pocket. 
     
     
         7 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 5  further comprising ruching on at least one of said edges of said foot wall, side walls, and bottom walls of said expandable mattress-receiving pocket the 
     
     
         8 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 4  further comprising ruching at at least one point on the foot wall of the expandable pocket such that the foot wall of the expandable pocket can be further expanded. 
     
     
         9 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 5  further comprising ruching at at least one point on the side wall of the expandable pocket such that the side wall of the expandable pocket can be further expanded. 
     
     
         10 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 5  further comprising
 a. a ruched channel within said ruching and 
 b. a cord running through said ruched channel being equipped with a cord lock such that the expansion level of expandable pocket can be adjusted to be tighter or looser. 
 
     
     
         11 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 6  further comprising
 a. a ruched channel within said ruching and 
 b. a cord running through said ruched channel being equipped with a cord lock such that the expansion level of expandable pocket can be adjusted to be tighter or looser. 
 
     
     
         12 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 7  further comprising
 a. a ruched channel within said ruching and 
 b. a cord running through said ruched channel being equipped with a cord lock such that the expansion level of expandable pocket can be adjusted to be tighter or looser. 
 
     
     
         13 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 8  further comprising
 a. a ruched channel within said ruching and 
 b. a cord running through said ruched channel being equipped with a cord lock such that the expansion level of expandable pocket can be adjusted to be tighter or looser. 
 
     
     
         14 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 9  further comprising
 a. a ruched channel within the ruching at at least one point on the side wall of the expandable pocket and 
 b. a cord running through said ruched channel being equipped with a cord lock such that the expansion level of expandable pocket can be adjusted to be tighter or looser. 
 
     
     
         15 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 7  further comprising a handle located at the end of the at least one cord. 
     
     
         16 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 8  further comprising a handle located at the end of the at least one cord. 
     
     
         17 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 9  further comprising a handle located at the end of the at least one cord. 
     
     
         18 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 10  further comprising a handle located at the end of the at least one cord. 
     
     
         19 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 11  further comprising a handle located at the end of the at least one cord. 
     
     
         20 . The pocketed top sheet of  claim 4  further comprising two support gussets connecting the primary fabric sheet and the two side walls of the expandable pocket.