GB2304141A - A domestic aid - Google Patents
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- GB2304141A GB2304141A GB9516235A GB9516235A GB2304141A GB 2304141 A GB2304141 A GB 2304141A GB 9516235 A GB9516235 A GB 9516235A GB 9516235 A GB9516235 A GB 9516235A GB 2304141 A GB2304141 A GB 2304141A
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- aid
- cover
- fitting
- duvet
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C21/00—Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
- A47C21/02—Holders for loose bed elements, e.g. sheet holders; bed cover holders
- A47C21/022—Sheet holders; Bed cover holders
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G9/00—Bed-covers; Counterpanes; Travelling rugs; Sleeping rugs; Sleeping bags; Pillows
- A47G9/02—Bed linen; Blankets; Counterpanes
- A47G9/0238—Bed linen
- A47G9/0261—Blanket or duvet enclosing covers, e.g. bag-like
- A47G2009/0269—Devices for use in fitting blanket or duvet enclosing covers
Abstract
A Domestic Aid to help when fitting domestic items such as duvets, pillows or cushions into covers. Aid 10 consists of a clip which has a receptacle formed by Legs 11 and 12 which can be securely anchored by fitting over a door, table, bedhead or other secure structure and a secure means, formed by the self-locking clip, formed by Legs 12 and 14 and Strut 13, of retaining the duvet, pillow or cushion inside their cover while the cover is pulled over the duvet, pillow or cushion. Alternatively, if the duvet, pillow or cushion and cover is constructed or fitted with suitable anchoring means, the above self-locking clip can be replaced by a simple hook or protuberance.
Description
A DOMESTIC AID
This invention refers to a domestic aid such as can be used in the home, the hospitality indus", or in hospitals.
One of the more awkward domestic tasks involves fitting duvets into their covers.
Most duvet covers can be opened at one end to allow the duvet to be inserted. Fitting the duvet into the cover can involve partially inserting the duvet into the cover so that the duvet corners distant from the open end of the cover are located in their respective corners of the cover, pulling the cover over the duvet while holding the corners of the duvet and the cover together and shaking the duvet and cover so that the duvet lies correctly inside the cover.
This task can be strenuous and awkvsard particularly if the person fitting the cover is unfit or is small relative to the duvet and cover.
Although it is possible to arrange that the duvet cover can be opened around two or more of its edges so that inserting the duvet is much easier and less strenuous than above, such covers tend not to drape as well as a normal cover. In addition it is uncomfortable if fasteners. such as zips, are located along the edge nearest to the bed occupant's face.
If the duvet corners are inserted into their respective corners of the cover and held there using suitable clips and these clips, along with the duvet and cover are suitably anchored, it is then a simple task to pull the cover over the rest of the duvet. In practice, such clips could be anchored onto the bedhead, a table, a door or door frame. In the hospitality industry, in hospitals or nursing homes where it is necessary to change duvet covers on a regular basis, suitable clips could be permanently fitted to the bed or some suitable object or structure.
This invention describes a simple means by which the above can be achieved.
A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying diagram which shows an Aid for holding a duvet securely inside the cover and which can be temporarily clipped over a door. a bedhead or a table etc. to form a secure anchorage.
Aid 10 is a one piece molding in a suitable plastics material. Legs 11 and 12 form a receptacle so that Aid 10 can be securely fitted over the top of a door, the edge of a table or bedhead. Moveable
Leg 14 is supported by Strut 13 and is able to rotate around Solid Axle 15 by the mutual deformation of Leg 14, Strut 13 and the plastics at Solid Axle 15. The function of Leg 14 in conjunction with Strut 13, Leg 12 and Solid Axle 15 is to form a self-locking clip into which a duvet and cover can be pushed and sealrely retained. End 16 of Leg 14 and the mating surface of Leg 12 are suitably contoured that a secure hold is achieved on any fabrics inserted into Aid 10 without causing damage to the fabrics.
In use, the corner of the duvet is fitted into the correct corner of the cover and the duvet and cover corner together are inserted into the self-locking clip formed by Legs 12 and 14. As many further Aids 10 can be used to secure other parts of the duvet and cover, e.g. the other comer distant from the open end of the cover and the point mid way between the two corners. All Aids
A DOMESTIC AID 10 are then clipped onto the top of a convenient door and the cover is pulled down over the duvet until the duvet is fully inserted into the cover. If so desired, a furtber Aids 10. or simpler clips, can be clipped onto the two lower corners of the duvet and the cover to hold them together until the covered duvet has been laid on the bed.Aids 10 are then unclipped from the door, leaving the duvet still clipped into the Aids 10. the covered duvet is laid on the bed and all Aids 10 are then removed from the covered duvet by mowing Legs 14 towards Struts 13, so releasing the duvet and cover.
Aids 10 could be used for other similar tasks. e.g. fitting pillows in pillow cases, cushions into cushion covers etc.
Alternatively. rnajor components of the fitting aid could be formed by the duveL pillow or cushion itself. For example, the relevant corners of a duvet could be constructed with or have permanently fitted simple loops which could be taken through suitable holes in the corners of the cover so that these loops could be fitted over suitable retaining means, such as a simple hook, so securely anchoring the duvet and cover so that the cover could be pulled over the duvet.
Similarly, the duvet and cover could be constructed with suitably matched holes or eyelets so that the duvet and cover could be held by a suitable retaining means, such as a simple hook so securely anchoring the duvet and cover so that the cover could be pulled over the duvet. With such oonstrted or fitted duvets, pillows or cushions and covers, the means described above of securely holding the duver, pillow or cushion and cover could be replaced by a simple hook or preturberance.
Claims (5)
- A DOMESTIC AIDCLAIMS 1) A fitting aid for helping to fit duvets, pillows or cushions into covers in the form of a device which has a means to securely hold the article being covered together with.its cover and a means to securely hold the fitting aid itself to a suitable anchorage point or anchorage structure so that the cover can be pulled over the duvet, pillow or cushion which is securely held by the fitting aid to the anchorage point or anchorage structure..
- 2) A filling aid as described in Claim 1) in which the means to securely hold the article being covered and its cover in the aid is: a self-locking clip based on a deformable plastics molding or a seX locking clip based on a hinged and gravity or spring loaded locking bar, or a screwed clamp or a lever locking device or a jamming cleat or a ball or roller locking device.
- 3) A fitting aid as described in Claim 1) used in conjunction with duets, pillows or cushions and covers which temporarily or permanently incorporate a means to enable these articles to be securely held in the fitting aid.
- 4) A fitting aid as described in Claim 1)andClaim 2) or 3) in which the aid can be temporarily secured by a suitable means to a suitable anchorage or anchorage structure such as a bed, behead, table. door. doorfiame or floor, wall or ceiling fitting.
- 5) A fitting aid as described in Claim 1) and Claim 2) or 3) in which the aid can be permanently secured to a suitable anchorage or anchorage structure such as a bed, bedhead, table, door, doorframe or floor, wall or ceiling fitting.
Priority Applications (1)
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GB9516235A GB2304141A (en) | 1995-08-08 | 1995-08-08 | A domestic aid |
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GB9516235A GB2304141A (en) | 1995-08-08 | 1995-08-08 | A domestic aid |
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GB2304141A true GB2304141A (en) | 1997-03-12 |
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Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1090569A1 (en) * | 1999-10-06 | 2001-04-11 | Peter Cloughton | Device for use in fitting a duvet cover |
GB2465048A (en) * | 2008-11-11 | 2010-05-12 | Clare Norton | Duvet clamp |
ES2389429A1 (en) * | 2009-12-11 | 2012-10-26 | Eloy GEIJO CARABALLO | Fountain device of pillows, mattresses, and for the bending of clothes in general. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
GB2499365B (en) * | 2011-12-23 | 2016-10-05 | Wilbert Garvin James | A duvet cover fitting apparatus |
FR3061846A1 (en) * | 2017-01-13 | 2018-07-20 | Benjamin Rimajou | DEVICE FOR STITCHING A DUVET COVER AROUND A DUCK, TO PUSH A SLEEPER AND TO BEND BED SHEETS |
Citations (7)
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GB380767A (en) * | 1931-06-30 | 1932-09-22 | John Alfred Nuttall | Improvements in spring clips |
GB759867A (en) * | 1954-03-08 | 1956-10-24 | Myers Sons Ltd M | Spring clips |
GB2204925A (en) * | 1987-03-24 | 1988-11-23 | Gkn Sheepbridge Limited | Friction element for clutch |
GB2215382A (en) * | 1988-03-16 | 1989-09-20 | Ind Energy Costs Limited | Clip |
GB2218628A (en) * | 1988-05-20 | 1989-11-22 | Gerhard Fildan | Hanger for a display package |
GB2247169A (en) * | 1990-08-08 | 1992-02-26 | William James Booth | Anchoring device for bed-linen |
WO1993021802A1 (en) * | 1992-04-27 | 1993-11-11 | Scott Hubbard John Edward | Clip arrangements |
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GB380767A (en) * | 1931-06-30 | 1932-09-22 | John Alfred Nuttall | Improvements in spring clips |
GB759867A (en) * | 1954-03-08 | 1956-10-24 | Myers Sons Ltd M | Spring clips |
GB2204925A (en) * | 1987-03-24 | 1988-11-23 | Gkn Sheepbridge Limited | Friction element for clutch |
GB2215382A (en) * | 1988-03-16 | 1989-09-20 | Ind Energy Costs Limited | Clip |
GB2218628A (en) * | 1988-05-20 | 1989-11-22 | Gerhard Fildan | Hanger for a display package |
GB2247169A (en) * | 1990-08-08 | 1992-02-26 | William James Booth | Anchoring device for bed-linen |
WO1993021802A1 (en) * | 1992-04-27 | 1993-11-11 | Scott Hubbard John Edward | Clip arrangements |
Cited By (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1090569A1 (en) * | 1999-10-06 | 2001-04-11 | Peter Cloughton | Device for use in fitting a duvet cover |
US6481585B1 (en) | 1999-10-06 | 2002-11-19 | Peter Cloughton | Device for use in fitting a duvet cover |
GB2465048A (en) * | 2008-11-11 | 2010-05-12 | Clare Norton | Duvet clamp |
ES2389429A1 (en) * | 2009-12-11 | 2012-10-26 | Eloy GEIJO CARABALLO | Fountain device of pillows, mattresses, and for the bending of clothes in general. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
GB2499365B (en) * | 2011-12-23 | 2016-10-05 | Wilbert Garvin James | A duvet cover fitting apparatus |
FR3061846A1 (en) * | 2017-01-13 | 2018-07-20 | Benjamin Rimajou | DEVICE FOR STITCHING A DUVET COVER AROUND A DUCK, TO PUSH A SLEEPER AND TO BEND BED SHEETS |
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