GB2321009A - Duvet cover - Google Patents

Abstract

A duvet cover is divided into sections across it's width and has openings along it's two long sides secured by fasteners, which facilitate the entry and removal of the inserted panels which have optional fillings of a variety of materials, to meet domestic, health care and industrial use. Insert panels can be removed when soiled for cleaning and re-use or incinerated.

Description

I 2321009 -- -1 EPSY HYGIENE EU7ll'-i-T Ihis invention relates to an easy

c-nre l-ygiene 5,uve'L.

Duvets are well known for-ms of bed cover. They are however difficult to replace in the cover, and virtually irr.-,ossible to -..-ash in the average washing -r.achi their bulk, and also difficult to dry.

Furthermore their uses in hospitals are restricted by the above problexis plus ccnsi,5erat-icl-s of,,iygiene, cross contam.'-n-=-- icn and allergies of the patients.

According to the present invention there is provide,'S the outer iv-idei into pockets or sections acc-cssJ'--le fro.m uvet cover, k_ -- - both sides tc ch=n-inz! the -rain bc",5Ay oil the duvet -hen soiled. The,-nain bo5Y of tle ',uve- s up cf =-=n-=ls to fit in to these pockets so providling ease cf han--"line.

1 2:11 - The duvet anels can be of standard insulation for ncrT,-=" p -L domestic use and' --'iszosable or anti-allergy materials for hospit-al, nursing use. Panels can also in--orzor---z4-e a -=terprco..17 lay2r when usei as an un.'--r tlanket.

A spe-cific ei-ibo-li.T.en-- of the invention will now be jascribed, by way of example witn reference tc the accompanyini; ira,ing in which:Figure 1 shows in perspective, the fuvet in -IC panels C or sections, accordin- to size of Juvet.

Figure 2 shows in pe-rspective a typical insert panel.

Refe=ing to the dr-tw"Lng, the comprises a --cvE:,r 4n to a number of sec"icns or;n21s, witi- long sides, s=-cu--ej by any zul-a.3e fasteners.

2 In cr.ier remove scil,-mj instErt- cane ls for -"is;2csal or washinG, fasten-ers are epene. - an,-.7, t----_ irsert panel- simply c Y h n J5 I'T'c reol-7-ce with fresh insert panel. open both sides, feei in 17resh panel an. reach in cpposite si,5-, anj- pull t.,irouch and' refasten bcth sij=-.

Insert P3nels -=s Figure 2 may be fille.5 -,,,ith therimal natural or synthetic fibres, veUet-;r-ble or recycled material.

c - for tct-s1 iisposall after use, and any material allergy sufferers vjhic"-,:-,2et anJ, hygiene reQuireiments.

c L A I V, Z_ 7u vet cc v er..- ic-i iS sect c n a sz-, a c r c ss open n-s and f = ten either si,ze tc Eacil J tate t,= i t 'S t h ' anJ sE -.-iEillc)arals::)f varicuS 2. -75 5uvet comprising the pan-=Is up of th.-=r;ral insulation ma-terials, absorben ::ovar as in clai- 1.

abeve anJ Inf ill hygienic:r,-nteri-mls for when scil-ad, -=,id' sterilise-5 material to prevent cross infec"icn an,-'E/,,r reactien to allerwies in Healthl care prcf,-zssic,-,s Gr use