US1869450A - Mattress protector - Google Patents

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ug. 2, 1932. B, vWElNBERG, 1,869,450

MATTRES S PROTECTOR Filed Nov. 26, 1950 i 7 EE- Paieniedaugz, 1932 i' 1,869,450.'

UNITED STATES IENNETT WEINBERG, F BUTTEMOliTIANA Y. v I

Application filed November 26, 1930. Serial No. 498,481.

The invention relates to devices for covthrough all of the superposed parts, asV shown ering bed springs to protect the mattresses in Fig. 3. Y resting thereon, and it aims to provide an The outer edges of the elastic strips l1 are exceptionally simple and inexpensive device wrapped at 13 around two bars 14 respec-` n of this character, yet one which may be easily tively, said bars being either of lwood or 50.

applied and will be of unusual advantage. metal. Attaching hooks to engage the lVith the foregoing in view, the invenends oi'' a bed spring 16, are provided with tion resides in the novel subject matter hereflat Shanks 17 which rest upon the outer edge inafter described and claimed, description portions of the elastic strips 11, and rivets 18 le being accomplished by reference to the acpass through these shanks and the underly- 55 companying drawing. ing portions 11, 13 and 14 of the protector. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the In use, the protector is laid upon the device applied to a conventional bed spring. spring, the hooks 15 at one end of said pro- Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the protector, tector are engaged with one end of the i5 partly broken away. spring, the protector is then stretched lon- 6o* Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional gitudinally and the hooks at its other end view substantially on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.l engaged with the adjacent end of the bed Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view Spring, and the elasticity of the strips 11 then on line f4 of Fig. 2. Y holds the protector in smooth stretched con- The preferred construction has been illusdition and prevents release of the hooks. 65

trated and will be specifically described, with By employing the details disclosed, the dethe understanding that minor variations may vice may be easily and inexpensively manube made within the scopevof the invention as tactured and hence sold at small cost, but claimed.l attention is again invited to the fact that In constructing the device, I make use of minor variations may be made within the 70 a rectangular sheet 5 of muslin or other tex- SCOpe o f the invention as claimed.

tile material. Lying upon and preferably I claiin: i

glued or otherwise secured to the sheet 5, is l. A-I'Iiattressprotecting bed spring cover a rectangular Sheet 6 0f heavy paper, this comprising a flexible inelastic sheet, two

So paper Sheet being of less length and Width elastic strips extending along the end edges than the sheet 5, so that the transverse and 0f Sald Sheet TQSPQCVQIY Mld Secllred at longitudinal edges 7 and 7 of said sheet 5 then' ml' edges t11 `et0 Sad mlastlc. Sheet may be turned inwardly upon the marginal vand elastic strips being substantially in the portions of said Sheet 6 TWO longitudinal same horizontal plane, two transverse bars reinforcing strips 8 of heavy paper are glued y n or otherwise secured upon the longitudinal lll Sglkollgegl(fgl Il l ,Edge plotlori Oth Sleet 6 an@ upofl, thfe tlllll' edge portions of saidfelasc strips, and rivets will (mgl u ma e ge Forums. t o, e passing through said bars, said hook shanlrs )Geulle Sheet and the ends 9 of Sad Stmps and said rolled edge portions of said elastic 85` are shown lying upon the inturned ends 7 ot Strips. l Y said sheet 5. The bound inner edges 10 of 2, In a mattress pr0tecting bed Sp1-ing WO transverse elast@ Strips 11 rest P011 the cover, a lower rectangular textile sheet, an inturned. ends 7- 0f the sheet 5 and upon the upper heavy paper sheetv cemented upon said 5 ends 9 of the strips 8 and stitching 12 passes textile sheet and of less length and width 90 around which the outeredge portions of said 8o than the latter, the edges of said textile sheet being turned inwardly upon the upper side of said paper sheet, longitudinal reinforcing strips of heavy paper cemented upon said 5 paper sheet and the inturned longitudinal

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