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DUVET ASSEMBLY
Technical Field
[0001] The present disclosure relates, generally, to a duvet assembly. More
particularly, the present
disclosure pertains to a duvet assembly having a duvet and duvet covers
attached to the duvet.
Background Information and Prior Art
[0001] Changing the covers of a duvet or a comforter is essential to maintain
cleanliness and
hygiene of the bedding. Additionally, it has been long known that the
changing, arranging, and
inserting duvet or other comforters inside a cover is a difficult and time
consuming task. The
problem gets exaggerated for elderly persons or for people with disabilities.
Typically, changing of
the cover involves lifting the duvet/comforter and inserting and positioning
the duvet/comforter
inside the cover, aligning the duvet/comforter along the four corners of the
cover, and tying the
duvet/comforter along the four corners of the cover with a plurality of
strings, which is a laborious
and time consuming task. A further issue which results from the typical duvet
is that the edges of the
duvet tend to become misaligned from the edges of the duvet cover, resulting
in uneven spread, or
clumping, of the duvet inside the duvet cover.
[0002] A number of inventors have attempted to solve this problem by
redesigning the pouch or
pocket-like duvet cover to make it easier to insert the duvet as disclosed in
Canadian patent
references CA304822, CA2639258, CA2874145, CA2712997 and CA3039019 and US
patent
references US20190099017, US20200060447, US20180146805) or by way of affixing
a cover sheet
to the duvet cover, as disclosed in Canadian patent reference CA2980864.
However, none of these
solutions provide the simplicity, speed of installation and consistency of
spread of the duvet inside
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the cover because each approach requires the insertion of the duvet into the
cover, the finding of
corners (where ties are available) and the spreading of the duvet evenly
within the cover.
[0003] Chinese patent reference CN202489646U describes a sandwich-like quilt
and a quilt cover.
The quilt cover includes an upper layer having a zipper along its edges and a
lower cover having a
zipper along its edges. Further, the quilt includes a pair of zippers along
edges of upper surface and
lower surface. The quilt cover is assembled with the quilt by engaging the
zipper of the upper layer
with the zipper of the upper surface of the quilt, and engaging the zipper of
the lower layer with the
zipper of the lower layer. As the zippers are disposed along all the edges of
the quilt assembly, a
portion of zippers comes into contact with the face or body of the user, which
is undesirable.
[0004] Japanese patent reference JP2002125822A discloses a sandwich-like quilt
assembly having a
quilt and a quilt cover. The quilt cover has an upper cover adapted to be
removably engaged with the
quilt and a lower cover adapted to be removably engaged with the quilt and the
upper cover. The
upper cover is engaged or attached with the quilt by engaging fasteners
disposed along the four
edges of the quilt and the upper cover. The lower cover is engaged with the
quilt by engaging the
fasteners disposed along the three edges of the quilt and the lower cover.
Also, the lower cover is
engaged with the upper cover by folding the lower cover and fastening reaming
edge of the lower
cover to the upper cover. As the upper edge of the quilt is not fastened to
the lower cover, the edges
of the quilt tend to become misaligned from the edges of the lower cover,
resulting in uneven
spread, or clumping, of the quilt inside the quilt cover.
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Summary of Invention
[0005] According to an aspect of the disclosure a duvet assembly is disclosed.
The duvet assembly
includes a duvet having a first edge, a second edge, a first side edge and a
second side edge and
includes a first face and a second face disposed opposite to the first face.
In addition, the duvet
assembly includes a duvet cover having a first cover sheet and a second cover
sheet. The first cover
sheet is adapted to partially cover the first face of the duvet and is
removable coupled to the duvet.
Additionally, an edge of the first cover sheet is arranged at an offset from
the first edge of the duvet.
The second cover sheet has a first portion and a folded portion attached to
the first portion and
defining a pocket there between to receive a portion of the duvet. The first
portion covers the second
face of the duvet and is removable attached with the duvet and the folded
portion covers a portion of
the first face and is removable attached to the first cover sheet.
[0006] In an embodiment, the duvet assembly further includes a first zipper
having a first zipper
track attached to the first face of the duvet and extending along a periphery
of the duvet. In addition,
the first zipper includes a second zipper track coupled to the first cover
sheet and adapted to engage
with the first zipper track. The second zipper track extends along a periphery
of the first cover sheet.
The ends of the first zipper track are arranged at an offset from the first
edge of the duvet.
[0007] In an embodiment, the first zipper track extends along part lengths of
the first and second
side edge of the duvet.
[0008] In an embodiment, the second zipper track is attached inwardly of the
edges of the first cover
sheet such that the first cover sheet defines a first flap to cover the first
zipper.
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[0009] In an embodiment, the duvet assembly further includes a second zipper
having a third zipper
track attached to the second face of the duvet and extending along a periphery
of the duvet. In
addition, the second zipper incudes a fourth zipper track coupled to the first
portion of the second
cover sheet and adapted to engage with the third zipper track. The fourth
zipper track extends along
a periphery of the first portion. The ends of the third zipper track are
arranged at an offset from the
first edge of the duvet.
[0010] In an embodiment, the third zipper track extends along part lengths of
the first and second
side edge of the duvet.
[0011] In an embodiment, the fourth zipper track is attached inwardly of edges
of the first portion
such that the first portion of the second cover sheet defines a second flap to
cover the second zipper.
[0012] In an embodiment, the duvet assembly further includes a third zipper
having a fifth zipper
track attached to the folded portion and extending along a free edge of the
folded portion of the
second cover sheet. In addition, the third zipper includes a sixth zipper
track attached to the first
cover sheet and extending along the first edge of the first cover sheet, the
sixth zipper track is
adapted to engage with the fifth zipper track to removably engage the first
cover sheet with the
folded portion.
[0013] In an embodiment, the fifth zipper track is attached inwardly of the
free edge and is
disposed, at least partially, inside the pocket such that the folded portion
defines a third flap to cover
of the third zipper.
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[0014] In an embodiment, the pocket is formed by stitching the side edges of
the folded portion with
the first portion.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[0015] FIG. 1 illustrates an exploded view of a duvet assembly, in accordance
with an embodiment
of the disclosure;
[0016] FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of a duvet, in accordance with an
embodiment of the
disclosure;
[0017] FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a portion of a first cover
sheet defining a first flap
and coupled with the duvet, in accordance with an embodiment of the
disclosure;
[0018] FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of a portion of a second cover
sheet defining a first flap
and coupled with the duvet, in accordance with an embodiment of the
disclosure;
[0019] FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of a portion of folded portion
defining a third flap
covering a third zipper, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
and
[0020] FIG. 6 illustrates a perspective view of the duvet assembly covered by
the first cover sheet
and the second cover sheet, in accordance with an embodiment of the
disclosure.
Detailed Description of Invention
[0021] Referring to FIG. 1, a duvet assembly 100 having a duvet 200 and a
duvet cover 300 is
shown. The duvet 200 is a thick quilted like blanket, usually stuffed with
down, goose feathers,
cotton or simulated down in the form of synthetic fibers, for facilitating a
storage of heat within the
duvet 200. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the duvet 200 includes a first face
202 (i.e. top face 202)
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and a second face 204 (i.e. bottom face 204) disposed/arranged opposite to the
first face 202 and
extending substantially parallel to the top face 202. The first face 202 is
defined by a first fabric
layer, while the second face 204 is defined by a second fabric layer that is
connected to the first
fabric layer along edges and defines a space therebetween to receive the
material, such as, down,
goose feathers, cotton or simulated down in the form of synthetic fibers. In
an embodiment the first
face 202 and the second face 204 may be stitched along the periphery after
stuffing the material
inside the duvet. Further, the duvet 200 includes four edges, i.e., a first
edge 206 (i.e. top edge 206),
a second edge 208 (i.e. bottom edge 208) arranged substantially parallel and
opposite to the first
edge 206, a first side edge 210 extending from the first edge 206 to the
second edge 208, and a
second side edge 212 extending from the first edge 206 to the second edge 208
and arranged
opposite and substantially parallel to the first side edge 210.
[0022] Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the duvet cover 300 includes a pair of
cover sheets, 302, 304 to
cover of the duvet 200 for maintaining the cleanliness of the duvet 200 and to
prevent deposition of
any dirt or dust on the duvet 200. The pair of cover sheets 302, 304 includes
a first cover sheet 302
(i.e. the upper cover sheet 302) adapted to be disposed over the first face
202 of the duvet 200 and
partially cover the first face 202, and a second cover sheet 304 (lower cover
sheet 304) adapted to
completely cover the second face 204 of the duvet 200 and partially cover the
first face 202. The
first cover sheet 302 is adapted to be removably engaged with the first face
202 of the duvet 200,
while the second cover sheet 304 is adapted to be removably engaged with the
second face 204 of
the duvet 200 and the first cover sheet 302.
[0023] To facilitate a removable engagement of the first cover sheet 302 with
the duvet 200, the
duvet assembly 100 includes a first zipper 310. As shown in FIG. 1, the first
zipper 310 includes a
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first zipper track 312 attached to the first face 202 of the duvet 200 and a
second zipper track 314
attached to the first cover sheet 302. The first zipper track 312 runs/extends
along partial lengths the
first side edge 210 and the second side edge 212 of the duvet 200. Also, the
first zipper track 312
extends along an entire length of the bottom edge 208 of the duvet 200 and
includes a first end 316
connected to the first side edge 210 and disposed at a distance from the top
edge 206 of the duvet
200. Similarly, a second end 318 of the first zipper track 312 is connected to
the second side edge
212 of the duvet 200 and is located at a distance from the top edge 206 of the
duvet 200.
Accordingly, the first end 316 and the second end 318 of the first zipper
track 312 are arranged
substantially opposite to each other. Further, the first zipper track 312 is
stitched to the first face 202
and extends outwardly of the first face 202.
[0024] Similar to the first zipper track 312, the second zipper track 314
extends along entire lengths
of a first edge 322 (i.e. first side edge 322), a second edge 324 (i.e. second
side edge 324), and a
third edge 326 (i.e. bottom edge 326) of the first cover sheet 302. As shown
in FIG. 3, in an
embodiment, the second zipper track 314 is attached inwardly of the first side
edge 322, the second
side edge 324 and the bottom edge 326 such that the first cover sheet 302
defines a flap 330 (i.e. a
first flap 330) extending over the second zipper track 314 to cover the first
zipper 310 in an
assembly of the first cover sheet 302 with the duvet 200. In some
implementations, the second
zipper track 314 is attached to the first side edge 322, the second side edge
324 and the bottom edge
326 and may extend inwardly or outwardly of the edges 322, 324, 326. Moreover,
the first cover
sheet 302 includes a fourth edge 332 (i.e. top edge 332) disposed opposite and
substantially parallel
to the bottom edge 326. It may be appreciated that the length of the first
cover sheet 302 is shorter
than the length of the duvet 200. Accordingly, in an assembly of the first
cover sheet 302 with the
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duvet 200, the top edge 332 of the first cover sheet 302 is located at a
distance from the top edge
206 of the duvet 200.
[0025] Referring again to FIG. 1, the second cover sheet 304 includes a first
portion 350 and a
folded portion 352 disposed partially above the first portion 350 and defining
a pocket 354
therebetween to receive an upper portion 220 of the duvet 200. The first
portion 350 is adapted to
cover the second face 204 (i.e. bottom face 204) of the duvet 200, while the
folded portion 352 is
adapted to cover a portion of the top face 202 of the duvet 200 and engages
with the first cover sheet
302. Accordingly, in an assembly of the second cover sheet 304, the upper
portion 220 of the duvet
200 is disposed inside the pocket 354. Further, the pocket 354 is formed by
stitching the side edges
of the folded portion 352 with corresponding side edges of the first portion
350. Also, in an
assembly, the first portion 350 is removably engaged with the duvet 200, while
the folded portion
352 is removably engaged with the top edge 332 of the first cover sheet 302.
[0026] To enable the removable engagement of the first portion 350 with the
duvet 200, the duvet
assembly 100 includes a second zipper 400. As shown in FIG. 1, the second
zipper 400 includes a
third zipper track 402 attached to the second face 204 of the duvet 200 and a
fourth zipper track 404
attached to the first portion 350 of the second cover sheet 304. The third
zipper track 402
runs/extends along partial lengths the first side edge 210 and the second side
edge 212 of the duvet
200. Also, the third zipper track 402 extends along an entire length of the
bottom edge 208 of the
duvet 200 and includes a first end 406 connected to the first side edge 210
and disposed at a distance
from the top edge 206 of the duvet 200. Similarly, a second end 408 of the
third zipper track 402 is
connected to the second side edge 212 of the duvet 200 and is located at a
distance from the top
edge 206 of the duvet 200. Accordingly, the first end 406 and the second end
408 of the third zipper
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track 402 are arranged substantially opposite to each other. Further, the
third zipper track 402 is
stitched to the second face 204 and extends outwardly of the second face 204.
[0027] As shown in FIG. 1 , the fourth zipper track 404 extends along a
partial length of a first edge
360 (i.e. first side edge 360), a second edge 362 (i.e. second side edge 362),
and extends along an
entire length of a third edge 364 (i.e. bottom edge 364) of the first portion
350 of the second cover
sheet 304. As shown, a first end 370 of the fourth zipper track 404 is
arranged proximate to the first
side edge 360 and is disposed adjacent to a free edge 372 of the folded
portion 352, while a second
end 374 of the fourth zipper track 404 is arranged proximate to the second
side edge 362 and is
arranged adjacent to the free edge 372 of the folded portion 352. In an
embodiment, the first end 370
and the second end 374 of the fourth zipper track 404 are disposed outside of
the pocket 354.
Additionally, in an embodiment shown in FIG. 4, as with the second zipper
track 314, the fourth
zipper track 404 is attached inwardly of the first side edge 360, the second
side edge 362 and the
bottom edge 364 such that the first portion 350 defines a flap 380 (i.e. a
second flap 380) that
extends over the fourth zipper track 404 and covers the second zipper 400 in
an assembly of the
second cover sheet 304 with the duvet 200. In some implementations, the fourth
zipper track 404 is
attached to the first side edge 360, the second side edge 362 and the bottom
edge 364 and may
extend inwardly or outwardly of the edges 360, 362, 364.
[0028] Additionally, as shown in FIG. 1, the duvet assembly 100 includes a
third zipper 500 having
a fifth zipper track 502 attached to the folded portion 352 and extending
along an entire length of the
free edge 372, and a sixth zipper track 504 attached to the top edge 332 of
the first cover sheet 302.
Also, as shown in FIG. 5, the fifth zipper track 502 is attached inwardly of
the free edge 372 of the
folded portion 352, thereby defining a flap 382 (i.e. the third flap 382)
extending outwardly and over
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the fifth zipper track 502 to cover the third zipper 500 in an assembly of the
fifth zipper track 502
with the sixth zipper track 504. Also, in an embodiment, the fifth zipper
track is disposed inside the
pocket 354. In an embodiment, instead of the third zipper 500, the duvet
assembly 100 may include
a button system (not shown) having a plurality of buttons attached to one of
the folded portion 352
and the first cover sheet 302, and a plurality of button holes or button snaps
defined by other of the
folded portion 352 and the first cover sheet 302.
[0029] A method of assembling the duvet cover 300 to the duvet 200 is now
explained. For
facilitating an easy assembly, the user may spread the duvet 200 on a flat
surface like a bed or a
floor with the first face 202 of the duvet 200 facing upwards. Thereafter, the
user may
couple/engage/attach the first cover sheet 302 to the duvet 200. For so doing,
the user may
position/arrange the first cover sheet 302 over the first face 202 of the
duvet 200 such that the first
side edge 322, the second side edge 324, and the bottom edge 326 of the first
cover sheet 302 aligns
with the first side edge 210, the second side edge 212, and the bottom edge
208 of the duvet 200,
while the top edge 332 of the first cover sheet 302 is located at an offset
from the top edge 206 of
the duvet 200. For facilitating the coupling, the first zipper track 312 is
attached and interlocked
with the second zipper track 314 using a hook. Thereafter, the duvet 200 is
turned over such that the
second face 204 of the duvet 200 is positioned/arranged facing upwardly. The
second cover sheet
304 is now positioned on the second face 204 of the duvet 200 such that the
first portion 350 covers
the second face 204. Accordingly, the first side edge 360, the second side
edge 362, and the bottom
edge 364 of the first portion 350 of the second cover sheet 304 aligns with
the first side edge 210,
the second side edge 212, and the bottom edge 208 of the duvet 200,
respectively.
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[0030] Subsequently, the second cover sheet 304 is engaged with the duvet 200
by engaging and
interlocking the third zipper track 402 with the fourth zipper track 404.
Thereafter, the upper portion
220 of the duvet 200 is inserted inside the pocket 354 such that the folded
portion 352 faces/covers
the upper portion 220 of the duvet 200. Accordingly, the folded portion 352 is
disposed
facing/covering a portion of the top face 202 of the duvet 200. Subsequently
or otherwise, the duvet
200 may be turned over, and the fifth zipper track 502 is engaged and
interlocked with the sixth
zipper track 504 to engage/attach the folded portion 352 to the first cover
sheet 302. As the upper
portion 220 is inserted inside the pocket 354 and the folded portion 352 is
attached with the first
cover sheet 302, while the edges 208, 210, 212 of the duvet 200 are in
engagement with the first
portion 350 and the first cover sheet 302, the upper portion 220 remains
within the pocket 354 and
the side edges 210, 212 of the duvet 200 remain aligned with the side edges of
the folded portion
352. For facilitating the removal of the duvet cover 300 from the duvet 200
the three zippers 310,
400, 500 are opened and the cover sheets 302, 304 are easily removed for
washing and cleaning
purpose. Further, as the duvet cover 300 includes two separate cover sheets
302, 304, it is easier to
wash the duvet cover 300 as the cover sheets 302, 304 can be washed
separately.
[0031] The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present
disclosure have been
presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended
to be exhaustive or to
limit the present disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously
many modifications and
variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The exemplary
embodiment was chosen and
described in order to best explain the principles of the present disclosure
and its practical
application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the
present disclosure and
various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular
use contemplated.
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