ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,320, issued on May 5.
"Mattress cover" was invented by Sachin Jhunjhunwala (Maharashtra, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress cover (100) for a mattress includes a sheet (102) configured to enclose the mattress at least partially. The sheet (102) comprises an upper portion (104) to cover a top side of the mattress. Further, the sheet (102) comprises a pair of side skirt portions (106) extending from two longitudinal sides of the sheet (102), to cover two longitudinal sides of the mattress, and a pair of end skirt portions (108) extending from two transverse sides of the sheet (102), to cover two transverse sides of the mattr...