Textile articles are readily convertible between stowed and unstowed configurations. The convertible articles include an outer cover portion and an inner textile portion. The outer cover portion forms an interior cavity having an opening therethrough, and the inner textile portion has a free end and an opposite bottom end. In the stowed configuration, the inner textile portion is stowed within the interior cavity of the outer cover portion such that the article forms a pillow, cushion, pad, or the like. In the unstowed configuration, the free end of the inner textile portion extends through the opening of the outer cover portion and the bottom end is attached to the interior cavity, such that the article forms a blanket, a quilt, a sleeping bag, a garment, or the like.

A method for covering an end of a mattress is provided. The method includes the step of providing a partial fitted sheet comprising a front panel and a back panel opposite the front panel, each panel including a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge. The top edges, the bottom edges, the right edges, and the left edges of the front panel and the back panel are connected, and the bottom edges remain separated to form an opening. The method further includes the steps of receiving an end of the mattress through the opening; positioning the end of the mattress near the top edges of the front and back panels of the partial fitted sheet; and pulling the bottom edges of the partial fitted sheet along the mattress away from the top edges.

A fabric for bedding, comprising a fabric body, the fabric body is glued to an elastic surface layer, and the elastic surface layer is molded with a three-dimensional pattern.

Bedding for a crib mattress includes a plurality of temperature sensitive sensors disposed therein and an on-board power source. The sensors are configured to be in wireless communication with a monitoring device. A visual indicator is disposed upon the bedding and in electrical communication with the power source. The visual indicator is activated when a pre-set temperature is sensed by any one of the sensors.

A material cover includes a swath of material of sufficient width and length to cover a form, a cable sheath generally disposed about the peripheral edge of the swath of material on one side of the material swath, an elastic cable having a diameter just smaller than the inside diameter of the cable sheath threaded through the cable sheath, a cinch mechanism disposed in the path of the cable sheath, the cinch mechanism having an inside diameter the same or just smaller than twice the diameter of the elastic cable, and a pull line attached to or formed contiguously from the elastic cable, the pull line extending some length to an ergonomic handle operable by a user.

A unitary sheet that is provided with a waterproof underside layer. The sheet is used to cover a mattress, changing pad or similar surface to be occupied by a baby or a child. The upper layer of the sheet is a fabric (e.g. cotton) that provides comfort to a baby or child resting on the sheet, and it also provides waterproofing so that spillage or other waste matter does not seep through the sheet and onto the underlying mattress.

The proposed blanket includes at least one flexible layer including an upper and a lower fabric, between which a filler made of fibers is arranged. The flexible layer includes a plurality of holes. The blanket has stitched seams, the intersections of which coincide with the centers of the holes. The holes of smaller dimensions occupy up to two thirds of the length of the blanket, and the holes of larger dimensions occupy up to one third of the length of the blanket. The ventilation holes are furnished around the perimeter with blanket stitches.

A fitted mattress covering includes a body and an elastic strip. The body includes an upper surface and a side portion extending therefrom. The upper surface and the side portion together define a cavity therebetween shaped to receive a mattress. The side portion defines a lower edge of the body. The elastic strip is attached to the lower edge of the body and extends across and/or around a portion of the cavity. The elastic strip includes an inwardly-facing surface facing into the cavity and an outwardly-facing surface facing away from the cavity. At least part of one or both of the inwardly-facing surface and/or the outwardly-facing surface includes a non-slip portion. The non-slip portion is configured to generate a higher coefficient of friction with an adjacent surface than the elastic strip would provide without the non-slip portion.

A pillow with a removable rod-shaped insert is described herein. The rod-shaped insert is removably insertable into a cavity and/or trough within the pillow. Both the rod-shaped insert and the cavity and/or trough are substantially semi-circular at each vertically oriented cross-section thereof. The cavity includes an opening in a side of the pillow opposite a side thereof which is in contact with a user's head and/or body. The rod-shaped insert has a plurality of parallel ridges on at least one outer surface thereof and extends between both lateral sides of the pillow.

In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert is a single substantially planar structure which is folded into a substantially semi-circular shape. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert has an internal removably-insertable structure.

A pillow component includes a material layer having a top layer, a bottom layer and one or more sides separating the top layer from the bottom layer, and an interior spaced defined between the top layer and the bottom layer, the interior space configured to receive a filler. The material layer is formed by seamless knitting and is seamless about an entirety of a periphery extending in a first direction around the top layer, the bottom layer and the one or more sides. The characteristics of the knit material layer or fabric can be widely varied. A pillow includes the pillow component and a filler in the interior space.