Bed bug protection device

摘要

A bed bug protection device for protecting humans, animals and objects from crawling pests such as bed bugs. The device includes a top component for contacting the top surface of bedding such as a mattress or box spring. The top component includes barrier material suitable for preventing pests from biting humans or animals resting on the bedding. The device further includes a fitted side skirt joined to the periphery of the top component that hinders bed bugs and similar pests from climbing up the covered bedding and gaining access to humans, animals, or objects resting atop the bedding. The device may be part of a system including pillow protectors, headboard and/or footboard protectors for preventing contact by traditional bed coverings with walls or bed structures that may be infested by bed bugs.

主权项

1. A bedding arrangement comprising
a bed covering device adapted to cover a mattress having a top surface and a side wall appended to a perimeter edge of the top surface and arranged to extend downwardly away from the top surface, the bed covering device including a top component adapted to contact and cover the top surface of a mattress covered by the bed covering device and a skirt adapted to surround a side wall of a mattress and configured to include an interior surface facing inwardly toward the side wall of a mattress covered by the bed covering device and an exterior surface facing outwardly away from the side wall of a mattress covered by the bed covering device, wherein the exterior surface of the skirt is a substantially slippery, low friction surface sufficient to block upward traversal of bed bugs along the exterior surface to reach the top component upon placement of the exterior surface in a substantially vertical orientation alongside the side wall of a mattress covered by the bed covering device; a mattress covered by the bed covering device; a box spring underlying and supporting the mattress along an interface defined therebetween, and the skirt of the bed covering device is tucked to extend into the interface provided between a bottom of the mattress and a top of the box spring and arranged to drape at least partially over the side wall of the box spring and form an outwardly opening sheet receiver located between the mattress and the box spring; and a bedding sheet covering the mattress with all ends terminating within the outwardly opening sheet receiver.