Bedding assembly

Claim 1

A bedding assembly including a base encompassing portion, a base covering portion and a body covering portion; said base encompassing portion including a peripheral section around the periphery of a base including major top and bottom surfaces and sidewall sections joining said major surfaces, said peripheral section extending between the top and bottom surfaces of said base, said peripheral section including an upper edge adjacent said top surface and a lower edge adjacent said bottom surface, at least one connecting section extending over said bottom surface of said base and permanently joining opposite lower edges of said peripheral section; said base covering portion including first sheet means disposed over substantially the entire top surface of said base and in contact therewith, first fastening means releasably securing the edges of said first sheet means to the upper edges of said peripheral section along substantially the entire length thereof; said body covering portion including second sheet means disposed over said first sheet means and in contact therewith, said second sheet means including at least one pleat means, said pleat means extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said base intermediate and parallel to the edges thereof, second fastening means releasably securing the side edges of said second sheet means to adjacent edges of said first sheet means, blanket means disposed over said second sheet means and in contact therewith, said blanket means including at least one pleat means, said blanket pleat means being disposed substantially parallel to said second sheet pleat means, third fastening means releasably securing the side edges of said blanket means to adjacent edges of said second sheet means, fourth fastening means permanently affixing together the lower transverse edges of said first sheet means, said second sheet means and said blanket means, further including fifth fastening means disposed between the free ends of said pleat means of said second sheet means and the free ends of said pleat means of said blanket means; whereby said first fastening means may be operated without the necessity to operate either the second or third fastening means and the second fastening means may be operated without the necessity to operate either the first or third fastening means.