ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,873, issued on Feb. 10.

"Infant fitted bed sheet with attached blanket" was invented by Trinetta Janine Bryan (Old Forge, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The infant fitted bed sheet with attached blanket relates to safe sleep for infants and aims at solving how to keep an infant warm while in their sleep environment of a bassinet or crib. The fitted sheet with attached blanket has been developed primarily for use by infants at the age of 0-5 months and is a fitted bed sheet that has an attached blanket that is securely sewn on. The fitted bed sheet may feature an elastic band around the edges of the sheet that allows the sheet to ...