ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,026, issued on March 18.
"Bed cover retention apparatus" was invented by Scott D. Maurer (Asheville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed cover retention apparatus (10) has an elastic band (14), a clip (16), and a planar strip (12), the planar strip having a first (interior, insertion) end (26), a second (extraction, distal) end (28), a first surface, and a second surface. The first surface and/or the second surface may be a high friction surface (24), or may be a smooth surface having a high friction material (24) attached thereto. The elastic band is connected to the first end, extends along the planar strip toward the second...