ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,507, issued on Oct. 7.
"Height-measuring bed sheet" was invented by Lewis Dabbs Earnest (Athens, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A height-measuring bed sheet includes a top sheet panel defining a height-indicative pattern, the height-indicative pattern comprising height measurement indicia forming a design, wherein the height-measuring bed sheet is configured to cover a mattress of a bed, the top sheet panel is configured to confront a mattress top of the mattress, and the height-indicative pattern forms a height measurement scale for measuring a height of a patient in the bed; a pair of opposing side sheet panels extending from th...