A top sheet for use with a bed having a mattress with a head section, a
foot section, a width and a thickness provides enhanced leg/foot room.
The various embodiments include a flexible sheet of material having a
width with a centerline, a length with a top edge and a bottom edge, and
one or more pleats extending up from the bottom edge, each pleat having a
length at least equal to the thickness of the mattress plus a few inches
for tucking purposes. With such a construction, when the bed is made, the
material puffs out around the foot section, thereby providing additional
space for the legs and feet of a user. The preferred embodiment comprises
a plurality of spaced-apart pleats, each extending up from the bottom
edge and substantially perpendicular thereto. A pleat may be provided at
or near the centerline, depending upon use in conjunction with single,
twin, full, double, queen or king sizes. Each pleat may a length in the
range of 6 to 24 inches and a width in the range of 1 to 6 inches, though
the invention is not limited in this regard. Nor is the invention limited
in terms of the pleats used, which may be knife, box, double-box, and so
forth. The edges are optionally stitched down for a neater appearance.