CN220174862U - Down quilt convenient for observing down filling condition - Google Patents

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CN220174862U
CN220174862U CN202321282037.9U CN202321282037U CN220174862U CN 220174862 U CN220174862 U CN 220174862U CN 202321282037 U CN202321282037 U CN 202321282037U CN 220174862 U CN220174862 U CN 220174862U
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The utility model discloses a down quilt convenient for observing down filling condition, which relates to the technical field of down quilts and comprises the following components: the down-drilling-proof quilt cover and the down-drilling-proof semitransparent lining layer are correspondingly connected in a sewing mode, and down is filled between the down-drilling-proof quilt cover and the down-drilling-proof semitransparent lining layer; the skin-friendly fabric layer is positioned on one side of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer far away from the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface; the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer is correspondingly connected with the middle part of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent lining layer in a sewing way, and the peripheral side of the skin-friendly fabric layer is correspondingly connected with the peripheral side of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover through a zipper I. The utility model can display the down filling condition of the down quilt from four sides, and can achieve softness, ventilation and safe purchase for consumers.

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Down quilt convenient for observing down filling condition
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of down quilts, in particular to a down quilt convenient for observing filling conditions of down.
Background
The down quilt is gradually favored by consumers due to the advantages of portability, ventilation and good warm-keeping effect; the filling of the down quilt is mainly down, but in order to earn more benefits when manufacturing the down quilt, some manufacturers dope other materials or inferior down in the down; when the down quilt is sold, the consumers cannot directly see the filling condition of the inner down due to the shielding of the outer-layer quilt cover, so that the quality problems of impure filling down and poor heat preservation function of the down quilt purchased by the consumers often occur, and sales and development of new brands of the down quilt are limited to a certain extent.
Chinese patent (grant bulletin No. CN206324576U, grant bulletin No. 2017.07.14) discloses a transparent window down quilt, in particular to a down quilt, wherein one corner of the down quilt is provided with a quilt surface with a transparent window, two sides of the quilt surface with the transparent window are respectively provided with a zipper, a layer of transparent PVC fabric is arranged in the quilt surface with the transparent window, four sides of the transparent PVC fabric are sewn with the upper and lower quilt surfaces through stitching lines, and the stitching lines are arranged at the inner sides of the zippers; therefore, the technical scheme can only show the filling condition of the down at one corner, but not the filling conditions of four edges of the down quilt, and the soft and breathable comfortable characteristics of the down quilt are damaged by the transparent PVC fabric at one corner of the down quilt.
Therefore, how to provide a down quilt convenient for observing the down filling condition, which can show the down filling condition from four sides, can be purchased by consumers with confidence, and can achieve the soft and breathable comfort effect is a problem to be solved by the technicians in the field.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present utility model provides a down quilt that facilitates observation of the filling condition of down, and aims to solve the above technical problems. The utility model can display the down filling condition of the down quilt from four sides, and can achieve the advantages of softness, ventilation and consumer's safe purchase.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
a duvet for facilitating observation of down fill conditions, comprising:
the down-proof quilt cover and the down-proof semitransparent lining layer are in corresponding sewing connection, and down is filled between the down-proof quilt cover and the down-proof semitransparent lining layer;
the skin-friendly fabric layer is positioned on one side of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer away from the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface; the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer is correspondingly connected with the middle part of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent lining layer in a sewing way, and the peripheral side of the skin-friendly fabric layer is correspondingly connected with the peripheral side of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover through a zipper I.
Compared with the prior art, the down quilt convenient for observing the filling condition of the down is provided, and the down quilt can be used as a quilt core or directly used; one side of the skin-friendly fabric layer can be directly used next to the skin, so that the problems of smoother and cooler quilt surface when the traditional down quilt is directly used next to the skin are solved, and the comfort of the down quilt when the traditional down quilt is directly used is improved; the edge of the skin-friendly fabric layer can be opened through the zipper, the anti-penetration semi-transparent lining layer is leaked, and a consumer can see the down filling condition inside the down quilt in all directions through the anti-penetration semi-transparent lining layer, so that the purchase confidence of the consumer is improved.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the down-drilling-resistant quilt surface and the down-drilling-resistant semitransparent inner liner layer are connected by stitching through a plurality of longitudinal stitching lines and a plurality of transverse stitching lines which are arranged in a crossing manner, so as to form a plurality of down filling areas distributed in an array manner; the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer is connected with the anti-penetration semi-transparent lining layer by corresponding longitudinal sutures and transverse sutures in a sewing way.
The middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer is sewn and fixed by a plurality of longitudinal stitching lines and a plurality of transverse stitching lines and the anti-drilling semi-transparent lining layer, and the edge part is fixed by a zipper I, so that the fit degree of the skin-friendly fabric layer and the anti-drilling semi-transparent lining layer is improved.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the thickness of the skin-friendly fabric layer is larger than that of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover; the thickness of the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface is larger than that of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer.
The thickness of the anti-velvet translucent inner liner is thinnest in the three-layer fabric, so that the anti-velvet translucent inner liner is beneficial to realizing the anti-velvet and translucent effects, and is not easy to damage under the protection of the skin-friendly fabric layer when being used as the inner liner; and can achieve the effect of softness and ventilation.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the four corner ends of one side of the down-proof quilt surface far away from the down-proof semitransparent inner liner layer are respectively provided with a rope sleeve used for being bound and fixed with the corner ends corresponding to the inside of the down quilt cover.
The rope sleeve has the function of being used for fixing four corners in the quilt cover when the down quilt is used as a quilt core.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, a sample containing bag embedded in the corresponding down filling area is arranged on the peripheral side of the down-drilling-preventing quilt cover, a second zipper is arranged at the bag opening of the sample containing bag, and the second zipper is positioned on the inner side of the first zipper; and a down sample for filling the down quilt is placed in the sample accommodating bag.
The first zipper is opened, the second zipper of the sample accommodating bag can be seen, and the down sample placed in the sample accommodating bag can be directly touched by opening the second zipper, so that consumers can experience and know the quality condition of the filled down conveniently; the internal sample containing bag does not affect the overall appearance and use effect of the down quilt.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the outer surface of the anti-drilling pile quilt surface is provided with a pattern layer. The attractive appearance of the down quilt can be improved, and the requirements of consumers are met.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the anti-drilling translucent inner liner layer is made of white translucent anti-drilling material fabric.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover, the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer and the skin-friendly fabric layer are rectangular.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the length and width dimensions of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover and the skin-friendly fabric layer are the same; the length of the zipper I is larger than the circumference of the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface; the tail part of the zipper I is arranged between the anti-drilling semi-transparent lining layer and the skin-friendly fabric layer.
The tail part of the zipper is arranged between the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer and the skin-friendly fabric layer after the zipper is pulled and closed, so that the hidden design effect is realized.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the skin-friendly fabric layer is a 60s high-count high-density combed skin-friendly cotton fabric layer.
Compared with the prior art, the down quilt convenient for observing the filling condition of the down is disclosed by the utility model, and has the following advantages and beneficial effects:
1. the down quilt can be used as a quilt core, and can also be directly used for fitting one side of a skin-friendly fabric layer, so that the comfort of direct use is improved.
2. According to the down quilt, the edge of the skin-friendly fabric layer can be opened before a consumer purchases the down quilt, the down filling condition in the down quilt is comprehensively seen through the down-penetration-preventing semitransparent inner liner, and the purchase confidence of the consumer is improved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a down quilt in a partially opened state of a skin-friendly fabric layer on the back side of the down quilt for facilitating observation of down filling conditions;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a down quilt of the present utility model for facilitating observation of down filling;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the front structure of the duvet of the present utility model for facilitating the observation of the filling condition of the down;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the reverse side structure of the duvet of the present utility model for facilitating observation of the filling condition of the down;
in the figure: 1. anti-drilling velvet quilt surface; 2. anti-drilling translucent inner liner; 3. a skin-friendly fabric layer; 4. a first zipper; 41. tail part; 5. a longitudinal suture; 6. a transverse suture; 7. a down fill zone; 8. a sample-receiving bag; 81. a second zipper; 9. rope sleeve.
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Embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative and intended to explain the present utility model and should not be construed as limiting the utility model.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.
In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, a down quilt for facilitating observation of filling condition of down comprises:
the down-drilling-resistant quilt cover 1 and the down-drilling-resistant semitransparent lining layer 2 are rectangular, the peripheral side of the down-drilling-resistant quilt cover 1 and the peripheral side of the down-drilling-resistant semitransparent lining layer 2 are connected by sewing with application sutures, and down is filled between the down-drilling-resistant quilt cover 1 and the down-drilling-resistant semitransparent lining layer 2; the down quilt is filled with down in the prior art, and is not described in detail in the following.
The skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is rectangular; the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is positioned at one side of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer 2 away from the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface 1; the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is correspondingly connected with the middle part of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent lining layer 2 by stitching, and the peripheral side of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is correspondingly connected with the peripheral side of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover 1 by stitching through a zipper one 4.
The anti-penetration down quilt surface 1 is the front surface of the down quilt, the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is the back surface of the down quilt, the anti-penetration down semitransparent inner liner layer 2 is used as a middle inner liner layer, and the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 can be used next to the skin; namely, the utility model can be used as a quilt core and can also be directly used next to the skin; the problem that the surface of the traditional down quilt is smooth and the human body feels cool when the down quilt is directly used next to the skin can be directly solved by one side of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3, and the comfort of the down quilt when the down quilt is directly used is improved; the edge of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 can be lifted by opening the zipper I4, the anti-penetration down translucent inner liner 2 leaks out, the anti-penetration down translucent inner liner 2 has the translucent characteristic, and a consumer can see the down filling condition inside the down quilt through the anti-penetration down translucent inner liner 2 in all directions, so that the consumer can purchase the down quilt with confidence.
Preferably, the down-proof quilt cover 1 and the down-proof semitransparent lining layer 2 are connected by stitching through a plurality of longitudinal stitching lines 5 and a plurality of transverse stitching lines 6 which are arranged in a crossing way to form a plurality of down filling areas 7 distributed in an array; the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is connected with the anti-penetration semi-transparent lining layer 2 by a plurality of corresponding longitudinal stitching lines 5 and a plurality of corresponding transverse stitching lines 6.
Specifically, the lengths of the anti-velvet quilt cover 1, the anti-velvet semitransparent inner liner layer 2 and the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 are 240cm, and the widths are 200cm; the longitudinal sutures 5 are five and are arranged in parallel at equal intervals; six transverse sutures 6 are arranged in parallel at equal intervals; the longitudinal stitching 5, the transverse stitching 6 and the peripheral stitching of the duvet divide the duvet into forty two structurally identical down filling areas 7. The sizes of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover 1, the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent lining layer 2 and the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 can be flexibly adjusted according to the needs of consumers; the number of the longitudinal stitching lines 5 and the transverse stitching lines 6 and the size and the structure of the down filling area 7 can be flexibly set according to the needs.
Preferably, the thickness of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is larger than that of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover 1; the thickness of the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface 1 is larger than that of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent lining layer 2.
Specifically, the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover 1 and the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent lining layer 2 are selected from anti-drilling velvet fabrics in the prior art; the thin anti-velvet drilling fabric is selected as the anti-velvet drilling semitransparent lining layer 2 so as to increase the transparent and visible effect; when the down filling condition is specifically shown to a consumer, four sides of the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 are lifted, the front side of the down quilt is irradiated by the LED white light flashlight on the side of the down quilt surface 1, the consumer can clearly identify the down filling condition through light transmission from the side of the down penetration preventing semitransparent lining layer 2, and the down filling detail is clearly visible.
Preferably, the four corner ends of one side of the down-proof quilt cover 1, which is far away from the down-proof semitransparent inner liner layer 2, are fixed with rope sleeves 9 which are used for binding and fixing the corner ends corresponding to the inside of the down quilt cover by using sutures; the rope sleeve 9 can be an elastic rope, so that the pulling force between the quilt cover and the down quilt core can be reduced, and damage is avoided.
Preferably, the circumference of the down-drilling-preventing quilt cover 1 is provided with a sample containing bag 8 embedded in the corresponding down filling area 7, and the bag mouth of the sample containing bag 8 is sewn with the circumference of the down-drilling-preventing quilt cover 1 by an application suture; a second zipper 81 is sewn at the bag mouth of the sample containing bag 8, and the second zipper 81 is positioned at the inner side of the first zipper 4; a down sample for filling the down quilt is placed in the sample-receiving pocket 8.
Specifically, the sample-holding bag 8 is made of the same fabric material as the anti-drilling pile quilt cover 1.
Preferably, the outer surface of the anti-drilling quilt cover 1 is printed with a pattern layer. The attractive appearance of the down quilt can be improved, and the requirements of consumers are met.
Preferably, the anti-drilling translucent inner liner layer 2 is made of white translucent anti-drilling material fabric; namely, the anti-drilling translucent inner liner 2 can achieve better visual effect by selecting the anti-drilling material fabric which is thinner in the prior art and has better light transmittance and transparency.
Preferably, the length and width dimensions of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover 1 and the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 are the same; the length of the zipper I4 is larger than the circumference of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover 1; the tail 41 of the zipper I4 is arranged between the anti-drilling translucent inner liner layer 2 and the skin-friendly fabric layer 3. The tail 41 of the zipper I4 is arranged between the anti-drilling semi-transparent lining layer 2 and the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 after being pulled and closed, so that the hidden design effect is realized.
Preferably, the skin-friendly fabric layer 3 is a 60s high-count high-density combed skin-friendly cotton fabric layer.
While embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and not to be construed as limiting the utility model, and that variations, modifications, alternatives and variations may be made to the above embodiments by one of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the utility model.

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1. A down quilt for facilitating observation of down fill conditions, comprising:
the down-proof warp quilt cover comprises a down-proof warp quilt cover (1) and a down-proof semi-transparent inner liner (2), wherein the peripheral side of the down-proof warp quilt cover (1) and the peripheral side of the down-proof semi-transparent inner liner (2) are correspondingly connected in a sewing mode, and down is filled between the down-proof warp quilt cover (1) and the down-proof semi-transparent inner liner (2);
the skin-friendly fabric layer (3), wherein the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) is positioned at one side of the anti-drilling semi-transparent inner liner layer (2) away from the anti-drilling quilt cover (1); the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) is correspondingly connected with the middle part of the anti-drilling semi-transparent lining layer (2) in a sewing way, and the peripheral side of the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) is correspondingly connected with the peripheral side of the anti-drilling quilt cover (1) through a zipper I (4).
2. The down quilt convenient for observing down filling conditions according to claim 1 is characterized in that the down quilt surface (1) and the down-penetration-preventing semitransparent lining layer (2) are connected by stitching through a plurality of longitudinal stitching lines (5) and a plurality of transverse stitching lines (6) which are arranged in a crossed manner to form a plurality of down filling areas (7) distributed in an array; the middle part of the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) is connected with the anti-velvet translucent inner liner layer (2) by a plurality of corresponding longitudinal sutures (5) and a plurality of corresponding transverse sutures (6) in a sewing way.
3. A down quilt for facilitating observation of down filling conditions according to claim 1, characterized in that the thickness of the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) is greater than the thickness of the down penetration preventing quilt cover (1); the thickness of the anti-drilling velvet quilt surface (1) is larger than that of the anti-drilling velvet semitransparent inner liner layer (2).
4. The down quilt convenient for observing down filling condition according to claim 1, wherein four corner ends of one side of the down-proof quilt surface (1) away from the down-proof semitransparent inner liner layer (2) are respectively provided with a rope sleeve (9) for binding and fixing the corner ends corresponding to the inside of the down quilt cover.
5. A down quilt convenient for observing down filling conditions according to claim 2, characterized in that a sample containing bag (8) embedded in the corresponding down filling area (7) is arranged on the peripheral side of the down filling prevention quilt cover (1), a zipper two (81) is arranged at the bag mouth of the sample containing bag (8), and the zipper two (81) is positioned at the inner side of the zipper one (4); a down sample for filling the down quilt is placed in the sample accommodating bag (8).
6. A down quilt for facilitating observation of down filling situation according to claim 1, characterized in that the outer surface of the down quilt cover (1) is provided with a pattern layer.
7. The down quilt convenient for observing down filling condition according to claim 1, wherein the down penetration-proof semitransparent inner liner (2) is made of white semitransparent down penetration-proof fabric.
8. The down quilt convenient for observing down filling condition according to claim 1, wherein the down penetration preventing quilt surface (1), the down penetration preventing semitransparent inner liner layer (2) and the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) are rectangular.
9. The down quilt convenient for observing the filling condition of the down according to claim 8, wherein the length and width dimensions of the down penetration preventing quilt surface (1) and the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) are the same; the length of the zipper I (4) is larger than the circumference of the anti-drilling velvet quilt cover (1); the tail part (41) of the zipper I (4) is arranged between the anti-drilling semi-transparent lining layer (2) and the skin-friendly fabric layer (3).
10. A down quilt for facilitating observation of down filling situation according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that the skin-friendly fabric layer (3) is a 60s high count high density combed skin-friendly cotton fabric layer.
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