AN INVENTOR is hoping that his latest viral creation could help those with disabilities with one complex household task.

Tindle’s own Dean Cooper, who lives in Lewannick, hopes his latest invention will simplify the task of changing a duvet cover, and it’s already taking off online.

The creation takes the usual approach to changing a duvet and adapts it, making it more accessible, by swapping the usual bottom-opening system and replacing it with a style which sees poppers or buttons replaced with magnets and the duvet split into two pieces.

Speaking to the Post, Dean explained: “It makes it so you can change a bed in less than a minute no matter what the size is and by its very design it is disabled friendly making a task we all hate accessible to anyone to complete without pain or problems.

“No shaking, pulling or juggling to get the duvet in. Additionally, In a house hold with three beds the average saving per year if those beds are changed each week is 12 hours.”

The cover can be separated into two pieces, allowing for the duvet to be placed on top of the bottom layer before overlaying the top cover and closing it with magnets.

Having already patented the design, Dean took to TikTok to show off the creation, racking up more than 75,000 views and plenty of supportive comments.

One user said: “This is life changing. I'm disabled and because of the the effort and consequences of changing the bed.”

And Dean says these responses aren’t uncommon.

“The duvet design I invented has had every single person who has seen it in action ask where they can buy it and that includes abled and disabled people,” he told the Post. “It's such a universal hated task which has not seen any true innovation since the 60s.”

Dean has even gone as far as to reach out to IKEA in an effort to get the creation on the shelves. He believes the innovation could change lives, not just in Cornwall, but globally.

He said: “I think for me there are three key things. Firstly, it gives so much time back to everyone, making a difficult thing simple and quick.

“Secondly, people with mobility, pain and other issues can do it due to no lifting or shaking. Everyone has their own way of making a bed but this can adapt and given how it fully opens it can be done single handed or while sitting. I think it will just give dignity back. It also reduces the need for a carer to come for some people who can do this and as my 91 year old mum said "I feel useful again" after doing it from her wheelchair.

“And finally, I have heard from my post and direct comments that people hate doing it so much (or cannot) that they leave it weeks before changing, sleep without a cover or buy coverless ones which means a lot more bulky washing and drying. The whole thing just becomes easy.”