Patent ID: 11939141
Assignee: PURPLE INNOVATION, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A method of packaging a mattress, comprising:
rolling the mattress with a sheet only on an upper surface of the mattress into a compressed cylindrical shape, with the sheet wrapped entirely around an exterior surface of the compressed cylindrical shape; and
introducing the mattress in the compressed cylindrical shape and the sheet rolled with the mattress into a bag by:
inserting the mattress into the bag through a first longitudinal end of the bag until a tubular sleeve of the bag surrounds an entirety of the mattress, a reinforcing strap of the bag encircling a circumference of the compressed cylindrical shape at an intermediate location along a length of the compressed cylindrical shape to maintain the compressed cylindrical shape of the mattress; and

closing a first end piece of the bag over a first longitudinal end of the mattress, a second end piece of the bag covering a second longitudinal end of the mattress.