Patent ID: 9596946
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A47C,A61G,Y10T

Claim:
1. An active encasement for a mattress or foundation comprising: a top panel defining an exterior surface and an interior surface; a bottom panel defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface of said bottom panel formed at least in part with a slick surface to facilitate rotation of said mattress with respect to said bottom panel as well as installation and removal of said mattress or foundation with respect to said encasement; an inflatable volume formed at least in from at least a portion of said bottom panel, said inflatable volume configured to be in communication with an external air supply; a plurality of separable side panels configured to form said encasement with said top panel and said bottom panel, said plurality of side panels including contiguous separable side panel portions on two or more side panels, each separable side panel defining a separable upper portion and a separable lower portion, said separable upper portions attached to said top panel and said separable lower portions attached to said bottom panel, said separable upper portions and said separable lower portions attachable or detachable with respect to each other; and a zipper for attaching or alternatively detaching said separable upper side panel portions to said separable lower side panel portions said two or more separable side panels in a normal mode of operation and alternatively at least partially detaching said separable upper side panel portions from said separable lower side panel portions of said two or more separable side panel portions in an alternate rotating or sliding mode of operation to enable at least a portion of said top panel to be at least partially removed from said mattress or foundation to enable movement of said mattress or foundation with respect to said slick surface on said interior surface of said bottom panel.