Patent ID: 6176002
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
The method of installing a handle in a mattress border material having an inner and an outer surface and a pair of spaced first apertures in said border material, a flexible back strap located on the inside surface of said border material, said back strap having a pair of second apertures colinearly aligned with the pair of first apertures of said border material, a pair of grommets extending through and surrounding each of said pair of apertures in said border material back strap, said handle comprising a longitudinally extending flexible handle having two ends, an anchor attached to each end of said handle, each said anchor including a clip diverging from the end in the direction toward the other anchor, and first coupling means on said anchor, and a pulling tool having second coupling means for coupling said pulling tool to the first coupling means of one of said anchors, said method comprising the steps of:bending said back strap and said border material into a U shape so that said inside surface of said border material is convex outward and so that said first apertures are aligned;inserting said pulling tool through said aligned apertures;coupling said second coupling means of said pulling tool to the first coupling means of one of said anchors;using said tool to pull said handle so that said one of said anchors passes through both of said first aligned apertures.