Patent ID: 6370717
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A bed mattress assembly formed of at least one bed mattress unit, said at least one bed mattress unit comprising:a frame having an outer surface; a plurality of springs securely received within the frame; at least one buffer pad coupled to the frame and supported by said springs, which are disposed under the buffer pad; at least one cover having a sheet portion fitted over the buffer pad and a skirt portion peripherally attached to the sheet portion and being capable of covering the outer surface of the frame; and clamping means, coupled to the frame, for releasably clamping the skirt portion of the cover between the frame and the clamping means, allowing the cover to be retained in position relative to the frame, wherein the clamping means are adapted to allow said at least one bed mattress unit to be detachably secured to at least one other bed mattress unit, and the clamping means are each formed with a plurality of holes for receiving a plurality of corresponding studs extending from the outer surface of the frame, allowing a plurality of nuts to threadingly engage with the respective studs and bear against the clamping means, wherein at least one of the clamping means extends between two adjacent bed mattress units.