Patent ID: 8584288
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A mattress expander used to increase a width of a mattress, the mattress expander comprising: a top pad extending laterally outward of the mattress to define overhanging portions on either side of the mattress; a pair of side members; a cover housing said top pad in a top portion and said side members in side portions, wherein said side portions are each attached to a lateral outward extremity of said top portion; a first mattress flap attached to at least one side portion and attachable to the other side portion to hold said side members under respective overhanging portions defining a mattress receiving channel there between; a pair of end flaps extending from longitudinal extremities of said cover, said end flaps extending downwardly an extent such that said end flaps are tuckable beneath said mattress; and two pairs of mattress flaps extending from said side portions at a lower extremity thereof, wherein one pair of mattress flaps is located at a first longitudinal extremity of said side portion and the other pair of mattress flaps is located at an opposite longitudinal extremity of said side portions, wherein said pairs of mattress flaps are attachable to each other and respective end flaps to form an end portion at each end of said cover adapted to receive an end of the mattress therein.