Patent ID: 8701227

Claim:
An adjustable bed comprising: a mattress support that comprises a plurality of support panels, at least one of said support panels movable relative to the other ones of said support panels to thereby adjust the bed; a mattress resting on top of the mattress support, the mattress having 1) a covering material disposed over at least a top surface of the mattress to provide a top surface of the covering material, and 2) a covering material disposed over at least one side of the mattress to provide at least one border panel, wherein the top surface of the covering material is fixably secured to the at least one border panel along an upper peripheral edge of the at least one border panel; and a plurality of attachment panels for removably attaching the mattress to the mattress support, the plurality of attachment panels being disposed along a substantial portion of at least one side of the mattress and extending below a bottom surface of the mattress, wherein each of the plurality of attachment panels comprises a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the plurality of attachment panels is removably attachable to an underside of the mattress support and the at least one border panel, wherein the underside of the mattress support is a bottom surface of the mattress support, wherein the top edge of the plurality of attachment panels is removably attachable to a lower peripheral edge of the at least one border panel, and further wherein the bottom edge of the plurality of attachment panels is removably attachable to the bottom surface of the mattress support, wherein a gap exists between attachment panels on adjacent sides of the mattress such that the plurality of attachment panels lay flat against the sides of the mattress when the attachment panels are secured to the underside of the mattress support, and further wherein each of the plurality of attachment panels begins at an underside of the mattress based on attaching a top edge of at least one of the plurality of attachment panels to a lower peripheral edge of the at least one border panel, the plurality of attachment panels constructed so that attaching of the plurality of attachment panels to the lower peripheral edge of the at least one border panel and the underside of the mattress support prevents the mattress from slipping off of the mattress support during articulation of the mattress support.