Patent ID: 7401370

Claim:
An airbed, comprising: a top, a bottom, and sides forming a mattress, the sides including a right side, a left side, a head end, and a foot end, the mattress being capable of being at least one of rolled or folded into a storage configuration, the storage configuration defining first and second opposite sides; and a sleeve attached to the mattress, the sleeve comprising a flap of flexible material with first and second cinch mechanisms along opposite sides of the flexible material, the sleeve being configured to wrap around the mattress with the first cinch mechanism aligned outside and beyond the first side of the mattress, and the second cinch mechanism aligned outside and beyond the second side of the mattress, the cinch mechanisms being configured so that the first cinch mechanism is cinched about the first side of the mattress so as to enclose the first side, and the second cinch mechanism is cinched about the second side of the mattress so as to enclose the second side so that the flap of flexible material encases at least a portion of the mattress when the mattress is in the storage configuration.