Patent ID: 8251379

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting a bed mattress, having a top surface, a bottom surface, and narrow side, rear and front edges, comprising: a) a wheeled rear component comprising i) at least a pair of vertically extending rigid members comprising means for adjusting the vertical height of said members and structured to laterally support a bed mattress placed on a narrow side, rear, or front edge therebetween; and ii) a flat shelf extending rearward from the other components of the apparatus and structured to facilitate loading said bed mattress onto the apparatus; b) a front component comprising a vertically extending pedestal supporting at or near its top at least a pair of lateral supports extending rearward in a substantially horizontal plane to define an open U-shaped-structure to restrain lateral movement of said bed mattress placed therebetween, and c) a horizontal support component joining the rear component and the front component; wherein the rear component comprises two lateral sides and at least a pair of wheel assemblies, the wheel assemblies being located on opposing lateral sides of the rear component and connected to each other by a shelf housing and frame segments such that the axial distance between wheel assemblies is slidably adjustable, and wherein the shelf housing either comprises or is joined to the flat shelf; wherein the rear members and/or front supports of the apparatus are structured to prevent said bed mattress placed on its narrow edge therebetween from falling on its top or bottom surface; wherein the total maximum width of the apparatus is less than about 3 feet; and wherein the lowest height of the vertically extending rigid members is greater than the lowest height of the vertically extending pedestal.