Mattresses

Claim 1

A MATTRESS OF THE TYPE WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE ROLLED UP FOR CARRYING AND STORAGE PURPOSES, SAID MATTRESS HAVING AN ELONGATED BODY MEMBER OF RESILIENT COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL AND ALSO HAVING MEANS PROVIDING A POCKET AT ONE END OF SAID BODY MEMBER IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, SAID BODY MEMBER BEING OF A THICKNESS WHICH WOULD CAUSE IT TO BE QUITE BULKY IF ROLLED UP IN A NON-COMPRESSED CONDITION AND SAID POCKET EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BODY MEMBER FOR SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL WIDTH THEREOF, A GENERALLY RIGID AND SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT MEMBER OF SLAT-LIKE FORM DISPOSED IN SAID POCKET AND GENERALLY CORRESPONDING IN LENGTH TO THAT OF SAID POCKET, THE SPACING OF SAID POCKET RELATIVE TO SAID BODY MEMBER ENABLING SAID POCKET AND THE SLATLIKE MEMBER DISPOSED THEREIN TO BE SELECTIVELY POSITIONED EITHER IN AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY LOCATION BENEATH SAID BODY MEMBER OR UPON THE ADJACENT END PORTION OF SAID BODY MEMBER FOR THE APPLICATION THERETO OF MANUAL PRESSURE SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE FULL WIDTH OF THE BODY MEMBER TO THEREBY ENABLE IT TO BE PROGRESSIVELY COMPRESSED ALONG ITS LENGTH AS IT IS MANUALLY ROLLED UP, SAID MATTRESS ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH STRAP-LIKE MEANS TO ENABLE SAID BODY MEMBER TO RELEASABLY MAINTAINED IN ITS COMPRESSED ROLLED UP CONDITION FOR CARRYING AND STORAGE PURPOSES.