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The invention is directed to a mattress retainer system for adjustable beds which includes a mattress-retention bracket housed within a pocket of a mattress accessible in an upward direction through an opening along a bottom edge of the mattress. The pocket is formed by attaching a separate piece of

The invention is directed to a mattress retainer system for adjustable beds which includes a mattress-retention bracket housed within a pocket of a mattress accessible in an upward direction through an opening along a bottom edge of the mattress. The pocket is formed by attaching a separate piece of material along a bottom edge of the mattress at one or both of opposite head/foot ends thereof and permitting an overlying downwardly projecting portion of a peripheral covering of the mattress to remain free thereby defining the opening into the pocket.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A mattress comprising upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral surface between said upper and lower surfaces collectively defining an interior of the mattress, means for accessing said mattress interior in a direction from said lower surface toward said upper surface a

The invention claimed is: 1. A mattress comprising upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral surface between said upper and lower surfaces collectively defining an interior of the mattress, means for accessing said mattress interior in a direction from said lower surface toward said upper surface and inboard of said peripheral surface for receipt of a mattress retainer, said upper, lower and peripheral surfaces being defined by respective upper, lower and peripheral fabric materials, means inboard of said peripheral fabric material for forming a chamber accessed through said accessing means, said chamber-forming means being a sheet of material inboard of said peripheral fabric material, and said sheet of material and said peripheral fabric material each having a terminal edge adjacent respectively said upper fabric material and said lower fabric material. 2. A bed comprising the combination of a mattress and a mattress support, said mattress including upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral surface between said upper and lower surfaces collectively defining an interior of the mattress, said mattress being supported by said mattress support, means for accessing said mattress interior in a direction from said lower surface toward said upper surface and inboard of said peripheral surface for receipt of a mattress retainer, and retaining means carried by and projecting upwardly from said mattress support and accessing said mattress interior through said accessing means to thereby retain the mattress relative to the mattress support. 3. The bed as defined in bed claim 2 wherein said upper, lower and peripheral surfaces are defined by respective upper, lower and peripheral fabric materials, and said accessing means is an opening defined by at least one of the lower and peripheral fabric materials. 4. The bed as defined in claim 2 wherein said upper, lower and peripheral surfaces are defined by respective upper, lower and peripheral fabric materials, means inboard of said peripheral fabric material for forming a chamber accessed through said accessing means, and said chamber-forming means being a sheet of material inboard of said peripheral fabric material. 5. The bed as defined in claim 2 wherein said upper, lower and peripheral surfaces are defined by respective upper, lower and peripheral fabric materials, means inboard of said peripheral fabric material for forming a chamber accessed through said accessing means, said chamber-forming means being a sheet of material inboard of said peripheral fabric material, and said sheet of material and said peripheral fabric material each having a terminal edge adjacent respectively said upper fabric material and said lower fabric material. 6. A bed comprising the combination of a mattress and a mattress support, said mattress including relative spaced upper and lower fabric material and peripheral fabric material therebetween, a piece of material inboard of a portion of the peripheral fabric material and defining a pocket therewith, means for accessing said pocket in a direction from said lower fabric material toward said upper fabric material for receipt of a mattress retainer, said mattress being supported by said mattress support, and retainer means carried by and projecting upwardly from said mattress support and into said pocket through said accessing means to thereby retain the mattress relative to the mattress support. 7. The bed as defined in claim 6 wherein said pocket is accessed by an opening along a lower edge portion of said peripheral fabric material portion. 8. The bed as defined in claim 6 including means for securing said lower fabric material and said peripheral fabric material to each other at opposite sides of said accessing means. 9. The bed as defined in claim 6 including means for securing said lower fabric material and said peripheral fabric material to each other at opposite sides of said accessing means, and said lower fabric material being unconnected to said peripheral fabric material portion between opposite ends of said accessing means. 10. A bed comprising the combination of a mattress and a mattress support, said mattress including upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral surface therebetween, means for forming a pocket inboard of said peripheral surface for receipt of a mattress retainer, means exterior of said pocket for reinforcing said pocket, said mattress being supported by said mattress support, and said mattress support carrying an upwardly projecting retainer projecting upwardly from said mattress support and into said pocket to thereby retain the mattress relative to the mattress support. 11. The bed as defined in claim 10 wherein in said upper, lower and peripheral surfaces are defined by respective upper, lower and peripheral fabric materials, a mattress core inboard of said reinforcing means, and said reinforcing means being disposed between said mattress core and said peripheral fabric material.