Abstract: A handle apparatus constructed for use with a mattress of the type having a frame assembly including coil springs and rod-like members extending through the coil springs enclosed in a fabric cover, and handle receiving grommets positioned in the cover. The handle apparatus includes a strap-like hand grippable member extending along an outer surface of the cover, the grippable member having a pair of end portions positioned adjacent a pair of grommets in the cover, respectively. Each end portion has secured thereto an elongate connecting member adapted to extend through an adjacent grommet, each of the connecting members having a connecting end portion which extends adjacent the coil springs. The connecting end portion includes a longitudinally extending slot therein and an opening which leads into said slot.

Abstract: An innerspring mattress wherein the middle portion of the mattress has two superposedly arranged sets of springs having different degrees of firmness, a rigid member, such as a plate, being insertable therebetween to provide two additional degrees of yieldability to the mattress. By placing the firmer set of springs either upward or downward and by either inserting the rigid plate therebetween or not, four degrees of flexibility for the mattress are provided. The mattress also comprises an improved handle structure to manipulate the mattress, the handle structure being mounted in cooperative relationship with the coil springs of the mattress construction.