Large mattress carrying device

A device for carrying a large work object or mattress of basically two sided rectangular construction with two substantially parallel, opposed end edges and two substantially parallel, opposed side edges, the end and side edges extending substantially normal to one another, the end edges equal to or lesser in length than the side edges, the work object or mattress to be normally carried in substantially vertical orientation with one side edge down in substantially horizontal orientation (when the object is being carried across a substantially horizontal surface) and the end edges in substantially vertical orientation, with one carrier typically positioned at each end edge of the work object utilizing one of the subject devices to lift, carry and handle his/her end and adjacent work object portions thereto,

• said device comprising, in combination:
• (1) an elongate, substantially rectangular band having opposed, substantially parallel side and end edges at substantial right angles to one another, an inside and an outside face with respect to the work object or mattress and two free ends,
• (2) ring means fixed to said band and positioned closely adjacent one first free end thereof and primary handle means fixed to said band and positioned closely adjacent the other, second free end thereof, the primary handle means and second free end, as well as at least some length of the band next to said primary handle, able to pass through said ring means, whereby to provide a continuous loop of said band normally positioned vertically around a portion of said work object or mattress somewhat adjacent one vertical end edge thereof and extending substantially parallel thereto with the ring means positioned substantially below center height of said vertical mattress on one side thereof with the primary handle means and a portion of said band next thereto engaging and extending through said ring means in reversed, upward grasping orientation and
• (3) at least one secondary handle means fixed to the outer face of said band on the opposite side of said mattress from said ring means and primary handle means also in an upward grasping orientation, as well as being spaced upwardly from the lower side edge of the object a substantially equal distance to the position of said primary handle means whereby, when the carrier at that end of the work object or mattress grasps (with separate hands) the primary handle means and the secondary handle means and exerts lifting force upon both thereof, the said handles being substantially symmetrically spaced both apart from one another and from the lower side edge of the said object, the said lifting force exerted by the separate hands of the carrier simultaneously constricts the band on and around the engaged portion of the object and exerts lifting force upwardly thereon through the lowermost portion of said band while permitting the additional engagement of the opposed sides of the work object or mattress with the user's hands, wrists, forearms and upper arms and, as well, enables the carrier to lean his/her chest or shoulder against the adjacent vertical end edge of the work object or mattress for handling, moving and stabilizing purposes.