Bedding configuration having variable support characteristics

A mattress configuration comprising:

• a head region;
• a foot region;
• a center region itself comprising;
• a) a plurality of barrel-shaped pocketed coils comprising a first row and having substantially parallel longitudinal axes;
• b) a plurality of barrel-shaped pocketed coils comprising a second row and having substantially parallel longitudinal axes, said second row being adjacent to said first row such that the longitudinal axes of said second row pocketed coils are substantially parallel to said longitudinal axes of said first row pocketed coils and top and bottom elongate gaps are provided intermediate the rows at the tops and bottoms of the pocketed coils;
• and
• c) an inflatable elongate tube portion positioned within said top gap;
• and means for inflating said tube portion.

An innerspring construction, comprising:

• at least three barrel-shaped pocketed coils comprising a first row and having substantially parallel longitudinal axes;
• at least three barrel-shaped pocketed coils comprising a second row and having substantially parallel longitudinal axes, said second row being adjacent to said first row such that the longitudinal axes of said second row pocketed coils are substantially parallel to said longitudinal axes of said first row pocketed coils and first top and bottom gaps are provided intermediate the rows at the tops and bottoms of said pocketed coils, and second top and bottom gaps are provided intermediate the second and third pocketed coils of said second row of pocketed coils;
• and
• an inflatable elongate tube portion positioned within said first top gap and also positioned within said second top gap, such that said elongate tube portion includes a bend.