| In addition to comfort, support and price, mattress | | | | Full size mattress is more appropriate for a single |
| size is a major consideration while searching for a | | | | person only if he is less than 5 feet 5 inches tall. Full |
| good mattress. There are many sizes of mattresses | | | | size or twin mattresses are increasingly used for |
| available in the market. To purchase a right mattress, | | | | teenage bedrooms. Queen size mattresses are 60 |
| one should first take the size of the bed and the | | | | inches wide and around 80 inches long. Measured as |
| required mattress. | | | | today's most accepted mattress sizes, these |
| Mattresses are designed to accommodate one or | | | | mattresses are comfortable for couples. These type |
| two persons at a time without any space problems. | | | | mattresses are ideal for small master bedrooms and |
| Mattresses with restricted space don?t provide you | | | | guest rooms. |
| comfortable sleep. The Better Sleep Council, a | | | | King model mattresses are 78 inches wide and 80 |
| non-profit, mattress industry supporting organization | | | | inches long, which is 18 inches wider than that of |
| in the USA, provides some guidelines to the shoppers | | | | queen mattresses. This type mattress offers |
| regarding the size of mattresses. | | | | maximum personal sleeping space of about 39 inches |
| In the USA, a standard chart for mattress sizes is | | | | for each sleeper. Other USA mattresses sizes include |
| available. Almost all manufacturers follow these | | | | 66x 80 for Olympic queen, 60x 84 for California |
| standard sizes. Single or twin size mattresses are 39 | | | | queen, and 72x 80 for California king. Although, there |
| inches wide, but a double or full size mattress has a | | | | is no standardized size for the thickness of |
| width of 54 inches. Both single and full sizes are 75 | | | | mattresses, most fall in the range of 6" to 14". |
| inches long. This length is too short for some adults. | | | | |