MATTRESS COVER WITH FIT ENHANCING COMPOSITE END PANELS

A fitted mattress cover for enveloping the top, side and end surfaces of a mattress is constructed to accommodate a range of mattress peripheral size s and thicknesses. The construction utilizes composite end panels which incl ude stretch end panels covering lower partial portions of the mattress end s urfaces and which impart recovery forces to effectively grip the mattress an d thereby minimize the shifting of the cover relative to the mattress At the same time, the look and feel of the mattress covering, which may be of impo rtance especially in the case of a fitted sheet, is improved, by virtue of t he fact that the side panels can be formed as uninterrupted unitary extensio ns of the material forming the top side panel, or other material based upon aesthetic considerations, as can upper partial portions (extension end panel s) of the composite end panels.