a packaging for a mattress consisting of a wrapping provided by a sheet of heat - sealing plastics , the wrapping comprising two rectangular portions , which are sized to cover the opposite faces of the mattress and have perimetric regions which are folded so as to cover the perimetric band of the mattress and have , along at least two mutually opposite and parallel sides of the mattress , subflaps which are folded outward and heat - sealed to each other , so as to form wings provided with slots adapted to act as handles .