141 |
Mattress |
US14909742 |
2014-01-26 |
US20160198862A1 |
2016-07-14 |
David L. Farley |
A mattress with a top section that extends beyond the vertical sides of a main or base section. The top section includes a firmer or reinforced outer portion that surrounds a softer or less resilient inner portion. A cover encloses the top section and base section, thereby securing them together. The softer inner portion includes a plurality of foam layers, where the layers have different firmness. |
142 |
FOAM BLOCK MATTRESS ASSEMBLY |
US14654116 |
2012-12-28 |
US20150320228A1 |
2015-11-12 |
Tyler W. Kilgore; Mohamed F. Alzoubi |
Mattress assemblies are provided that include a plurality of visco-elastic foam blocks configured to attach to one or more adjacent visco-elastic foams blocks. Bed assemblies are also provided that include the mattress assemblies and further include a frame having rails with a height that, upon placement of a foundation and the mattress assembly in the frame, cover at least a portion of a side of each visco-elastic foam block to thereby secure the visco-elastic blocks in the frame in a predetermined configuration. |
143 |
Bed frame, mattress and bed with enhanced chair egress capability |
US12890024 |
2010-09-24 |
US09149403B2 |
2015-10-06 |
Jonathan D. Turner; Christopher R. O'Keefe; Eric R. Meyer; Richard H. Heimbrock; David W. Hornbach; Kirill Andrienko |
A bed frame 36 disclosed herein includes a calf section 72 with a foot end 74 and an upper end 76 longitudinally spaced from the foot end, an upper body section 54 with a head end 56 and a lower end 58 longitudinally spaced from the head end, and a medial section 66 longitudinally intermediate the calf and upper body sections. The bed frame is capable of assuming a chair state and a chair egress state. The upper body section and medial section define a sacral corner 68, and the calf section and medial section define a popliteal corner 70 spaced from the sacral corner by an intercorner distance. The intercorner distance is smaller in the chair egress state than in the chair state. A mattress 100 disclosed herein includes an upper body segment 102, a calf segment 116, and a medial segment 124 The lower end 106 of the upper body segment cooperates with the upper end 120 of the calf segment to define an intersegment distance. The mattress has a chair state in which the intersegment distance is a distance D1 and an egress state in which the intersegment distance is a distance D2 which is less than D1. A bed disclosed herein includes a frame whose intercorner distance is smaller in the chair egress state than in the chair state, and a mattress having a medial segment which is conformable to accommodate smaller and larger intercorner distances. |
144 |
MATTRESS ASSEMBLY |
US14435129 |
2013-10-31 |
US20150272339A1 |
2015-10-01 |
Alberto Sánchez Zarza |
A main mattress and a supplement mattress attached thereto. The supplement mattress may have a main body having two lateral extensions, a footboard extension, a headboard extension, and a tubular structure. Extensions can be rotated 90° or 180° together with the tubular structure. A fitted sheet may also be provided. The surface of the mattress assembly can be expanded and it may provide a safety barrier for preventing the user from falling to the ground. |
145 |
Modular pod mattress |
US14699095 |
2015-04-29 |
US09144320B1 |
2015-09-29 |
Roger Baker |
The invention relates to a modular pod mattress used for sleeping. The mattress includes a structural frame having bottom rails, guide rails and a dividing rail. A plurality of modular pods are secured to the frame to form the customized mattress that relates directly to the height and eight distribution of an individual's body parts to provide the maximum quality sleep environment unique to that individual. The modular pods include a plurality of spring members, which may have varying elasticity or resistant levels. The modular pods are supported by a support platform that prevents the pods from sagging or deflecting during use of the mattress. A horizontal scale system may be utilized to determine the specific weight of a particular body part, e.g., head, shoulders, thorax, buttocks, thighs, calves and feet, of the user. |
146 |
Enhanced Mattress |
US14305569 |
2014-06-16 |
US20150173521A1 |
2015-06-25 |
Ronen Yechiel Mendi; Ronen Tuchfeld |
An enhanced mattress for enabling passive involuntary digestive tract movement, shoulder opening and pelvis bones movement. The apparatus is configured solely for prone lying of a human body thereupon and includes a head support section which comprises an open face section, an upper main section connected to the head support section, the upper main section comprises a plurality of dedicated supporting members. A lower support section connected to the upper main section. |
147 |
Collapsible Layered Cushion |
US14622642 |
2015-02-13 |
US20150157135A1 |
2015-06-11 |
Ethan Thomas Wyman; Daniel Antonio Feighery; Eric William Sugano; Peter Maurice Foley; Thomas Christopher Manney; Collin Metzer; Gerald Michael Buchen; John Marcell Danis |
A layered cushion that may be fully disassembled for easy cleaning is disclosed herein. The sleep system is durable and fire retardant. The layered cushion may include a foam layer, a layer of void cells, and a cover. The foam permits fluids to move freely there through and contours to a user's body to maximize comfort and reduce interface pressure. The reticulated foam layer resists compression set and thermosetting. The layer of void cells also permits fluids to move freely there through and provide additional support to the user's body. The individual void cells of the void cell layer are perforated to allow the transmission of fluids there through. The cover couples the other layers together to form the layered cushion and prevents the layers from deteriorating. The cover is removable to permit cleaning each of the layers independently. |
148 |
CONFIGURABLE FOAM CUSHIONING STRUCTURE FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE SUPPORT PROFILES IN MATTRESS COMPONENTS, AND RELATED MATTRESS ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS |
US14499588 |
2014-09-29 |
US20150089750A1 |
2015-04-02 |
Jozsef Kertesz |
A configurable foam cushioning structure for providing variable support profiles in mattress components is disclosed, and related mattress assemblies and methods. In one embodiment, a plurality of extruded support members are provided each having a top surface and a bottom surface that extend in an extrusion direction and two end surfaces that extend in a direction transverse to the extrusion direction. The extruded support members are connected to each other in a linear array defining a substantially planar lower surface, with one end surface of each of the plurality of extruded support members is substantially coplanar with the lower surface. In this manner, the structure can be easily extruded as one long, continuous piece, and reconfigured into a structure having a relatively short dimension in the extrusion direction and a relatively long dimension in the transverse direction. |
149 |
Tunable spring mattress and method of making same |
US14332732 |
2014-07-16 |
US08959686B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Surendra S. Khambete; Melvyn John Care; Scott W. Lewis |
A mattress includes a spring extending between first and second points to provide a first spring rate in a first direction. A polymer fiber structure is provided between the first and second points and adjoins the spring. The polymer fiber structure includes fibers interlinked with one another to provide the second spring rate in the first direction. An example method of manufacturing a mattress is provided that includes arranging springs to provide a mattress innerspring. A polymer fiber structure is introduced in a first state to the innerspring to provide an assembly. The assembly is further processed and the polymer fiber structure is simultaneously altered from the first state to a second state. |
150 |
Air tool with modularized air pad |
US13272659 |
2011-10-13 |
US08756737B2 |
2014-06-24 |
Jui-Peng Chan |
An air tool with a modularized air pad includes several air pad units, each of which has one pad body whose top surface is formed with an accommodating recess and whose one side has an air opening; two air bags disposed at the bottom of the accommodating recess, each of the air bags having two air chambers and connecting to the air opening via an air pipe; and one buffer pad accommodated in the accommodating recess on the air bags. When the air opening is selected to inflate the air chamber of one air bag, the buffer pad undergoes an upward swing motion according to the inflated air bags. |
151 |
PATIENT SUPPORT |
US14019353 |
2013-09-05 |
US20140059780A1 |
2014-03-06 |
Patrick Lafleche; Stephen F. Peters; Mike Brubaker |
A patient support for supporting a patient includes a plurality of cushioning layers arranged such that their supporting surfaces when unloaded are generally arranged in a plane, and with each cushioning layer interlocked with each adjacent cushioning layer wherein each cushioning layer provides lateral and longitudinal support to each of its adjacent cushion layer. |
152 |
Modular Mattress Assembly |
US13448306 |
2012-04-16 |
US20130269114A1 |
2013-10-17 |
Bridge Robin Wu |
A modular mattress assembly comprises a mattress unit that includes multiple mattress blocks each having a top face, a bottom face and a surrounding surface, and multiple connecting units each provided on the surrounding surface of a corresponding mattress block. The mattress blocks are arranged such that the top faces of the mattress blocks constitute a top support surface of the mattress unit. Any two adjacent mattress blocks are connected to each other through connection between the connecting units provided respectively thereon. |
153 |
Mattress carrier and such a mattress carrier provided with mattress |
US12519010 |
2007-12-13 |
US08528132B2 |
2013-09-10 |
Frank De Bock |
A mattress carrier (1) comprising a first part (3) which comprises a support surface (2) for supporting a mattress which is positioned on top of the support surface (2) and a second part (4) supporting the first part (3), the first part (3) being resilient in height direction and partially compressible when subjected to a load, characterized in that the first part (3) comprises a resilient insert (11) and in that the resilient insert (11) comprises a reversibly compressible substantially diamagnetic material which is substantially air-permeable. |
154 |
BEDDING COMPONENT WITH FIRE-RESISTANT LAMINATE |
US13346301 |
2012-01-09 |
US20130174346A1 |
2013-07-11 |
Steve Klancnik |
Components, such as bedding components including mattresses are disclosed herein. The components include a first layer, a fire-resistant layer affixed to the first layer or an optional additional layer, and a fire-resistant sock. The first layer, the optional additional layer, and fire-resistant layer are disposed within the fire-resistant sock. |
155 |
MATTRESS SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US13718583 |
2012-12-18 |
US20130110669A1 |
2013-05-02 |
John Hunter Howard |
A mattress system and method according to which a custom mattress is built according to customer-specific parameters. In several exemplary embodiments, the custom mattress includes one or more removable core cartridges and/or one or more removable topper cartridges. |
156 |
Bed Frame, Mattress and Bed with Enhanced Chair Egress Capability |
US12890024 |
2010-09-24 |
US20120073053A1 |
2012-03-29 |
Jonathan D. Turner; Christopher R. O'Keefe; Eric R. Meyer; Richard H. Heimbrock; David W. Hornbach; Kirill Andrienko |
A bed frame 36 disclosed herein includes a calf section 72 with a foot end 74 and an upper end 76 longitudinally spaced from the foot end, an upper body section 54 with a head end 56 and a lower end 58 longitudinally spaced from the head end, and a medial section 66 longitudinally intermediate the calf and upper body sections. The bed frame is capable of assuming a chair state and a chair egress state. The upper body section and medial section define a sacral corner 68, and the calf section and medial section define a popliteal corner 70 spaced from the sacral corner by an intercorner distance. The intercorner distance is smaller in the chair egress state than in the chair state. A mattress 100 disclosed herein includes an upper body segment 102, a calf segment 116, and a medial segment 124 The lower end 106 of the upper body segment cooperates with the upper end 120 of the calf segment to define an intersegment distance. The mattress has a chair state in which the intersegment distance is a distance D1 and an egress state in which the intersegment distance is a distance D2 which is less than D1. A bed disclosed herein includes a frame whose intercorner distance is smaller in the chair egress state than in the chair state, and a mattress having a medial segment which is conformable to accommodate smaller and larger intercorner distances. |
157 |
THIN-LAYERED ALTERNATING MATERIAL BODY SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME |
US13141386 |
2009-12-18 |
US20110256369A1 |
2011-10-20 |
Stephen Switzer; Chris Glover |
A body support assembly comprising a first layer comprising a visco-elastic foam (e.g., a non-reticulated foam), a second layer supporting the first layer and comprising a non-visco-elastic foam (e.g., a latex foam), and a third layer supporting the second layer and comprising a visco-elastic foam (e.g., a non-reticulated foam). In one embodiment, a thickness of the first layer is less than 20% (preferably less than 10%) of a total thickness of the body support assembly, and a combined thickness of all visco-elastic layers is less than 50% of the total thickness. Preferably, the thickness of the first layer is less than 3 centimeters. The body support assembly includes a first layer comprising non-reticulated, visco-elastic foam, a second layer comprising a material different than non-reticulated, visco-elastic foam, a third layer comprising visco-elastic foam, a fourth layer comprising a material different than non-reticulated, visco-elastic foam, and a fifth layer comprising visco-elastic foam. |
158 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BODY SUPPORT |
US13088308 |
2011-04-15 |
US20110252568A1 |
2011-10-20 |
Kathleen Ramp |
A body support system for relieving contact pressure on a joint in a body, according to various aspects of the present invention, may be configured to elevate a chest portion of the body with a chest support that may be configured to form a taper disposed between a top portion and a bottom portion such that the weight of the body compresses the chest support, which may result in the chest support assuming a substantially inverted arc shape. The compressed edges of the arc may be occupied by the joint. The chest support may further be adjustable for positioning substantially between a collarbone portion of the body and a xiphoid process portion of the body when the body is in a side rest position. |
159 |
Tension relieving body support apparatus |
US12205432 |
2008-09-05 |
US08037562B2 |
2011-10-18 |
Christopher E. Kemper; Kristi Sonsteby Kemper |
A mattress including a core foam layer having a first indentation force deflection at twenty five percent compression, a first density and a first thickness. The top outer foam layer has a second indentation force deflection at twenty five percent compression, a second density and a second thickness. The first intermediate foam layer is intermediate and coextensive with the core layer and the top outer layer, and has a third indentation force deflection at twenty five percent compression, a third density and a third intermediate thickness. The first indentation force deflection is greater than the third indentation force deflection and the third indentation force deflection is greater than the second indentation force deflection. |
160 |
Perimeter stiffening system for a foam mattress |
US12542380 |
2009-08-17 |
US08001639B2 |
2011-08-23 |
Richard F. Gladney; Kevin Damewood |
A stiffening system for the perimeter edges of a foam core mattress comprising a coil spring (or other spring-based) structure disposed along one or more perimeter edges (e.g., one or both side edges, the foot, the head, or a combinations thereof including the foot and both side edges) of a mattress having a foam sleeping area. The perimeter spring structure is rectangular or square in cross-section and provides sufficient stiffness for comfortable seating on the edges of the mattress and is joined to the foam core by planar fabric elements that span the joint between them and are attached to both. The sleep area provides the softness and other salutary effects of a foam sleeping surface while the stiffer spring perimeter element provides the rigidity need for comfortable seating and wear resistance. |