181 |
Pocketed spring assembly comprising strings of springs having non-linear separating seams |
US15090869 |
2016-04-05 |
US09775442B2 |
2017-10-03 |
Niels S. Mossbeck; Darrell A. Richmond |
A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of parallel strings of individually pocketed springs. The strings of springs may extend from head-to-foot or side-to-side of the product. Adjacent individually pocketed springs are separated from each other by at least one separating seam. Each of the separating seams comprises a pair of Y-shaped or U-shaped seams which may be joined together or spaced apart. |
182 |
CUSHION FOR PROTECTING SPINAL POSTURE |
US15321732 |
2014-06-24 |
US20170245645A1 |
2017-08-31 |
Tsan-Hsing Kuo |
The cushion for protecting spinal posture is for placing on a flat chair surface and includes a base member, a sacrum support member on the base member perpendicular to the flat chair surface, and a back support element at 90 or 135 degrees from the flat chair surface. The sacrum support member presses against the user's sacrum and forces the user's vertebral column to be perpendicular to the flat chair surface, thereby maintaining the straightness of the user's vertebral column. |
183 |
Patient support table top filler |
US14347651 |
2012-09-20 |
US09739853B2 |
2017-08-22 |
Dennis K Everett |
When imaging a patient using a magnetic resonance (MR) imager, it is desirable to locate an radio frequency (RF) head coil at a position lower than the flat table top patient surface in order to optimize the geometry of the patient anatomy and the RF coil. A flat table top is provided for an MR patient support table (10) that includes a pocket or recessed portion (50) that accepts an RF head coil (14), thereby optimizing imaging geometry. When the RF coil is not mated to the recessed portion of the table (10) a filler insert (20) is mated therewith. This allows an operator to use the table top without the filler insert to position a neurovascular coil at an optimized location below the table top surface for brain imaging, as well as to convert the patient support table back to a completely flat top by removing the coil and installing the flat surface filler insert for additional positioning requirements. The filler insert feature allows for therapy planning using magnetic resonance with optimized image quality in a radiation therapy treatment environment. |
184 |
OVERLAY SUPPORT PAD FOR MEDICAL BEAN BAG DEVICE |
US15427950 |
2017-02-08 |
US20170231849A1 |
2017-08-17 |
David Holladay |
A patient positioning overlay pad which works in conjunction with a bean bag device to fill gaps in the bean bag device when the bean bag device conforms to a shape of the body, the overlay pad providing support, protection, and comfort for a patient when the patient is positioned on an operating room table in a predetermined position during a medical procedure. |
185 |
Multilayer nonwoven fabric for foam molding, method of producing multilayer nonwoven fabric for foam molding, urethane-foam molded complex using multilayer nonwoven fabric, vehicle seat, and chair |
US14916436 |
2014-09-05 |
US09694558B2 |
2017-07-04 |
Taro Ichikawa; Norihito Saza |
Disclosed is a multilayer nonwoven fabric for foam molding containing a dense layer and a reinforcing layer provided on at least one side of the dense layer, the reinforcing layer is a staple fiber nonwoven fabric containing thermoplastic resin staple fibers (A) having a fiber diameter of more than 20 μm, in an amount of 5% by mass to 50% by mass, and hermoplastic resin staple fibers (B) having a fiber diameter of 20 μm or less, in an amount of 95% by mass to 50% by mass, and conjugate polyester-based staple fibers (C) are contained in an amount of 10% by mass to 40% by mass, the dense layer is a nonwoven fabric having bulk density in a range of from 0.05 g/cm3 to 0.3 g/cm3, and the dense layer and the reinforcing layer are entangled with each other by needle punching. |
186 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CUSHION MAT AND CUSHION MAT MANUFACTURED THEREWITH |
US15381898 |
2016-12-16 |
US20170173857A1 |
2017-06-22 |
Bong Yong Park; Hyun Ki Song; Seok Ho Lee |
A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a cushion mat and a cushion mat thus manufactured are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a cushion mat may include: a lower mold that has a cavity formed in its upper surface and is configured to receive a first sheet and a inner filler sequentially, where the first sheet may be disposed such that a boundary of the first sheet is exposed at a periphery part of the cavity; an upper mold that is configured to heat-seal the first sheet and a second sheet onto both sides of the inner filler by mating with the lower mold while the second sheet is disposed between the upper mold and the inner filler; and air suction nozzles that are disposed at the periphery part of the cavity of the lower mold to remove residual air from between the second sheet and the inner filler. |
187 |
CUSHION FILLER MATERIAL |
US15378141 |
2016-12-14 |
US20170172310A1 |
2017-06-22 |
John A. BELIVEAU |
A cushion filler material including a plurality of loose pieces of filler material and a plurality of gel material pieces is disclosed. The cushion filler material may be used in, for example, bedding products and furniture cushions. |
188 |
SOFT POLYURETHANE FOAM AND SHEET PAD |
US15317054 |
2015-06-12 |
US20170121448A1 |
2017-05-04 |
Kosuke YOSHITOMI; Toshimitsu SHINOHARA |
The present invention provides a soft polyurethane foam that is obtained by foam molding a foaming stock solution containing a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a cross-linking agent, a foaming agent, and a catalyst in which: a polyether polyol having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 3,000 to 12,000 and having three to four functional groups is contained; a molar ratio of ethylene oxide groups/propylene oxide groups in all the compound contained as the cross-linking agent is 100 or more; and diphenylmethane diisocyanate is contained in an isocyanate index of 70 or more. |
189 |
Cushioning support device and method of making the same |
US14789325 |
2015-07-01 |
US09591930B2 |
2017-03-14 |
Fu-Chieng Chen |
A cushioning support device and a method for making the same are disclosed. The device comprises a first polyurethane foam having a non-slip sheet attached on a surface of the first foam, a second polyurethane foam having a resting sheet attached on a surface of the second foam, and a compound pressure-redistributing body. The first and second polyurethane foams are arranged one over another into a stack which is welded and envelops to form at least an internal pocket along a weld line. The internal pocket houses the pressure-redistributing body, and it comprises a foam and a solid gel attached on a top surface of the foam, wherein the solid gel is securely positioned by way of melting. Dips of the gel can lodge into the small interstices of the foam material during the melting process; the gel gets into a solid state after solidification. |
190 |
Cushion pad |
US14827524 |
2015-08-17 |
US09573504B2 |
2017-02-21 |
Toru Nakada |
[Problem]To provide a cushion pad that reduces the bottom-hitting feeling.[Solution]In a support portion, the ratio of the hardness of a bottom surface layer including the bottom surface to the hardness of a seating layer including the seating surface is set to 1.0 to 1.1. The hardness of the seating layer is set to be identical to the hardness of the bottom surface layer or slightly smaller than the hardness of the bottom surface layer. This allows reducing the increase in reactive force by the bottom surface layer while supporting the load of the seated person by the bottom surface layer. This allows reducing the bottom-hitting feeling. |
191 |
MODULAR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM |
US15237620 |
2016-08-15 |
US20170042339A1 |
2017-02-16 |
ANTHONY MONDERINE |
Disclosed is a system for modular furniture construction. The system comprises a plurality of triangular shaped foam pieces, said triangular foam pieces are covered in a fabric or other material. The triangular foam pieces are assembled in different positions to allow furniture to be constructed with varying shapes. |
192 |
Foam spring mattress configured with variable firmness |
US14285083 |
2014-05-22 |
US09504333B2 |
2016-11-29 |
Martin B. Rawls-Meehan; Teng-An Chang |
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of providing a bed using a plurality of interchangeable adjustable firmness springs to provide localized comfort and support to the user of the bed. The plurality of interchangeable springs may have a plurality of different firmnesses to provide customizable local comfort to a user. The foam springs are color coded based on the firmness associated with the foam spring. The foam springs have markings and/or health devices attached to an end of the foam spring. |
193 |
SIDE SLEEPER MATTRESS |
US15184110 |
2016-06-16 |
US20160286975A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Scott J. Breier |
A mattress is disclosed that accommodates a side sleeper. The mattress includes an aperture defined therein and an insert that is disposed in the aperture. The insert includes a channel that receives an upper portion of a person's body. |
194 |
CUSHIONING FOAMS CONTAINING AROMATIC WOOD PARTICLES |
US15036320 |
2013-11-25 |
US20160262403A1 |
2016-09-15 |
BRUCE W. PETERSON; MARK L. CRAWFORD |
Methods and combinations for making and using one or more cellular foam layers comprising flexible cellular foam and wood particles having aromatic properties, where said cellular foam layers may be located on, under, or in cushioning foams and mattresses, or placed between on, under, within, or between other layering substrates. The foam containing aromatic wood particles may be used in mattresses, pillows, bedding products, medical cushioning foams, pet beds, outdoor bedding pads, outdoor pillows, and other cushioning products. |
195 |
BEDDING PRODUCT INCLUDING COMPOSITE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE |
US14958251 |
2015-12-03 |
US20160157630A1 |
2016-06-09 |
Michael S. DeFranks; Sheri L. McGuire |
A composite layer for use in a bedding product such as a mattress and a method of manufacture are disclosed. The composite layer generally includes an extruded three dimensional fibrous layer and a foam material, e.g., polyurethane, latex or the like, disposed within the fibrous layer and occupying at least a portion of the free volume in the layer. Also disclosed are processes for manufacturing a foam-fiber composite. |
196 |
CUSHION BODY |
US14899385 |
2014-06-17 |
US20160152168A1 |
2016-06-02 |
Hiroyuki ITO; Seishiro MURATA; Satoru SHIOYA; Takashi IMAI |
The present invention solves the problem of realizing a lighter cushion body that has ample cushioning properties when a person sits or lies thereon by: providing a plurality of rod-shaped or flat plate-shaped support bodies (2) comprising a synthetic resin foam that has a bending deflection amount of 20 mm or more as measured according to the method described in JIS K7221-2:2006 and a pressing force of 2-100 N at 20 mm of deflection, and legs (3) on which the support bodies (2) are placed or fixed; using the support bodies and the legs to form a space (5) that makes it possible to bend and deform the support bodies; and arranging the plurality of rod-shaped or flat plate-shaped support bodies (2) in a row so as to be deformable. |
197 |
Resilient foam springs mountable to foam panel base |
US11876718 |
2007-10-22 |
US09345336B2 |
2016-05-24 |
Martin B Rawls-Meehan |
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements. |
198 |
Pocketed spring assembly comprising strings of springs having Y-shaped seams separating adjacent pockets |
US13921499 |
2013-06-19 |
US09345334B2 |
2016-05-24 |
Niels S. Mossbeck; Darrell A. Richmond |
A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of parallel strings of individually pocketed springs. The strings of springs may extend from head-to-foot or side-to-side of the product. Adjacent individually pocketed springs are separated from each other by at least one separating seam. Each of the separating seams comprises a pair of Y-shaped or U-shaped seams which may be joined together or spaced apart. |
199 |
Modular plunger matrix mattress |
US14084869 |
2013-11-20 |
US09314109B2 |
2016-04-19 |
Craig Saunders; J. Evan Spirk; Lindsey Tufts; William E. Rabbitt |
A modular mattress includes several plunger matrix sections that each have a respective plunger matrix support platform. The several sections are configured for side-to-side assembly to form the complete matrix for the mattress. A foldable edge frame snugly receives and houses the plunger matrix sections in side-to-side relation. The edge frame also defines a flange on an internal surface of the edge frame that supports plunger matrix sections in side-to-side relation in a position allowing the plungers to move up and down within an internal space defined by the edge frame. A top pad lays on top of the edge frame and the plunger, while a cover configured encapsulates the edge frame, the plunger matrix, and the top pad into a self-contained mattress unit. |
200 |
AUTOMATED BED AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF |
US14730666 |
2015-06-04 |
US20150351982A1 |
2015-12-10 |
Matthew W. Krenik |
Disclosed herein are embodiments of beds and components thereof. In one embodiment, a bed comprises a frame; a plurality of adjustable members, each coupled to the frame, and each of the plurality of adjustable members adjustable to individual positions; one or more sensors coupled to one or more of the adjustable members; and a controller, the controller configured for receiving input from the one or more sensors and determining at least one adjusted sleep setting for the occupant. The controller is further configured to control the plurality of adjustable members and adjust each of the plurality of adjustable members according to the at least one adjusted sleep setting. The adjustable members may comprise struts, slats, or a combination thereof. |