ELASTOMERIC GRID INCLUDING DISCRETE CUSHIONING ELEMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240251964A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18365307

    申请日:2023-08-04

    IPC分类号: A47C27/15 A47C27/14

    CPC分类号: A47C27/15 A47C27/148

    摘要: The present application relates to a thermoplastic elastomer grid for use in a mattress assembly. The thermoplastic elastomeric grid can be designed to provide lateral stability utilizing a simple structure. The thermoplastic elastomer grid may include a first zone with first and second cushion elements, a second zone with third and fourth cushion elements, and a third zone with fifth and sixth cushion elements. In certain examples, the first, second, and third zones may be configured to respectively support a head/should region, a hip region, and a leg region of a human body.

    CUSHIONING GRID WITH TAPERED WALLS
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240251963A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18426277

    申请日:2024-01-29

    IPC分类号: A47C27/14

    CPC分类号: A47C27/144

    摘要: The walls of a cushion with a plurality of interconnected walls that define hollow columns may be tapered. The tapering may reduce a weight and/or a thickness of the cushion relative to a conventionally configured cushion with a patterned grid defined by interconnected walls, while substantially maintaining a buckling profile and other cushioning characteristics of the conventionally configured cushion. In addition, the taper may have a draft that facilitates removal of the cushion (e.g., a cushion formed from an elastomeric gel, etc.) from a mold. Methods of designing cushions with reduced weights and/or thicknesses are also disclosed, as are methods of designing cushions to facilitate their release from molds and methods for manufacturing cushions.

    CUSHIONS WITH VIRTUAL SURFACE CONTOURING
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240251962A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18425779

    申请日:2024-01-29

    IPC分类号: A47C27/14

    CPC分类号: A47C27/144

    摘要: A cushion with virtual contouring may have a uniform or substantially uniform thickness or height, while different locations or areas of the cushion may have different cushioning characteristics. The cushion may include a patterned grid defined by interconnected walls. The different cushioning characteristics may result from features that stiffen or soften hollow columns of the patterned grid, such as enlarged junctions between interconnected walls, voids in the interconnected walls, the thicknesses of the interconnected walls, the cross-sectional shapes and/or sizes of the hollow columns defined by the interconnected walls, the materials from which the interconnected walls are formed, layering of different patterned grids, or the like, or any combination of the foregoing. Methods for designing, manufacturing, and using cushions with virtual contouring are also disclosed.

    TEXTURE MASKING OF A PATTERNED GEL LAYER OF A MATTRESS

    公开(公告)号:US20240245227A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18421524

    申请日:2024-01-24

    IPC分类号: A47C27/08 A47C27/14

    CPC分类号: A47C27/085 A47C27/14

    摘要: A mattress cover masks, buffers, or dampens the feel of the texture of the upper surface of a patterned gel layer of an upper cushioning element of a mattress. The mattress cover includes an outer surface, a mask layer, an outer periphery, and an optional bottom. A configuration of the mask layer enables it to mask, buffer, or dampen the feel of the texture of the upper surface of the patterned gel layer without interfering with a compressibility of the upper cushioning element. The mask layer may include a patterned gel layer with a different pattern than that of the patterned gel layer of the upper cushioning element of the mattress. Methods of manufacturing and installing mattress covers that mask, buffer, or dampen the feel of a patterned gel layer of an upper cushioning element of a mattress are also disclosed.

    Bedding components including a convoluted foam layer

    公开(公告)号:US11950704B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17510889

    申请日:2021-10-26

    申请人: DREAMWELL, LTD.

    IPC分类号: A47C27/14 A47C27/15

    CPC分类号: A47C27/148 A47C27/15

    摘要: Mattress toppers for mattress assemblies and pillowtop mattress assemblies generally includes a convoluted foam layer including a convoluted upper surface and a bottom planar surface. The convoluted foam layer includes a convoluted upper surface and a bottom planar surface. The convoluted upper surface comprising repeating geometric depressions defined by an outer geometric-shaped outer wall and a concentric shaped inner wall. The geometric depression can be defined by a geometric outer wall, e.g., hexagonally shaped, and a concentric inner wall, e.g., circular shaped.