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US 2004/0163180 A1Published application
Compressible encasement tray for bedding and method for selectively modifying bedding product with such a tray
AssigneeThe Spring Air Company
InventorsSteve Bryant, Ross Olinski
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Abstract
A bedding product for use as a mattress topper has a tray formed by a bottom sheet of compressible material with a generally rectangular frame attached at the periphery of a surface thereof, formed by rails of compressible material. The tray has a generally rectangular recess therein formed by the rails, which can be filled with inserts of selected firmness characteristics, to give the overall bedding product selected characteristics related to firmness.
Claims30
A bedding product comprising:
- a tray having outer dimensions matched to dimensions of a standard size mattress, said tray consisting of a bottom sheet of compressible material having a surface with an outer periphery, and a plurality of rails of compressible material attached to said outer periphery and forming a substantially rectangular frame with a central, open recess.
A bedding product comprising:
- a tray having outer dimensions matched to dimensions of a standard size mattress, said tray consisting of a bottom sheet of compressible material having a surface with an outer periphery, and a plurality of rails of compressible material attached to said outer periphery and forming a substantially rectangular frame with a central, open recess;
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- a plurality of inserts, respectively having selected firmness characteristics, disposed in said recess.
A method for making a bedding product comprising the steps of:
- providing a tray consisting entirely of compressible material, having a tray bottom and a rectangular peripheral frame attached to said tray bottom with a central, substantially rectangular opening therein;
- inserting a plurality of inserts in said opening, having respectively different firmness characteristics, to produce a bedding product having selected overall bedding product firmness characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.