Textile mat and cushion made thereof and a method of making a cushion

Abstract

A textile mat, which is adapted to form a thermal comfort layer for a piece of seating or lying furniture and made of a moisture-permeable and a moisture-absorbing fibre layer, is made of biodegradable fibres only. Binder fibres are embedded in the moisture-absorbing fibre layer to keep it together and form an adhesive surface for keeping the two fibre layers together. A cushion is made of a textile body with a thermal and a biochemical comfort layer. The body is made in one piece of biodegradable fibres, the thermal comfort layer being formed of said textile mat and the biomechanical comfort layer being formed of a vertically pleated, set wadding. Biodegradable binder fibres are embedded in the wadding. In a method of making a cushion with a thermal and biomechanical comfort layer, a vertically pleated, set wadding is cut to a predetermined size. A textile mat is cut to the same size and placed on the wadding, whereupon the cut wadding and the cut textile mat are heated to a temperature at which the binder fibres melt, and are pressed together to the desired shape.

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