Multiple zone gel cushion

A gel cushion having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer periphery, the gel cushion comprising:

• a first zone and a fifth zone comprising a gel matrix configured in a first pattern designed to support an object positioned on the top surface with a first degree of firmness;
• a second zone and a fourth zone comprising a gel matrix configured in a second pattern that is different from the first pattern, the second pattern being designed to support an object positioned on the top surface with a second degree of firmness different from the first degree;
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• a third zone comprising a gel matrix configured in a third pattern that is different from both the first pattern and the second pattern, the third pattern being designed to support an object positioned on the top surface with a third degree of firmness different from the first and the second degree, the first zone and the fifth zone being positioned at two opposite ends of the gel cushion, the second zone being positioned between the first zone and the third zone, and the fourth zone being positioned between the third zone and the fifth zone.

A gel cushion having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer periphery, the gel cushion comprising a two-person sleep surface having a first person's side and a second person's side in the same gel cushion, the first person's side including:

• a first zone comprising a gel matrix configured in a first pattern designed to support an object positioned on the top surface with a first degree of firmness;
• a second zone comprising a gel matrix configured in a second pattern that is different from the first pattern, the second pattern being designed to support an object positioned on the top surface with a second degree of firmness different from the first degree;
• a third zone comprising a gel matrix configured in a third pattern that is different from both the first pattern and the second pattern, the third pattern being designed to support an object positioned on the top surface with a third degree of firmness different from the first and the second degree;
• a fourth zone containing a gel matrix configured in one of the first, second, or third patterns or a still different fourth pattern;
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• a fifth zone containing a gel matrix configured in one of the first, second, third, or optional fourth patterns or a still different fifth pattern;
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• the second person's side including:
• a sixth, a seventh, and an eighth zone containing respective gel matrices configured in respectively different patterns;
• a ninth zone containing a gel matrix configured in one of the patterns of the sixth through eighth zones or a still different pattern;
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• a tenth zone containing a gel matrix configured in one of the patterns of the sixth through ninth zones or a still different pattern, at least one of the patterns of the sixth through tenth zones being different than the first, second, third, optional fourth, or optional fifth patterns of the first person's side.