Enhanced mobility mattress
AssigneeTempur-Pedic Management, LLC
InventorsChristopher Arendoski, Tyler W. Kilgore, Mohamed F. Alzoubi
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Abstract
A mattress includes a first layer of viscoelastic foam having an upper surface and a layer of non-viscoelastic foam supporting the first layer. The mattress also includes a plurality of static bolster elements positioned beneath the upper surface and clustered together to define a plurality of troughs between adjacent bolster elements. The first layer of viscoelastic foam is further compressible in regions of the mattress corresponding with the troughs than surrounding regions corresponding with the bolster elements. Each of the bolster elements is capable of exerting a reaction force having a lateral component on an individual pushing against the bolster element with a line of action through one of the troughs.
Claims35
A mattress comprising:
- a first layer of viscoelastic foam having an upper surface;
- a layer of non-viscoelastic foam supporting the first layer;
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- a plurality of static bolster elements positioned beneath the upper surface and clustered together to define a plurality of troughs between adjacent bolster elements, wherein the first layer of viscoelastic foam is further compressible in regions of the mattress corresponding with the troughs than surrounding regions corresponding with the bolster elements, and wherein each of the bolster elements is capable of exerting a reaction force having a lateral component on an individual pushing against the bolster element with a line of action through, one of the troughs.
A mattress comprising:
- a first layer of viscoelastic foam having an upper surface;
- a layer of non-viscoelastic foam supporting the first layer;
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- a plurality of static bolster elements positioned beneath the upper surface and clustered together to define a plurality of troughs between adjacent bolster elements, wherein the bolster elements and the troughs extend in a direction parallel to a length of the mattress, and wherein the bolster elements include a hardness that is at least about 2.5 times a hardness of the first layer of viscoelastic foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.