Methods for packaging cushions with elastomeric cushioning elements
AssigneePurple Innovation, LLC
InventorTony M. Pearce
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Abstract
A method for packaging a cushion includes coating a cushioning element with a powder while the cushioning element is in an expanded state and then compressing the cushion to a compressed state. As the cushioning element is compressed, the powder prevents surfaces of the cushioning element (e.g., surfaces of intersecting walls that define hollow buckling columns of a cushioning element formed from an elastomeric polymer extended with a plasticizer, etc.) from adhering to each other. The powder may allow the cushioning element to substantially return to its expanded state substantially immediately following removal of a compressive force from the cushioning element.
Claims20
A method for packaging a mattress, the method comprising:
- coating surfaces of a cushioning element of the mattress with a powder while the cushioning element is substantially in an expanded state;
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- compressing the cushion, including the cushioning element, from the expanded state into a compressed state, the powder preventing surfaces of the cushioning element that are brought into contact with each other while compressing the cushion from adhering to each other.
A method for packaging a mattress, the method comprising:
- manufacturing a cushioning element of a mattress from an elastomeric material comprising an elastomeric polymer extended with a plasticizer, the elastomeric material defining intersecting walls defining a plurality of hollow buckling columns;
- coating surfaces of a cushioning element of the mattress, including surfaces defining the plurality of hollow buckling columns, with a powder within about 180 minutes of manufacturing the cushioning element and while the cushioning element is substantially in an expanded state;
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- compressing the cushion, including the cushioning element, from the expanded state into a compressed state, the powder preventing surfaces of the cushioning element that are brought into contact with each other while compressing the cushion from adhering to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.