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US 9,370,253 B2Granted
Mattress with foam springs
AssigneeHsiu Chen Liao
InventorMartin B Rawls-Meehan
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements.
Claims15
A mattress assembly, comprising:
- a mattress having a plurality of foam springs arranged into a plurality of zones, each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs mounted in an individually removable and replaceable manner on an interior portion of the mattress such that a longitudinal axis of each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs is perpendicular to a top surface of the mattress, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones is of a different integrated firmness;
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- a layer of foam configured for contacting the plurality of foam springs;
- wherein the plurality of foam springs are mounted in a horizontal plane relative to the top surface of the mattress;
- wherein the layer of foam is positioned above or below the horizontal plane of foam springs;
- wherein the plurality of foam springs includes at least one a first foam spring characterized by a first firmness and at least a second foam spring characterized by a second firmness, wherein the first firmness is different from the second firmness;
- wherein each zone of the plurality of zones includes two or more foam springs of the plurality of foam springs, each zone defining a firmness pattern embodied in at least a face of each of two or more foam springs of each respective zone, at least two of the zones having different firmness patterns;
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- wherein a first firmness pattern correlates to the first firmness and a second firmness pattern correlates to the second firmness.
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A mattress assembly, comprising:
- a mattress having a plurality of foam springs arranged into a plurality of zones, each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs mounted in an individually removable and replaceable manner on an interior portion of the mattress such that a longitudinal axis of each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs is perpendicular to a top surface of the mattress, each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs having a top face;
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- a layer of foam configured for contacting the plurality of foam springs;
- wherein the plurality of foam springs are mounted in a horizontal plane relative to the top surface of the mattress;
- wherein the layer of foam is positioned above or below the horizontal plane of foam springs;
- wherein a first zone of the plurality of zones includes at least two foam springs of the plurality of foam springs having a first firmness and a first firmness pattern embodied in at least the top faces of the at least two foam springs of the first zone, the first firmness pattern correlating to the first firmness;
- wherein a second zone of the plurality of zones includes at least two foam springs of the plurality of foam springs having a second firmness and a second firmness pattern embodied in at least the top faces of the at least two foam springs of the second zone, the second firmness pattern correlating to the second firmness;
- wherein the first firmness and the second firmness are different from each other;
- and
- wherein the first firmness pattern and the second firmness pattern are different from each other.
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A mattress assembly comprising:
- a mattress having a plurality of foam springs arranged into a plurality of zones, each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs mounted in an individually removable and replaceable manner on an interior portion of the mattress such that a longitudinal axis of each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs is perpendicular to a top surface of the mattress, each foam spring of the plurality of foam springs having a top face;
- a layer of foam configured for contacting the plurality of foam springs;
- an adjustable bed foundation supporting the mattress, the adjustable bed foundation including at least one movable section;
- wherein the plurality of foam springs are mounted in a horizontal plane relative to the top surface of the mattress;
- wherein the layer of foam is positioned above or below the horizontal plane of foam springs;
- wherein a first zone of the plurality of zones includes at least two foam springs of the plurality of foam springs having a first firmness and a first firmness pattern embodied in at least the top faces of the at least two foam springs of the first zone, the first firmness pattern correlating to the first firmness;
- wherein a second zone of the plurality of zones includes at least two foam springs of the plurality of foam springs having a second firmness and a second firmness pattern embodied in at least the top faces of the at least two foam springs of the second zone, the second firmness pattern correlating to the second firmness;
- wherein the first firmness and the second firmness are different from each other;
- wherein the first firmness pattern and the second firmness pattern are different from each other;
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- wherein the at least one movable section is configured to move at least a portion of the mattress.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.