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US 9,538,855 B2Granted
Component with multiple layers
AssigneeSerta, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Gross, Leona Wightman
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Abstract
A bedding component includes a top portion having a gel foam, a middle portion having a foam layer with at least one gel disc, and a bottom portion having a foam core.
Claims9
A bedding component, comprising:
- a top portion including a dual gel foam comprising a thermally conductive material;
- a middle portion disposed beneath the top portion and having a foam layer with a top surface comprising a continuous foam matrix having a plurality of depressions and discrete gel discs interspersed throughout the foam matrix in fewer than all of the depressions;
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- a bottom portion including a foam core, wherein the middle portion exhibits a depth of compression in a standard force compression test with a 13.5 inch platen less than that of an identical layer without the depressions and gel discs beyond about 60 lbs of load;
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- wherein the top portion is affixed to the bottom surface of a bilayer foam topper, which includes a top layer having a high thermal conductivity foam comprising a gel or graphene and a bottom layer with foam.
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A mattress, comprising:
- a bilayer foam topper, which includes a top layer having a high thermal conductivity foam and a bottom layer with foam;
- a high thermal conductivity dual gel foam layer disposed below the bilayer foam topper, wherein the dual gel foam layer comprises a gelatinous matrix that exhibits substantially no flow when at a steady-state and a thermally conductive material selected from the group consisting of carbon black, graphite, carbon nanotubes, calcium carbonate, metallic flakes, and graphene;
- a foam layer disposed beneath the high thermal conductivity dual gel foam layer and having a top surface comprising a continuous foam matrix and discrete depressions interspersed throughout the foam matrix, each depression having a diameter of about 2 inches, wherein the depressions are spaced about 5 inches apart from one another when measured in a direction parallel or perpendicular with a side of the foam layer, and wherein fewer than all of the depressions are filled with gel discs having a thickness of about 0.25 inches;
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- a core layer disposed beneath the foam layer that includes at least one of a foam core, a gel foam core, a latex core, an inner spring layer, a layer of individually wrapped coils, an air inflated system, and a liquid system,
- wherein the foam layer disposed beneath the high thermal conductivity dual gel foam layer maintains a depth of compression in a standard force compression test with a 13.5 inch platen less than that of an identical layer without the depressions and plurality of gel discs from about 60 to at least about 250 lbs of load.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.