Spacer fabric for mattress pad

a mattress pad and spacer fabric technology, applied in the field of infant mattress pads, can solve the problems of increasing difficult for infants to breathe, and putting infants at higher risk of sids, so as to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, reduce the risk of sids, and enhance comfort

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-15
SCHLUSSEL JEREMY
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[0007] The spacer fabric has three parts or components knitted together to form a fabric defined by two breathable outer fabric layers and a breathable cushioned middle comprising yarns interconnecting the two layers. The spacer fabric is incorporated into an infant mattress pad in order to create an infant safety and comfort system designed to help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and also to provide infants with enhanced comfort.
[0008] Medical school of thought suggests the risk of SIDS is reduced by having an infant sleep on a mattress pad made of a fabric material which utilizes breathable spacer fabric. Such a pad allows the infant to rest above the mattress itself, leaving room for carbon dioxide gas to defuse along a lower level than the level that the infant rests. This reduces the carbon dioxide amount that the infant breaths, which, in turn, reduces the risk of SIDS.
[0009] Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved infant sleeping environment.

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Also, many infants, even if placed on their back to sleep, can roll over, increasing the SIDS risk.
Indeed, infants are known to turn over or maneuver themselves into positions which make it hard for them to breath.
Any of these reasons therefore, put an infant at higher risk for SIDS.

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[0017] Now referring to FIG. 1, the inventive mattress pad is shown and generally indicated at 11. Mattress pad 11 is defined by a body portion 13 of substantially the same size as top portion 23 of mattress 21 as well as an integrally formed border portion 15. Body portion 13 is defined by a single layer 16 made of a spacer fabric material of the type described hereinabove, while border portion 15 is made from a solid non-spacer fabric material. In this regard, the fabric of border portion 15 will preferably have an elastic trim sewn therealong and has a width which substantially matches the wall thickness of mattress 21. Border portion 15 is not made of a spacer fabric material in order to reduce the use of spacer fabric in the construction of pad 11. Thus, body portion 13 of pad 11 is sized to be disposed substantially over top portion 23 of mattress 21. Moreover, because border portion 15 of pad 11 is elastic, pad 11 will have a snug fit over mattress 21, preventing the bunching...

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[0018] In a second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, body portion 13 of mattress pad 11 is constructed with an upper layer 17 comprising a spacer fabric, as described hereinabove, and an underlying layer 19 of a breathable foam material for adding resiliency to body portion 13 of pad 11. Also, since body portion 13 incorporates underlying layer 17 of a foam material, production of pad 11 is made more cost-effective since it enables the overall use of a smaller percentage of spacer fabric in pad 11.

[0019] In accordance with the invention, body portion 13 of pad 11 has a thickness of between about 0.1 inches and 1.0 inches and preferably a thickness of between about 0.15 and 0.25 inches. If body portion 13 of pad 11 incorporates both an upper layer of spacer fabric and an underlying layer of a foam material, the upper layer will have a thickness of between about 0.1 and 0.5 inches (preferably between 0.15 and 0.25 inches), while the underlying layer will have a thickness of between abou...

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A spacer fabric in combination with an infant mattress pad is provided. The spacer fabric has three parts or components knitted together to form a fabric with two breathable outer fabric layers and a breathable cushioned middle defined by yarns interconnecting the two layers. The spacer fabric is incorporated into an infant mattress pad in order to create an infant safety and comfort system designed to help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and also to provide infants with enhanced comfort.

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[0001] This application claims priority benefit of provisional application No. 60 / 515,171, filed Oct. 27, 2003.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] This application relates to an infant mattress pad, and, more particularly, to an infant mattress pad which incorporates a spacer fabric. [0003] It is known that SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) occurs in infants primarily under six months of age. While there is no definitive proof as to why SIDS occurs, there is a significant medical school of thought that says SIDS occurs when an infant re-breaths its own carbon dioxide. Although SIDS risk has been shown to be lowered significantly when an infant sleeps on its back, the risk nonetheless remains. Also, many infants, even if placed on their back to sleep, can roll over, increasing the SIDS risk. [0004] Indeed, infants are known to turn over or maneuver themselves into positions which make it hard for them to breath. Also, doctors sometimes recommend for infants to sleep on their stomach...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47C27/05
CPCA47C31/006D04B21/14A47D15/001
Inventor SCHLUSSEL, JEREMY
Owner SCHLUSSEL JEREMY
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