Ventilated mattress cover

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-12-10
GENDRON TIMOTHY DAVID
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[0005]It is desirable to provide a ventilated mattress cover that is economical to manufacture, simple to install, washable, and attaches to sheets, mattress covers, or to the mattress. Furthermore, it is desirable to provide a ventilated mattress cover that ventilates and reduces the average pressure on an occupant. The ventilated mattress cover utilizes a 3-dimensional spacer fabric which conforms to the body and its thousands of vertically aligned fibers act as springs uniformly supporting the body weight. This uniform support helps distribute the weight and reduces the average pressure. The spacer fabric maintains an open-air pathway to the room air allowing air circulation under the occupant.
[0006]This invention includes a ventilated mattress cover that is easily & quickly attached to a standard fitted

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Forcing the body to roll during sleep obviously disrupts any deep sleep and may prevent any

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[0013]A preferred embodiment of a ventilated mattress cover according to this invention is indicated generally in Fig.2. The ventilated cover is particularly constructed to be attached to a fitted (1) bed sheet or (7) fitted mattress cover and provide ventilation and pressure reduction, however, it could also be integrated (FIG. 4) as part of a (5) manufactured mattress and attached with a zipper along the side of the (6) mattress.

[0014]When installed on a (5) mattress the body weight of the occupant does not totally collapse the (2) spacer fabric (generally between 5-20 mm thick). The (2) spacer fabric maintains an air pathway or duct to the room air. This duct transfers the warmer moist air generated by the occupant out into the room air. The heat and moisture first pass thru the (1) sheet and (3) wicking layer or small hole (2-3 mm diameter) spacer fabric by conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation. This heat and humidity are picked up by the constantly circulating room ...

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A ventilated mattress pad for supporting an occupant includes a first and second layer of spacer fabric attached with a zipper to a fitted sheet or mattress cover or the mattress providing ventilation of excessive body heat and moisture away from the body and out into the room air. Integration of the ventilated pad to the sheet or mattress pad provides consistent location of the pad under the occupant while minimizing installation, removal time and effort. The ventilated pad is washable and can be re-attached to a new sheet or mattress cover when the sheet or mattress pad is worn out or damaged. The pad also reduces the average pressure on the skin surface.

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BACKGROUND [0001]This invention relates in general to a fitted mattress cover. Mattress covers commonly provide cushioning and protect the mattress from soiling. More specifically, this invention provides cushioning and maintains an air duct for the excessive body heat & moisture to be exhausted out into the room air.[0002]Our body's cooling system relies on conductive, convective, evaporative and some radiant cooling. A physical law of heat is that it moves from hot to cold areas. Conduction of heat is made when solids transfer heat by direct contact as when our body makes contact with bed sheets. Convective transfer of heat occurs when the air near our skin absorbs body heat. This warm air will pass its heat on to cooler air if such air is available and in effect move the heat away from the skin. As long as cooler air is available the cooling cycle continues resulting in our temperature being maintained. If there is not enough cool air or a cool contact surface available (as when ...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G9/02
CPCA47C27/007A47G9/0246A47C31/006
Inventor GENDRON, TIMOTHY DAVID
Owner GENDRON TIMOTHY DAVID
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