Mattress with cooling and heating function

Abstract

Disclosed is a mattress, which performs a cooling function under a high temperature environment owing to air permeability thereof and a thermal function under a low temperature environment via natural convection, thereby providing a pleasant sleep environment in all temperature conditions. The mattress includes a cushioning member to perform a cushioning operation, a thermal laminate member disposed on one surface of the cushioning member, a heating element to perform a heating operation upon receiving power and to exhibit elasticity, a cooling laminate member disposed on the other surface of the cushioning member and having air permeability, and a cover member to surround an outermost portion of the mattress. By simply changing the orientation of the mattress and using the elastic cooling and heating members, the mattress is compatibly used all the year round to provide a pleasant sleep environment without deterioration of an intrinsic cushioning function and load dispersing / supporting function.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a mattress with cooling and heating functions, and more particularly, to a mattress with cooling and heating functions, which is capable of performing a cooling function under a high temperature environment owing to air permeability thereof and of performing a heating function under a low temperature environment via natural convection, thereby providing a pleasant sleep environment in all temperature conditions.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Generally, owing to modernization, change of a residential culture to apartments and the like, the percentage of the population that uses beds is gradually increasing and currently, most homes possess beds. A bed is constituted of a bed frame and a mattress installed to the bed frame. The mattress may be classified into a spring mattress, a latex mattress, a stone mattress and a Hwangto (yellow soil) mattress, according to constituent materials or cushioning types thereof.[0003]Although a bed using a sp...

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Benefits of technology

[0031]As described above, a mattress with cooling and heating functions in accordance with the present invention can perform not only a cooling function under a high temperature environment, such as in summer, owing to air permeability thereof, but also a thermal function under a low temperature environment, such as in winter, via natural convection. Accordingly, the mattress can be compatibly used all the year round regardless of temperature as a sleeper simply changes the up and down orientation of the mattress. Further, the mattress has the effect of providing a pleasant sleep environment in all temperature conditions.

[0032]In particular, as a result of providing the mattress with an elastic cooling member and an elastic heating member, the mattress having an ergonomic design can successfully perform cooling and heating functions without deterioration in an intrinsic cushioning function as well as a load dispersing and supporting function thereof. Additionally, the mattress has the effect of achieving enhanced safety and market quality.

Problems solved by technology

Although a bed using a spring mattress or a latex mattress has a greater cushioning function than a bed using a stone mattress or a Hwangto mattress and thus, provides comfort and ease during sleep, it is not provided with a heating device, which may cause a user to feel cold in the winter.

However, since the electric blanket lacks elasticity, covering a mattress with the non-elastic electric blanket may disadvantageously deteriorate or disable intrinsic cushioning effects of an ergonomic mattress obtained by heavy investment and research and development.

In addition, although many conventional mattresses have been fabricated to employ a spring or latex foam as a shock absorbing interior material, due to the fact that the latex foam has poor air permeability although it exhibits cushioning effects, a mattress employing a spring shock absorbing member is mainly used to achieve air permeability.

However, this spring mattress still has difficulty in providing a comfortable sleep environment in the summer because of insufficient air permeability thereof.

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