Mattress cover and mattress

Abstract

In a mattress cover comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, and four edge strips, wherein the mattress cover is configured to enclose a mattress core on all sides during use, and wherein the top plate and / or the bottom plate has an outer layer and at least one inner layer, it is proposed that the inner layer consists of a spacer fabric. A further aspect of the invention relates to a mattress comprising the mattress cover.

Description

The invention relates to a mattress cover according to the preamble of claim 1.Mattress covers of the aforementioned type are known from practice. They serve to enclose a mattress core, wherein the mattress core can be designed, for example, from a latex foam of cold foam or with mechanical springs as a spring core. It is possible to remove and wash or replace the mattress cover, for which purpose the mattress cover can typically be selectively opened or closed by means of a zipper. It is likewise advantageous to be able to influence the lying or sleeping comfort mechanically with regard to the pressure distribution and thermally with regard to the feeling of heat or ventilation. The mattress cover therefore influences the feeling of lying and thus contributes considerably to the overall characteristic of the mattress.Regardless of how stiff or conformable the mattress cover is configured, components of the mattress cover are referred to as a panel, for example, its top surface on which a sleeping person is seated is referred to as a top panel, and the opposite side of the mattress cover, which is located below the mattress in use, is referred to as a bottom panel. The top and bottom panels may be configured differently so that different characteristics of the mattress may be provided by turning the mattress over. For example, depending on different seasons, different heat or ventilation properties may be used.Mattress covers of the type in question each have a layer of a foam material in the top and bottom plates.The invention is based on the object of specifying a mattress cover which can be used further in the highest possible manner after its useful life has been reached. It is a further object of the invention to provide a mattress having the same advantage.This object is achieved by a mattress cover having the features of claim 1 and by a mattress according to claim 8.In other words, the invention proposes configuring the top plate and / or the bottom plate such that the use of a foam material can be dispensed with. For this purpose, the invention proposes that the inner layer of the upper plate and / or of the lower plate consists of a knitted spacer fabric, which is also referred to as "mesh" in practice. The textile materials known as spacer knits or "mesh" have two fabric surfaces spaced apart from one another, between which connecting threads are arranged, which keep the two fabric surfaces of the knit at a distance from one another. In contrast to foam materials, the knitted spacer fabrics can be recycled without appreciable quality losses and processed to form, for example, new knitted spacer fabrics, so that an environmentally advantageous after-containing product circulation can be created.In one embodiment, the upper plate and / or the lower plate has not only one inner layer, but two inner layers. In this way, a desired strength of the top plate or bottom plate can be achieved, which would not be achievable, or would only be achievable with the same layer thickness, with a single-ply knitted spacer fabric, with the acceptance of disadvantages.The use of two inner layers also makes it possible to vary the properties of the mattress cover in a simple manner. In one embodiment, the mattress cover therefore has two different inner layers in the top plate or bottom plate. For the manufacturer of the mattress cover, this means that by removing one of the two inner layers or by replacing it with a differently configured inner layer, the mattress cover can be configured differently in many ways.The outer layer and the two inner layers are arranged one above the other in layers in a typical embodiment, so that the top panel and / or the bottom panel sandwich the mattress cover. When using two inner layers, in one embodiment the outer one of the two inner layers, which is namely arranged closer to the outer contact than the other inner layer, is designed more rigid than the inner inner layer further away from the outer layer. The inner inner layer can thus form an abrasion protection of the mattress cover with respect to the mattress core, while the outer inner layer supports a uniform pressure distribution due to its higher bending stiffness in favor of high reclining comfort.In one embodiment, the components of the mattress cover consist of polyester materials. This enables a uniform reprocessing of the mattress cover, so that the effort for separating different materials can be kept as low as possible, which is both economically advantageous and ecological, since the reuse for producing high-quality products is supported by a material purity that is as high as possible. The textile surface elements which are processed for producing a mattress cover according to the invention are all made of polyester materials in this case, and the abovementioned zipper can likewise consist of a polyester material or else of a material which differs from the polyester materials without problems and can thus be processed separately, for example of a metallic material.Most mattress cores are designed in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped, having a rectangular outline and a height which makes up only a fraction of the width and the length of the mattress core. In one embodiment, the mattress cover is therefore designed as a likewise substantially cuboidal sleeve, the shape of which is determined by the top panel, the bottom panel and the four edge strips. The edge strips can extend over the entire height of the mattress cover, so that the top panel and the bottom panel connect to the edge strips as planar elements. In one embodiment, the edge strips-at least however at least one edge strip-extend, however, only over a part of the height of the mattress cover, so that accordingly the upper and / or the lower plate extends both over the respective upper or lower side of the mattress cover and over a part of the height of the mattress cover.In this way, the seam between the relevant edge strip and the top or bottom side is displaced into a narrow side of the mattress cover. For applications in which the seam could be perceived as annoying because it offers a particularly high resistance to deformation and has a correspondingly stiff effect, the contact of a person lying on the mattress or sitting on the edge of the mattress with the seam is avoided in this way. It is therefore particularly advantageous for the edge strips on the two longitudinal sides of the mattress cover to be dimensioned so narrow that both the upper and the lower panel extend as far as the narrow side of the mattress cover, so that even when the mattress is turned over in use, the respective upper side is always free of seams on its two longitudinal sides. A particularly simple course of the seam for the sake of as simple as possible a mikroability of the mattress cover is achieved in one embodiment in that the upper and lower panels extend as far as the narrow side of the mattress cover not only on the longitudinal sides but also on the two opposite end sides.The design of the mattress cover according to the invention helps to avoid large-area material layers made of a foam material. Nevertheless, it can be provided to use a sheet material or a body of a foam material at some comparatively small dimensioned points. In one embodiment, however, the mattress cover is completely free of foam materials, so that the possibility of being able to refurbish the mattress cover qualitatively with high quality and in the sense of circulation management is provided to a particularly high degree.A mattress according to the invention has a mattress core and a mattress cover designed according to the invention as an envelope of the mattress core. In a mattress according to the invention, the mattress core is designed as a spring core, so that the mattress core itself is also largely or even completely free of foam materials.In one embodiment, the mattress core is designed as a barrel-pocket spring core in favor of high reclining comfort.The pockets of the mattress core, in which the springs of the mattress core are accommodated, can consist of different materials, for example natural materials such as cotton, or other textile materials. In one embodiment, the pockets consist of a polyester material, so that the entire mattress, including the mattress cover, consists of as few different materials as possible and can accordingly be easily refurbished.The springs of the spring core mattress can consist in a manner known per se of a metallic material, for example of spring steel. This material differs so clearly from the materials which are otherwise used for the mattress core that the different materials can be separated without problems during reprocessing of the mattress core and can be further processed in a single type.

Claims

Mattress cover, having an upper panel, a lower panel and four edge strips, wherein the mattress cover is configured to enclose a mattress core on all sides during use, and wherein the upper panel and / or the lower panel has an outer layer and at least one inner layer, characterized in that the inner layer consists of a knitted spacer fabric.Mattress cover according to claim 1, characterised in that the top panel and / or the bottom panel has two inner layers, each of which consists of a knitted spacer fabric.Mattress cover according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that two inner layers or the two inner layers according to claim 2 consist of different knitted spacer fabrics.Mattress cover according to claim 3, characterised in that the outer layer and the two inner layers are arranged one above the other in a sandwich-like manner, wherein the inner layer closer to the outer layer is more rigid than the inner layer further away from the outer layer.Mattress cover according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the components of the mattress cover consist of polyester materials.Mattress cover according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the top panel, the bottom panel and the four edge strips form a substantially cuboidal sleeve, wherein at least one edge strip extends in each case only over a part of the height of the mattress cover, in such a way that the top panel and / or the bottom panel extend both over the respective top side or underside of the mattress cover and over a part of the height of the mattress cover.Mattress cover according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mattress cover is free of foam materials.Mattress, having a mattress cover according to one of the preceding claims, and having a mattress core arranged within the mattress cover, wherein the mattress core is designed as a spring core.Mattress according to claim 8, characterised in that the mattress core is designed as a barrel-pocket spring core.Mattress according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the mattress core comprises pockets made of a polyester material.