Longitudinal Spring-Strand Mattress Layout for Consistent Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mattresses with transversely aligned spring strands fail to provide consistent suspension comfort across different body positions and areas, leading to unpredictable spring effects when combined with slatted frames.
Innovation Solution
Aligning the chambers for spring strands in the longitudinal direction of the mattress allows for a natural body alignment and consistent spring support, eliminating the need for differentiated zones and enhancing the synergy between spring strands and slatted frames.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If spring strands are aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction of the mattress, then it is possible to provide zones with different springing comfort that follow one another in the longitudinal direction, but the suspension comfort is inconsistent across different body positions and areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional transverse alignment of spring strands and instead aligns them in the longitudinal direction of the mattress. This inversion allows the spring strands to run parallel to the spine of a user, providing consistent suspension comfort across all body positions while still enabling differentiated support zones through variations in spring properties along the longitudinal axis.
2Ease of manufacture
If spring strands are aligned transversely, then the mattress structure follows conventional design, but the spring effect becomes unpredictable when combined with slatted frames
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the orientation parameter of the spring strands from transverse to longitudinal alignment. This parameter change creates a predictable synergistic effect when combined with slatted frames, as the longitudinal alignment ensures uniform distribution of forces and eliminates the unpredictable spring effects that occur with transverse alignment.
3Reliability
If spring strands are aligned longitudinally, then consistent suspension comfort is achieved across all body positions, but the conventional transverse zoning approach is abandoned
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal alignment of spring strands creates a universal support system that functions effectively for all body positions (side, prone, and supine) without requiring different configurations. The spring strands serve multiple functions simultaneously: providing consistent suspension comfort, supporting spinal alignment, and enabling differentiated zone support through longitudinal variations in spring properties.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration provides improved suspension comfort by evenly cushioning body weight distribution, ensuring optimal lying comfort regardless of position and eliminating the need for separate head and foot area adjustments, while achieving a synergistic spring effect with slatted frames.
Implementation Method 1
the base body provides chambers that serve to accommodate the spring strands... the spring elements... cushioning body weight distribution
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AI summary
The mattress (1) has suspension spring structures that are formed from several interconnected spring elements. A longitudinal extension of the suspension spring structure exceeds a transverse extension. A base portion (2) is provided with chambers (5) for retaining the suspension spring structures. The chambers are aligned in the longitudinal extension along longitudinal direction (6) of the mattress. An independent claim is included for a mattress system.