Marble Grid Mattress Structure for Body-Contour Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mattresses using coil springs, foam materials, inflatable air chambers, or water-filled chambers have limitations in providing optimal support and alignment for a person's body profile, failing to effectively adapt to individual contours.
Innovation Solution
A mattress with a flex structure featuring a grid pattern of marbles supported by a base layer with staggered slots and hoop assemblies, along with an alignment layer, which allows for ergonomic alignment and deformation according to the body profile, providing enhanced support and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional coil springs, foam materials, inflatable air chambers, or water-filled chambers are used to support the person lying on the mattress, then the mattress can provide basic support, but it fails to effectively adapt to individual body contours and provide optimal support and alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress is divided into multiple independent support elements (coils, foam segments, air chambers, water chambers) that can independently deform and adapt to different parts of the body, allowing each segment to respond to local pressure and contour requirements
Solution Approach 2:
Different materials and structures are used in different regions of the mattress (coil springs in some areas, foam in others, inflatable chambers in specific zones) to provide locally optimized support characteristics that match the body's varying contour requirements
2Adaptability or versatility
If the flex structure with marbles is used to allow deformation according to body profile, then adaptability to body contours is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the grid pattern arrangement and connecting elements
Solution Approach 1:
The flex structure is segmented into a grid pattern with multiple discrete marble elements, each capable of independent movement and deformation, allowing the structure to adapt to complex body contours through the collective action of many simple units
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple simple marble elements are combined within a grid framework with connecting elements to create a complex adaptive structure, where the individual simplicity of marbles is merged with the organizational complexity of the grid to achieve overall adaptability
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
The mattress effectively supports and aligns the body by allowing the flex structure to deform and contour with the user's shape, offering improved comfort and support compared to traditional mattress materials.
Implementation Method 1
a flex structure having at least one support layer and a plurality of marbles engaged with the at least one support layer and supported by the at least one support layer
Implementation Method 2
The hoop is configured to compress under a load
Data Source
AI summary
A mattress includes a flex structure having at least one support layer and a plurality of marbles engaged with the at least one support layer and supported by the at least one support layer. The plurality of marbles is arranged in a grid pattern along the at least one support layer.