Modular mattress
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular mattresses lack the ability to provide an individualized firmness profile and adequate ventilation, limiting their ability to customize support for different body regions and dissipate heat and moisture effectively.
Innovation Solution
A modular mattress design featuring a frame with ventilation ducts connected by slits in insert elements, allowing for adjustable hardness through slit orientation and enabling lateral ventilation, which divides the mattress into zones for tailored support and climate regulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If modular mattresses use continuous layers extending over the entire longitudinal direction with at least two layers of different firmness, then a user can choose between a softer or a harder structure, but cannot set a variance in sections, i.e. no individualized hardness profile
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress is divided into multiple independent insert elements (first insert element, second insert element, third insert element) that can be individually selected and arranged in different firmness zones. Each insert element can have different firmness characteristics, allowing the creation of a customized hardness profile with softer or harder sections according to specific body region requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
Different insert elements are designed with different firmness properties to match specific body regions. For example, softer insert elements can be placed under the shoulders and hips where more sinking is desired, while firmer insert elements are positioned under the lumbar region for support. This local differentiation of material properties enables an individualized hardness profile.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular mattresses provide zones for tailored support, then individual body regions can be supported optimally, but ventilation for heat and moisture dissipation is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The insert elements incorporate ventilation channels with through-openings that create a porous structure throughout the mattress layers. These channels allow air circulation and facilitate the dissipation of heat and moisture generated by the user's body, preventing accumulation while maintaining the tailored support zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The ventilation channels act as intermediary pathways that connect different zones of the mattress to the external environment. Air flows through these channels to carry away heat and moisture from the body contact surfaces, mediating the thermal and moisture exchange between the user and the surrounding environment.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If insert elements have ventilation ducts, then heat and moisture dissipation is improved, but the hardness adjustment capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation function is segmented into specific channels within each insert element rather than being integrated into the entire mattress structure. This allows the firmness of each insert element to be independently adjusted through material selection and density variations while the ventilation channels remain as separate, non-interfering pathways for air flow.
Solution Approach 2:
The insert elements combine localized firmness properties with localized ventilation channels. Each insert element can have different material densities and channel configurations tailored to its specific body region function, allowing simultaneous optimization of both support characteristics and ventilation performance in different zones.
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 solution provides a customizable firmness profile and enhanced ventilation, ensuring optimal support and comfort by allowing for adjustable hardness and efficient heat and moisture dissipation, thereby improving user experience.
Implementation Method 1
An insert element according to the invention has ventilation ducts which, preferably designed in such a way that they run transversely to the longitudinal direction of the mattress pad and are aligned with the through-openings provided in the parallel longitudinal frame parts. This achieves lateral ventilation, ventilation and additional optimized climate regulation.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a lying underlay (1) with a lying surface, comprising a frame (2) with parallel longitudinal frame parts, transverse frame parts connected thereto and a floor element, the frame (2) comprising an inner area into which insert elements (31, 41, 51, 32) can be accommodated, the insert elements (31, 41, 51, 32) having different hardnesses and having ventilation channels (61) running transversely to the longitudinal direction, which are aligned with through-openings (6) which are formed in the parallel longitudinal frame parts.