Mattress Support Spring Arms for Consistent Surface Comfort
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing supporting spring systems for mattresses provide uneven support, affecting the comfort of sleeping, sitting, or reclining furniture due to inconsistent spring characteristics.
Innovation Solution
A supporting spring system with pairs of female multipoint connectors featuring support elements and spring arms that are guided downwards and then upwards around the outside of the connectors, distributing the spring effect more evenly across the mattress surface, and allowing for adjustable spring characteristics through vertically adjustable support plates and flexible connecting profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If spring arms are guided directly upwards or between female multipoint connectors, then the structure is simpler, but the support for the mattress is uneven and spring characteristics are inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The spring arms are guided around the outside of the female multipoint connectors in a curved path rather than directly upwards or between connectors. This curved guidance path ensures that the spring arms engage the connectors at optimal angles, distributing the load evenly and achieving consistent spring characteristics across all connectors while maintaining structural simplicity.
2Reliability
If spring arms are guided around the outside of female multipoint connectors, then support for the mattress is more even, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The spring arms follow a curved path around the outside of the female multipoint connectors, which naturally distributes the spring effect homogeneously across the mattress surface. This curved configuration ensures even support while keeping the structural complexity minimal by utilizing the natural geometry of the connector arrangement.
3Reliability
If spring arms are made longer with guidance around connectors, then spring characteristics remain constant over travel, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The curved guidance path around the female multipoint connectors allows the spring arms to maintain a consistent angle and geometry throughout their travel range. This ensures that the spring characteristics remain constant over the entire travel distance, providing reliable and predictable support without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms.
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 design ensures a more even and comfortable support for the mattress by distributing the spring effect homogeneously, allowing for individual adjustment of spring characteristics to optimize comfort based on user preferences.
Implementation Method 1
spring arms for the resilient connection of the support plates to the female connectors and/or the pairs of female connectors
Data Source
AI summary
Supporting spring systems for sleeping, reclining or sitting furniture must have spring characteristics that provide good sleeping, reclining and/or sitting comfort. In known supporting spring systems, this is achieved only by relatively high design expenditure. The invention aims to create a simple and flexible supporting spring system which nevertheless ensures high sleeping, reclining or sitting comfort. Support elements (13, 50, 60, 70, 80) for connecting two female connectors (10) of a pair of female connectors (11) are provided for this purpose. The support elements (13, 50, 60, 70, 80) exhibit spring arms (15, 72) that are guided from beneath the female connectors (10) of the pairs of female connectors (11) up around the outside of the pair of female connectors (11).