CN1059651A

CN1059651A - Mat or other support member

Info

Publication number: CN1059651A
Application number: CN91108606.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彼德·巴克立
Original assignee: Slumberland PLC
Current assignee: Slumberland PLC
Priority date: 1990-09-01
Filing date: 1991-08-31
Publication date: 1992-03-25
Also published as: HUT68565A; EP0548099A1; ATE128829T1; IE913073A1; DE69113809T2; HU9300532D0; DK0548099T3; WO1992003952A1; AU8338091A; JPH06500481A; ES2079675T3; NZ239582A; EP0548099B1; GR3018305T3; AU662489B2; DE69113809D1

Abstract

Mat or other support member comprise some packed layers (1,5,7,5 ', 7 ') and an outer cover (4,6,10), provide the contiguous at least above-mentioned layer in one deck barrier layer (4,6,9,18,19,21,22,23) with the path at the outer cover internal cutting off section of infection.

Description

Mat or other support member

The present invention relates to mat or other support member.

The support member that the present invention is specially adapted to mat and constitutes pad assembly, thus can be with one or more optional features stacked or be assembled together to constitute and be fitted together that class support member of promptly forming mattress.One of known this additional support or this at least adapter are similar with the maximally related support member of the present invention.

In addition, except that relating to mat and pad assembly, the present invention also is applicable to other support member, as pillow and chair cushion.

House dust mite is survived in conventional mattress, and with bed person's scurf as food source easily, it has been recognized that, house dust mite or its excremental allergic reaction meeting are caused or increase the weight of user's asthma.In GB-A-213053, disclose the removable cover of a kind of mattress, used this cover can hinder dirt mite passing through between mattress and food source, can cut off its food source like this.

Nearest studies show that the dirt mite also may influence some transmission of disease, particularly those diseases of propagating by liquid mediums.Investigation shows that this propagation is special relevant with some public place, as hospital and hotel, because every bed there uses for many people.

First aspect, mat of the present invention or other support member comprise some packed layers and an overcoat, wherein are provided with infection sources path barrier layer at least between one deck and the overcoat.

The advantage of mat of the present invention is that house dust mite path and its antigen are provided with the barrier layer.

The filler of common mat can be a series of material layers, as felt, cotton, foam material, polyester fiber and woolen knitwear.General hard matter band line cloth of weaving such as the tapestry satin applied mechanically outward manufactured.

The barrier layer preferably comprises layer of material at least, major part permeable watertight at least, porous steam.

Gas permeable material can comprise polyethylene film, is the material of " PLATILON " as the trade mark of selling on city's sound field.

In addition, gas permeable material can comprise the textile fabric of band coating, its waterproof but permeable steam.The trade mark of one of appropriate materials that appears on the market is " VENTFLEX ".

The trade mark of the appropriate materials that another kind appears on the market is " GORE-TEX ", and the textile fabric layer that this material is pasted on the poromerics constitutes.

Above-mentioned material only is some examples of material that is applicable to mattress of the present invention or other support member, can also can replace above-mentioned material to other material that the infection sources is established the barrier layer.

Mat can comprise the spring part of the spring leaf that supports some filling synusia, and according to observations, ventilative synusia can be contained on any position in the pillow structure as required.Best as close as possible human body is installed to reduce house dust mite and is assembled.Can be with suitable sealing device in mattress limit and bottom, with sealing gasket inside.

In an example, one deck gas permeable material can be placed in spring part about, can suitable sealing device be set along each limit of spring members.Sealing device can comprise a gas permeable material surface layer or gastight material surface layer.Bilevel edge can prolong so that with its sealing-in.

In another is implemented, have at least the last synusia of one deck gas permeable material can be contained between the filling synusia.The last synusia of gas permeable material can be packed in making and be filled in the synusia, and multilayer tablet is in the same place with hard matter band line cloth when making, and presents the intact outer surface after the filling multilayer.Should guarantee that the gas permeable material upper strata is not punctured in making, the abundant sealing after guaranteeing again to make.

In addition, also can the polylith synusia is stitched together, constitute a quilted layers, the back breathable material layer of sewing it up also can material layer also be pressed in the downside of the layer of sewing it up.

In another embodiment, the upper strata of breathable material layer can be laid in a conventional manner and fill on the synusia.

Gas permeable material lower floor can be contained in lower floor can be contained in spring part below, and this lower floor can be stacked in fills on the synusia or on hard matter band line cloth inboard or can also traditional mode be laid on the spring part.

The 2nd aspect, mat of the present invention or other support member comprise that places the flexible compressible body among the outer cover, and outer cover first type surface also includes the flexible thin-film material as work at least, the permeable steam of this material waterproofing.

The working face of mat or other support member is meant the face that the user is contacted when using above-mentioned parts, and for example the last main surface of mattress is the working face of mattress, and vertically seat cushion be its working face simultaneously forward.

Flexible material can comprise polyethylene film.Implementing suitable flexible material of the present invention is the thick polyurethane films of 30 μ, and the trade mark of being produced by West Germany Plate Bonn G, m, b, h of Bonn company is that the film of PLATILON is on sale on market.Film is tested with Payne ' sCup method, humidity 100%, and 37 ℃ of following water vapor permeable of temperature are greater than 1000gm ²/ 24h, this method is described in PayneHS " permeability of film and structure ", sees Off, Dig.Eed Paint.Varrish production club 1936; 8:297-304.

Outer cover can complete closed or complete closed basically, keeps constant or very little variation with air in the cover during normal use or other gas, thereby makes support member can provide certain air cushion to support to the user at least.

Use another outer advantage totally-enclosed or totally-enclosed outer cover basically to be owing to cut off the food source, any may enter outer cover or be enclosed in bed mite in the outer cover etc. all can not survive.

Yet in the non-totally-enclosed cover structure of another kind, support member does not provide any air cushion to support to the user when normal the use, maybe can only provide the short time above-mentioned support.

Flexible compressible body in the outer cover can have any suitable kind, whole also synthetic.An elastic foam material layer particularly preferably can be arranged, having a main surface on it at least is the what is called shape form of circling round, promptly form the projection and the depression of series of rules thereon, this structure or " volution " preferably circular so that its surface (from the limit) do not have limit sharp-pointed and the band angle, but continuous and level and smooth bellows-shaped are arranged.

Pad can only comprise one deck elastic foam material, is preferably in an one main surface and is provided with the volution line.Pad can only comprise fiber material cushion, for example condensating fiber pad in addition.Pad can also comprise two to multilayer, for example can comprise that one deck foamed material adds a fiber material cushion, and this pad cans be compared to most foamed material more near the working face of parts.Preferably volution is undulatory for the sponge layer interarea adjacent with pad.When the foamed material laminar surface of contiguous pad has the volution ripple, be preferably between sponge layer and the fiber material cushion fexible film is set.Film can suitably comprise one or more layers material film of the permeable steam of waterproof, and material is preferably similar to the working face material of outer cover.

The 3rd aspect, mat of the present invention or other support member comprise the flexible compressible pad that is contained in the outer cover, wherein air body keeps constant or changes slightly when usually using, thereby provide certain air cushion to support to the user at least, interarea-the working surface of at least one outer cover includes flexible material, the waterproof but permeable steam of this material.

A support member of third aspect present invention is different with the support member of second aspect, and this support member must provide certain air cushion to support to the user, but its working face another be film surely.In fact working face can be certain flexible layer sheet material, comprises band coating textile fabric thing, coating waterproof but porous steam.The trade mark of suitable material is " VENTFLEX " and " GORE-TEX " on the market.

Do not talk difference, the support member of third aspect present invention and the support member of second aspect relatively have above-mentioned any or biggest advantage.

Some embodiments of the present invention are described in detail by example below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of support member of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view that comprises the support member of the another kind of form of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the cutaway view that comprises the support member of the another kind of form of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the cutaway view that comprises a mattress of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view that comprises the mattress of another kind of form of the present invention.

Support member among Fig. 1 comprises a flexibility and has the rectangle pad of elastic foam material 1 that the downside 2 of pad is foregoing volution corrugated for its upper surface 3 of plane.Pad 1 is contained in the outer cover 4, and this cover is the sack of a sealing, makes waterproof permeable steam with the polyamine membrane of lipoprotein that 3 μ are thick.The trade mark of product is " PLATILON " on the market.The user is subjected to being sealed in air or the air cushion support of other gas and the support of pad 1 in the outer cover 4 in the use.

Support member shown in Figure 2 can be made cushion pad, and it comprises pad 5, and generally flexible the and flexible pad made by the thick synthetic fibers of 50MM of this pad constitutes.Pad 5 be enclosed in the similar cover 6 of outer cover 4 in.

If necessary, the form of the composition of mat can be stacked or be laid on that base part shown in Figure 1 with that base part shown in Figure 2.At this moment each parts is a pad assembly, and available lining band or other fixture (not shown) are fixed together assembly.

Support member among Fig. 3 comprises a compound pad, and this pad is made of the synthetic fibers pad of laying to pad 1 similar sponge layer 7 with on layer 78 similar to pad 5.Will to manufacture outer cover 4 and 6 similar polyamine membrane of lipoprotein layers 9 and pack between the pad 8 of layer 7, thereby synusia with fill up between a rigidity barrier layer is provided.Thus the complex that constitutes is enclosed in to outer cover 4 cover 10 similar with 6 in.

When situation allows, in improved structure, outer cover 4,6,10 is replaced by the sack of sealing, this sack be combined type but it still provides air cushion support to the user, and all be that the working face of upper surface is by permeable steam in all cases but fluid-tight film is made.At least the residue of sack partly is to be made by multiple different materials.

In another embodiment, some very little holes are arranged on the outer cover, therefore no longer sealing is in the use or uses for a long time hardly and provide the air cushion support as the mattress user.Simultaneously, the path that enters in the cover is subjected to enough restrictions, in case the intrusion of hidroschesis water and dust etc., limited field comprises can make a mite enter the interior pad of outer cover.

In the another kind of outer cover improved, outer cover was totally-enclosed, but its working face is to be made by the textile fabric of band coating at least, the saturating vapour of coating harm water, and the trade mark of the appropriate materials that appears on the market is " VENTFLEX " or " GORE-TEX ".

Be readily appreciated that, though other article that above-mentioned support member formation mat or user can overlie, but size shape is different and support member structural similarity also can be used for other purposes, as be used for sitting thereon or lean to usefulness, this parts can be pillows, cushion or it is contained in seat cushion, the object on the chair etc.In addition, support member of the present invention also can only be used as the part of mattress or analog.For example, a support member can constitute the lower part of mattress, and this part supplies user's health recumbency but do not comprise its head, and head is to lean against on the support component of other form.Like this, the bottom of child bed can be identical with the present invention, children's head then leans against the mattress top that is made of elastic pad, and an emptying vent hole or other mechanism are arranged on this elastic pad, to reduce causing dyspneic possibility when children's face directly is attached on the elastomer.

Fig. 4 represents the embodiment of another kind of corresponding typical mattress construction, spring part 11 of this mattress, and part 11 is supporting a plurality of packed layers and outer cover 12.Packed layer comprises ground floor felt layers 13, elastic foam material layer 7 and synthetic fiber layer 5.Outer cover 12 comprises a hard matter band line layer of cloth of weaving, and this layer of cloth four limits prolong, and seals the inside thing of packing into fully.Outer cover 12 comprises a surface layer 14, descends surface layer 15, and side facing 16 handles surface layer up and down are connected together.

The structure of mat is such, and promptly two parts have identical packed layer up and down.In addition, felt layers 17 is arranged second time for 11 times at spring, elastic foam lower floor 7 ' and polyester fiber layer 5 '.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, synusia the 18, the 19th, saturating steam material is made, as the barrier layer, as the barrier layer of blocking-up section of infection path, to seal first and second felt layers 13,17.The side facing 20 of saturating steam is connected with

synusia

18,19, and spring members 11 is enclosed in the separation sleeve of one, and two felt

layers

13,17 also are enclosed in wherein.

Synusia 18,19 is guaranteed to form an intact barrier layer mode by surface layer 20 by heat-sealing or other and is sealed and couple together.

Among another embodiment in Fig. 5, saturating steam material synusia 21 is arranged in making below the synthetic fiber layer 5.Synusia 21 is by stitched together with synthetic fiber layer 5 and hard matter band line cloth 13.Making the little pin hole that is produced can seal with suitable mode, as sprays the evaporative substance coating.Also can on synthetic fibers, press synusia 21 in addition.

Synusia 21 is connected with side facing 22 hermetically, side facing 22 also with the lower floor 5 of synthetic fibers ' and the lower floor of felt 17 between following synusia 23 be connected.

Identical among mat among Fig. 5 and Fig. 4, the identical piece number of corresponding component.

Claims

1, mat or other support component comprise some packed layers (1; 5; 7; 5 '; 7 ') and an outer cover (4,6,10), barrier layer (4,6,9,18,19,21,22,23) is wherein arranged, the barrier layer is in order to the path of the blocking-up section of infection in contiguous at least above-mentioned one deck or outer cover.

According to mat or other support member of claim 1, it is characterized in that 2, barrier layer (4,6,9,18,19,21,22,23) comprise the layer of material layer at least, at least one product will partly be a porous steam, and waterproof.

According to mat or other support member of claim 2, it is characterized in that 3, porous steam material comprises polyethylene film.

According to mat or other support member of claim 2, it is characterized in that 4, permeable steam material comprises the textile fabric thing of band coating, this coating waterproof but permeable steam.

According to mat or other support member of claim 2, it is characterized in that 5, porous steam material constitutes by with the connection operation textile fiber material being laminated on the poromerics.

6, according to each described mat or other support member among the claim 2-5, mat wherein comprises a spring part (11), and this part supports one deck packed layer (5,7 at least, 5 ', 7 '), it is characterized in that permeable steam material layer (18,19,21,22,23) can be contained in any position of mat or support member as required.

According to mat or other support member of claim 6, it is characterized in that 7, the inside of mat or other support member seals with the suitable seal device.

According to mat or other support member of claim 6 or 7, it is characterized in that 8, permeable steam material (18,19,21,23) is installed in above or below the spring part (11).

9, mat according to Claim 8 or other support member is characterized in that, along spring (11) both sides seal (20,22) are set.

10, mat according to Claim 8 or other support member is characterized in that, seal (20,22) comprises the surface layer of permeable steam or gas-tight material.

11, mat according to Claim 8 or other support member is characterized in that, two synusia (18,19,21,23) extend, and sealing device is lived four two-layer bandings.

12, according to each mat or other support member among the claim 6-11, it is characterized in that, pack packed layer (5,7,13) into to the upper strata (18,21) of the permeable steam material of major general.

According to mat or other support member of claim 12, it is characterized in that 13, the upper strata of permeable steam material layer (18,21) is put in the packed layer (5) and sewed up.

14, according to mat or other support member of claim 12, it is characterized in that,, after the stitching permeable steam material layer (21) is laminated on the below of stitching floor several layers (5) formation stitching floor stitched together.

According to mat or other support member of claim 12, it is characterized in that 15, the upper strata of permeable steam material (18,21) is laid on the packed layer (13).

16, according to each mat or other support member among the claim 12-16, it is characterized in that the lower floor of permeable steam material (19,23) is contained in the below of spring (11).

17, mat or other support member comprise a flexible compressible body (1,5,7,5 ', 7 ', 13) be enclosed in outer cover (4,6,10,12,18,21) in, outer cover has at least a main face to constitute working face, comprises one deck fexible film, its material waterproofing but porous steam.

18, according to mat or other support member of claim 17, it is characterized in that outer cover (4,6,10,12,18,21) be totally enclosed, with in use, the air in the outer cover or other gas keep constant or change slightly, thereby fast at least support member provides air cushion to support to the user.

19, according to mat or other support member of claim 17, it is characterized in that outer cover (4,6,10,12,18,21) can be not exclusively sealing, mat or support member can not provide air cushion to support as the user or only can provide this support in the short time in using usually.

20, according to each mat or other support member among the claim 16-19, it is characterized in that pad only is made up of elastic foam material layer (1).

21, according to mat or other support member of claim 20, it is characterized in that, is that volution is undulatory on the interarea of layer (1) at least.

According to mat or other support member of claim 20, it is characterized in that 22, pad only is made up of fiber material cushion (5).

According to mat or other support member of claim 20, it is characterized in that 23, pad is the assembly that comprises froth bed (7) and fiber material cushion (8).

24, according to mat or other support member of claim 23, it is characterized in that, the working face of pad (8) more close froth bed (7), and the fexible film (9) similar to outer cover (10) working face material places between froth bed (7) and the pad (8).

25, mat or other support member comprise that is enclosed in an outer cover (4,6,10,12) the flexible compressible body (1 in, 5,7,8,5 ', 7 '), its sealing mode keeps constant for air or other gas in the cover in general the use or changes slightly, thereby makes support member provide air cushion to support to the user at least, at least outer cover main face constitutes working face, and this face is made of the material of the permeable steam of waterproof of flexibility.

26, according to mat or other support member of claim 25, it is characterized in that working face is made of flexible material, this material comprises the textile fiber material of band coating, its coating waterproof but permeable steam.