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EP0050731B1
EP0050731B1 EP81107179A EP81107179A EP0050731B1 EP 0050731 B1 EP0050731 B1 EP 0050731B1 EP 81107179 A EP81107179 A EP 81107179A EP 81107179 A EP81107179 A EP 81107179A EP 0050731 B1 EP0050731 B1 EP 0050731B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08—Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/088—Fluid mattresses or cushions incorporating elastic bodies, e.g. foam
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08—Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/081—Fluid mattresses or cushions of pneumatic type
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08—Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/10—Fluid mattresses or cushions with two or more independently-fillable chambers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/14—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays
    • A47C27/18—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays in combination with inflatable bodies
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
    • A61G7/057—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
    • A61G7/05769—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers

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  • the invention relates to a mattress, consisting of longitudinally extending side beads and a center bead arrangement arranged between them, reaching only over the trunk and leg area, at least the side beads communicating with one another, delimiting a closed inflation space and being inflatable via an air connection.
  • Such a mattress is known from DE-U-1 763 135.
  • the side beads have about the same length as the center bead arrangement and open into a widened head bead in the head area, which has a constant height over the entire width of the mattress.
  • the center bead arrangement consists of three parallel beads, which form a single-chamber system and can be inflated separately. It is a conventional air mattress in which the center bead arrangement is inflated less than the side beads to increase comfort.
  • the center bead arrangement consists of a single bead, which has a lower deformability than the side beads and that the latter extend over the entire length of the mattress and are at least almost adjacent to each other in the head region of the mattress .
  • the central bulge is stiffer than the outer bulges
  • the patient receives a stable position without the spine sagging.
  • the side beads are also pronounced in the head area of the mattress and the gap formed between them results in a defined position for the patient's head.
  • the body of the passively lying patient can now be moved rhythmically, since the side beads are softer and offer little resistance to movement of the patient lying on the center bead.
  • This therapy treatment is not possible with a mattress according to the state of the art, because on one hand the center bead arrangement has a lower height than the side beads, so that the patient sags and on the other hand the harder inflated side beads of the mattress give a high stability that a movement of the Patients lying on the center bead arrangement just prevented.
  • the center bead can either consist of a closed chamber which is inflated harder than the side beads.
  • a foam or foam rubber body in the center bead which has a high dimensional stability, but at the same time allows the rhythmic vibrations of the patient particularly well.
  • the therapy pillow is elongated in format and consists of a middle trunk part 12, an upper head part 14 and a lower leg part 16.
  • the pillow is double-walled and has an upper wall 18 and a lower wall 20, both along a circumferential edge 22 are airtight.
  • Two beads 24, 26 extending over the entire length are formed in the pillow 10, which form a closed single-chamber air system and can therefore be inflated by means of a valve or connection 28 (FIG. 2).
  • the two beads 24, 26 practically adjoin one another, but there is an elongated opening in the form of a slot 30 between the two beads 24, 26, which extends through the top wall 18 and bottom wall 20 and serves for breathing the patient in the prone position .
  • this elongated chamber 32 contains a rigid, elastically deformable core in the form of a body made of foam rubber or foam.
  • This core 34 is elongated and has a shorter length than the chamber 32, so that the core 34 can be displaced in the longitudinal direction in the chamber. The shift serves to adapt to the height of the patient.
  • the height of the elastically deformable body 34 is greatest in the central region 12 of the trunk and decreases towards the two ends.
  • the surface of the body 34 is thus convex in the longitudinal direction. At right angles to this, the surface can also be slightly convex or also straight, as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the upper wall 18 and the lower wall 20 of the cushion 10 are connected to one another by means of intermediate walls 36, 38 which, in the inflated state of the beads 24, 26, lie approximately vertically and delimit the chamber 32 laterally, so that the deformable foam body 34 is secured against displacement in the transverse direction.
  • intermediate walls 36, 38 results from FIG. 4, the outline of these intermediate walls being determined by the shape of the upper wall 18 and the lower wall 20.
  • the head region 14 of the pillow 10 is narrower than the trunk region, with the result that the beads gradually become flatter towards the head end.
  • a corresponding flattening in the leg portion 16 to Errei the beads - chen are top wall 18 and bottom wall 20, extending in the longitudinal direction, connecting lines 40, 42 connected to each other, which extend at the lower end of the leg portion sixteenth In the leg area 16 there is a depression between each bead 24 or 26 and the middle chamber 32 on the upper wall 18, which contributes to the stabilization of the leg position.
  • the circumferential edge 22 of the pillow 10 has two fastening eyelets 46 on the upper transverse edge and on the lower transverse edge.
  • the two longitudinal edges are provided with an appropriate number of eyelets 46 at suitable intervals. In the exemplary embodiment, five eyelets are provided on each longitudinal edge. These eyelets serve to releasably fix the therapy pillow 10 on a massage table or the like.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative to the pillow in that the rigid core 34 in the central elongated chamber 32 is eliminated.
  • the middle chamber 32 is closed airtight in this case, which need not be the case in the embodiment according to FIG. 2.
  • the central longitudinal chamber 32 is provided with its own inflation valve 44 and it goes without saying that by choosing the right inflation pressures it can be achieved that the middle chamber 32 is stiffer than the two edge beads 24, 26.
  • this chamber can be open, but is independent of the inflatable single-chamber system or that this chamber is openly integrated into the single-chamber system, but is then necessarily closed to the outside .

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A therapeutic air mattress for attending patients consists of an inflatable hollow body provided with a pair of symmetrically arranged longitudinal air tubes which form an inflatable single chamber system and which almost adjoin one another in a head region and are spaced from one another in a body region where an intermediate chamber is provided in which an oblong resiliently deformable body is displaceably arranged, having a lower degree of deformation that the inflated pair of air tubes. Alternatively, the intermediate chamber also is inflatable, but independently of the pair of tubes, and in use is blown up to a greater extent than the pair of tubes. Patients lying on the mattress can be set in rhythmical vibrations in order to attend on articular rheumatism and blockages of vertebrae and articulations.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Matratze, bestehend aus längsverlaufenden Seitenwülsten und einer dazwischen angeordneten, nur über den Rumpf- und Beinbereich reichenden Mittelwulstanordnung, wobei mindestens die Seitenwülste miteinander kommunizieren, einen geschlossenen Aufblasraum begrenzen und über einen Luftanschluß aufblasbar sind.The invention relates to a mattress, consisting of longitudinally extending side beads and a center bead arrangement arranged between them, reaching only over the trunk and leg area, at least the side beads communicating with one another, delimiting a closed inflation space and being inflatable via an air connection.

Eine derartige Matratze ist aus der DE-U-1 763 135 bekannt. Die Seitenwülste haben etwa dieselbe Länge wie die Mittelwulstanordnung und münden im Kopfbereich in einen verbreiterten Kopfwulst, der über die gesamte Matratzenbreite eine konstante Höhe aufweist. Die Mittelwulstanordnung besteht aus drei parallelen Wülsten, die ein Einkammersystem bilden und separat aufblasbar sind. Es handelt sich um eine herkömmliche Luftmatratze, bei der zur Erhöhung der Bequemlichkeit die Mittelwulstanordnung weniger stark aufgeblasen wird als die Seitenwülste.Such a mattress is known from DE-U-1 763 135. The side beads have about the same length as the center bead arrangement and open into a widened head bead in the head area, which has a constant height over the entire width of the mattress. The center bead arrangement consists of three parallel beads, which form a single-chamber system and can be inflated separately. It is a conventional air mattress in which the center bead arrangement is inflated less than the side beads to increase comfort.

Ausgehend von diesem Stand der Technik ist es die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, eine Matratze zu schaffen, die für Therapiezwecke dadurch geeignet ist, daß der Patient in Bauchlage auf der Mittelwulstanordnung liegend in rhythmische Bewegungen versetzt werden kann.Based on this prior art, it is the object of the present invention to provide a mattress which is suitable for therapeutic purposes in that the patient lying in the prone position on the center bead arrangement can be put into rhythmic movements.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß zur Ausgestaltung der Matratze als Therapiekissen die Mittelwulstanordnung aus einem einzigen Wulst besteht, der eine geringere Verformbarkeit als die Seitenwülste aufweist und daß letztere sich über die gesamte Länge der Matratze erstrecken und im Kopfbereich der Matratze mindestens nahezu aneinander grenzen.This object is achieved in that for the configuration of the mattress as a therapy pillow, the center bead arrangement consists of a single bead, which has a lower deformability than the side beads and that the latter extend over the entire length of the mattress and are at least almost adjacent to each other in the head region of the mattress .

Dank der Tatsache, daß der Mittelwulst steifer als die Außenwülste ist, erhält der Patient eine stabile Lagerung, ohne daß die Wirbelsäule durchhängen kann. Die Seitenwülste sind auch im Kopfbereich der Matratze ausgeprägt und der zwischen ihnen gebildete Spalt ergibt eine definierte Lage für den Kopf des Patienten. Der Körper des passiv liegenden Patienten kann nun rhythmisch bewegt werden, da die Seitenwülste weicher sind und einer Bewegung des auf dem Mittelwulst liegenden Patienten nur einen geringen Widerstand entgegensetzen. Mit einer Matratze nach dem Stand der Technik ist diese Therapiebehandlung gerade nicht möglich, weil einmal die Mittelwulstanordnung eine geringere Höhe als die Seitenwülste aufweist, so daß der Patient durchhängt und zum anderen die härter aufgeblasenen Seitenwülste der Matratze eine hohe Stabilität geben, die eine Bewegung des auf der Mittelwulstanordnung liegenden Patienten gerade verhindert.Thanks to the fact that the central bulge is stiffer than the outer bulges, the patient receives a stable position without the spine sagging. The side beads are also pronounced in the head area of the mattress and the gap formed between them results in a defined position for the patient's head. The body of the passively lying patient can now be moved rhythmically, since the side beads are softer and offer little resistance to movement of the patient lying on the center bead. This therapy treatment is not possible with a mattress according to the state of the art, because on one hand the center bead arrangement has a lower height than the side beads, so that the patient sags and on the other hand the harder inflated side beads of the mattress give a high stability that a movement of the Patients lying on the center bead arrangement just prevented.

Der Mittelwulst kann entweder aus einer geschlossenen Kammer bestehen, die härter aufgeblasen wird als die Seitenwülste. Vorteilhafter ist jedoch, im Mittelwulst einen Schaumstoff-oder Schaumgummikörper vorzusehen, der eine hohe Formbeständigkeit aufweist, gleichzeitig jedoch die rhythmischen Schwingungen des Patienten besonders gut ermöglicht.The center bead can either consist of a closed chamber which is inflated harder than the side beads. However, it is more advantageous to provide a foam or foam rubber body in the center bead, which has a high dimensional stability, but at the same time allows the rhythmic vibrations of the patient particularly well.

Weitere Merkmale der Erfindung sind Gegenstände der Unteransprüche.Further features of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

Anhand der Zeichnung sei die Erfindung beispielsweise näher erläutert. Es zeigt

  • Fig. 1 eine perspektivische Ansicht des neuen Therapiekissens,
  • Fig. 2 eine Schnittansicht durch eine Ausführungsform des Kissens längs der Linie A-B der Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 eine Schnittansicht ebenfalls längs der Linie A-B in Fig. 1, jedoch durch eine abgewandelte Ausführungsform, und
  • Fig. 4 eine Längsschnittansicht durch das Therapiekissen gemäß C-D von Fig. 1.
The invention will be explained in more detail, for example, with reference to the drawing. It shows
  • 1 is a perspective view of the new therapy pillow,
  • 2 is a sectional view through an embodiment of the cushion along the line AB of FIG. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view also along the line AB in Fig. 1, but by a modified embodiment, and
  • 4 shows a longitudinal sectional view through the therapy cushion according to the CD of FIG. 1.

Das allgemein mit 10 bezeichnete Therapiekissen ist im Format länglich und besteht aus einem mittleren Rumpfteil 12, einem oberen Kopfteil 14 und einem unteren Beinteil 16. Das Kissen ist doppelwandig und weist eine Oberwand 18 und eine Unterwand 20 auf, die beide längs eines umlaufenden Randes 22 miteinander luftdicht verbunden sind. Im Kissen 10 werden zwei über die ganze Länge reichende Wülste 24, 26 gebildet, die ein geschlossenes Einkammer-Luftsystem bilden und daher mittels eines Ventiles oder Anschlusses 28 (Fig. 2) aufgeblasen werden können.The therapy pillow, generally designated 10, is elongated in format and consists of a middle trunk part 12, an upper head part 14 and a lower leg part 16. The pillow is double-walled and has an upper wall 18 and a lower wall 20, both along a circumferential edge 22 are airtight. Two beads 24, 26 extending over the entire length are formed in the pillow 10, which form a closed single-chamber air system and can therefore be inflated by means of a valve or connection 28 (FIG. 2).

Im Kopfbereich 14 grenzen die beiden Wülste 24, 26 praktisch aneinander, jedoch ist dort zwischen den beiden Wülsten 24, 26 eine längliche Öffnung in Form eines Schlitzes 30 vorgesehen, der sich durch Oberwand 18 und Unterwand 20 hindurcherstreckt und dem Atmen des Patienten in Bauchlage dient.In the head region 14, the two beads 24, 26 practically adjoin one another, but there is an elongated opening in the form of a slot 30 between the two beads 24, 26, which extends through the top wall 18 and bottom wall 20 and serves for breathing the patient in the prone position .

Im mittleren Rumpfbereich 12 haben die beiden Wülste 24, 26 einen Abstand voneinander und zwischen ihnen ist eine längliche Kammer 32 gebildet, die gegenüber der von den Wülsten 24, 26 gebildeten Kammer abgeschlossen sein kann. In dieser länglichen Kammer 32 befindet sich bei der Ausführung gemäß Fig. 2 ein steifer, elastisch verformbarer Kern in Form eines Körpers aus Schaumgummi oder Schaumstoff. Dieser Kern 34 ist länglich ausgebildet und hat eine geringere Länge als die Kammer 32, so daß der Kern 34 in der Kammer in Längsrichtung verschoben werden kann. Die Verschiebung dient der Anpassung an die Körpergröße des Patienten. Die Höhe des elastisch verformbaren Körpers 34 ist im Rumpfmittelbereich 12 am größten und nimmt zu den beiden Enden hin ab. Die Oberfläche des Körpers 34 ist somit in Längsrichtung konvex gewölbt. Quer dazu kann die Oberfläche ebenfalls leicht konvex gewölbt oder auch geradlinig ausgebildet sein, wie in Fig. 2 veranschaulicht ist.In the central fuselage region 12, the two beads 24, 26 are spaced apart from one another and an elongated chamber 32 is formed between them, which can be closed off from the chamber formed by the beads 24, 26. In the embodiment according to FIG. 2, this elongated chamber 32 contains a rigid, elastically deformable core in the form of a body made of foam rubber or foam. This core 34 is elongated and has a shorter length than the chamber 32, so that the core 34 can be displaced in the longitudinal direction in the chamber. The shift serves to adapt to the height of the patient. The height of the elastically deformable body 34 is greatest in the central region 12 of the trunk and decreases towards the two ends. The surface of the body 34 is thus convex in the longitudinal direction. At right angles to this, the surface can also be slightly convex or also straight, as illustrated in FIG. 2.

Die Oberwand 18 und die Unterwand 20 des Kissens 10 sind mittels Zwischenwänden 36, 38 miteinander verbunden, die im aufgeblasenen Zustand der Wülste 24, 26 etwa vertikal liegen und die Kammer 32 seitlich begrenzen, so daß der verformbare Schaumkörper 34 gegen eine Verschiebung in Querrichtung gesichert ist. Das Längsformat dieser Zwischenwände 36, 38 ergibt sich aus Fig. 4, wobei die Umrißlinie für diese Zwischenwände durch die Form der Oberwand 18 und der Unterwand 20 bestimmt ist.The upper wall 18 and the lower wall 20 of the cushion 10 are connected to one another by means of intermediate walls 36, 38 which, in the inflated state of the beads 24, 26, lie approximately vertically and delimit the chamber 32 laterally, so that the deformable foam body 34 is secured against displacement in the transverse direction. The longitudinal format of these intermediate walls 36, 38 results from FIG. 4, the outline of these intermediate walls being determined by the shape of the upper wall 18 and the lower wall 20.

Der Kopfbereich 14 des Kissens 10 ist schmaler als der Rumpfbereich, womit erreicht wird, daß die Wülste zum Kopfende hin allmählich flacher werden. Um eine entsprechende Abflachung im Beinbereich 16 der Wülste zu errei- chen, sind Oberwand 18 und Unterwand 20 an, in Längsrichtung verlaufenden, Verbindungslinien 40, 42 miteinander verbunden, die sich am unteren Ende des Beinbereiches 16 erstrecken. Im Beinbereich 16 ergibt sich zwischen jedem Wulst 24 bzw. 26 und der mittleren Kammer 32 an der Oberwand 18 eine Senke, die zur Stabilisierung der Beinlage beiträgt.The head region 14 of the pillow 10 is narrower than the trunk region, with the result that the beads gradually become flatter towards the head end. A corresponding flattening in the leg portion 16 to Errei the beads - chen are top wall 18 and bottom wall 20, extending in the longitudinal direction, connecting lines 40, 42 connected to each other, which extend at the lower end of the leg portion sixteenth In the leg area 16 there is a depression between each bead 24 or 26 and the middle chamber 32 on the upper wall 18, which contributes to the stabilization of the leg position.

Der umlaufende Rand 22 des Kissens 10 hat am oberen Querrand und am unteren Querrand jeweils zwei Befestigungsösen 46. Die beiden Längsränder sind in passenden Abständen mit einer Anzhal entsprechender Ösen 46 versehen. Im Ausführungsbeispiel sind fünf Ösen an jedem Längsrand vorgesehen. Diese Ösen dienen zur lösbaren Fixierung des Therapiekissens 10 auf einem Massagetisch oder dergleichen.The circumferential edge 22 of the pillow 10 has two fastening eyelets 46 on the upper transverse edge and on the lower transverse edge. The two longitudinal edges are provided with an appropriate number of eyelets 46 at suitable intervals. In the exemplary embodiment, five eyelets are provided on each longitudinal edge. These eyelets serve to releasably fix the therapy pillow 10 on a massage table or the like.

Fig. 3 erläutert eine Alternative des Kissens insofern, als der steife Kern 34 in der mittleren länglichen Kammer 32 entfällt. Die mittlere Kammer 32 ist in diesem Fall luftdicht geschlossen, was bei der Ausführung gemäß Fig. 2 nicht der Fall zu sein braucht. Gemäß Fig. 3 ist die mittlere Längskammer 32 mit einem eigenen Aufblasventil 44 versehen und es versteht sich, daß durch richtige Wahl der Aufblasdrücke erreicht werden kann, daß die Mittelkammer 32 steifer ist, als die beiden Randwülste 24, 26.3 illustrates an alternative to the pillow in that the rigid core 34 in the central elongated chamber 32 is eliminated. The middle chamber 32 is closed airtight in this case, which need not be the case in the embodiment according to FIG. 2. 3, the central longitudinal chamber 32 is provided with its own inflation valve 44 and it goes without saying that by choosing the right inflation pressures it can be achieved that the middle chamber 32 is stiffer than the two edge beads 24, 26.

Wenn im Vorstehenden gesagt ist, daß der Schaumgummikörper in einer Kammer untergebracht ist, so heißt das, daß diese Kammer offen sein kann, jedoch vom aufblasbaren Einkammersystem unabhängig ist oder daß diese Kammer in das Einkammersystem offen integriert ist, dann jedoch notwendigerweise nach außen geschlossen ist.If it is said in the foregoing that the foam rubber body is accommodated in a chamber, this means that this chamber can be open, but is independent of the inflatable single-chamber system or that this chamber is openly integrated into the single-chamber system, but is then necessarily closed to the outside .

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1. A mattress consisting of longitudinally extending side swellings (24, 26) and a central swelling arrangement (32) arranged therebetween and extending only over the body part and the leg part, whereby at least the side swellings (24, 26) communicating with one another, defining a closed inflation chamber and being inflatable by an air connection, characterized in that for forming the mattress as a therapeutical cushion the central swelling arrangement (32) consists of a single swelling, which is deformable to a smaller extent than the side swellings (24, 26) and that the latter ones extend over the whole length of the mattress and at least almost verging on one another in the head part of the mattress.
2. A mattress according to claim 1, characterized in that the single swelling of the central swelling arrangement (32) contains a body (34) consisting of synthetic foam or rubber foam material.
3. A mattress according to claim 2, characterized in that the body (34) consisting of synthetic foam or rubber foam material is shorter than the single swelling of the central swelling arrangement (32) and is longitudinally displaceably mounted therein.
4. A mattress according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a longitudinal slot (30) is provided in the mattress between that two side swellings (24,26).
5. A mattress according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that its width is smaller in the head part (14) than in the body part (12).
6. A mattress according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the height of the side swellings (24, 26) gradually reduces to the head part.
7. A mattress according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the height of the side swellings (24, 26) gradually reduces to the leg part.
8. A mattress according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the height of the single swelling of the central swelling arrangement (32) is greatest at the central area and gradually reduces to both ends.
9. A mattress according to claims 2 and 8, characterized in that the height of the synthetic foam body (34) is greatest at the central area and gradually reduces to both ends.
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