EP0697184A1 - Dispositif pour supporter le corps humain, et lit en étant équipé - Google Patents

Dispositif pour supporter le corps humain, et lit en étant équipé Download PDF

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EP0697184A1
EP0697184A1 EP94870137A EP94870137A EP0697184A1 EP 0697184 A1 EP0697184 A1 EP 0697184A1 EP 94870137 A EP94870137 A EP 94870137A EP 94870137 A EP94870137 A EP 94870137A EP 0697184 A1 EP0697184 A1 EP 0697184A1
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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
    • A47C31/00—Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
    • A47C31/12—Means, e.g. measuring means for adapting chairs, beds or mattresses to the shape or weight of persons
    • A47C31/123—Means, e.g. measuring means for adapting chairs, beds or mattresses to the shape or weight of persons for beds or mattresses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C23/00—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/06—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases using wooden springs, e.g. of slat type ; Slatted bed bases
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C23/00—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/06—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases using wooden springs, e.g. of slat type ; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/062—Slat supports
    • A47C23/065—Slat supports by fluid means

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  • a known conventional bed comprises a body support surface made of flexible slats that extend transversely of the longitudinal direction of the bed and that rest on fixed supports at their both ends.
  • the insufficient flexibility of the materials currently used in making the slats results in the conventional slat support arrangements being unable to perfectly conform to the contour of a lying body.
  • a water mattress providing a body support surface that is able to gently suit the contour of a user's body and that provides a soft support.
  • the water mattress has the disadvantage that the support surface sinks down deeper where the body is weighing more, i.e. in the pelvis region, and sinks down much less where the body is weighing less, i.e. in the shoulder region. Because the shoulder region is much wider than the pelvis region, the spine of the body lying on one side is hanging obliquely in a hollow extending between said two regions. When the body lies on the back, the pelvis also sinks down deeper with the result that the back is hanging like as in a hammock.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a resilient body support arrangement which ensures that when a body is lying on the side the spine extends perfectly aligned and when the body is lying on the back, all parts thereof are evenly supported whereby the body is assuming a natural posture.
  • the present invention provides a body support arrangement as defined in the appended claims.
  • Providing a body support arrangement that is resting on water filled tubes ensures that the body support surface gently conform to any waving of the user's body lying on it, whereby the pressure is evenly distributed over the entire length of the body.
  • the body lying on the body support surface assumes an ideal and natural posture just as it is when the user is in standing position.
  • the open space provided in the shoulder region allows the shoulder girdle to sink deep enough in relation to the pelvis region whereby the spice of the body is allowed to extend perfectly aligned when the body lies on the side while the pit of the lower back is perfectly in contact with and supported by the support surface when the body lies on the back.
  • each cup shaped support consists of a plate 16 extending lengthwise under a side of the frame and a channel block 17 made of plastic foam attached to it.
  • a resilient layer 18 lies on each water filled tube, e.g. a ribbed polyether foam layer of about 6.5 cm thick. The parallel ribs 19 of the two layers 18 are arranged in alignment.
  • a series of transversely extending slats 21 form a flexible sleeping surface 10. The end portions of each slat rest on aligned ribs 19.
  • the slats 21 may be fixed to the resilient layers or the water filled tubes by suitable attachment ribbons.
  • the flexible slats are able to gently conform to any waving of a lying body and at the same time an evenly distributed pressure is achieved all along the length of the body. As a result, the lying body assumes an ideal and natural posture.
  • the sleeping surface 10 is interrupted whereby a free space 20 is provided, e.g. a free space commensurate to the space needed for placement of three slats.
  • a free space 20 is provided, e.g. a free space commensurate to the space needed for placement of three slats.
  • no slats are provided in the space 20 and the polyether foam layer 18 is interrupted there.
  • slats may be provided in the space 20 by laying them on a thinner foam layer.
  • one or more ribs are removably arranged on one end or on both ends of said free space, e.g. ribs 19a and 19b shown in Fig. 3.
  • This feature allows the lengthwise extent of the free space to be adjusted so as to suit to the place where the shoulder of a lying body is expected to come.
  • the shoulder region which weighs less and is wider than the pelvis region, is allowed to sink down deeper than the pelvis region.
  • the spine of a body lying on the side is able to extend perfectly aligned as illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • the posture shown in Fig. 4 is to be compared with the postures illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 which show the postures assumed by a body lying on a conventional slat bed and a water mattress respectively.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate the postures of a body lying on the back on a conventional slat bed and a water mattress respectively.
  • FIG. 10-12 A second exemplary embodiment of the body support arrangement according to the invention is shown in Figs. 10-12.
  • the arrangement in this example comprises a foam layer 18 lying on a flexible water filled container 14. The latter is accomodated in a cup shaped support.
  • a free space 20 is provided in the region where the shoulder of a lying body is expected to come.
  • the foam layer 18 can be interrupted by removing one or several removable members 19 provided there such that the free space can be adjusted to exactly accomodate the shoulder of the person who is expected to lie thereon.

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EP94870137A 1994-08-18 1994-08-18 Dispositif pour supporter le corps humain, et lit en étant équipé Expired - Lifetime EP0697184B1 (fr)

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DE69423751T DE69423751T2 (de) 1994-08-18 1994-08-18 Stützvorrichtung für einen menschlichen Körper, und damit ausgerüstetes Bett
EP94870137A EP0697184B1 (fr) 1994-08-18 1994-08-18 Dispositif pour supporter le corps humain, et lit en étant équipé
AT94870137T ATE191132T1 (de) 1994-08-18 1994-08-18 Stützvorrichtung für einen menschlichen körper, und damit ausgerüstetes bett

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EP94870137A EP0697184B1 (fr) 1994-08-18 1994-08-18 Dispositif pour supporter le corps humain, et lit en étant équipé

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Cited By (2)

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EP1062895A1 (fr) * 1999-06-25 2000-12-27 Brivio Onorato Support élastique pour ressort de lit orthopédique
US6286160B1 (en) 1998-02-04 2001-09-11 Woodstock Company Langegger Breitfuss Oeg Support for reclining or sitting

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EP0378469A1 (fr) * 1989-01-09 1990-07-18 Vieux Chene Expansion Sarl Sommier et procédé de fabrication du sommier
WO1992008398A1 (fr) * 1990-11-13 1992-05-29 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Systeme de literie
WO1994001024A1 (fr) * 1992-07-01 1994-01-20 Martin Baumgartner Lit a elements similaires a des lattes formant la surface de repos et a corps tubulaire de support des elements similaires a des lattes

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0378469A1 (fr) * 1989-01-09 1990-07-18 Vieux Chene Expansion Sarl Sommier et procédé de fabrication du sommier
WO1992008398A1 (fr) * 1990-11-13 1992-05-29 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Systeme de literie
WO1994001024A1 (fr) * 1992-07-01 1994-01-20 Martin Baumgartner Lit a elements similaires a des lattes formant la surface de repos et a corps tubulaire de support des elements similaires a des lattes

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6286160B1 (en) 1998-02-04 2001-09-11 Woodstock Company Langegger Breitfuss Oeg Support for reclining or sitting
EP1062895A1 (fr) * 1999-06-25 2000-12-27 Brivio Onorato Support élastique pour ressort de lit orthopédique
US6298505B1 (en) 1999-06-25 2001-10-09 Onorato Brivio Cushioned support system for an orthopaedic bedspring

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EP0697184B1 (fr) 2000-03-29

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