EP2248445A1 - Verfahren zur Herstellung von Matratzen oder dergleichen, insbesondere aus Latex, durch die umkehrbare Kombination von Komponentenmodulen und Matratzen oder ähnliche daraus erzeugte Produkte - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Herstellung von Matratzen oder dergleichen, insbesondere aus Latex, durch die umkehrbare Kombination von Komponentenmodulen und Matratzen oder ähnliche daraus erzeugte Produkte Download PDF

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EP2248445A1
EP2248445A1 EP10162278A EP10162278A EP2248445A1 EP 2248445 A1 EP2248445 A1 EP 2248445A1 EP 10162278 A EP10162278 A EP 10162278A EP 10162278 A EP10162278 A EP 10162278A EP 2248445 A1 EP2248445 A1 EP 2248445A1
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Giovanni Caschetto
Davide Nigro
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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
    • A47C27/001—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with several cushions, mattresses or the like, to be put together in one cover
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mattresses or the like, especially made of latex, by means of the reversible combination of component modules, and mattresses or the like thus obtained.
  • the need for varying the performance properties of mattresses and the like, in order to comply with the human anatomy, is known in the art, by realizing different parts of them with different compliance, density or other.
  • the mattress part corresponding to the area around the shoulder is more compliant, in order to allow a more comfortable position of the pelvis, by letting the shoulders sink deeply into the mattress, while the area corresponding to the pelvis receives should provide more support.
  • Latex mattresses have now been used for many years due to their high performance and durability.
  • the European patent application EP-414586 describes a mattress formed by a plurality of elastically deformable modular elements, connected between each other by means of elongated elements which penetrate through the whole structure of the mattress, along perpendicular lines that do not intersect.
  • the elongated elements laterally project from the edges of the mattress and either they laterally enlarge the lateral edges or they extend outwards until they join and form closed rings on the outside.
  • This solutions has a number of drawbacks due to the different elastic behaviour of the elongated elements with respect to the mattress modules, which make its use uncomfortable, and the replacement of the modules difficult.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome all the drawbacks mentioned above and to provide a method for manufacturing mattresses or the like, preferably but not exclusively made of latex foam or of other compound material, being modular and having different shapes and dimensions, wherein the different modules are connected in a reversible way by means of joints made of latex foam themselves or of other material, in order to obtain products which are more comfortable, flexible, dynamic and assembled in a completely reversible way.
  • the subject of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a mattress or the like, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
  • a further object of the present invention is a mattress, or a pillow, or an armchair, or a sofa with possibly a built-in bed, obtained by means of said method.
  • the object of the present invention is a method for manufacturing mattresses obtained by horizontally and/or vertically combining modular elements made of latex foam or other material (in the following called modules), joined together by elastic joints made of latex foam or of other material of different dimension and geometries which, being inserted in appropriate slots made in the modules, realize the reversible combination and may perform in a different way according to the desired comfort characteristics.
  • Figures 1.1 and 1.2 show a first embodiment of at least one part of the mattress, by placing side by side two modules 1, 2 having a honeycomb configuration comprising hollow cells. The two modules are connected to each other along the broken line of figure 1.1 .
  • the modules 1 and 2 may have different colors, mechanical properties, performance properties, dimensions. They are preferably made of latex or latex foam, with natural or synthetic compound.
  • slots 3 ( fig. 1.3 ) of the vertical cut type are made, one slot for each external cell of the module itself, having the same positions on the sides of the modules that will be matching in the mattress.
  • connection between the modules ( fig 1.4 ) is obtained by insertion, in the slots 3 matching between adjacent modules, of appropriate joints 4, one of them being shown in fig. 2 .
  • the joint 4 is made of a middle part having a regular elongated shape, to which two lateral ends 4.1 having an expanded section, larger than the one in the middle, are connected. When the joint is inserted, its middle part fills the slots of the corresponding matching cells of the two modules, while the lateral ends having a larger section expand in the cavities of the two matching cells, keeping them firmly connected (see section of fig. 1.4 ).
  • the joint itself may be made of latex or of other material preferably elastic.
  • modules may be placed side by side and connected in order to obtain structures of mattresses of different configuration and dimensions.
  • Joints are placed on sides of the modules that are internal to the mattress, and are hidden within it, while they are not present on the external edge of the mattress. This occurs also in case of mattresses combined into a double bed, considering the external edge as the edge of the assembled double bed.
  • the joints may be easily removed, for example in order to substitute a module, thus obtaining the reversibility of the connection.
  • Figures from 3 to 6 show a second embodiment of a latex mattress 30 according to the invention, comprising modules having a honeycomb configuration comprising hollow cells, wherein elastic joints are substantially realized as protrusions on some of the external sides of the modules, for example in correspondence of the middle part of the cells, and therefore they are no longer distinct elements, but they are part of the modules.
  • a joint comprises a part having a regular elongated shape 40 which projects as a protrusion from the middle of a cell of a side 41 of the module, and a lateral end 42 having an expanded section, larger than the one having a regular elongated shape 40.
  • slots 3 ( fig. 1.3 ) of the vertical cut type are made, one slot for each external cell of the module, placed in correspondence of the protrusion of the joints on the adjacent module, which therefore may be inserted in the corresponding slots in order to combine the modules with each other.
  • the joint is made of the same material as the module.
  • the mattress 30 is therefore formed by a number of modules, for example from 31 to 35 in the figures, some of them having only slots (32 and 34 in the figures), or having only joints (31, 33 and 35 in the figures).
  • joints are placed on the sides of the modules that are internal to the mattress, and are hidden within it, while they are not present on the external edge of the mattress, which neither has any corresponding slot.
  • a module may have a honeycomb shape comprising hollow cells having an octagonal structure and being connected with each other.
  • the cells may have different dimensions, even within the same module.
  • both big cells 45 and small cells 46 for example half of the dimensions of the big cells
  • Big and small cells may alternate in any way. See for example another embodiment of the mattress in fig. 9 .
  • Figures 7.1 and 7.2 represent a third embodiment of at least one part of the mattress by means of the connection of modules 5 and 6 by means of a third embodiment of the joint 7.
  • the modules 5 an 6 are vertically connected in the direction of the height of the mattress.
  • the joint 7 is formed by an enlarged middle part which may be shaped in different ways: for example in the figures it has a cylindrical shape, but for example it may also have a round shape. From the middle part of the joint two extensions 9, 10 branch off, suitable for being completely inserted in corresponding holes 8 made in the two modules in order to join them.
  • the two modules embody two corresponding layers in the structure of the mattress.
  • the modules 5 and 6 may have different colors, mechanical properties, performance properties and dimensions, and are preferably made of latex or latex foam, having natural or synthetic compound.
  • the joint 7 may be made of latex or of other material preferably elastic. The elastic joint thus positioned allows to obtain a rotational movement of the upper module with respect to the lower module, thus facilitating the adaptation of the mattress to the anatomic curves of the user.
  • modules may be placed side by side and connected in order to obtain structures of mattresses having different configuration and dimensions.
  • joints may be easily removed, for example in order to replace a module, thus obtaining a reversible connection.
  • the combination of the modules may occur horizontally in order to obtain the same layer, in the direction of the length of the mattress, or vertically in order to obtain different layers, in the direction of the height of the mattress.
  • the joint In the vertical case, the joint has also the function to space out the modules, and therefore has an impact on the performance, giving to the structure lightness and softness, because when the two modules are far from the joint, the relative part of the mattress has a certain rigidity, which may change when the two parts are in contact because they are pressed again each other so that the joint disappears between them. In this case the joint may also reciprocally orient the two parts, making them pivot.
  • the mattress thus obtained may more easily comply with the shape of elastic frames which are not flat, but wave-like, for example in order to create different positions, also for being sit, and to facilitate the adaptation to the anatomic curves of the person laying on it.
  • moulds of the appropriate forms are arranged in order to obtain the desired shapes of the modules and of the joints by using know techniques for the person skilled in the art.
  • the technique used comprises the latex foam injection in the moulds and its subsequent volcanization for producing modules and joints.
  • This system for horizontally or vertically joining modules by means of joints may be applied for mattresses, pillows and in other products such as armchairs, sofas, or sofa beds.

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EP10162278A 2009-05-08 2010-05-07 Verfahren zur Herstellung von Matratzen oder dergleichen, insbesondere aus Latex, durch die umkehrbare Kombination von Komponentenmodulen und Matratzen oder ähnliche daraus erzeugte Produkte Withdrawn EP2248445A1 (de)

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US20080113143A1 (en) * 2006-10-31 2008-05-15 David Stirling Taylor Flexible Material and Method of Manufacturing the Flexible Material
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EP3403539A1 (de) * 2017-05-17 2018-11-21 RUMMEL Matratzen GmbH & Co. KG Polsterkern aus polsterkernteilen, sowie matratze mit einem derartigen polsterkern

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