GB2594476A - Body part support object sections and body part support object comprising a body part support object section - Google Patents

Body part support object sections and body part support object comprising a body part support object section Download PDF

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GB2594476A
GB2594476A GB2006227.9A GB202006227A GB2594476A GB 2594476 A GB2594476 A GB 2594476A GB 202006227 A GB202006227 A GB 202006227A GB 2594476 A GB2594476 A GB 2594476A
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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
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    • A47C27/144—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays with projections, depressions or cavities inside the mattress or cushion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47C27/14—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays
    • 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
    • A47C27/142—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays with projections, depressions or cavities
    • 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
    • A47C27/142—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays with projections, depressions or cavities
    • A47C27/146—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays with projections, depressions or cavities on the outside surface of the mattress or cushion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
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Abstract

Body part support object (mattress or pillow) 100, comprising at least one body part support section 110 with at least one recess 126. The recess extends in a substantially perpendicular direction to a centre of the body part support object. The recess may be circular, polygonal, pear, wall or hexagonal shaped. The recess might be tapered and may further be linearly tapered or exponentially tapered. The body part support object might compromise at least two body part support section. These sections may be different from one another.

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Body part support object sections and body part support object comprising a body part support object section The application relates to a body part support object section and a body part support object comprising at least one body part support object section.
It is an object of the present application to provide an improved body part support object section and an improved body part support object comprising at least one of such a body part support object section.
According to a first aspect, a body part support object section is provided, comprising a body part support object section body with a body part rest surface adapted to receive at least a part of a body part of a human body, wherein the body part support object section body further comprises at least one recess extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface.
A body part support object is an object, that a body part of a human body can be rested on. The first aspect is directed to a section of such a body part support object. Typically, the body part support object as well as any body part support object sections comprised therein are made of a flexible material, for example latex foam. The latex foam can be natural latex, synthetical latex or a mixture of both. In this case, the body part support object can in particular he produced by means of radio frequency vulcanization. In another example, the body part support object and any body part support object sections comprised therein can be made from polyurethane foam or any other soft and flexible material.
The body part support object can, for example, be a mattress, to support a full human body or more than one human body. Usually, such a mattress has a width of at least 80 cm and a length of at least 200 cm. Usually, such a mattress has a height of at least 5 cm, typically at least 10 cm, for example 20 cm, 30 cm or 50 cm or more. However, mattresses with larger or smaller dimensions are possible.
The body part support object can, alternatively, be a pillow or a cushion or the like, on which only a part of a body part can be rested on, like, for example, a head, a leg, in particular, a lower or upper leg, or an arm, in particular, a lower or upper arm. In this case, the dimensions are smaller than those of a mattress. For example, in this case, the body part support object can have a width of typically 40 cm, a length of 60 cm and a height of 10 cm. However, pillows or cushions with larger or smaller dimensions are possible.
The body part support object typically has a substantially cuboidal shape, either comprising straight corners or rounded edges. The body part support object usually comprises a body with a total of six surfaces, wherein at least one surface is a body part rest surface. Usually, the body part support object comprises at least two body part rest surfaces, one top body part rest surface and one bottom part rest surfaces. Those two surfaces are typically the surfaces with the two largest dimensions. If the body part support surface has a cube shape, wherein all three dimensions are substantially the same. In this case, the body support surface has essentially six body part rest surfaces.
The body part support object has at least one section, wherein in this at least one body part support object section there is provided at least one recess extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from the at least one body part rest surface, for example, the top body part rest surface.
The recess can for example be tapered from the body part rest surface in a direction from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object. Tapered in this sense means that recess decreases from the from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object In this case, the recess can, for example be linearly tapered. This means that the degree or angle of tapering is constant from the body part surface to the center of the body part support object. The recess can, for example, be described as a cone shape.
Alternatively, the recess can be exponentially tapered. This means that the degree or angle of tapering is increasing from the body part surface to the center of the body part support object. In other words, the tapering is non-linear. The recess can, for example, be described as a funnel shape.
In one embodiment, the recess can have a substantially circular cross-section in a plane of the at least one body part rest surface. In another embodiment, the recess can have a substantially polygonal cross-section in a plane of the at least one body part rest surface. For example, the recess can have a substantially square or rectangular shape. The recess can also have a pentagonal or hexagonal shape.
In another embodiment, the recess can also have a polynomial shape from the body part rest surface in a direction from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object. For example, the recess can have a tear-shaped, pear-shaped, drop-shaped or vase-shaped form in a direction from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object.
In another embodiment, the polygonal-shaped recess can be wall-shaped in a in a direction from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object.
In one embodiment, the body part support object section comprises of multiple recesses being spaced apart from each other. In another embodiment, the body part support object section comprises of multiple recesses which are in direct contact with each other and/or overlapping and thus forming one interconnected recess. This interconnected recess can have, for example, a grid structure or a honeycomb structure.
According to another aspect, a body part support object is provided comprising at least one of the above-described body part support object sections.
The body part support object can comprise multiple body part support object sections according to the above-described embodiments. In particular, the body part support object can in one embodiment comprise two different body part support object sections.
In a further embodiment, the body part support object can comprise at least one recess as described above extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface, i.e. the top surface of the body part support object and at least one recess as described above extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from a bottom surface of the body part support object. In this embodiment, the recess on the top surface can be substantially the same as on the bottom surface or different from each other.
Embodiments are now being described in more detail with reference to the following drawings in which Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 shows an embodiment of a body part support object section in a perspective cross-sectional -view, shows another embodiment of a body part support object section in a perspective cross-sectional -clew, shows another embodiment of a body part support object section in a perspective view, shows another embodiment of a body part support object section in a perspective -clew, shows another embodiment of a body part support object section in a perspective view, shows an embodiment of a body part support object comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective view, shows another embodiment of a body part support object comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective cross-sectional view, and shows another embodiment of a body part support object comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective cross-sectional view.
In the Figures, like reference numerals refer to substantially the same or similar features, where reference numerals with one or more apostrophes denote variants of each other.
Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a body part support object section 100 in a perspective view, which is partially shown along a cross-section. The body part support object section 100 comprises a body part support object section body 110 with a body part rest surface 112. The body part rest surface 112 is usually the upper or top surface of the body part support object section 100 and adapted to receive at least a part of a body part of a human body to be received thereupon.
The body part support object section 100 further comprises several recesses, out of which in this embodiment three are shown in top perspective view and three are shown in cross-sectional view across the body part support object section body 110. Of course, more than six, e.g. eight, ten, twelve or more, or less than six, e.g. four, two or less recesses can be comprised in the body part support object section 100. For illustrative purposes three recesses are shown with a reference numeral, i.e. the recess 122, the recess 124 and the recess 126.
The recesses 122, 124, 126 extend in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface 112 to a center of the body part support object section body 110, i.e. vertically therefrom. In this shown embodiment the recesses 122, 124, 126 have a substantially circular cross-section. Further, in this embodiment, the recesses extend up to approximately a third of the thickness of the body part support object section body 110.
The recesses 122, 124, 126 are tapered from a first or upper diameter d1.1 of the circular cross-section on or at the body part rest surface 112 of the body part support object section body 110 to a second or lower diameter d1.2 of the circular cross-section in the center of the body part support object section 100 of the center of the body part support object section body 110.
Typically, d1.1 is less than 20 cm, for example less than 15 cm, less than 10 cm or less than 8 cm. The second diameter d1.2 is usually less than the first diameter d1.1, for example less than 15 cm, less than 10 cm, less than 5 cm or less than 2 cm.
In this shown embodiment the recesses 122, 124, 126 extend from the body part rest surface 112 to the center or beyond the center of the body part support object section 100 in a substantially funnel shape. In other words, the recesses 122, 124 are tapered in a non-linear or exponential, i.e. curved fashion in a direction from the body part rest surface 112 to the center of the body part support object section 100. The recesses 122, 124, 126 usually have a depth or height hl extending into the body part support object section body 110, which can be less than 20 cm, for example less than 10 cm, less than 5 cm or less than 3 cm.
The recesses 122, 124, 126 are spaced apart by a distance. In particular, recess 124 is spaced apart from recess 122 by a distance a1.1 and from recess 126 by a distance al.2. In this shown embodiment, the distances al.1 and al.2 are substantially the same. Thus, the recesses 122, 124, 126 are evenly spaced apart from each other. However, different distances al.1 and al.2 are possible. Further, in this shown embodiment, the distances al.1 and al.2 are each smaller than the first or upper diameter d1.1 and larger than the second or lower diameter d1.2 of the recess 124.
The body part support object section 100 and in particular the funnel-type recesses 122, 124, 126 as shown in this embodiment are particularly suitable to be applied in a body part support object to support the back, in particular the lower back of a person. This embodiment is in particular suitable to rest the lumbar region thereupon. This embodiment is also particularly suitable to rest the head region thereupon.
Further, the funnel-type recesses 122, 124, 126 provide a better support in contrast to a cylindric recess, as the body part that is rested upon such a body part support object section 100 would sink in in a first stage rather quickly or easily, however, when reaching a certain depth, the non-linearly tapered recess provides a stiffer support.
Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of a body part support object section 200 in a perspective view, which is partially shown along a cross-section. The body part support object section 200 comprises a body part support object section body 210 with a body part rest surface 212. The body part rest surface 212 is -as described above with regard to Fig. 1 -usually the upper or top surface of the body part support object section 200 and adapted to receive at least a part of a body part of a human body to be received thereupon.
The body part support object section 200 further comprises multiple recesses, out of which for illustrative purposes only three are shown with a reference numeral, i.e. the recess 222, the recess 224 and the recess 226. The recesses 222, 224, 226 extend in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface 212 to a center of the body part support object section body 210, i.e. vertically therefrom.
In this shown embodiment the recesses 222, 224, 226 have a substantially circular cross-section. Further, in this embodiment, the recesses extend up to approximately half of the thickness of the body part support object section body 210.
In this shown embodiment, recesses 222, 224, 226 are tapered from a first diameter d2.1 of the circular cross-section on or at the body part rest surface 212 of the body part support object section body 210 into a tip or a rounded corner, i.e. a diameter of zero, in the center of the body part support object section 200 of the center of the body part support object section body 210. Typically, d2.1 is less than 10 cm, for example less than 8 cm or less than 5 cm.
In this shown embodiment the recesses 222, 224, 226 extend from the body part rest surface 212 to the center of the body part support object section 200 in a substantially cone shape. In other words, the recesses 122, 124 are tapered in a linear, i.e. straight fashion in a direction from the body part rest surface 212 to the center of the body part support object section 200. The recesses 222, 224, 226 usually have a depth or height h2 extending into the body part support object section body 210, which can be less than 20 cm, for example less than 15 cm, less than 10 cm or less than 5 cm.
The recesses 222, 224, 226 are spaced apart by a distance. In particular, recess 224 is spaced apart from recess 222 by a distance a2.1 and from recess 226 by a distance a2.2. In this shown embodiment, the distances a2.1 and a2.2 are substantially the same. Thus, the recesses 222, 224, 226 are evenly spaced apart from each other. However, different distances a2.1 and a2.2 are possible. Further, in this shown embodiment, the distances a2.1 and a2.2 are each smaller than the first or upper diameter d2.1 of the recess 124.
The body part support object section 200 and in particular the cone-type recesses 222, 224, 226 as shown in this embodiment are particularly suitable to be applied in a body part support object to support the back, in particular the lower back of a person. This embodiment is in particular suitable to rest the lumbar region thereupon. This embodiment is also particularly suitable to rest the head region thereupon.
Further, the cone-type recesses 222, 224, 226 provide a better support in contrast to a cylindric recess, as the body part that is rested upon such a body part support object section 200 would sink in in a first stage rather quickly or easily, however, when reaching a certain depth, the non-linearly tapered recess provides a stiffer support.
Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of a body part support object section 300 in a perspective view, which is partially shown along a cross-section. The body part support object section 300 comprises a body part support object section body 310 with a body part rest surface 312. The body part rest surface 312 is -as described above with regard to the other Figures -usually the upper or top surface of the body part support object section 300 and adapted to receive at least a part of a body part of a human body to be received thereupon.
The body part support object section 300 further comprises multiple recesses, out of which for illustrative purposes only two are shown with a reference numeral, i.e. the recess 322, and the recess 324. The recesses 322, 324 extend in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface 312 to a center of the body part support object section body 310, i.e. vertically therefrom.
In this embodiment, the recesses 322, 324 can be described as pear-shaped, tear-shaped, drop-shaped or vase-shaped. In particular, the recesses 322, 324 extend from a first diameter d3.1 at the body part rest surface 312 over a second diameter d3.2 in direction to the center of the body part support object section body 310 over a third diameter d3.3 to a fourth diameter d3.4 further towards the center of the body part support object section body. This can also be described as a polynomial shape.
Thereby, the first diameter d3.1 is usually the largest while the third diameter d3.3 is the second largest, and the second diameter d3.2 and fourth diameter d3.4 are each smaller than the first diameter d3.1 and the third diameter d3.3. Further, in this shown embodiment, the second diameter d3.2 is smaller than the fourth diameter d3.4 and thus the smallest. However, the second diameter d3.2 and the fourth diameter 3.4 can also be substantially the same.
In this shown embodiment, the recesses 322, 324 have a substantially square shape in a plane of the at least one body part rest surface 312. Further, in this shown embodiment, the recesses 322, 324 are all in contact with each other and thus interconnected such that one large recess is formed. Thus, through the recesses, a grid-like structure in a plane of the at least one body part rest surface 312 is formed.
Further, the recesses 322, 324 are shaped in a way that corresponding protrusions are formed in the body part support object section body, protruding from the center therefrom and up to the body part rest surface 312, forming a part thereof.
Out of the protrusions for illustrative purposes only two are provided with reference numerals, i.e. protrusion 332 and 334. These protrusions 332, 334 are shaped correspondingly to the pear-or tear-shaped recesses, i.e. mushroom-shaped or hourglass-shaped, wherein the upper end of the protrusions 332, 334 are rounded and form a part of the body part rest surface 312.
The recesses 322, 324 further form an inner body part support object surface 318, which may be inclined towards the body part rest surface 312 to the left and right of the recession part, as not shown in Fig. 3.
The body part support object section 300 and in particular the pear-shaped recesses 322, 324 as shown in this embodiment are particularly suitable to be applied in a body part support object to support the back, in particular the upper back of a person. This embodiment is in particular suitable to rest the shoulder region and in particular in a side-lying position thereupon.
Further, the pear-shaped recesses 322, 324 and in particular the protrusions 332, 334 being formed therefrom provide a better support in contrast to a flat surface, as it allows the body part that is rested upon such a body part support object section 300 to sink in further into the center without lacking support.
Fig. 4 shows yet another embodiment of a body part support object section 400 in a perspective view. In contrast to the previously shown embodiments in Fig. 1 2 and 3, the body part support object section body is partially omitted for illustrative purposes.
The body part support object section 400 comprises multiple recesses, out of which for illustrative purposes only two are provided with a reference numeral, i.e. the recess 422 and the recess 424. The recesses 422, 424 extend in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface 412 to a center of the body part support object section body, i.e. vertically therefrom.
In this embodiment, the recesses 422, 424 are wall-shaped with one constant distance d4 and arranged in a polygonal shape, in this case a hexagonal shape. The recesses 422, 424 are all interconnected such that one large recess in the form of a maze, in this case a honeycomb is formed. Further, the recesses 422, 424 are shaped in a way that corresponding protrusions are formed in the body part support object section body, protruding from the center therefrom.
Out of the protrusions for illustrative purposes only two are provided with reference numerals, i.e. protrusion 432 and 434. These protrusions 432, 434 are shaped correspondingly to the wall-shaped recesses arranged in a hexagon, i.e. also hexagonally shaped, wherein the corners of the upper end of the protrusions 432, 434 are rounded and form a part of the body part rest surface 412.
The body part support object section 400 and in particular the honeycomb-shaped recesses 422, 424 as shown in this embodiment are particularly suitable to be applied in a body part support object to support the back, in particular the upper back of a person. This embodiment is in particular suitable to rest the shoulder region and in particular in a side-lying position thereupon.
Further, the honeycombed-shaped recesses 422, 424 and in particular the protrusions 432, 434 being formed therefrom provide a better support in contrast to a flat surface, as it allows the body part that is rested upon such a body part support object section 400 to sink in further into the center without lacking support.
Fig. 5 shows an embodiment of a body part support object 1000 comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective view. Therein, as shown in Fig. 5, the body part support object 1000 comprises a total of five body part support object sections.
In particular, the body part support object 1000 comprises of a body part support object section 100 substantially as shown in Fig. 1 in the center of the body part support object, and two substantially similar body part support object sections 200 substantially as shown in Fig. 2 being arranged on the left end of the body part support object 1000 and on the right end of the body part support object 1000. Further, the body part support object 1000 comprises a body part support object section 300 substantially as shown in Fig. 3 being arranged between the body part support object section 100 and 200 to the left of the body part support object section 100 and a body part support object section 400 substantially as shown in Fig. 4 being arranged between the body part support object section 100 and 200 to the right of the body part support object section 100. In a different, not shown embodiment, the body part support object sections on the left and right end are substantially as shown in Fig. 1, however, wherein the recess have a smaller diameter as the body part support object section 100 as shown in the center of the body part support object 1000.
In particular, each of the body part support object sections 100, 200, 300 and 400 comprises a body part support object section body 110, 210, 310 and 410, which form the body part support object body 1010 of the body part support object 1000. Similarly, each of the body part support object sections 100, 200, 300 and 400 comprises a body part rest surface 112, 212, 312, 412, formed in the respective body part support object section body 110, 210, 310 and 410, which form the body part rest surface 1012 of the body part support object 1000.
Further, in each of the body part support object sections there are multiple recess 124, 224, 324, 424 provided, which extend in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface 1012 to the center of the body part support object 1000. Reference is made to the detailed description in Fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of a body part support object 1000' comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective cross-sectional view. Therein, as shown in Fig. 6, the body part support object 1000' extends in a length L, a width W and a height H. The body part support object 1000' comprises a total of ten body part support object sections, wherein seven body part support object sections are provided on body part rest surface 1012', i.e. the top surface 1012' of the body part support object 1000' and three body part support object sections are provided on the bottom surface 1014' of the body part support object 1000'.
In particular, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 6, all body part support object sections are substantially as described in Fig. 1. Therein, in the top surface 1012', body part support object sections 100 are arranged on the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000', followed by body part support object sections 100', body part support object sections 100" and center body part support object section 100"'. Similarly, in the bottom surface 1014' body part support object sections 100'"' are arranged on the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000', however, spaced further from the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000' than body part support object sections 100 on the top surface 1012', wherein body part support object section 100 is arranged inbetween body part support object sections 100"".
In this shown embodiment, the recesses in the individual body part support object sections 100, 100', 100", 100"', 100"', 100""' are of the same type, i.e. of the funnel-type, as described in connection with Fig. 1, however, the recesses in each body part support object section in the top surface 1012' of the body part support object 1000' are different from each other with respect to diameter, distance and depth. In contrast to that, the recesses in each body part support object section in the bottom surface 1014' of the body part support object 1000' are substantially the same with regard to diameter, distance and depth.
In particular, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 6, the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100 have the largest diameter, while the recesses 124"' in body part support object section 100"' have the smallest diameter. Recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100' and Recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100" are substantially the same and smaller than the recesses 124 and larger than the recesses 124"'.
Further, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 6, the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100 have the smallest depth, which extend to approximately one quarter to the center of the body part support object body 1010', while the recesses 124"' in body part support object section 100"' and the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100' have the largest depth, which are substantially the same and which extend approximately half to the center of the body part support object body 1010'. The recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100" have a depth which is smaller than the depth in recesses 124"' and 124' but larger than the depth in recess 124. These recesses 124" extend to approximately one third to the center of the body part support object body 1010'.
In addition, in this embodiment, the recesses 124'" in body part support object section 100"' are spaced farthest apart, while the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100' are spaced closest to each other. The recesses 124 in body part support object section 100 and the recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100", which are substantially spaced apart with the same distance, are spaced closer together than the recesses 124"' and farther apart that the recesses 124'.
Further, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 6, the seven body part support object sections in the top surface 1012' and the three body part support object sections in the bottom surface 1014' are arranged to be symmetric with regard to an axis across the center in the length dimension L and the width dimension W of the body part support object 1000'.
Fig. 7 shows another embodiment of a body part support object 1000" comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective cross-sectional view. Therein the body part support object 1000" comprises a total of eleven body part support object sections, wherein seven body part support object sections are provided on body part rest surface 1012", i.e. the top surface 1012" of the body part support object 1000" and four body part support object sections are provided on the bottom surface 1014" of the body part support object 1000".
In particular, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 7, all body part support object sections are substantially as described in Fig. 1. Therein, in the top surface 1012", body part support object sections 100 are arranged on the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000", followed by body part support object sections 100', body part support object sections 100" and center body part support object section 100'". Similarly, in the bottom surface 1014" body part support object sections 100'"' are arranged on the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000", wherein body part support object sections 100""' are arranged inbetween body part support object sections 100"".
In contrast to the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, in the top surface 1012", body part support object sections 100 as arranged on the left end and on the right and of the body part support object 1000" comprises multiple recesses 124, out of which seven respectively, are arranged in a flower-or circular shape in a plane of the body part rest surface. All other body part support object sections are arranged substantially as shown in Fig. 6, i.e. in rows and columns.
Similar to Fig. 6, the recesses in the individual body part support object sections 100, 100', 100", 100"', 100'", 100'"" are of the same type, i.e. of the funnel-type, as described in connection with Fig. 1. However, and in contrast to Fig. 6, the recesses in each body part support object section in the top surface 1012" and bottom surface 1014" of the body part support object 1000" are different from each other with respect to diameter, distance and depth.
In particular, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 7, the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100' have the largest diameter, while the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100, the recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100", the recesses 124"' in body part support object section 100'", the recesses 124"" in body part support object sections 100"" and the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100 have substantially the same diameter, which is smaller than the diameter in the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100'.
Further, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 7, the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100, the recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100" and the recesses 124'"' in body part support object sections 100'"' have substantially the same depth, which extends to approximately one third to the center of the body part support object body 1010" and which is smaller than the depth of the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100', the recesses 124'" in body part support object section 100'" and the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100""', which have substantially the same depth and which extend approximately half to the center of the body part support object body 1010".
In addition, in this embodiment, the recesses 124'"' in body part support object sections 100"" are spaced farthest away from each other, followed by the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100""'. The recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100" and the recesses 124'" in body part support object section 100'" are spaced closer together than the recesses 124""' in body part support object sections 100'"" hut farther apart than the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100', which are spaced closest together.
Further, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 7, the seven body part support object sections in the top surface 1012" are arranged to be symmetric with regard to an axis across the center in the length dimension L and the width dimension W of the body part support object 1000".
Fig. 8 shows another embodiment of a body part support object 1000"' comprising multiple body part support object sections in a perspective cross-sectional view. Therein the body part support object 1000"' comprises a total of ten body part support object sections, wherein three body part support object sections are provided on body part rest surface 1012'", i.e. the top surface 1012"' of the body part support object 1000"' and seven body part support object sections are provided on the bottom surface 1014'" of the body part support object 1000"'.
In particular, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 8, all body part support object sections are substantially as described in Fig. 1. Therein, in the top surface 1012'", body part support object sections 100 are arranged on the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000", followed by body part support object section 100'. Similarly, in the bottom surface 1014'" body part support object sections 100" are arranged on the left end and right end of the body part support object 1000", wherein body part support object section 100""' is arranged in the center and body part support object sections 100'" and body part support object sections 100"" are arranged thereinbetween.
In contrast to the embodiments shown in Fig. 6 and 7, in the top surface 1012'", body part support object section 100' as arranged in the center of the body part support object 1000" comprises multiple recesses 124', which are arranged in a flower-, circular or star-shape in a plane of the body part rest surface 1012"'. All other body part support object sections are arranged substantially as shown in Fig. 6.
Similar to Fig. 6 and 7, the recesses in the individual body part support object sections 100, 100', 100", 100"', 100"', 100""' are of the same type, i.e. of the funnel-type, as described in connection with Fig. 1. Similar to Fig. 6, the recesses in each body part support object section in the top surface 1012" and bottom surface 1014" of the body part support object 1000" are different from each other with respect to diameter, distance and depth.
In particular, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 8, the recesses 124"' in body part support object sections 100'" have the largest diameter, while the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100, the recesses 124' in body part support object section 100', the recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100", the recesses 124"" in body part support object sections 100"" and the recesses 124'"" in body part support object section 100 have substantially the same diameter, which is smaller than the diameter in the recesses 124"' in body part support object sections 100'".
Further, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 8, the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100, the recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100" and the recesses 124"" in body part support object sections 100"" have substantially the same depth, which extends to approximately one third to the center of the body part support object body 1010'" and which is smaller than the depth of the recesses 124' in body part support object sections 100', the recesses 124'" in body part support object section 100'" and the recesses 124'"" in body part support object section 100, which have substantially the same depth and which extend approximately half to the center of the body part support object body 1010'".
In addition, in this embodiment, the recesses 124 in body part support object sections 100 are spaced farthest away from each other, followed by the recesses 124' in body part support object section 100'. The recesses 124" in body part support object sections 100", the recesses 124"' in body part support object sections 100"', the recesses 124"" in body part support object sections 100"" and the recesses 124'"" in body part support object section 100""' are spaced closer together at the same distance.
Further, in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 7, the seven body part support object sections in the top surface 1012" are arranged to be symmetric with regard to an axis across the center in the length dimension L and the width dimension W of the body part support object 1000".
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body part support object section body part support object section body 112 body part rest surface 122 recess 124 recess 126 recess body part support object section 210 body part support object section body 212 body part rest surface 222 recess 224 recess 226 recess 300 body part support object section 310 body part support object section body 312 body part rest surface 318 inner body part support object surface 322 recess 324 recess 332 protrusion 334 protrusion 400 body part support object section 412 body part rest surface 422 recess 424 recess 432 protrusion 434 protrusion 1000 body part support object 1010 body part support object body 1012 top body part rest surface 1014 bottom body part rest surface al.1 distance al.2 distance a2.1 distance a2.2 distance d1.1 diameter d1.2 diameter d2.1 diameter d3.1 diameter d3.2 diameter d3.3 diameter d3.4 diameter d4 diameter hl height h2 height height length width

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  1. CLAIMS1. Body part support object section, comprising: a body part support object section body with a body part rest surface adapted to receive at least a part of a body part of a human body, wherein the body part support object section body further comprises at least one recess extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from the body part rest surface to a center of the body part support object section.
  2. 2. Body part support object section according to the previous claim 1, wherein the recess has a substantially circular cross-sectionin a plane of the body part rest surface.
  3. 3. Body part support object section according to the previous claim 1, wherein the recess has a substantially polygonal cross-sectionin a plane of the body part rest surface.
  4. 4. Body part support object section according to one of the previous claims, wherein the recess is tapered in a direction from the body part rest surface to a center of the body part support object.
  5. 5. Body part support object section according to the previous claim 3, wherein the recess is linearly tapered in a direction from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object.
  6. 6. Body part support object section according to the previous claim 3, wherein the recess is exponentially tapered in a direction from the body part rest surface to the center of the body part support object.
  7. 7. Body part support object section according to claim 1, wherein the recess is substantially pear-shaped in a direction from the body part rest surface to a center of the body part support object.
  8. 8. Body part support object section according to claim 1, wherein the recess is wall-shaped.
  9. 9. Body part support object section according to claim 6, wherein the recess has a substantially polygonal cross-section in a plane of the body part rest surface.
  10. 10. Body part support object section according to claim 6 or 9, wherein the recess is arranged in a hexagonal shape.
  11. 11. Body part support object, comprising at least one body part support object sections according to one of the claims 1 to 10.
  12. 12. Body part support object according to the previous claim 12, comprising at least two body part support object sections according to one of the claims 1 to 10
  13. 13. Body part support object according to claim 13, wherein the two body part support object sections are different from each other.
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