KR20230040964A - Mattress assembly comprising oscillator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a functional mattress assembly capable of helping fatigue recovery or sleep of a user by mounting a low frequency vibration system inside a mattress; and forcibly outputting a sound source, vibration, or a low frequency which affects the human body. The mattress assembly comprises: a topper (50); and a mattress unit (10) positioned on a lower part of the topper (50). The mattress unit (10) includes a cushion unit (100). The cushion unit (100) includes a plurality of layers (110, 120, 130). One or more vibrator insertion grooves (135) are provided on one among the plurality of layers (110, 120, 130). A vibrator (150) is inserted into the vibrator insertion grooves (135). The vibrator (150) vibrates at a frequency for acoustic vibration or vibrates to output a low frequency. The vibrator insertion groove (135) is disposed closer to the other end surface located on the opposite side of the end surface than the end surface of the mattress unit (10), which is located on the headboard side based on a cross-sectional line crossing the center of the mattress unit (10). Accordingly, the vibrator insertion groove (135) is located in a part corresponding to the lower body of a user.

Description

Mattress assembly comprising an oscillator

The present invention relates to a mattress assembly, and more particularly, to a vibrator, including a vibrator, which vibrates to output a low frequency to help sleep, collects sleep data of a user, and provides a therapeutic effect to help recover from fatigue. It is intended to provide a mattress assembly comprising a.

Modern people who are physically and mentally exhausted have increased interest in the quality of sleep, which enables them to get a good night's sleep even with a small amount of sleep, and technology related to functional mattresses is being developed day by day to improve the quality of sleep.

As a representative example, products related to functional premium beds and mattresses have been developed, such as mattresses with heating function, mattresses with cooling function, and mattresses with replaceable toppers, and one of them is a mattress with massage function.

In this regard, Korean Patent Publication No. 2011-0032058 discloses an alarm vibration bed. In detail, it relates to providing an alarm function and a massage function to a bed to which an alarm function is added.

It is a functional mattress equipped with an alarm function and a massage function, but since vibration is transmitted to the human body without discrimination, people with weak spleen or stomach complain of motion sickness and discomfort when using it.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2008-0102711 discloses a mattress equipped with a vibrating means. In detail, it relates to a mattress that is provided with a vibrating means and can generate microvibrations.

Although it is a functional mattress that can generate micro-vibrations, it can also cause motion sickness or discomfort because it is transmitted regardless of the person's body, and there is a problem that it is difficult to expect an effect because of micro-vibrations.

Accordingly, the present inventors have developed a mattress assembly including a vibrator capable of performing a treatment function in order to solve the above problems and improve the quality of sleep of modern people.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2011-0032058 Korean Patent Publication No. 2008-0102711

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

Specifically, as a mattress assembly that provides functions conducive to a good night's sleep, a mattress that provides a user with excellent comfort as well as a functional mattress assembly that includes a therapeutic function that is conducive to a good night's sleep is proposed.

Specifically, in the present invention, a plurality of vibrator insertion grooves are provided at a position corresponding to the user's lower body based on a cross-sectional line crossing the center of the mattress unit, a functional mattress that prevents the user from feeling sick and induces sound sleep during vibration. I would like to propose an assembly.

In addition, in the present invention, sleep data is calculated in a predetermined method using information measured by a plurality of sensors, and vibration of the vibrator is controlled using the sleep data. We would like to propose a customized functional mattress assembly that induces a good night's sleep.

That is, a mattress assembly providing a vibration function by including a vibrator vibrating to output a frequency conducive to sound sleep is proposed.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, the topper (50); And a mattress part 10 located under the topper 50, wherein the mattress part 10 includes a cushion part 100, and the cushion part 100 has a plurality of layers ( 110, 120, and 130), a vibrator insertion groove 135 is provided on at least one of the plurality of layers 110, 120, and 130, and a vibrator 150 is inserted into the vibrator insertion groove 135, and the vibrator 150 Vibrates at a frequency for sound vibration or vibrates to output a low frequency, and the vibrator insertion groove 135 is located on the headboard side with respect to a cross-sectional line crossing the center of the mattress unit 10 ( 10) is disposed closer to the other end face opposite to the end face than the end face of 10) to provide a mattress assembly positioned at a portion corresponding to the user's lower body.

The plurality of layers, the first layer of the cushion portion 110 located at the top; a second layer of cushion part 120 located under the first layer of cushion part 110; and a third layer 130 of the cushion part located below the second layer 120 of the cushion part, and the vibrator insertion groove 135 is preferably located in the third layer 130 of the cushion part.

The third layer of cushion part 130 further includes an upper part 131 of the third layer of cushion part at an upper portion, and the vertical distance from the upper surface of the topper 50 to the upper surface of the upper part 131 of the third layer of cushion part is within 15 cm. It is preferable to be

A plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 are provided, and the plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 extend from the center of the mattress unit 10 to the length direction and the width direction of the mattress unit 10 as references to the user's body. It is preferable to be formed so as to be spaced apart from each other by exceeding the width.

When the vibrator 150 vibrates to output a low frequency, it is preferable that the output low frequency is 40 Hz or more and 90 Hz or less.

When a user uses a mattress to get a good night's sleep, the mattress assembly according to the present invention is used to provide a mattress assembly including a vibrator that outputs low-frequency vibrations conducive to a good night's sleep.

For example, if the mattress assembly according to the present invention is used, the vibrator outputs 40Hz low-frequency vibration that helps sleep to help sleep, and the vibrator to which the sound signal is applied outputs sound vibration for entertainment purposes. function can be performed.

In addition, in the present invention, since a plurality of vibrator insertion grooves are provided at positions corresponding to the user's lower body based on a cross-sectional line crossing the center of the mattress unit, it is possible to prevent motion sickness and induce sound sleep of the user during vibration.

In addition, in the present invention, sleep data is calculated in a predetermined method using information measured by a plurality of sensors, and vibration of the vibrator is controlled using the sleep data. Sleep can be tailored to your needs.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mattress assembly including a vibrator that enables a person to have a good night's sleep even in a short sleep time using a deep sleep mode.

1 is a perspective view of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention.
2 is an AA′ sectional perspective view of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention.
3 is a perspective view of a cushion part of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention.
4A and 4B are plan views illustrating positions of a vibrator inserted into a third layer of a cushion part of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention.
5 is a BB′ cross-sectional view of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention.
6 is a schematic system diagram of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, the components constituting the present invention may be used integrally or separately as needed. In addition, depending on the form of use, it is possible to omit some components. Various modifications are also possible in the form and number of components of the present invention.

A preferred embodiment of a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the thickness of lines or the size of components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of a user or operator. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be described based on the contents throughout this specification.

It should be understood that a mattress assembly including all of the components corresponding to one embodiment in the present specification or including a vibrator of a different type having other features may be easily derived.

Hereinafter, a mattress assembly including a vibrator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 5 .

The mattress assembly according to the present invention includes a mattress unit 10 and a topper 50.

The mattress unit 10 is located below the topper 50 to be described later, and includes a cushion unit 100 and an elastic unit 200 to provide comfort to the user.

The cushion part 100 is located above the elastic part 200 to be described later, and includes a first cushion part layer 110, a second cushion part layer 120, and a third cushion part layer 130.

The number of layers of the cushion part 100 may be further reduced or increased.

The first layer of the cushion part 110 is located on the uppermost part of the cushion part 100 and includes a sensor 111 for sensing the user's sleeping state.

A plurality of sensors 111 are provided on the upper part of the first layer 110 of the cushion part, and the user's sleep-related information collected by sensing predetermined information is transmitted to the control unit 600 (see FIGS. 3 and 6). ).

A pressure sensor may be used as a preferable example of the sensor 111, but it is preferable that the sensor 111 is not limited to any sensor capable of sensing information capable of calculating the user's sleep data.

Taking the case where the sensor 111 is a pressure sensor as an example, the pressure sensor may check a pressure distribution and a change in the pressure distribution, and the checked pressure distribution and change information of the pressure distribution are transmitted to the control unit 600 .

The second layer of cushion part 120 is located under the first layer of cushion part 110, the third layer of cushion part 130 is located below the second layer of cushion part 120, and the third layer of cushion part 130 ), the vibrator 150 is located.

The upper end 131 of the third layer of the cushion part is located above the third layer 130 of the cushion part.

The upper part 131 of the third layer of the cushion part can facilitate vibration and frequency transmission of the vibrator 150 to be described later, and may be a flat plate for vibration transmission or a mattress material for preventing clogging as a preferred example, but is not limited thereto. don't

At least one vibrator insertion groove 135 is provided in any one of the first cushion layer 110, the second cushion layer 120, and the third layer 130 of the cushion unit 100, so that the vibrator 150 ) may be inserted, but it is preferable to be located in the third layer 130 of the cushion part in order to prevent direct transmission of vibration to the user and to stably select the position of the vibrator 150.

That is, since the vibrator 150 is located on the third layer 130 of the cushion part, side effects such as dizziness that may occur due to too strong vibration or vibration may not be transmitted due to too long a vertical distance, which may be inefficient. can be avoided

Specifically, as a result of multiple experiments conducted by the present inventors, it was confirmed that the aforementioned problems could be avoided when the vertical distance from the upper surface of the topper 50 to the upper surface of the upper end 131 of the third layer of the cushion part was within 15 cm.

The number of vibrator insertion grooves 135 corresponds to the number of vibrators 150, and in the example of the present invention, four vibrators 150 are shown, but this may vary according to the intention of the manufacturer. In addition, a plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 are provided, and the plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 are formed to be spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal and width directions of the mattress unit 10 from the center of the mattress unit 10. . Referring to FIG. 5, the plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 are located on the side opposite to the end surface of the mattress unit 10, which is located on the headboard side based on the cross-sectional line crossing the center of the mattress unit 10. is placed closer to the other end face located at

On the other hand, the types of mattresses constituting the first cushion layer 110, the second layer 120, and the third layer 130 of the cushion unit 100 include a two mattress, a spring mattress, a foam mattress, It is not limited to latex mattresses, coconut palm mattresses, 3D spring mattresses, etc., and it is okay to configure differently for each floor.

[Table 1]

Table 1 is a table showing the therapeutic effect of the low-frequency acoustic vibrator for each frequency band, and the vibrator 150 will be described in more detail with further reference to Table 1.

The vibrator 150 responds to the application of a signal or a sound signal and outputs low-frequency vibration or sound, that is, vibration.

The vibrator 150 may receive an acoustic signal for outputting sound vibration or a signal for outputting low-frequency vibration, and when receiving a signal to output low-frequency vibration, the output low-frequency vibration is preferably 40 Hz or more and 90 Hz or less. do.

The low-frequency vibration output from the vibrator 150 is 40 Hz or more and 90 Hz or less, which accommodates all frequency ranges in order to expect the therapeutic effect of Table 1 above.

Also, the vibrator 150 is electrically connected to the controller 600 and controlled by the controller 600 .

The type of vibrator 150 is not limited, but as a preferred example, if low-frequency vibration output is possible and sound vibration output is possible, it would be preferable that there is no limitation.

The insertion position of the vibrator 150 will be described in detail with further reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

In the position where the vibrator 150 is inserted, it is preferable that the vibrator 150 be inserted at a position corresponding to the user's lower body in the cushion part 100 .

This is because when the vibrator 150 is inserted at a position corresponding to the upper body of the user, the vibration is directly felt in the brain and spleen, and thus a user with a weak spleen may feel motion sickness.

That is, it is preferable that the position of the vibrator 150 corresponds to the user's average lower body part.

In addition, when the vibrator 150 is inserted into a position corresponding to the lower body, it is positioned so as not to directly vibrate beyond the width of the body.

This is because when the vibrator 150 is not spaced apart and is inserted so as to correspond to the lower body and be located inside the body width, the range of the output vibration is limited, and the strength of the vibration becomes stronger and is directly transmitted to the user, causing motion sickness.

Meanwhile, the elastic part 200 includes an elastic member for giving a user a sense of comfort, is located below the cushion part 100, and includes a spring part 210 and a lower cover 220.

The spring part 210 is composed of a plurality of springs and includes a spring part upper plate 211 .

The upper plate 211 of the spring part is located above the spring part 210 and is supported by the spring part 210 .

Each of the springs of the spring unit 210 is fixed by the upper plate 211 of the spring unit.

The lower cover 220 supports the spring part 210 and the mattress part 10 and the topper 50 including the same, and is connected to the headboard of the bed.

The topper 50 is located above the mattress unit 10 and is preferably replaceable for hygiene purposes, and includes one or more fixing members such as zippers so that it can be fixed to the mattress unit 10 and used.

The terminal 500 has a configuration that enables a user to select a mode from a pre-installed program, and can select any one of a display mode, an alarm mode, a frequency selection mode, and a sound selection mode.

The terminal 500 may receive and output the sleep data calculated by the control unit 600 to the screen.

When controlled in the alarm mode, vibration or sound is selectively output from the vibrator 150 at a time previously input to the terminal 500 .

When controlled in the sound selection mode, a sound source stored in the control unit 600 or the terminal 500 itself may be used or a sound signal may be received from an external sound device, and the sound and vibration may be output to the vibrator 150.

At this time, the frequency output from the vibrator 150 is 600 Hz or less.

The controller 600 will be described in detail with further reference to FIG. 6 .

The control unit 600 is electrically connected to the sensor 111, the vibrator 150, the terminal 500, the power supply unit 610, and the database 620.

The control unit 600 operates by receiving power from the power supply unit 610 and controls each configuration by receiving information input to the terminal 500 by a user or information of a mode of the terminal 500 selected by the user.

The control unit 600 receives the data sensed by the sleep sensor 111 and calculates it as sleep data.

To explain in detail, the control unit 600 receives the pressure distribution sensed by the sleep sensor 111, calculates the presence of a user and the degree of tossing and turning, and calculates the presence of a user and the degree of tossing and turning, sleep time and RAM-sleep based on a preset calculation method. / Determined as non-RAM sleep, computed as sleep data, stored in the database 620, and may be displayed on the terminal 500.

Based on this, the user can not only know the sleep pattern, but also provide a function of recommending the strength and mode of vibration in consideration of the user's sleep pattern.

The power supply unit 610 supplies power to each component of the mattress assembly according to the present invention, and can typically supply power to the vibrator 150 and the controller 600 .

Data stored in the database 620 is accumulated and output to the terminal 500 to form a pattern.

In the above, the present specification has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention, but this is only exemplary, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalents from the embodiments of the present invention. It will be appreciated that embodiments are possible. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

10: mattress part
50: topper
100: cushion part
110: first layer of cushion part
111: sensor
120: second layer of cushion part
130: third layer of cushion part
131: upper part of the third layer of the cushion part
200: elastic part
210: spring part
211: upper part of the spring part
220: lower cover
500: terminal
600: control unit
610: power supply unit
620: database

Claims (5)

topper 50; And in the mattress assembly comprising a; mattress unit 10 located below the topper 50,
The mattress part 10 includes a cushion part 100,
The cushion part 100 includes a plurality of layers 110, 120, and 130,
A vibrator insertion groove 135 is provided on one or more of the plurality of layers 110, 120, and 130,
The vibrator 150 is inserted into the vibrator insertion groove 135,
The vibrator 150 vibrates at a frequency for acoustic vibration or vibrates to output a low frequency,
The vibrator insertion groove 135 is another end surface located on the opposite side to the end surface of the mattress part 10 located on the headboard side based on the cross-sectional line crossing the center of the mattress part 10. It is placed closer to the user's lower body and is located in the corresponding part,
Mattress assembly.
According to claim 1,
The plurality of layers are
The first layer of the cushion part 110 located at the top;
a second layer of cushion part 120 located under the first layer of cushion part 110; and
Including a third layer 130 of the cushion part located under the second layer 120 of the cushion part,
The vibrator insertion groove 135 is located in the third layer 130 of the cushion part,
Mattress assembly.
According to claim 2,
The third layer of the cushion part 130 further includes an upper end of the third layer of the cushion part 131 at the top,
The vertical distance from the upper surface of the topper 50 to the upper surface of the upper part 131 of the third layer of the cushion part is within 15 cm,
Mattress assembly.
According to claim 1,
A plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 are provided,
The plurality of vibrator insertion grooves 135 are formed to be spaced apart from each other beyond the width of the user's body based on the longitudinal and width directions of the mattress unit 10 from the center of the mattress unit 10,
Mattress assembly.
According to claim 1,
When the vibrator 150 vibrates to output a low frequency, the output low frequency is 40 Hz or more and 90 Hz or less,
Mattress assembly.

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