WO2009157965A1 - Methods and apparatuses for comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member - Google Patents

Methods and apparatuses for comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member Download PDF

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WO2009157965A1
WO2009157965A1 PCT/US2008/083602 US2008083602W WO2009157965A1 WO 2009157965 A1 WO2009157965 A1 WO 2009157965A1 US 2008083602 W US2008083602 W US 2008083602W WO 2009157965 A1 WO2009157965 A1 WO 2009157965A1
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Joe W. Schmoeller
David B. Scott
Robert D. Oexman
Joshua A. Carrier
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Priority to BRPI0822798-5A priority patent/BRPI0822798A2/pt
Priority to JP2011516263A priority patent/JP5474956B2/ja
Priority to CN200880130080.5A priority patent/CN102076247B/zh
Priority to EP20080874842 priority patent/EP2291101B1/en
Priority to PL08874842T priority patent/PL2291101T3/pl
Priority to MX2010014564A priority patent/MX2010014564A/es
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Priority to RU2010144181/12A priority patent/RU2480134C2/ru
Priority to HK11111794.2A priority patent/HK1157158B/xx
Priority to ES08874842T priority patent/ES2411481T3/es
Priority to AU2008358340A priority patent/AU2008358340C1/en
Publication of WO2009157965A1 publication Critical patent/WO2009157965A1/en
Priority to ZA2010/07518A priority patent/ZA201007518B/en
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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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • G01M99/001—Testing of furniture, e.g. seats or mattresses

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  • Methods and apparatuses consistent with the present invention relate to comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member and to determining whether the firmness of an identified sleep support member is acceptable.
  • methods and apparatuses consistent with the present invention relate to testing a sleep support member's firmness after the sleep support member is manufactured, but before the sleep support member leaves the manufacturing line. These methods and apparatuses also relate to determining whether customized sleep support members, which have been custom- manufactured to provide optimal support and comfort characteristics for a particular person(s), have been manufactured to desired specifications.
  • sleep systems may comprise all aspects of a bedding assembly including, but not limited to, mattresses, box springs, foundation units, bed frames, pillows, mattress pads, linens and, more generally, to any type of sleep product that influences a person's sleep.
  • each respective sleep system may be suitable for some persons but not suitable for others persons.
  • a mattress may deliver support through the resistance provided by innersprings to the downward force applied due to the person's body weight.
  • Whether or not a mattress will provide proper comfort and/or support for an individual person can be determined by subjecting the mattress to a firmness test. This can be accomplished by using, for example, an Indention/Load/Deflection ("ILD") test machine.
  • An ILD test machine is a conventional device that tests the firmness of a mattress or a foundation unit by determining how far the surface of the mattress or foundation unit deflects when subjected to a certain force (i.e., load).
  • Conventional ILD test machines take measurements at regular intervals (e.g., 1 A inch or one inch).
  • the ILD curve of many mattresses and foundation units is more complex because many mattresses or foundation units are made of multiple components and layers that provide varying levels of firmness.
  • the top portion of a mattress typically comprises comfort materials such as foam and fiber materials that exhibit a different ILD curve than the support layers comprising inner-springs that are disposed underneath the comfort layers.
  • an in-manufacturing-line comfort/support analysis system would be useful to manufacturers for warranty and quality assurance purposes and would allow manufacturers to ensure that manufacturing methods are correct.
  • an in- manufacturing-line comfort/support analysis system would allow manufacturers to guarantee that every manufactured mattress will provide comfort and support characteristics for a purchaser within acceptable tolerances.
  • Such an in-manufacturing-line comfort/support analysis system would also provide customers with an objective way to distinguish mattresses.
  • a comfort/support analysis system that employs a comfort/support analysis curve, instead of a single point of measurement, would provide a more accurate assessment of the sleep support member's characteristics.
  • measuring the comfort/support analysis curve while removing the testing platen from the mattress in addition to measuring the comfort/support analysis curve while the testing platen is deflecting into the mattress, would allow analysis of the sleep support member's material recovery characteristics.
  • An aspect of the present invention provides a method of testing a sleep support member, the method comprising: identifying the sleep support member; determining a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and determining whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member.
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus for testing a sleep support member, the apparatus comprising: an identification unit configured to identify the sleep support member; a comfort/support testing unit configured to determine a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and an analysis unit configured to determine whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member.
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of testing a sleep support member, the method comprising: identifying the sleep support member; determining a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member; and determining whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member; wherein the goal comfort/support value comprises at least one goal Indention/Load/Deflection ("ILD”) curve.
  • ILD Indention/Load/Deflection
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a comfort/support analysis system for a sleep support member according to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a first comfort/support analysis system and a second comfort/support analysis system configured to test two opposing sides of a sleep support member according to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a sleep support member manufacturing line 100 according to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention.
  • the illustrative sleep support member manufacturing line 100 includes a manufacturing area 25 for manufacturing a sleep support member 50.
  • the sleep support member 50 may comprise a wide variety of sleep system components including, but not limited to, a mattress and/or foundation unit.
  • each manufactured sleep support member 50 is brought to a conveyor system 20 that conveys the sleep support member 50 from the manufacturing area 25 to a wrapping machine 30 that prepares the sleep support member 50 for shipment by wrapping the sleep support member 50.
  • the identity of the sleep support member 50 is determined by a reader 40 based on an identifier 42 provided on or in the sleep support member 50.
  • the identifier 42 can include, but is not limited to, a bar code or a Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) tag
  • the reader 40 can include, but is not limited to, for example, a bar code reader or an RFID reader.
  • RFID Radio Frequency Identification Device
  • the invention is not limited in the aforementioned illustrative configurations and other identifiers/readers can be used consistent with the present invention.
  • the identifier 42 can include a wide variety of information relating to the sleep support member 50 including, but not limited to, goal specifications, goal comfort/support analysis curves, goal tolerance levels, sleep support member type, identifiers regarding the plant in which the sleep support member was manufactured, date of manufacture, information regarding manufacturing materials, customer information, etc.
  • the identifier 42 comprises reference information relating to a database, data file, or the like, wherein the database data file, or the like stores goal specifications, goal comfort/support analysis curves, goal tolerance levels, sleep support member type, identifiers regarding the plant in which the sleep support member was manufactured, date of manufacture, information regarding manufacturing materials, customer information, etc.
  • the firmness of the sleep support member 50 can be tested by a comfort/support analysis system 10.
  • the comfort/support analysis system 10 can be disposed in a manufacturing line, or can be used outside of a manufacturing line for research and development purposes.
  • the comfort/support analysis system 10 can include a contact surface that applies a load to the sleep support member 50 at a specific location and a strain gauge that measures the deflection of the sleep support member 50, but the invention is not limited to these structures. As the load applied to the sleep support member 50 at the specific location is increased, the sleep support member 50 will deflect a larger amount.
  • the contact surface is pressed a specified distance into the sleep support member 50 at a specific location and the corresponding force applied to the sleep support member 50 is analyzed.
  • measurements of corresponding forces taken within a distance from the top surface of the sleep support member 50 to a depth of approximately two inches from the surface of the sleep support member 50 could provide an approximation of the typical thickness of comfort materials in a mattress and could be used to calculate a comfort score.
  • measurements of corresponding forces taken within a distance from a depth of two inches from the surface of the sleep support member 50 to a depth of approximately seven inches from the surface of the sleep support member 50 could provide an approximation of the typical thickness of support materials in a mattress and could be used to calculate a support score.
  • the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned illustrative embodiment and a wide variety of different measurement depths can be employed to calculate a comfort score and a support score since the thickness of comfort materials and support materials in a mattress can vary and the aforementioned embodiment only employs general approximations of these materials.
  • measurements of corresponding forces taken at a top portion of the sleep support member 50 can provide an approximation of the typical thickness of comfort materials in a mattress and could be used to calculate a comfort score, and measurements of corresponding forces taken at a bottom portion of the sleep support member 50 could be used to calculate a support score.
  • the contact surface is pressed into the sleep support member 50 at a specific location until a specified force applied to the sleep support member 50 is measured and the corresponding distance that the contact surface is pressed into the sleep support member 50 is measured.
  • the aforementioned specified force may, for instance, correlate to anthropometric data to measurements acquired for a specific person.
  • the reader 40 reads the identifier 42 of the sleep support member 50 to acquire goal specifications comprising goal comfort/support analysis curves, for each sleep support member 50 that has been manufactured.
  • comfort/support analysis curves rather than just a single measurement point provides a more accurate comfort/support analysis of the sleep support member 50. For example, when a very broad shouldered person is sleeping on his/her side, the load on the sleep support member 50 at a specific location will be much greater than when the broad shoulder person is sleeping on his/her back, where the load is spread out to more locations on the sleep support member 50.
  • goal comfort/support analysis curves rather than single goal ILD point, a sleep support member 50 can be tested to ensure (among other things) that it has the appropriate firmness for each sleeping position.
  • the comfort/support analysis system 10 includes a contact surface that applies a load to the sleep support member 50 at a specific location and that measures the comfort/support analysis curve while removing the contact surface from the sleep support member 50. In such a manner, the material recovery characteristics of the sleep support member 50 can be analyzed.
  • the comfort/support analysis system 10 measures a comfort/support analysis curve at one or more locations on the identified sleep support member 50 by proceeding through a programmed test for the identified sleep support member 50.
  • the testing is controlled, for example, by a controller 60, which includes a processor and a memory. Consistent with the present invention, it is possible for the comfort/support analysis system 10 to comprise multiple testing units, for example, to test both sides of a custom- manufactured sleep support member, wherein each side of the custom-manufactured sleep support member exhibits different characteristics.
  • the comfort/support analysis system 10 is moved in the X and/or Y-directions, as shown in FIG. 1 , from one appropriate location over the identified sleep support member 50 to the next appropriate location over the identified sleep support member 50. At each location, the load applied to the sleep support member 50 is gradually increased, while the comfort/support analysis system 10 determines the amount that the sleep support member 50 deflects. The measured comfort/support analysis curve is determined based on the respective deflection values for each of the different loads. [30] In contrast to conventional ILD machines, which provide a weighted average ILD measurement, embodiments of the present invention provide both a comfort analysis measurement and a support analysis measurement.
  • a plurality of analysis locations are used to replicate the physical attributes of the intended user(s) of the sleep support member 50.
  • a plurality of pressing structures may be arranged so that the location of each pressing structure replicates a part of the intended user's (or users') body (or bodies) depressed downwardly into the sleep support member 50 as described by the inventors of the present application, for example, in U.S. Patent No.
  • Such a plurality of pressing structures can employed, for instance, to measure comfort/support analysis curves relating to the amount that the sleep support member 50 deflects at a plurality of different locations deflected by each of the pressing structures, respectively. Additionally, such a plurality of pressing structures can be employed to deflect the sleep support member 50 at a number of locations until a certain force is reached and then the resulting deflection of the sleep support member 50 when the certain force is reached can be evaluated.
  • a person could first be evaluated using the systems and methods described in U.S. Provisional Application 61/028,578, entitled "Apparatus and Methods for Evaluating a Person for a Sleep System," which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, so as to determine optimal support and comfort characteristics for the person. Then, a customized mattress could be manufactured for the person which exhibits the determined optimal support and comfort characteristics. Finally, illustrative embodiments of the present invention could be employed to evaluate whether the customized mattress accurately conforms to the determined optimal support and comfort characteristics within predetermined tolerance levels. For example, measurements relating to the consumer's body can be acquired in a sleep support member store using the systems and methods described in U.S.
  • Provisional Application 61/028,578, and then such measurements can be transferred to the plurality of pressing structures arranged to replicate a part of the intended user's (or users') body (or bodies) depressed downwardly into the sleep support member 50 as described in U.S. Patent No. 6,585,328.
  • the determinations provided by the comfort/support analysis system 10 are then compared with the goal comfort/support analysis curves.
  • the identified sleep support member 50 is assigned a pass/fail value depending on whether the determined comfort/support analysis curves deviate from the goal curves by more than a predetermined tolerance level (e.g., ⁇ 2%, ⁇ 10%, ⁇ 20%, etc.).
  • the predetermined tolerance level is smaller for a highly customized sleep support member (i.e., a sleep support member designed precisely according to the user's specific physical attributes) than for a generically customized sleep support member (i.e., a sleep member generically designed for a plurality of users with similar physical attributes).
  • a highly customized sleep support member i.e., a sleep support member designed precisely according to the user's specific physical attributes
  • a generically customized sleep support member i.e., a sleep member generically designed for a plurality of users with similar physical attributes.
  • each and every sleep support member 50 that is manufactured using a particular manufacturing line is subjected to testing by the comfort/support analysis system 10 to ensure that each sleep support member 50 meets desired specifications.
  • a sleep support member 50 that is assigned a fail value for goal comfort/support analysis curves of a specific product is discarded.
  • the measured comfort/support analysis curves of the tested sleep support member 50 are compared with the goal comfort/support analysis curves of various other products that are stored in a database within memory of the controller 60 or in an external database.
  • the sleep support member 50 is sent to the wrapping machine 30 in order to prepare the sleep support member 50 for shipping, such as to the customer or a local store, A print out showing the actual measured comfort/support analysis curves compared to the goal comfort/support analysis curves can be included with the product to provide the customer assurance that the delivered sleep support member meets specifications.
  • a second comfort/support analysis system 11 may also be employed to test the firmness of the sleep support member 50.
  • the comfort/support analysis system 10 may be configured to test one side of the sleep support member 50 and the second comfort/support analysis system 11 may be configured to test an opposite side of the sleep support member 50.
  • two opposing sides of the sleep support member 50 can be tested at the same time and the physical attributes of two intended users of the sleep support member 50 (e.g., two sleeping partners) can be replicated.

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MX2010014564A MX2010014564A (es) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 Metodos y aparatos para el analisis de la comodidad/soporte de un miembro de soporte para dormir.
CA2724593A CA2724593C (en) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 Methods and apparatuses for comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member
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JP2011516263A JP5474956B2 (ja) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 睡眠支持部材の快適性／支持分析のための方法および装置
CN200880130080.5A CN102076247B (zh) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 用于睡眠支撑构件的舒适性/支撑性分析的方法和设备
EP20080874842 EP2291101B1 (en) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 Methods and apparatuses for comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member
PL08874842T PL2291101T3 (pl) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 Metody i urządzenia do analizy komfortu/podparcia elementu podpierającego do spania
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HK11111794.2A HK1157158B (en) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 Methods and apparatuses for comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member
ES08874842T ES2411481T3 (es) 2008-06-26 2008-11-14 Métodos y aparatos para análisis del confort/soporte de un elemento de soporte para el descanso
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