US 11,744,383 B2
Mattress
Kevin J. Kappenman, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to BED PATENT HOLDINGS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Bed Patent Holdings Limited Liability Company, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,230.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,089, filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022660 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 27/00 (2006.01); A47C 27/05 (2006.01); A47C 27/045 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 27/056 (2013.01) [A47C 27/0453 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mattress, comprising:
a layer including a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface and defining
a plurality of slits extending from the first surface to the second surface and arranged in a plurality of rows extending in a longitudinal direction,
wherein the slits in each row are arrayed linearly in the longitudinal direction and are disposed spaced apart from each other, wherein the rows of the slits restrict a compression of the layer to an area under loading and prevent the surrounding portion of the layer from being pulled towards the area under loading,
wherein the plurality of rows includes
a plurality of first rows,
a plurality of second rows arranged adjacent to the plurality of first rows, wherein the slits of the first rows and the slits of the second rows are arranged in an inline arrangement,
a plurality of third rows arranged adjacent to the plurality of second rows such that a single second row is arranged between a single first row and a single third row, wherein the slits of the third row and the slits of the second row are arranged in a staggered arrangement, and
a plurality of fourth rows arranged adjacent to the plurality of third rows such that a single third row is arranged between a single fourth row and a single second row and the single fourth row is arranged between an adjacently arranged single third row and an adjacently arranged single first row, wherein the slits of the fourth row and the slits of the third row are arranged in an inline arrangement.