	US 12,077,647 B2
	Fiber combination
Eugene Alletto, Jr., Glen Head, NY (US)
Assigned to Bedgear, LLC, Farmingdale, NY (US)
Filed by BEDGEAR, LLC, Farmingdale, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/036,249.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,920, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0023861 A1, Jan. 24, 2019
Int. Cl. A47C 27/22 (2006.01); A47G 9/10 (2006.01); B68G 1/00 (2006.01); C08J 9/00 (2006.01); D01G 9/08 (2006.01); D04H 1/02 (2006.01); D04H 1/4274 (2012.01); D04H 1/435 (2012.01); D06M 15/643 (2006.01); D06M 101/32 (2006.01)

CPC C08J 9/0085 (2013.01) [B68G 1/00 (2013.01); C08J 9/0023 (2013.01); C08J 9/0061 (2013.01); D01G 9/08 (2013.01); D04H 1/02 (2013.01); D04H 1/4274 (2013.01); D04H 1/435 (2013.01); D06M 15/643 (2013.01); A47C 27/22 (2013.01); A47G 9/10 (2013.01); A47G 2009/1018 (2013.01); C08J 2375/04 (2013.01); D06M 2101/32 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2503/06 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A cushioning material comprising:

a plurality of uncrimped fibers that define a fiber network; and

a foam material suspended within the fiber network,

wherein the cushioning material comprises about 20% of the fiber network by volume and about 80% of the foam material by volume,

wherein the cushioning material is compressible from a first height to a second height that is about 25% of the first height, wherein a 25% force is required to compress the cushioning material from the first height to the second height,

wherein the cushioning material is compressible from a third height to a fourth height that is about 65% of the third height, wherein a 65% force is required to compress the cushioning material from the third height to the fourth height,

wherein the cushioning material has a support factor defined by a ratio of the 65% force to the 25% force, the ratio being about 4.5, and

wherein the 65% force is about 14.0 lbs and the 25% force is about 3.0 lbs.