VISUAL REFERENCE UPHOLSTERY AND COMPONENT SCHEMES FOR MATTRESSES AND SLEEP SETS

• US 20100138992A1
• Filed: 12/10/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sealy Technology LLC (Tempur Sealy International, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sealy Technology LLC (Tempur Sealy International, Inc.)
• Inventors: Morrison, Leigh
• Application Number:
  US12/635,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/279.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/00 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

Abstract

Visual reference upholstery and component schemes for mattresses and sleep sets use structurally and chromatically differentiated materials to create geometric arrangements on mattresses and sleep sets for easy visual identification.

Claims

1. A sleep set having a visual reference system comprising:

a foundation unit having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite of and parallel to the top surface and four side panel extending between and perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces of the foundation unit;

a support unit having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite of and parallel to the top surface and four side panels extending between and perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces of the support unit, the support unit being above the foundation unit;

a comfort unit, located above the foundation and support units;

a gusset that extends between and connects the comfort unit to the support unit wherein the gusset is constructed of a material which is physically and chromatically distinct from the material of the comfort unit and the support unit;

at least one vertically disposed handle attached to each of the four side panels of the support unit, each vertically disposed handle having a top end, a bottom end and two opposed side edges;

a tape edge attached to the top and bottom horizontal edges of the support unit and to the sides edges of each of the vertically disposed handles attached to each of the four side panels of the support unit,

wherein the tape edge located along the top horizontal edge of the support unit connects the top edge of the at least one vertically disposed handle attached to each of the four side panels of the support unit to the support unit and connects the comfort unit to the support unit; and

wherein the tape edge is composed of structurally and chromatically different material than an upholstery material of the comfort unit and the support unit to create a visual reference scheme on an exterior of the mattress.