SIDE SLEEPER MATTRESS

• US 20150089746A1
• Filed: 09/26/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scott J. Breier
• Original Assignee: Scott J. Breier
• Inventors: Breier, Scott J.
• Application Number:
  US14/497,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089746A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/665
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/001 with several cushions, mattresses or the like, to be put together in one cover
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/04 with spring inlays A47C27/20 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/081 of pneumatic type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/085 of liquid type, e.g. filled with water or gel
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/146 on the outside surface of the mattress or cushion
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 44/02 for articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2007/00 Use of natural rubber as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2009/00 Use of rubber derived from conjugated dienes, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2105/04 cellular or porous
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/751 Mattresses, cushions upholstery B29L2031/58
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/481 Method

Abstract

A mattress includes a mattress body having a top substrate and a bottom substrate separated by a resilient layer having a mattress thickness to resiliently conform to a body of a person. The mattress includes an aperture formed in the top substrate and the resilient layer mattress that is oriented proximate to an upper torso portion of the body of the person. The mattress includes an insert that is shaped to be received in the aperture and has an upwardly open recess to receive an upper portion of the body of the person. An upwardly open recess can be formed directly in the top resilient layer of the mattress body oriented proximate to an upper torso portion of the body of the person.

Claims

1. A mattress to support a side sleeping person, the mattress comprising:

a mattress body having a top substrate and a bottom substrate separated by a resilient layer having a mattress thickness to resiliently conform to a body of a person;

an aperture formed in the top substrate and the resilient layer mattress that is oriented proximate to an upper torso portion of the body of the person; and

an insert that is shaped to be received in the aperture and having an upwardly open recess to receive an upper portion of the body of the person.

2. The mattress of claim 1, wherein the aperture comprises a cylindrical insert having the upwardly open recess that is shaped to correspond to the upper portion of a shoulder and upper arm of the person.

3. The mattress of claim 1, wherein:

the upwardly open recess comprises a trough-shaped channel; and

the insert rotatable to orient the trough-shaped channel.

4. The mattress of claim 1, wherein:

the mattress comprises a lateral width that is sufficient to receive two persons;

the aperture further comprising a left aperture and a right aperture; and

the insert selectably insertable in one of the left and right apertures.

5. The mattress of claim 4, further comprising a flat insert that is shaped to be received in another of the left and right apertures.

6. The mattress of claim 1, wherein:

the recess comprises a lower recess and an upper recess that are each formed in the mattress body, wherein the recess comprises an upper recess;

the insert selectably insertable in one of the upper and lower recesses,

the mattress further comprising a flat insert that is insertable into the other of the upper and lower recesses.

7. The mattress of claim 1, wherein:

the upwardly open recess further comprises a recess formed in the bottom substrate; and

the insert that is insertable from the recess in the bottom substrate to expose the trough-shaped channel from an opposite side of the mattress body to enable rotating the mattress.

8. The mattress of claim 1, wherein the bottom substrate comprises a structural layer that supports and maintains vertical position of the insert.

9. The mattress of claim 1, wherein the mattress body comprises a selected one of an innerspring mattress, a waterbed mattress, foam mattress, and an air bed.

10. The mattress of claim 1, wherein the insert comprises a molded foam core.

11. The mattress of claim 10, wherein the mattress body and insert comprises a natural latex foam.

12. A mattress to support a side sleeping person, the mattress comprising:

a mattress body having a top resilient layer to resiliently conform to a body of a person; and

an upwardly open recess formed in the top resilient layer oriented proximate to an upper torso portion of the body of the person.

13. The mattress of claim 12, wherein the upwardly open recess comprises a trough-shaped channel.

14. A method of assembling a mattress to support a side sleeping person, the method comprising:

forming a mattress body having a top substrate and a bottom substrate separated by a resilient layer having a mattress thickness to resiliently conform to a body of a person; and

forming upwardly open recess that is shaped to correspond to the upper portion of a shoulder and upper arm of the person.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

forming an aperture in the top substrate and the resilient layer; and

forming an insert that is shaped to be received in the aperture and that comprises the trough-shaped channel.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

forming a second aperture in the mattress body;

forming a flat insert; and

inserting the insert in insert and inserting the flat insert in the second aperture.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein forming the aperture comprises forming the aperture through the top and bottom substrates of the mattress body to receive the insert from either side of the mattress body.

18. The method of claim 15, forming the insert comprises molding a natural latex foam.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising forming the bottom substrate as a structural layer that supports and maintains vertical position of the insert.

20. The method of claim 14, forming the mattress body as a selected one of an innerspring mattress, a waterbed mattress, foam mattress, and an air bed.