Foam spring mattress configured with variable firmness
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a mattress, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving at least one input relating to a firmness of a mattress;
providing a plurality of foam springs including at least a first foam spring defining a first firmness and at least a second foam spring defining a second firmness different from the first firmness, wherein the first foam spring with the first firmness is a first color and the second foam spring with the second firmness is a second color different from the first color;
providing a containment facility for receiving a pattern of foam springs selected from the plurality of foam springs, the pattern including at least one of each of the first foam spring and second foam spring;
determining a pattern of foam springs selected from the plurality of foam springs including at least one of each of the first foam spring and second foam spring to be received in the containment facility such that the pattern of selected foam springs is operable to provide a firmness configuration corresponding to the at least one input relating to the firmness, wherein the pattern includes an arrangement of foam springs based on foam spring color;
selecting the first foam spring and the second foam spring from among the plurality of foam springs; and
positioning the selected first foam spring and the selected second foam spring within the containment facility so as to correspond to the pattern based on the first color of the first foam spring and the second color of the second foam spring.
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Abstract
A method includes selecting an arrangement of foam springs, the arrangement that matches user-selected firmness requirements; attaching foam springs to a foam panel in a removable, replaceable manner; and inserting the foam springs and the foam panel into a containment facility. A mattress includes foam springs; a foam panel to which an arrangement of the foam springs is attached in a removable, replaceable manner; a containment facility within which the foam springs and the foam panel are disposed; and a side rail with indentations within which sides of at least some of the foam springs are disposed. The mattress may also include a fabric webbing, attached to the containment facility, within which some of the foam springs are disposed in a removable, replaceable manner; and an attachment device attaching together at least two of the foam springs.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a mattress, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one input relating to a firmness of a mattress; providing a plurality of foam springs including at least a first foam spring defining a first firmness and at least a second foam spring defining a second firmness different from the first firmness, wherein the first foam spring with the first firmness is a first color and the second foam spring with the second firmness is a second color different from the first color; providing a containment facility for receiving a pattern of foam springs selected from the plurality of foam springs, the pattern including at least one of each of the first foam spring and second foam spring; determining a pattern of foam springs selected from the plurality of foam springs including at least one of each of the first foam spring and second foam spring to be received in the containment facility such that the pattern of selected foam springs is operable to provide a firmness configuration corresponding to the at least one input relating to the firmness, wherein the pattern includes an arrangement of foam springs based on foam spring color; selecting the first foam spring and the second foam spring from among the plurality of foam springs; and positioning the selected first foam spring and the selected second foam spring within the containment facility so as to correspond to the pattern based on the first color of the first foam spring and the second color of the second foam spring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of configuring a mattress, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of foam springs including at least a first foam spring defining a first firmness and at least a second foam spring defining a second firmness different from the first firmness, wherein the first foam spring with the first firmness is a first color and the second foam spring with the second firmness is a second color different from the first color; providing a containment facility for receiving a pattern of foam springs selected from the plurality of foam springs, the pattern including at least one of each of the first foam spring and second foam spring, the foam springs each being individually removable and replaceable in the containment facility; determining a pattern of foam springs selected from the plurality of foam springs including at least one of each of the first foam spring and second foam spring to be received in the containment facility such that the pattern of selected foam springs is operable to provide a firmness configuration, wherein the pattern includes an arrangement of foam springs based on foam spring color; selecting the first foam spring and the second foam spring from among the plurality of foam springs; positioning the selected first foam spring and the selected second foam spring within the containment facility so as to correspond to the pattern based on the first color of the first foam spring and the second color of the second foam spring; modifying the firmness configuration by removing and replacing at least one of the plurality of foam springs with the first color with one or more foam springs of varying density with a color different from the first color. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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