Foam panel receiving foam springs
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements.
1. A human support facility, comprising:
a containment facility;
a plurality of foam springs having an elongated shape removably and replaceably mounted substantially vertically in the containment facility, each one of the plurality of foam springs each having a top and a bottom end; and
a foam panel in the containment facility, the foam panel defining a top face and including: a plurality of individual openings that extend at least partially through the top face of the foam panel, each one of the plurality of openings adapted to receive one bottom end of the plurality of foam springs, wherein
the foam spring bottom ends are removably and replaceably disposed within the plurality of individual openings of the foam panel thereby keeping the foam springs in desired positions and alignments relative to the containment facility,
each disposed foam spring of the plurality of foam springs includes a region that extends upwardly above the top face of the foam panel, and each disposed foam spring of the plurality of foam springs is not physically surrounded by the foam panel in the region that extends upwardly above the top face of the foam panel;
wherein the plurality of foam springs includes at least one foam spring characterized by a first firmness and at least one foam spring characterized by a second firmness, wherein the first firmness is different from the second firmness;
wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the first firmness includes a first firmness pattern embodied in at least a surface of the at least one foam spring having the first firmness, and wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the second firmness includes a second firmness pattern embodied in at least a surface of the at least one foam spring having the second firmness, the first firmness pattern correlating to the first firmness and the second firmness pattern correlating to the second firmness.
2. The human support facility of claim 1 , wherein the foam panel includes resilient foam material.
3. The human support facility of claim 2 , further comprising a side panel including resilient foam material.
4. The human support facility of claim 2 , further comprising a lower panel including resilient foam material.
5. The human support facility of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the individual openings comprises an opening that goes all the way through the foam panel.
6. The human support facility of claim 1 , further comprising vertical locators protruding from the foam panel, wherein at least one end of the foam spring adjacent a vertical locator includes a recess adapted to fit onto one of the vertical locators.
7. The human support facility of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of metal springs mounted within the human support facility.
8. The human support facility of claim 7 , wherein the foam springs and the metal springs are positioned side by side.
9. The human support facility of claim 7 , wherein the foam springs are positioned above the metal springs.
10. The human support facility of claim 7 , wherein the foam springs are positioned below the metal springs.
11. The human support facility of claim 1 , wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the first firmness includes first and second foam springs having the first firmness pattern embodied in at least a respective surface of the first and second foam springs; and
wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the second firmness includes third and fourth foam springs having the second firmness pattern embodied in at least a respective surface of the third and fourth foam springs.
12. The human support facility of claim 11 , wherein individual positioning and individual placement of the first, second, third and fourth foam springs in the containment facility is operable to provide a firmness configuration corresponding to user input relating to a firmness of the foam panel, the user input determining the individual positioning and individual placement of the first, second, third and fourth foam springs within the containment facility.
13. The human support facility of claim 1 , wherein the first firmness pattern and the second firmness pattern are different from each other.
14. A human support facility, comprising:
a containment facility;
a plurality of foam springs having an elongated shape removably and replaceably mounted substantially vertically in the containment facility, each one of the plurality of foam springs each having a top and a bottom end; and
a foam panel in the containment facility, the foam panel defining a lower face and including: a plurality of individual openings that extend at least partially through the lower face of the foam panel, each one of the plurality of openings adapted to receive one top end of the plurality of foam springs, wherein
the foam spring top ends are removably and replaceably disposed within the plurality of individual openings of the foam panel thereby keeping the foam springs in desired positions and alignments relative to the containment facility, and
each disposed foam spring of the plurality of foam springs includes a region that extends downwardly below the lower face of the foam panel, and each disposed foam spring of the plurality of foam springs is not physically surrounded by the foam panel in the region that extends downwardly below the lower face of the foam panel;
wherein the plurality of foam springs includes at least one foam spring characterized by a first firmness and at least one foam spring characterized by a second firmness, wherein the first firmness is different from the second firmness;
wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the first firmness includes a first firmness pattern embodied in at least a surface of the at least one foam spring having the first firmness, and wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the second firmness includes a second firmness pattern embodied in at least a surface of the at least one foam spring having the second firmness, the first firmness pattern correlating to the first firmness and the second firmness pattern correlating to the second firmness.
15. The human support facility of claim 14 , wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the first firmness includes first and second foam springs having the first firmness pattern embodied in at least a respective surface of the first and second foam springs; and
wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the second firmness includes third and fourth foam springs having the second firmness pattern embodied in at least a respective surface of the third and fourth foam springs.
16. The human support facility of claim 15 , wherein individual positioning and individual placement of the first, second, third and fourth foam springs in the containment facility is operable to provide a firmness configuration corresponding to user input relating to a firmness of the foam panel, the user input determining the individual positioning and individual placement of the first, second, third and fourth foam springs within the containment facility.
17. The human support facility of claim 14 , wherein the first firmness pattern and the second firmness pattern are different from each other.