IP Library Granted Patent US 8,745,797
Granted Patent B2
US 8,745,797 · App. 13/910,470 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Mattress

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Patent No.
US 8,745,797
App. No.
13/910,470
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The objective of the present invention is to provide a mattress including a plurality of cells provided on a body pressure working surface of a substrate that supports a human body, and a pressure control means that changes a setting of a height of each cell by adjusting a pressure in a fluid chamber formed within the cell. An elastic cushion layer is provided on a body pressure working surface of the cells, and a constricted portion is formed in a middle in the height of the each cell so that the body pressure working surface of the cell is allowed to tilt following deformation of the cushion layer as a result of the cells' precession-deformation at the constricted portion.

Claims (25)

1. A mattress comprising:

a plurality of cells arranged on a body pressure working surface of a substrate that supports a human body;

a pressure control means that changes a setting of a height of each cell by adjusting a pressure in a fluid chamber formed within the cell;

an elastic cushion layer provided on a body pressure working surface of the cells; and

a constricted portion formed in a middle in the height of the each cell and an upper part of the constricted portion of the cell is tiltable relative to a lower part of the constricted portion of the cell so that the body pressure working surface of the cell is configured to be tilted following deformation of the cushion layer.

2. The mattress according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom center portion of the cells are supported by the substrate and the cells are allowed to tilt against the substrate.

3. The mattress according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure control means is able to change the setting individually about the heights of the plurality of cells.

4. The mattress according to claim 1 , wherein each of the cells has a rectangular shape with rounded corners as seen in a height direction projection.

5. The mattress according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic framework is provided and the plurality of cells are arranged inside the framework.

6. A mattress comprising:

a plurality of cells arranged on a body pressure working surface of a substrate that supports a human body;

a pressure control means that changes a setting of a height of each cell by adjusting pressure in a fluid chamber formed within the cell;

an elastic cushion layer provided on a body pressure working surface of the cells; and

a constricted portion formed in a middle in the height of the each cell so that the body pressure working surface of the cell is configured to be tilted following deformation of the cushion layer as a result of the cells' precession-deformation at the constricted portion,

wherein the cushion layer is structured in two layers, which is a first cushion layer and a second cushion layer stuck together, and a body pressure sensor for measuring body weight is arranged between the first and second cushion layers.

7. A mattress comprising:

a plurality of cells arranged on a body pressure working surface of a substrate that supports a human body;

a pressure controller that changes a setting of a height of each cell by adjusting a pressure in a fluid chamber formed within the cell;

an elastic cushion layer provided on a body pressure working surface of the cells; and

a constricted portion formed in a middle in the height of the each cell and an upper part of the constricted portion of the cell is tiltable relative to a lower part of the constricted portion of the cell so that the body pressure working surface of the cell is configured to be tilted following deformation of the cushion layer.

8. The mattress according to claim 7 , wherein a bottom center portion of the cells are supported by the substrate and the cells are allowed to tilt against the substrate.

9. The mattress according to claim 7 , wherein the pressure controller is able to change the setting individually about the heights of the plurality of cells.

10. The mattress according to claim 7 , wherein each of the cells has a rectangular shape with rounded corners as seen in a height direction projection.

11. The mattress according to claim 7 , wherein an elastic framework is provided and the plurality of cells are arranged inside the framework.

12. The mattress according to claim 7 , wherein the cushion layer is structured in two layers, which is a first cushion layer and a second cushion layer stuck together, and a body pressure sensor that measures body weight is arranged between the first and second cushion layers.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2013
From: MISAKI, AKITSUGU; TAKASUGI, SHIN-ICHIRO; FUKAGAWA, SHUJI; WADA, MIKA; HARADA, KIYOE; MIYAZAKI, KEIKO; TACHIBANA, YUKIKO; IWAMOTO, YUKIHIDE
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.,; KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031016/0151 →