JP2007529250A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (17)

An elastic body having at least one upper surface portion for supporting a person;
A plurality of shallow surface channels disposed on or in each upper surface portion and extending parallel to the upper surface portion;
At least one upper surface portion is tilted upward relative to the horizontal;
A mattress characterized by that. The elastic body has an extension axis corresponding to the direction from the head to the toe of a person lying on the mattress during use, and at least the upper surface portion is inclined with respect to the extension axis;
The mattress according to claim 1. At least some of the surface channels have a directional component parallel to at least a portion of each of the surface portions along the rising direction of the inclination,
The mattress according to claim 2. At least some of the surface channels have a directional component parallel to the extension axis along at least a portion thereof,
The mattress according to claim 2 or claim 3. At least some of the surface channels extend substantially obliquely to form an angle of less than 90 ° with the extension axis;
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 4. At least some of the surface channels have non-linear passages when viewed from above,
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The elastic body includes a side wall proximate to the at least one surface portion, and the mattress further includes at least one connection channel, or each or each connection channel is associated with a plurality of the surface channels and at least one side wall. ,
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 6. One or each connecting channel is arranged on one or each upper side part,
The mattress according to claim 7. One or each connection channel includes a connection channel extending centrally parallel to the extension axis and / or including a connection channel extending substantially across the extension axis;
The mattress according to claim 7 or 8. The face channel has a lateral dimension of about 4 mm to about 15 mm on the surface;
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The surface channels are spaced from the surface by about 5 mm to about 20 mm,
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 10. The planar channel has a cross-sectional area that varies along the length of the channel and increases in size, for example, in proximity to the sidewalls of the elastic body,
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 11. The at least one top surface portion includes a body surface portion for supporting a human body during use, a head surface portion for supporting a human head during use, and / or a tip surface portion.
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 12. A connecting channel extending substantially across the extension axis extends along a lowermost region of the head portion,
A mattress according to claim 12, which is dependent on claim 9. In one or more surface portions, the surface channel is provided on substantially its entire surface area;
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 14. The surface channels are distributed over substantially the entire surface area of the surface portion;
The mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 15.   17. A mattress according to any one of claims 1 to 16, in the form of a sheet.