(19)
(11) EP 0 870 449 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42

(21) Application number: 98104069.4

(22) Date of filing: 06.03.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A47C 27/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 11.03.1997 IT MI970528

(71) Applicant: ORSA S.r.l.
21055 Gorla Minore Varese (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Dal Monte, Antonio
    00196 Roma (IT)

(74) Representative: Faggioni, Giovanmaria, Dr. et al
Fumero-Studio Consulenza Brevetti Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München
80801 München (DE)

   


(54) Bed mattress with variable characteristics of carrying capacity throughout its length


(57) Bed mattress, of the type consisting essentially of a stratified expanded-foam panel formed by the arrangement, on top of one another, of at least three layers with different load-bearing and/or air-permeability characteristics. The main layer, which is situated in the middle of the other two layers and is basically assigned the load-bearing function, has a thickness variable along the length of the mattress. Said middle load-bearing layer has high load-bearing characteristics, with small-size closed cells, and its thickness varies from a minimum of about 50 mm, in the region of the neck zone of the sleeping person, to a maximum of about 130 mm, in the region of the trunk and respectively the pelvis of the sleeping person.







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