(19)
(11) EP 1 314 380 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/22

(21) Application number: 02025672.3

(22) Date of filing: 20.11.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A47C 21/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.11.2001 JP 2001007726 U

(71) Applicant: Chiu Kuang Hsing Co., Ltd.
Pingtung City, Taiwan (TW)

(72) Inventor:
  • Huang, Fu-An
    Pingtung City Taiwan (CN)

(74) Representative: LOUIS- PÖHLAU- LOHRENTZ 
Postfach 3055
90014 Nürnberg
90014 Nürnberg (DE)

   


(54) Mattress assembly


(57) A mattress assembly comprises a covering (2), a mattress (3), and a bed base (4). The covering includes a cloth covering with a zipper to allow easy opening/closing of the cloth covering. The mattress and the bed base are covered by the cloth covering. The mattress (3) includes a plurality of vents (31) communicated between the covering and the bed base. The bed base (4) includes a plurality of grooves (41) in an upper side thereof. When liquid permeates the covering, it passes through the vents and then accumulates in the grooves. The mattress assembly further includes an air supply device (5) comprising a plurality of air supply tubes (53) and a plurality of ventilating tubes (54) extending in the grooves of the bed base. Air feeding from the air supply tubes flows through the grooves of the bed base via the ventilating tubes and then exit the vents of the mattress for circulation.







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