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`EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
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`(43) Date of publication:
`22.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/21
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`(21) Application number: 01830327.1
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`(22) Date of filing: 22.05.2001
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`(51) Int Cl.7: A47C 21/06, A47C 21/04,
`A47G 9/02
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`(84) Designated Contracting States:
`AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU
`MC NL PT SE TR
`Designated Extension States:
`AL LT LV MK RO SI
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`(71) Applicant: Viviani, Giovancamillo
`84091 Battipaglia (SA) (IT)
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`(72) Inventor: Viviani, Giovancamillo
`84091 Battipaglia (SA) (IT)
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`(30) Priority: 20.11.2000 IT SA200016 U
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`(54)
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`Outside covering for mattress with the perimetric lateral surface provided with holes for the
`passage of air to its inside
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`Outside covering for mattress characterized by
`a monolithic grid (2) constituted by a succession of cy-
`lindrical elements (3) along their longitudinal develop-
`ment, and by transversal elements (4) of small thickness
`separated by perforations (5) of irregular perimetric
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`form. The lateral surfaces conformed to grid (2) create
`with bodily movements on the mattress an effect of self-
`moving ventilation; that is create a reinforced ventilation
`(bellows effect) with a continous air replacement inside
`the mattress with beneficial hygienic effects and air-con-
`dition.
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`Printed by Jouve, 75001 PARIS (FR)
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`Description
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`Technical field
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`[0001] Object of the present invention are the perimet-
`ric lateral surfaces of the outside covering of a mattress,
`realized in material polymeric or a coupled polymeric tis-
`sue and provided of holes any form for the passage of
`air to its inside.
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`State of the technique
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`[0002] How is well-known the body of humans beings
`transpires continuously water and in the time of a night,
`during the sleep, nearly a litre third is possible to deposit
`in a mattress creating an ideal habitat for bacteria, be-
`comes mouldes and acari, enemies of the hygiene and
`of our health.
`[0003] Has who experience in this field knows well
`that the constructed mattress according to the actual
`technique are much sensitive to the dampness and
`doesn't succeed to expel the dampness that absorbs
`from the perspiration of our body for the presence to the
`their inside from constituted stuffing by a fibre of very
`thick heap that doesn't allow an optimal circulation of
`the air and because they deprive of opening adapts and
`sufficient to an optimal replacement air to the their in-
`side.
`[0004] Without a ventilation sufficient, dust and sweat
`causes dampness stagnations and bad smells that mine
`the confort and the hygiene of the couch.
`[0005]
`In the spring mattress at present marketed the
`passage of air is inadequate and is entrusted usually to
`few side holes integrated in the perimetric band. The air
`that enters from these holes across exclusively the sus-
`pension but doesn't reach all the ravines of the mattress
`for the presence of
`insulating layers between the
`springs.
`[0006] A first solution to this problem has been given
`from the Italian patent n° 235205 on behalf of the same
`applicant but the tied up shrewdness to the perimetric
`band in tissue was not such from guaranteeing suitable
`flow of air within the inside layers of the mattress though
`had been foreseed, inside the mattress, a disposition of
`the layers that favored the circulation of the air.
`[0007] An other important problem tied to the previous
`technique is the impossibility, in the practice, of guaran-
`teeing during the summer that the mattress is fresh and
`doesn't accumulate a lot of heat, and this is not possible
`without a suitable passage of air to the inside layers the
`mattress.
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`Aims and advantages of the invention
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`[0008] Aim of the present invention is that to obviate
`round to the inconveniences of the previous technique
`with the gets ready a mattress that realize with extreme-
`ly simple means, essentially a perimetric band realized
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`in material polymeric or a coupled polymeric-tissue and
`holes provision in number and of any form, those func-
`tional and qualitative characteristics in mode from is
`possible to answer efficaciously to the request demand,
`and is able to offer the more wide of guarantee of com-
`fort, resistance, and safety in the use.
`[0009] Other aim of the present invention is realize a
`device, in agreement with preceding aims, that allows
`to the mattress to which goes applied, of be not subject
`to any assault on behalf of the dampness of the outside
`environment, keeping intact in the time its functionality.
`[0010] Other aim of the present invention in agree-
`ment with preceding aims is to realize a device, that is
`possible to guarantee during the summer that the mat-
`tress is fresh and doesn't accumulate a lot of heat.
`[0011] The aims, the assignments, and other that will
`be better pointed out later are reached by an outside
`covering for mattress with the perimetric lateral surfaces
`realized in flexible polymeric material in rubber latex or
`a coupled polymeric tissue provision of holes of number
`and forms any for the passage of air to its inside.
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`Description of the drawings and way to realize the
`invention.
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`[0012] These and other characteristics as well as ad-
`vantages will result evident from the following descrip-
`tion and from the enclosed supplied drawings to only
`indicative purposes and not limitative in which
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`The fig. 1 shows in a perspective sight the mattress
`with the lateral surfaces provisions of holes .
`The fig. 2 schematically shows a sight in plant of the
`conformation of a portion of the surface of the lateral
`band according the invention present.
`The fig. 3 schematically shows a section according
`the invention present.
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`[0013] The illustrated invention in the drawings, in a
`first form realization favourite, included the perimetric
`lateral surface of the mattress (1) constituted by a poly-
`urethane monolithic material strengthened with nylon,
`flexible and soft as enough. More particularly the lateral
`surfaces are constituted by a monolithic grid (2) consti-
`tuted by a succession of cylindrical elements (3) to el-
`liptic section united, long the theirs longitudinal devel-
`opment, and by transversal elements (4) also to elliptic
`section of small thickness separated by perforations (5)
`of irregular form. This material, so conformed, is not
`hardened and it is little subject to ageing to fatigue, is
`possible to easily support crushing actions, bending and
`torsions maintaining unchanged its qualities in the time;
`it reacts to the pressure and to the bending as our skin
`maintaining and restoring its form, and it is non-toxic.
`[0014]
`In other form of realization of the present in-
`vention the longitudinal elements of the grid (2) are pos-
`sible to have an any section for example circular or po-
`lygonal so too the transversal elements are possible to
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`constituted by a polyuretane strengthened with ny-
`lon, flexible and soft.
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`5. Outside covering for mattress as ito claim 1 ) and
`2 ) and 3 ) characterized by the fact that the mate-
`rial used for the formation of the grid (2) is the latex
`of natural rubber or artificial rubber.
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`6. Outside covering for mattress as if to claim 1 ) and
`2 ) and 3 ) characterized by the fact that the mate-
`rial used for the formation of the grid (2) is a coupled
`tissue-polymeric.
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`7. Outside covering for mattress as if to claim 1 ) and
`2 ) and 3 ) characterized by the fact that the lateral
`surfaces conformed to grid (2), they create with
`bodily movements on the mattress an effect of self-
`moving ventilation that is create a reinforced venti-
`lation (bellows effect) with a continous air replace-
`ment inside the mattress with benefits hygienic ef-
`fects and air-condition.
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`have division of any form.
`[0015]
`In other form of realization of the present in-
`vention the used materials for the grid is possible to be
`the latex of natural rubber or artificial rubber or a polymer
`of other nature or a coupled tissue-polymeric.
`[0016] With the presence of the perforated band (2)
`according to the invention present, the dispersion of the
`bodily heat that is accumulated in the mattress is facili-
`tated by bodily movements on the mattress that creates
`a reinforced ventilation ( bellows effect ) with a conti-
`nous air replacement inside the mattress with benefits
`hygienic effects and air-condition.
`[0017] The invention present results have the resist-
`ance characteristics necessary to front of the solicita-
`tions that happen during the utilization normal and there-
`fore is possible to offer the more wide reliability of guar-
`antee and safety in the use; result easily obtainable us-
`ing materials of common availability in commerce there-
`fore is competitive from the economic point of view and,
`not last, it is competitive from the functional and hygienic
`point of view because allows a continuous circulation of
`the air permitted by the exclusive system of holes that
`facilitate the passage of air in all layers of the mattress;
`it dispersed the bodily heat, prevents the stagnation of
`the dampness, principal cause of a lot of problems to
`the health and eliminates unpleasant smells.
`[0018] From when previously described and illustrat-
`ed is possible to see that the invention reaches provost
`reasons.
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`Claims
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`1. Outside covering for mattress characterized by the
`fact that its perimetric lateral surface is constituted
`by a polymeric monolithic material strengthened
`with fibers conformed to grid (2) form in mode from
`realizing slots or holes for the passage of air to its
`inside.
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`2. Outside covering for mattress as to claim 1) char-
`acterized by the fact that the monolithic grid (2) is
`constituted by a succession, of cylindrical element
`(3) to elliptic section united, long the theirs longitu-
`dinal development, and by transversal element (4)
`also to elliptic section of small thickness separated
`by perforations (5) of irregular perimetric form.
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`3. Outside covering for mattress as to claim 1 ) and 2 )
`characterized by the fact the longitudinal elements
`of the grid (2) are possible to have a circular section
`and/or polygonal so too the transversal elements
`are possible to have a section of circular form and/
`or elliptic.
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`4. Outside covering for mattress as to claim 1 ) and 2 )
`and 3 ) characterized by the fact that the material
`used for the formation of the grid (2) is specifically
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