Patent ID: 6728986
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A body support arrangement comprising an array of springs extending between the upper and lower outer surfaces of a generally rectangular piece of a resilient and compressible material, the springs lying in passageways through the thickness of the resilient material, which passageways have one dimension substantially equal to the diameter of the springs, and a dimension perpendicular thereto greater than that of the diameter of the springs, the material of the generally rectangular piece substantially filling the spaces between a majority of the springs, wherein to provide the required passageways through the resilient and compressible material, said material has an initial width less than that required, and is provided with a number of cuts or slots of a length greater than that of the spring diameters, and is transversely stretched to create oval passageways to receive the springs, of one (lateral) dimension equal to that of the spring diameters and a second (longitudinal) dimension greater than that of the spring diameters.