Abstract:
A mattress assembly for providing a more restful and supportive nights sleep to a user. The mattress assembly includes a mattress core assembly and a support member that has a generally planar base having an upper surface for supporting the mattress core assembly. The mattress core assembly is positioned on the upper surface of the base.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to mattresses and more particularly pertains to a new mattress assembly for providing a more restful and supportive nights sleep. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     The use of mattresses is known in the prior art. More specifically, mattresses heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations. 
     Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. Des. 433,861; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,701,623; 5,226,185; 4,143,435; 5,802,646; and 4,837,879. 
     Mattresses are known in the crowded prior art. However, conventional mattresses typically require a box spring to support the mattress in order to provide a user a comfortable nights sleep. Various combinations of materials have been employed in the manufacture of mattresses. Conventional mattresses are often composed of either a foam core or a foam core with cotton padding positioned on a coiled spring support. The box spring that supports the mattress is generally a system of more rigid coiled springs. The disadvantages of conventional mattresses and box springs is that they tend to be bulky and the coiled springs have a tendency to fail resulting in uneven support for a user lying on the mattress. The uneven support provide an uncomfortable nights sleep for the user. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of mattresses now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new mattress assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a more restful and supportive nights sleep. 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new mattress assembly which has many of the advantages of the mattresses mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new mattress assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mattresses, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new mattress assembly. The inventive device includes a mattress core assembly and a support member that has a generally planar base having an upper surface for supporting the mattress core assembly. The mattress core assembly is positioned on the upper surface of the base. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress assembly that has an increased supportive sleeping surface for increased sleeping comfort. Users with back problems often benefit from an increased supportive sleeping surface. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new mattress assembly that is less bulky by combining a mattress and box spring into a single mattress assembly. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features and objects of the mattress assembly in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. 
     Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description. Additionally, the present invention is not limited to the construction illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. Therefore, the claims should be regarded as including such equivalent constructions. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The drawings of the preferred embodiment annexed herein include: 
     FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a new mattress assembly according to the present invention. 
     FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the present invention taken along line  2 — 2  of FIG.  1 . 
     FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the present invention. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring to FIG. 1 a new mattress assembly is designated by the reference numeral  10 . The mattress assembly  10  generally comprises a mattress core assembly  13  and a support member  14  for supporting the mattress core assembly  13 . The support member  14  includes a generally planar base  15  that has an upper surface  16 . The mattress core assembly  13  is removably positionable on the upper surface  16  of the planar base  16 . 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the support member  14  may include a perimeter wall  17  extending perpendicularly away from the upper surface  16  of the planar base  15 . The mattress core assembly  13  is positioned on the support member  14  such that the perimeter wall extends about the mattress core assembly  13 . The perimeter wall  17  reduces horizontal expansion of the mattress core assembly  13 , thereby decreasing compression of the mattress core assembly  13  and increasing support for a user lying on the mattress core assembly  13 . The perimeter wall  17  may have a height approximately equal to a thickness of the mattress core assembly  13 . 
     The support member  14  may comprise a substantially rigid material such as, for example, a wood or plastic material. However, other types of materials may also be employed. 
     As illustrated in FIG. 3, the mattress core assembly  13  may include at least one first pad member  18  and at least one second pad member  19 . At least one third pad member  20  that has a plurality of spaced protrusions  21  extending away from an upper surface  22  of the third pad member  20  may be sandwiched between the at least one first  18  and second  19  pad members. 
     The at least one first pad member  18  has generally planar upper  23  and lower  24  surfaces. The lower surface  24  of the at least one first pad member  18  may selectively abut the upper surface  22  of the at least one third pad member  20 . The at least one first pad member  18  may comprise a resiliently compressible material such as, for example, a foam rubber material. However, other materials may be employed. 
     The at least one second pad member  19  has generally planar upper  25  and lower  26  surfaces. The upper surface  25  of the at least one second pad member  19  may selectively abut a lower surface  27  of the third pad member  20 . The at least one second pad member  19  may comprise a resiliently compressible material such as, for example, a foam rubber material. However, other materials may be employed. 
     The plurality of protrusions  21  extending away from the third pad member  20  each have a terminating end. Depressions are positioned between each of the protrusions  21  creating an undulating surface. The undulating surface provides more support to the at least one pad member  18  positioned above the third pad member  20 . The third pad member  20  may comprise a resiliently compressible material such as, for example, a foam rubber material. However other types of materials may also be employed. 
     As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cover member  30  that has an access opening  31  for accessing an interior  32  of the cover member may be provided. The mattress core assembly  13  and the support member  14  may be positionable in the interior  32  of the cover member  30 . The cover member  30  may comprise a substantially flexible material such as, for example a cloth material. However, other types of materials may also be employed. The cover member  30  may additionally employ a plurality of patterns and colors. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the cover member  30  has first  33  and second  34  opposed panels and a perimeter panel  35  extending therebetween. A flap  36  may be mounted to the first panel  33  for selectively blocking the access opening  31  of the covering member  30 . 
     A means of selectively coupling  37  the flap  36  to the second opposed panel  34  may be coupled to and may extend between the flap  36  and the second panel  34  for blocking the access opening  31 . The means of selectively coupling  37  the flap  36  to the second opposed panel  34  may comprise a zipper that has a pair of zipper teeth portions and a zipper slide portion for coupling the pair of zipper teeth portions together. 
     In use, a user lies upon the upper surface  23  of the at least one first pad member  18 . The weight of a user lying upon the at least one pad member  18  transfers downwardly to the third pad member  20 . The plurality of protrusions  21  expands under the weight of the user. The weight of the user is also transferred to the at least one second pad member  19 , which expands against the support member  14 . The peripheral wall  17  prevents expansion of the at least one first  18 , second  19  and the third  20  pad members causing all of the pad member  18 ,  19  and  20  to be less compressible and thereby more supportive. 
     Although the present invention has been discussed with reference to particular embodiments it will be understood that other variations and modifications to the discussed embodiments is possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.