Patent ID: 8296976

Claim:
A method of using colors or color schemes to simplify the communication to end-consumers of the degree of comfort as quantified by the measurement of material density, degree of indentation force deflection (IFD), tensile strength, denier, cut length or basis weight, or the composition of resilient filling materials that are engineered into mattresses prior to the use by the end-consumer so that adjustment by the end-consumer is facilitated, the method comprising the steps of: providing colors or a color scheme wherein each element of the colors or color scheme is associated with a measured degree of comfort or composition of the resilient filling material; and associating the colors or color scheme and corresponding measured degrees of comfort, including material density, IFD and composition density, with mattresses, wherein the colors or color scheme and corresponding measured degrees of comfort or composition of the resilient filling materials indicate to the end-consumer the level of comfort preferred, without adjustment by the end-consumer and wherein the mattresses comprise a mattress ticking enclosing a mattress core support system, including springs, foam, hair block, bladder or resilient filling, and comfort material between the mattress ticking and the core support system, the core support system wrapped and supported laterally by a fabric girdle to mitigate outward deflection under load, the girdle comprising a stiff, flame retardant fabric material about 12″ wide and about 228″ in length joined at two 12″ ends with thread and positioned around the circumference of the perimeter of the foam containment unit; all integrally combined for supporting a person lying thereupon, the mattresses are at least about 39 inches wide and at least about 75 inches long, and wherein the mattress expressly excludes upholstered furniture cushions.