Patent ID: 8528132

Claim:
A mattress carrier ( 1 ) comprising a first part ( 3 ) which comprises a support surface ( 2 ) for supporting a mattress which is positioned on top of the support surface ( 2 ) and a second part ( 4 ) supporting the first part ( 3 ), the first part ( 3 ) being resilient in height direction and partially compressible when subjected to a load, characterised in that the first part ( 3 ) comprises a resilient insert ( 11 ) and in that the resilient insert ( 11 ) comprises a reversibly compressible substantially diamagnetic material which is substantially air-permeable, wherein the resilient insert ( 11 ) comprises at least one layer ( 18 ) of reversibly compressible spacer fabric ( 9 ) extending along at least part of a length, width and height of the first part ( 3 ), the at least one layer ( 18 ) of spacer fabric ( 9 ) comprising at least two spaced apart planes ( 16 , 17 ) of fabric held together by a plurality of flexible fibres ( 8 ) extending between the spaced apart planes ( 16 , 17 ) of fabric.