A cushion for a piece of furniture or a pillow includes a cushion core and an exterior cover at least partially surrounding the cushion core. The cushion core comprises a cushion wrap surrounding a filler, which may be foam or fiber or down or any known filler. The cushion wrap is at least partially made of fabric having a raised surface pattern to increase friction between the cushion core and the exterior cover for holding the cushion core in a desired orientation inside the exterior cover.

A foam molded product having a reinforcement layer including a short fiber provided on a surface layer is a cushion member of a seat cushion on which an occupant sits in a vehicle seat. A reinforcement range with the reinforcement layer is set in a predetermined range of an exterior surface along a lower surface of the seat cushion. In the reinforcement range, a plurality of recesses recessed from the exterior surface toward inside of the foam molded product are formed, and the reinforcement layer is formed on the surface layer including an inner surface of each recess. A method of manufacturing the foam molded product includes adhering and depositing the charged short fiber onto a cavity surface of a mold to form a fiber layer, compressing the fiber layer with a silicone rubber sheet, and then molding the foam molded product.

Resilient cores preferably for inflatable bodies having resilient slabs that define a plurality of generally columnar holes or resilient arrays of generally columnar solids, methods for making such slabs and arrays, and articles incorporating the same wherein the cores further includes thermal transmission mitigation means for improving a core's resistance to heat transfer beyond the core's innate insulative properties. Non-exclusive and non-exhaustive examples of such thermal transmission mitigation means in slab core embodiments include consideration to hole or bore geometric cross section, frequency, pattern and orientation, the introduction of a thermal barrier at or within at least some holes or bores, and/or slab material selection/treatment. Non-exclusive and non-exhaustive examples of such thermal transmission mitigation means in array core embodiments include consideration to the geometric cross section, frequency (density), pattern and orientation of the solids, the introduction of thermal barriers within inter-solid spaces and/or solid material selection/treatment.

Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing an internal tension member of an inflatable product, the apparatus comprising: a support frame; a base plate arranged to pass through the inside of the support frame; a base strip conveying device comprising two inner base strip reels, two outer base strip reels and a traction wheel which are used for continuously supplying base strips, the traction wheel pulling four base strips to continuously move; a wire winding device comprising a rotation device arranged around the base plate and wire winding guide shafts symmetrically arranged on two sides of the base plate, the rotation device winding a wire on two inner base strips in a rotating manner; and a welding device positioned between the wire winding device and the traction wheel, the welding device respectively welding the two inner base strips to the corresponding two outer base strips. Further disclosed are a method for manufacturing an internal tension member of an inflatable product, an internal tension member of an inflatable product, and an inflatable product.

A gel-foam body amalgamation system including a vacuum lift-table; a gel heating metal lift-table; a gel foam fusion lift-table; an overhead double-beam bridge crane; a hood conveyor apparatus; a hood; a foam core body; an intermediary foam core body; a vacuum lift-table cover; a gel heating metal lift-table cover; and a gel foam fusion lift-table. A method of operating the gel-foam body amalgamation system for producing a dual-core foam body amalgamate including a foam core body and an intermediate foam core body. In another embodiment, a gel body amalgamation system including a vacuum table; a heating metal table, a fusion table; and overhead double-beam bridge crane; a hood conveyor apparatus; a hood; a core body; an intermediary core body. A method including a core body and an intermediate core body for producing a dual-core body amalgamate.

Described herein is a process for preparing a foam (FA) with a Poisson's ratio in the range of from −0.5 to 0.3, the method including the steps of providing a foam (F1) with a flow resistance in the range of from 3000 to 8000 Pas/m, determined according to DIN EN 29053, and subjecting the foam (F1) to thermoforming including triaxial compression, wherein the foam (F1) is not reticulated prior to step (ii). Also described herein is the foam obtained or obtainable according to the process and the use of the foam as, for example, an energy absorbing device, preferably in protective gear, furniture, cushions, in cleaning devices with improved rinse-out behavior, in shoe soles, or as sealing, insulating or anchorage providing material for example used in earphones, ear plugs or dowels, or as acoustic material.

Methods of making a foamed article include: (a) milling a block or sheet of thermoplastic polymer to form a precursor; (b) crosslinking the thermoplastic polymer; (c) heating the precursor to a first temperature to soften the thermoplastic polymer; (d) infusing the thermoplastic polymer with at least one inert gas at a first pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened thermoplastic polymer; and (e) while the thermoplastic polymer is softened, reducing the pressure to a second pressure below the first pressure to at least partially foam the precursor into a foamed article, wherein the foamed article is substantially the same shape as the precursor.

Extractor systems for extracting a flexible article of manufacture from a mold include an extraction roller, at least one track configured to support the extraction roller, and a trolley configured to carry the extraction roller from a first side of the mold toward a second, opposite side of the mold. Molding systems include a mold and an extractor system. Methods of extracting a flexible article of manufacture from a mold include separating a first platen and a second platen, positioning an extraction roller between the separated first and second platens, engaging the article of manufacture with a row of teeth positioned along the extraction roller, and rotating the extraction roller to wrap the article of manufacture about the extraction roller.

A machine (1) and a method for thermobonding using an emission of electromagnetic waves (13), for example microwaves, to activate one or a plurality of adhesive layers located between a support and one or a plurality of layers of flexible covering, through a bed of particles (4) fluidized by a humidified gas. A multi-layer upholstery item including at least one non-permeable layer and produced in a single operation is also described.

A bedding product having a cooling layer and a method therefor. The bedding product has a gel layer having an outside surface, a bonding surface opposite the outside surface, and a perimeter. A memory foam layer surrounds the perimeter and is disposed on the bonding surface. A textile layer having a first rectangular portion and a second rectangular portion affixed on a perimeter thereof to the first rectangular portion retains the gel layer and memory foam layer therebetween. The textile layer has a cooling surface, an opposing surface opposite the cooling surface, and at least one vent disposed adjacent to an edge portion of the first or second rectangular portion. The gel layer contains a plurality of hexagonal prism-shaped peaks and valleys on the outside surface thereof, and the gel layer and memory foam layer have a plurality of air conduits for air flow communication with the vent.