A method for packaging a cushion includes coating a cushioning element with a powder while the cushioning element is in an expanded state and then compressing the cushion to a compressed state. As the cushioning element is compressed, the powder prevents surfaces of the cushioning element (e.g., surfaces of intersecting walls that define hollow buckling columns of a cushioning element formed from an elastomeric polymer extended with a plasticizer, etc.) from adhering to each other. The powder may allow the cushioning element to substantially return to its expanded state substantially immediately following removal of a compressive force from the cushioning element.

A gel layer, comprising a first gel lattice having a first geometric shape. The first geometric shape has a first gel lattice height; a first gel lattice width; and a first gel lattice length. The first gel lattice comprises a plurality of first gel segments, wherein the first gel segments define a plurality of first gaps. The first gel lattice has a first firmness.

Methods and apparatus for creating furniture protection which may be easily installed and removed are disclosed. The stored furniture protection may be designed to function as decorative items for the furniture such as pillows, bolsters and the like. In some examples, the stored furniture protection may take a form as a pillow and then when unfolded may form a lightweight impermeable cover for the furniture.

An adjustable mattress topper assembly disposed in a cover is disclosed. The topper assembly may have one or two inflatable multi-valve bladder assemblies filled with foam; the topper assembly may be disposed in a topper body of foam. A hand-trigger may be used to operate a valve and inflate and deflate the bladder assembly, which may be located below the lumbar of a supine user.

A mattress having a three-dimensional elastic structure of the present invention has a structure in which a main elastic body independently contracts and expands by multiple first to fourth auxiliary elastic slits which intersect with each other in left and right directions, front and rear directions, and up and down directions so as to form a three-dimensional air tunnel. Accordingly, when the first to fourth auxiliary elastic slits contract and expand, air is discharged in all directions of the main elastic body through the three-dimensional air tunnel so as to disperse the pressure by a human body, thereby inducing good blood circulation, and heat is released through the three-dimensional air tunnel so as to secure air permeability, thereby inducing maintenance of a proper sleep temperature so as to provide a more comfortable sleep environment.

In some embodiments, a support structures can be formed from a support structure matrix comprising a plurality of spring structures embedded within the support structure matrix. The plurality of spring structures can be formed from the same material or a different material, and can have the same or different durometers. The plurality of spring structures can be configured to deform and return to its original shape after deformation. The orientation and structure of the spring structures can vary depending on a desired durometer and/or function within the support structure.

Mattress assemblies including phase change materials and processes for dissipating retained in the mattress assemblies generally include a spacer layer in proximity to one or more foam layers containing a phase change material; and a pump in fluid communication with the spacer layer to provide a positive or negative air flow into the spacer layer to reduce retained heat in the phase change materials subsequent to a sleep cycle. The process includes operating the pump between sleep cycles to reduce the retained heat.

A mattress includes a mattress body, a control unit at the mattress body, a plurality of air conduits defined at the mattress body, and a plurality of air passages extending within the mattress body. The plurality of air conduits is in fluid communication with the control unit and the plurality of air passages such that the plurality of air conduits is configured to convey pressurized air from the control unit to the plurality of air passages. The plurality of air passages can each have an air passage end open at a surface of the mattress body such that pressurized air received from the air conduits is output by the air passages at the surface of the mattress body.

The present invention relates to bedding product having heat-dissipation and support properties provided by structural protrusions on the surface of the bedding product. The bedding product may comprise a first layer of foam, that includes a base support having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of open and closed protrusions located on the upper surface of the base support. Each open protrusion comprises a cavity formed therein, wherein the cavity has a depth of at least 0.5 inch

Mattress assemblies including at least one foam layer at or proximate to a sleeping surface including a plurality of channels or recesses in at least one surface, wherein at least a portion of the channels include an encapsulated bulk phase change material at least partially filling the channel or the recesses.