Bedding with improved fill characteristics

Abstract

A bedding product which is configured from an upper fabric layer and lower fabric layer which are joined at a peripheral edge. The upper and lower fabric layers define the shape of the bedding product wherein a portion of the peripheral edge is selectively closeable to provide an opening for filling the bedding product with a chopped memory foam fill material. A plurality of barriers extend proximate the opening to the length of the upper and lower fabric layers and join the upper and lower fabric layers by, for example, sewing the barriers to them. The barrier layers are of a width approximately equal to the thickness of the bedding product once filled with said chopped memory foam fill material substantially preventing fill material migration between sub volumes created by said barriers.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a typical bedding product of the prior art.

FIG. 2 is a side cross sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bedding product of the present invention showing an opening for receipt of appropriate fill material.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bedding product of FIG. 3 once appropriately filled and closed.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective end view of the bedding product of the present invention.

Claims

1. A bedding product comprising an upper fabric layer, a lower fabric layer and a peripheral edge joining said upper and lower fabric layers defining the shape of said bedding product wherein a portion of said peripheral edge is selectively closeable to provide an opening for filling said bedding product, a plurality of barriers extending proximate but spaced from said opening to approximately the extent of said upper and lower fabric layers and which are joined to said upper and lower fabric layers, a chopped memory foam incorporated between said upper and lower layers between said plurality of barriers, said barrier layers being of a width approximately equal to the thickness of the bedding product once filled with said chopped memory foam fill material substantially preventing its migration between sub volumes created by said barriers.

2. The bedding product of claim 1 wherein said opening is closeable by use of a zipper or hook and loop fasteners.

3. The bedding product of claim 1 wherein said barriers extend substantially parallel to one another creating substantially rectangularly shaped volumes for receiving and maintaining said chopped memory foam.

4. The bedding product of claim 1 wherein said barriers are comprised of fabric sewn into upper and lower fabric layers.

5. (canceled)

6. A bedding product comprising rectangularly shaped upper and lower fabric layers joined by a peripheral edge on three sides thereof, a fourth side of said rectangularly shaped upper and lower fabric layers being selectively closeable to provide an opening for filling said bedding product with a chopped memory foam fill material, a plurality of parallel substantially rectangularly shaped barriers extending within said upper and lower fabric layers from a point spaced from said closeable opening to an opposite peripheral edge and joined to said upper and lower fabric layers to create sub chambers within said bedding product, the barrier layers being of a width approximately equal to the thickness of the bedding product once filled with said chopped memory foam fill material substantially preventing fill material migration between sub volumes created by said barriers.

7. The bedding product of claim 6 wherein said opening is closeable by use of a zipper or hook and loop fasteners.

8. The bedding product of claim 6 wherein said barriers are comprised of fabric sewn into upper and lower fabric layers.