Claims
- 1. A mattress system comprising:a foam material forming the head section of a mattress; an adjustable, inflatable fluid chamber forming the second section of the mattress; a second piece of foam material forming the foot section of the mattress; a cover in which in the sections are deposed, said cover being non-destructively and repeatably openable and removable from the sections to allow for removal and arrangement of the sections; said sections having load responsive characteristics; wherein all the sections are the same size and readily separable, movable and interchangeable by a user from one location in the mattress to another; and wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the sections are compatible for use as a sleeping surface, such that the sections can be individually flipped by the user to aid in turning of the mattress.
- 2. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the load responsive characteristic is density.
- 3. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the load responsive characteristic is indentation load deflection.
- 4. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 further including a foam member having a cavity in which are disposed the sections, said member and sections disposed within and removable from the cover.
- 5. The mattress system as set forth in claim 4 wherein the foam member is open on the bottom.
- 6. The mattress system as set forth in claim 4 wherein the foam member is closed to form a bottom for the cavity.
- 7. The mattress system as set forth in claim 4 wherein the foam member is composed of polyurethane foam.
- 8. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 wherein at least one of the sections has an outer surface having a pattern formed therein, said pattern having a series of ridges extending substantially above the surface of said section.
- 9. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 further including third and fourth sections of foam material disposed adjacent the first and second sections, at least one of said third and fourth sections having a load responsive characteristic different from the load responsive characteristic of at least one of the first and second foam sections.
- 10. The mattress system as set forth in claim 9 wherein at least two of the sections have a different load responsive characteristic than the other sections.
- 11. The mattress system as set forth in claim 9 wherein the sections each have different load responsive characteristics.
- 12. The mattress system as set forth in claim 9 wherein the sections are all the same size and are readily separable and movable by a user from one location in the mattress to another to vary the load responsive characteristics of the mattress.
- 13. The mattress system as set forth in claim 9 further including additional sections of foam material disposed below the first four foam sections.
- 14. The mattress system as set forth in claim 13 wherein the sections are all the same size and are readily separable and movable by a user from one location of the mattress to another.
- 15. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 wherein at least one of the foam sections is composed of a highly resilient foam such as latex foam.
- 16. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 further including a comfort layer in the top of said cover.
- 17. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 further including a foundation disposed under the sections, said foundation having a hidden compartment therein.
- 18. The mattress system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sections are readily separable for shipment.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/115,141 filed Jul. 14, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,960,496.
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