Method of monitoring the quality of a mattress

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11490740
APP PUB NO 20210368999A1
SERIAL NO

17264086

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The invention pertains to a method of monitoring the quality of a mattress during its lifetime, wherein the mattress is an assembly of multiple separate parts, wherein the parts are mechanically interconnected, the method comprising during its lifetime, assessing at least one property of the mattress, determining whether or not the property meets a predetermined specification, and when the property does not meet the predetermined specification, identifying a part of the said multiple separate parts that corresponds to the property, removing the identified part from the assembly and optionally replacing the removed part with a replacement part, wherein the mattress that is monitored is manufactured by forming the mechanical interconnection with an adhesive, which adhesive has a first order phase-transition temperature between 80° C. and 180° C., at which temperature the adhesive undergoes a solid-liquid transition, and wherein before the said removing of the identified part, the adhesive with which this part is interconnected with other parts in the assembly is heated to a temperature above its phase-transition temperature, whereafter the identified part is grasped and pulled out of the assembly. The invention also pertains to a method of manufacturing a mattress suitable for use in this monitoring method.

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COVESTRO (NETHERLANDS) B V6167 RD GELEEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dijkman, Hendrik Willem Deventer, NL 1 0
Doorlag, Geert Deventer, NL 1 0
Papegaaij, Alwin Echt, NL 9 10
Udding, Jan Henderikus Echt, NL 8 7

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