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Design For Mattress

Standard mattress sizes were established by the industry to ensure compatibility between bed and mattress manufacturers. The most common sizes are twin, double, queen, and king. A typical mattress contains an innerspring unit made of hundreds of wire coils as the core, topped with insulating and cushioning layers, then a quilted cover. The four main coil types are Bonnell, Offset, Continuous, and Pocket System. Foundations or boxsprings are commonly placed below mattresses for additional support and usually contain narrow spiked coils or torsion bars.

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Design For Mattress

Standard mattress sizes were established by the industry to ensure compatibility between bed and mattress manufacturers. The most common sizes are twin, double, queen, and king. A typical mattress contains an innerspring unit made of hundreds of wire coils as the core, topped with insulating and cushioning layers, then a quilted cover. The four main coil types are Bonnell, Offset, Continuous, and Pocket System. Foundations or boxsprings are commonly placed below mattresses for additional support and usually contain narrow spiked coils or torsion bars.

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Design

Today, most mattresses are manufactured according to standard sizes. This


standardization was initiated by the industry to resolve any dimensional discrepancies
that might occur between companies that manufacture beds and companies that make
mattresses. The sizes include the twin bed, 39 inches wide and 74 inches long; the
double bed, 54 inches wide and 74 inches long; the queen bed, 60 inches wide and 80
inches long; and the king bed, 78 inches wide and 80 inches long.
The "core" of a typical mattress is the innerspring unit, a series of wire coils that are
attached to one another with additional wire. The upholstery layers are affixed to the
innerspring: the first, called the insulator, is fitted directly onto the innerspring and
prevents the next layer, the cushioning, from molding to the coils. While the insulator is
fairly standard, the number of cushioning layers can vary widely in number, ranging
from two to eight layers and from 1/4 inch to 2 inches (.63 to 5 centimeters) in thickness.
Moving outward, the next component is the flanges, connecting panels that are attached
to the mattress's quilted cover with large, round staples called hogs rings. The top,
bottom, and side panels of the mattress are stitched together with border tape.
While a wide variety of springs are designed to accommodate special needs and
situations, the four most commonly used coils are
the Bonnell, the Offset, the Continuous, and the Pocket System. The Bonnell springs
are hourglass-shaped and knotted at both ends. The Offset design is similarly
hourglass-shaped, but its top and bottom are flattened to facilitate a hinging action
between the coils. The Continuous innerspring consists of one extremely long strand of
steel wire configured into S-shaped units. Finally, in the Pocket System, each coil is
encased in a fabric casing that also connects it to neighboring coil-casing units.
A typical mattress contains between 250 and 1,000 coil springs, and mattresses that
use fewer coils normally require a heavier gauge of wire. It is not uncommon for an
innerspring unit to require as much as 2,000 linear feet (610 meters) of steel wire. The
individual coils can be joined in several ways. One common method is to use helicals—
corkscrew-shaped wires that run along the top and bottom of the springs, lacing the
coils together. Rigid border wires are sometimes attached around the perimeters to
stabilize the unit.
Most manufacturers also produce foundation mattresses or boxsprings that lie directly
beneath the mattress, resting on the frame of the bed. One of the most common types
of box spring foundations uses a spiked coil configuration, in which the springs are
narrow at the bottom but spiral to a wider diameter at the top. While a spring system
provides the most common type of boxspring support, torsion bars are also sometimes
used. Other foundation mattresses contain no springs at all but consist of a built-up
wooden frame.

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