Bedding products having flexible gel panels

摘要

A bedding product, such as a mattress, mattress topper, or pillow case, includes a flexible gel panel having a cured gel layer with a top surface and a bottom surface, a flexible top layer overlying the top surface of the cured gel layer, and a fabric bottom layer overlying the bottom surface of the cured gel layer. The bedding product has a major surface and the flexible gel panel is integrated into the bedding product so that the flexible top layer of the flexible gel panel is juxtaposed with the major surface of the bedding product. The flexible gel panel is removable from the bedding product for laundering the bedding product.

主权项

1. A bedding product comprising:
a flexible gel panel having a length and a width defining a perimeter, said flexible gel panel including a cured gel layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, a flexible top layer overlying and bonded to said top surface of said cured gel layer to form a top exterior surface of said flexile gel panel, and a fabric bottom layer overlying and bonded to said bottom surface of said cured gel layer to form a bottom exterior surface of said flexible gel panel, wherein said cured gel layer has a wave configuration including thicker gel sections that are connected to one another by thinner gel filled valleys, wherein said thicker gel sections and said thinner gel filled valleys cooperate to form a continuous cured gel layer that extends continuously within the perimeter of said flexible gel panel; and wherein said flexible top layer and said fabric bottom layer are continuously separated from one another by said continuous cured gel layer that extends continuously within the perimeter of said flexible gel panel; and said bedding product having a major surface, wherein said flexible gel panel is integrated into said bedding product so that said flexible top layer of said flexible gel panel is juxtaposed with said major surface of said bedding product.