摘要 |
A body support structure in the form of a mattress for supporting a person when lying thereon is provided. It comprises a body of resilient, compressible material, having a surface layer of resilient soft material. The body includes a head end edge and a foot end edge at its opposite end; two substantially parallel straight elongated side edges; a bottom face extending between the two side edges of the body; an upper face opposed to and spaced from the bottom face between the two side edges of the body; two spaced apart elongated ridges, one of the ridges extending along each side edge; a channel provided in the upper face extending between the two ridges, the channel joining smoothly to the two ridges on either side; a central raised part located in the channel between but distanced away from the opposite end edges and being positioned to support the lumbar region of a person lying in the channel and side parts provided on the ridges adjacent the central raised part. |