Innerspring mattress with shredded foam fill

Abstract

Disclosed is an innerspring bed mattress with shredded fill inside the mattress central spring core, around, between, in and inside the springs. The shredded fill is generally particulate, and may be of conventional types, sizes and shapes of resilient and compressive materials. Preferably, the fill is shredded organic latex rubber foam fill, obtained from the scrap of organic latex rubber mats used in conventional mattress upholstery layers manufacture. Alternatively, the fill may be specially designed and manufactured to obtain specific dampening characteristics for a specific combination of spring, upholstery and fill types, for example.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An innerspring mattress with a mattress central spring core, comprising shredded fill inside the central spring core and around and between the springs. 
     
     
         2 . The mattress of  claim 1  wherein the shredded fill is also inside the springs. 
     
     
         3 . The mattress of  claim 1  wherein the shredded fill is also in the coils of the springs. 
     
     
         4 . The mattress of  claim 1  wherein the fill is generally particulate. 
     
     
         5 . The mattress of  claim 1  wherein the fill is shredded foam fill. 
     
     
         6 . The mattress of  claim 5  wherein the shredded foam fill is latex rubber. 
     
     
         7 . The mattress of  claim 6  wherein the shredded foam fill is organic latex rubber. 
     
     
         8 . The mattress of  claim 5  wherein the mattress has a top upholstery layer comprising a foam mat, and the shredded foam fill is obtained from scraps of the foam mat. 
     
     
         9 . The mattress of  claim 1  wherein the central spring core is completely filled with shredded fill. 
     
     
         10 . The mattress of  claim 1  wherein the central spring core is partially filled with shredded fill.