Bed Glossary
- Adjustable Bed – an electro-mechanical bed from construction that permits raising and lowering of the head and/or foot portions of the mattress. Also called an “electric bed”.
- Antimicrobial Fiber and Foam – treatment that inhibits the growth of microbial contaminates
- Bed Frame – a metal or wood frame with legs used to support a mattress and foundation. Conventional height is 7 ¼” and the low profile version is 5 ¾” when measured from the floor to the bottom of the foundation
- Bedsprings – open spring or wire fabric box springs without upholstery material or cover.
- Body Impression – Indentation occurring on the surface of a mattress due to the compression of materials.
- Bonnell – a knotted, round-top hourglass-shaped steel wire coil. When laced together with cross-wire helicals these coils form the simplest innerspring unit.
- Border – A heavy gauge wire rod attached to the perimeter of the innerspring unit (top and bottom) by means of a helicial wire or metal clips.
- Coils – the individual wire springs that form an innerspring unit.
- Comfort Quilt – a quilt top layer of mattress to provide extra cushion.
- Continuous Coil – an innerspring configuration in which the rows of coils are formed form a single piece of wire.
- Euro Pillow Top Insert - a rich convoluted dual foam that conforms to your body with a firm perimeter, providing extra support around the edge of the sleep surface.
- Foam Encasement – a perimeter of foam around springs to provide better edge support, eliminating roll-off and providing a firm seating edge.
- Helical – a tightly coiled, elongated wire used in the manufacture of innerspring units to join individual coils to each other and to the border rod.
- Latex – a flexible foam created from a water dispersion of runner, either from the rubber tree (natural latex) or man –made product (synthetic latex).
- Memory- the ability of tempered steel, foam or some fabrics to return to their original state after being compressed or stretched.
- Pillow Top Mattress – a mattress featuring a surface finishing treatment where a separate encasement of soft material is attached to the entire surface on top of the existing cover and upholstery.
- Pocketed cable coil – three wires intertwined to create a coil which helps motion separation and durability.
- Posturepedic Innerspring – senses an individual’s body weight and responds with the appropriate support.
- Quilting – the surface treatment in which the cover, foam and/or other fibers are sewn together, using various stitch patterns on quilting machinery including scroll or panel quilters (single needle) and multi-needle quilters.
- Resilience – surface liveliness and spring-back ability
- Visco Elastic Memory Foam – originally developed by NASA as Visco or Memory foam, today’s pressure relief memory foam has been re-engineered. It reduces body pressure points so you do not toss and turn, improves circulation and reduces pain and discomfort associate with disruptive sleep. If you suffer from joint pain, muscle aches, sciatica, bed sores, numbness, stress fatigue, or back/neck pain Visco may help.
