Printed elastomeric elements

US11725121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Purple Innovation, LLC · US

Inventors

• James T. Grutta · Draper, US
• Brett Pearson · Taylorsville, US
• Robert Wayne Taylor · Highland, US
• David Ewell · South Jordan, US
• Bob Watters · Riverton, US
• Brock Keith Harris · Draper, US
• Dhyey Yogesh Acharya · Lehi, US
• Russell B. Whatcott · Eagle Mountain, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09J2400/263
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An article of manufacture, such as a weighted blanket, a cushioning element, or the like, includes an elastomeric element that includes elongated elements that follow nonlinear, partially overlapping paths and voids between adjacent portions of the elongated elements. Such an elastomeric element may define a weighted layer of a weighted blanket, a cushioning layer of a cushioning element of the like. The elastomeric element may be secured directly to a substrate, such as a fabric layer. Alternatively, an adhesion layer may secure the elastomeric element to the substrate. An adhesion layer may cover only a portion of the substrate. A cover may be provided over the elastomeric element. Together, the cover and the substrate may contain the elastomeric element.