A Brief History of the Mattress

The mattress is a key component of the bed. Since most people spend more than a third of their lives sleeping, finding a quality mattress is important for a high quality of life. Usually consists of foam and fibers, with metal springs on wooden frames, mattresses help ensure a restful.

As well as, a spa bath and Simmons are the three largest mattress brands, the most popular in the United States.

USA standard mattress sizes are Twin / Single (39 "X 75"), Double / Full (54 "X 75"), Queen (60 "X 80"), king (78 "X 80"). Other USA mattresses sizes include Olympic Queen (66 "X 80"), Queen of California (60 "X 84") and the California King (72 "X 80").

Mattresses typically require replacement after seven to fifteen years of use, or sooner, if the coil or frame not experience wear and tear visible.

A brief history of the mattress

In the Neolithic period (8000-6000 BC), people migrate from land sleep in bed manmade simple and mattresses. This breaks the first structure built of leaves and grass, held together with animal skins. Around 3,500 BC, the Persians created the first "waterbeds," made of goatskins filled with water. More prosperous population of the Roman Empire, around 200 BC, slept on mattresses filled with feathers. Steel coils, which now support most of the mattress, not patented for this purpose until 1865.

The mattress has enjoyed a lot of progress in recent decades, including the emergence of air mattresses, foam mattresses, and mattress "memory foam". Increasingly, the mattresses are built of modern materials such as latex foam and polyurethane foam. Moreover, those consumers who seek affordability and convenience of choosing a mattress and a futon mattress to make sure they are well. And there has long been a fan of the bed nucleus of water that remains committed to a water bed mattress.