One-third of new mattresses sold in America are memory foam,
a testament to this recent technology’s success in keeping all kinds of
sleepers comfortable. Read on to learn more about the outstanding advances in
memory foam mattress technology, making sure you get your 7-9 hours of sleep
every night.
Memory Foam: A Space
Age Invention
Memory foam mattresses got started in the top-secret
laboratories of America’s historic space missions in the 1960s. As Americans
raced Russians to the moon, scientists at NASA were trying to come up with
cushioning for the space capsules’ seating so that, perched atop a Saturn
rocket at liftoff from Cape Canaveral, the strapped-in, suited-up astronauts
would feel less of the tremendous pressure of massive g forces pushing on them
because of the rocket’s sudden high speed. G forces are several times the force
of gravity! This new foam had to be much stronger than natural fiber, plus it
had to absorb body heat.
Memory Foam Mattresses Go On the Market
The U.S. government sold the foam technology it invented to
the private sector in the 1980s. Private companies realized the foam needed
some development but would make an awesome mattress giving the body equal
support through perfect contouring. Thus, after several more years being
tweaking in civilian labs, memory foam mattresses debuted in Sweden in 1991 and
in the United States the following year.
Fantastic Progress Makes Memory Foam Mattresses a Hit
Customer feedback on the new mattress technology has created
still more improvements in the lab and now the market. Innovations include firm
latex cores so that a new memory foam mattress has exactly the right amount of
“give” to completely take over your body’s support from your muscles, giving
them a much deserved rest that also frees your mind to literally dream.
Scientific improvement to memory foam at the cellular level means new
mattresses “breathe,” giving you the temperature-controlled experience the
astronauts wanted. Better still, memory foam mattress manufacturers have
altered the mattresses’ chemical composition so today’s polyurethane mattresses
are even more comfortable, drawing excess heat away from you.
You can find all the memory foam and hybrid mattresses you
need, including those with patented pocket coil technology, at Jerusalem
Furniture’s four Philadelphia area mattress stores including in Pennsauken, NJ.