Article: UK companies develop spacer fabric for cot mattresses for infants.(Interior textiles)

Three UK-based companies have combined their resources and expertise to develop a novel space fabric specifically for a composite mattress construction, particularly for children's cots.

Mothercare (UK) Ltd, John Heathcoat & Co Ltd and Relyon Ltd say their spacer fabric is flexible and has an upper surface layer that is permeable to liquid and breathable; a spacer layer that dissipates heat and liquid; and a lower surface that is dimensionally stable.

In International Patent Application WO 2006/100434, they reveal that the upper surface is a knitted mesh comprising sinusoidal mesh strands extending in parallel across the upper face of the fabric. These ...

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