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down. Early Arabs traveled with<br />
their bedding and threw it down on<br />
the ground or floor at night.<br />
Memory: The ability of tempered<br />
steel, foam or some fabrics to<br />
return to their original state after<br />
being compressed or stretched.<br />
Mesh: Plastic netting generally<br />
stretched across the face of an<br />
innerspring unit as an insulator.<br />
Microcoils: A low-profile metal<br />
spring unit, typically with individually<br />
wrapped coils, used in the top<br />
comfort layers of a mattress.<br />
Molded foam core (for mattresses):<br />
A core made of flexible foam<br />
is made in molds and used as the<br />
main support system in a foam<br />
mattress.<br />
Mounting: Attachment of a box<br />
spring unit to a wood or metal<br />
frame.<br />
Needlepunched fabric: A manufacturing<br />
process for which high<br />
strength, lightweight, non-woven<br />
construction fabrics are produced.<br />
These fabrics are produced by<br />
garnetting fibers, entangling or<br />
inner-locking these fibers together<br />
by a series of needles and then<br />
mechanically bonding or fusing<br />
them together via heat to produce<br />
a fabric without glue or binders.<br />
Needlepunched pad: A manufacturing<br />
process used to produce<br />
insulator pads and non-woven<br />
fabrics whereby loose, garnetted<br />
fibers are inner-locked by a series<br />
of “needles.” This process usually<br />
requires additional bonding to<br />
keep the fibers in place.<br />
Offset coils: An hourglass type coil<br />
on which portions of the top and<br />
bottom convolutions have been<br />
flattened. In assembling the innerspring<br />
unit, these flat segments<br />
of wire are hinged together with<br />
helicals.<br />
Orthopedic: Generalized term to<br />
imply set gives proper postural<br />
alignment and support. Should not<br />
necessarily mean hard or board<br />
feeling. Proper support with a<br />
degree of comfort to contour to the<br />
body is best.<br />
Panel: The part of the ticking that<br />
constitutes the top sleep surface of<br />
a mattress, as well as the bottom<br />
of a mattress on a two-sided bed.<br />
Pedestal-type metal or wood bed<br />
frame: A low-profile bed frame<br />
with a solid pedestal base underneath<br />
each side of the frame,<br />
instead of legs.<br />
Pillow-top mattress: A mattress<br />
featuring a surface finishing treatment<br />
where a separate encasement<br />
of soft materials is attached<br />
to the entire surface on top of<br />
existing cover and upholstery.<br />
Plus 4 edge: Two border rods<br />
engineered with one inside of the<br />
other and designed so that they<br />
make the edge 4% firmer than<br />
the balance of the sleep surface<br />
to eliminate that “roll out of bed”<br />
feeling and edge sag.