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WO1987004614A1
WO1987004614A1 PCT/SE1987/000062 SE8700062W WO8704614A1 WO 1987004614 A1 WO1987004614 A1 WO 1987004614A1 SE 8700062 W SE8700062 W SE 8700062W WO 8704614 A1 WO8704614 A1 WO 8704614A1
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Gerth Öhman
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Oehman Gerth
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Priority to DE8787901165T priority Critical patent/DE3771714D1/en
Priority to AT87901165T priority patent/ATE65384T1/en
Publication of WO1987004614A1 publication Critical patent/WO1987004614A1/en
Priority to DK522087A priority patent/DK166477B1/en
Priority to NO874228A priority patent/NO177373C/en
Priority to FI883712A priority patent/FI85104C/en

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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/14Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays
    • A47C27/15Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays consisting of two or more layers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/001Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with several cushions, mattresses or the like, to be put together in one cover
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/14Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/01Sheets specially adapted for use as or with stretchers

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  • Conventional mattresses of the type especially used for open-air and military purposes quite simply consist of an elongate rectangular sheet of a porous or foamed material having a thickness of about 5-10 mm and being elastic in character so as to allow rolling up the mattress into a cylindrical, compact roll which can be conveniently stored and carried e.g. on a ruck ⁇ sack.
  • the porous structure of such groundsheets provides an adequate heat-insulating effect despite the relative thinness of the sheet.
  • a serious drawback of the known mattresses is, however, that they conform too easily to the shape of the ground on which they are spread, which means that, for example, pebbles or irregularities penetrate into the mattress and form annoying bulges in the upper side of the mattress.
  • the known mattresses further offer comparatively poor resistance to point pressure; this means that e.g. the branches of a brush mat may easily penetrate through the sheet and damage it.
  • Another draw ⁇ back is that the known mattresses have low tensile strength, which makes them unsuited for carrying and transporting purposes.
  • the present invention aims at eliminating the above mentioned disadvantages of previously known mattresses by providing a versatile groundsheet which can be easily manufactured at a low cost.
  • the sheet comprises not only a porous, heat-insulating first layer of poly ⁇ meric material, preferably polyethylene, but also a second layer which also consists of polymeric material, such as polyethylene, but which is non-porous and, thus dense and resistant, said second layer being intimately associated with said first layer so as to form a single integrated sheet unit, and the bottom face of the tight second layer being smooth and having a lower friction coeffecient or sliding resistance than the top face of the porous first layer.
  • the sheet unit Owing to the density of the second layer, the sheet unit obtains, in its entirety, a tensile strength which exceeds by far the tensile strength of the porous layer alone as well as a significantly increased stiffness and resistance to point pressure as compared with the porous layer alone.
  • This increased stiffness - which does not curtail tne possibility of rolling up the sheet into a conveniently transportable roll - means that the sheet can be spread also on uneven ground without objects, such as sharp pebbles or twigs, forming pro ⁇ nounced bulges or tearing holes in the sheet unit.
  • the dense and strong bottom layer of the sheet unit thus distributes any point pressure that may arise, such that e.g.
  • the sheet unit may advantageously be used for carrying and transporting purposes.
  • the inventive sheet may in a preferred embodiment be provided with a suitable number of holes adjacent the edges of the long sides of the sheet, the holes either themselves forming or defining handles to be gripped by the user's hand or used for insertion of poles or other elongate objects which together with the sheet unit form a stretcher.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a groundsheet according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the sheet
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an alternative embodiment of the sheet
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the sheet used as a stretcher
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective partial view illustrating how a hole in the sheet is used to form a handle.
  • Fig. 1 shows a groundsheet generally designated 1, having an elongate rectangular form with rounded corners.
  • the sheet may have a length of about 2 metres and a width of 0.55-0.65 metre.
  • the sheet 1 is made up of two layers 2, 3, viz. a first porous, thermally insulating layer 2 of polymeric material, preferably polyethylene, and a second layer 3 of the same polymeric material, e.g. polyethylene, which is however non-porous and, thus, dense and highly resistant, and which forms the bottom part of the sheet.
  • the two layers 2, 3 are intimately interconnected so as to form a single integrated sheet unit, the bottom side of the dense layer 3 being even and smooth, while the top side of the porous first layer 2 has an uneven or rough surface structure.
  • the material of the bottom layer 3 preferably has a density which is 10-30, preferably about 20 times higher than that of the material of the porous top layer 2.
  • the layer 3 may thus have a density of
  • the material of the two layers may preferably be low-density polyethylene, the porosity of the polyethylene of the top layer 2 being obtained by foaming.
  • the two layers may either be manufactured separately and be joined in a final manufacturing step, e.g. by heat treatment, or be manufactured from a single web of material which is subjected to foaming on one side, while the other side is allowed to retain its dense character. In both cases, a product is obtained whose two layers form an integrated unit in which every tendency of separation between the layers is precluded.
  • the thickness of the bottom layer 3 may be 0.5-2.0 mm, preferably about 1 m, while the thickness of the top layer 2 may be 2-15, preferably about 5 times the thickness of the bottom layer.
  • the total thickness of the sheet unit is about 6 mm, and although the bottom layer 3, because of its dense structure, is considerably stiffer than the porous top layer 2, the sheet unit in its entirety is still so elastic that it may be readily rolled up into a convenient ⁇ ly portable cylindrical roll.
  • the sheet unit may advantageously be pulled on the ground, e.g. when covered with snow, while the rough surface of the upper side of the top layer 2 will assist in preventing e.g. a person lying on the sheet, from sliding off.
  • the rough surface further allows the access of air between the upper side of the sheet and a person lying thereon, such that, for example, the person's skin will not tend to adhere to the sheet surface, as is the case with even and smooth surfaces.
  • the sheet 1 is provided adjacent the edges of its long sides with a suitable number of holes 4 serving to provide handles for carrying the sheet.
  • Providing groundsheets with holes to form gripping means is per se previously known from US patent specification 4,067,079.
  • the holes are however so small that they are suited for gripping only by a few fingers.
  • Characteristic of the holes 4 formed in the inventive sheet unit is that they have the shape of arcuate gaps or slots defining a tongue 5 which can be bent by a hand into a cylindrical or part-cylindrical form. This is illustrated in greater detail in Fig.
  • the portions of material 5, 6 form a roll-shaped handle portion which allows the user to have a firm hold without the com ⁇ paratively thin layers of material cutting into his fingers.
  • the possibility of obtaining a firm and ergonomically optimal hold by means of the four gripping holes or slots disposed in the four corners of the sheet 1 is further promoted by the fact that the slots are arranged obliquely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the sheet.
  • an imaginary straight line interconnecting the two opposite ends of the slots passes obliquely at an angle of 10-30°, preferably about 20°, in relation to the adjacent longi ⁇ tudinal side edge of the sheet.
  • the handle- forming holes or recesses 4 may be spaced 80-140 mm from the adjacent edge of the sheet.
  • the sheet unit has three handle-forming holes 4 along each long side, meaning that four people in all can carry the sheet unit when used as a stretcher, viz. one at each short side and one at each long side of the sheet unit.
  • the holes or slots 4 can be punched in the sheet unit which also itself can be formed by punching, viz. from a web of material supplied in the form of a roll.
  • Fig. 3 shows an alternative embodiment having four handle-forming holes or slots along each long side.
  • the holes merely consist of slits 4' ex ⁇ tending arcuately between two spaced-apart punched holes 4' ' having a comparatively small diameter.
  • the total covering surface area of the sheet unit is increased, so as to counteract the penetration of moisture up through the handle holes without lessening the possibility of forming a handle by the hand, when so required. 6
  • Fig. 4 illustrating how two poles or other elongate carrying members 7, 7' can be passed through the handle holes so as to form a stretcher which can be readily carried by two persons.
  • the inventive sheet unit may preferably be used by soldiers and be included, when in the rolled-up state, in the soldier's normal kit, and be used routinely as a mattress or, on extraordinary occasions, as a stretcher.
  • the inventive groundsheet may, of course, also be used in fields other than the military one and other than as a mattress. Thus, it may be used, either in original size or as a smaller unit, for moving a bed- confined patient from one place to another, or for changing the patient's position.
  • the sheet can be used as a seat for sliding over snowy ground, i.e. on slopes.
  • the two different layers of the sheet from one and the same polymeric material, such as polyethylene, it is per S e conceivable to make them of different polymeric materials, e.g. polyethylene and polypropylene. It is even conceivable to make up the sheet of more than two layers of the type described. It should also be observed that a higher friction coeffecient or sliding resistance of the upper side of the top layer as compared with the bottom side of the bottom layer can be achieved other than by making the upper side pronouncedly rough. Thus, it will in itself offer a high sliding resistance even if the surface of the layer is relatively even or smooth.

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Abstract

A preferably rectangular groundsheet is made of elastic material which allows rolling up the sheet into an easily portable roll. The sheet comprises not only a porous heat-insulating first layer (2) of polymeric material, but also a second layer (3) which is also made of polymeric material, but which is non-porous and, thus, dense and resistant, the second layer (3) being intimately associated with the first layer (2) so as to form a single integrated sheet unit, the bottom face of the dense second layer (3) being smooth and having a lower friction coefficient or sliding resistance than the top face of the porous first layer (2).

Description

GROUNDSHEET
Background of the invention
Conventional mattresses of the type especially used for open-air and military purposes quite simply consist of an elongate rectangular sheet of a porous or foamed material having a thickness of about 5-10 mm and being elastic in character so as to allow rolling up the mattress into a cylindrical, compact roll which can be conveniently stored and carried e.g. on a ruck¬ sack. The porous structure of such groundsheets provides an adequate heat-insulating effect despite the relative thinness of the sheet. A serious drawback of the known mattresses is, however, that they conform too easily to the shape of the ground on which they are spread, which means that, for example, pebbles or irregularities penetrate into the mattress and form annoying bulges in the upper side of the mattress. Because of their porous structure, the known mattresses further offer comparatively poor resistance to point pressure; this means that e.g. the branches of a brush mat may easily penetrate through the sheet and damage it. Another draw¬ back is that the known mattresses have low tensile strength, which makes them unsuited for carrying and transporting purposes. Brief description of the inventive idea The present invention aims at eliminating the above mentioned disadvantages of previously known mattresses by providing a versatile groundsheet which can be easily manufactured at a low cost. According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the sheet comprises not only a porous, heat-insulating first layer of poly¬ meric material, preferably polyethylene, but also a second layer which also consists of polymeric material, such as polyethylene, but which is non-porous and, thus dense and resistant, said second layer being intimately associated with said first layer so as to form a single integrated sheet unit, and the bottom face of the tight second layer being smooth and having a lower friction coeffecient or sliding resistance than the top face of the porous first layer.
Owing to the density of the second layer, the sheet unit obtains, in its entirety, a tensile strength which exceeds by far the tensile strength of the porous layer alone as well as a significantly increased stiffness and resistance to point pressure as compared with the porous layer alone. This increased stiffness - which does not curtail tne possibility of rolling up the sheet into a conveniently transportable roll - means that the sheet can be spread also on uneven ground without objects, such as sharp pebbles or twigs, forming pro¬ nounced bulges or tearing holes in the sheet unit. The dense and strong bottom layer of the sheet unit thus distributes any point pressure that may arise, such that e.g. a pebble will show merely as a gently rounded bulge in the porous upper layer. In actual practice, by the increased tensile strength the sheet unit may advantageously be used for carrying and transporting purposes. Thus, the inventive sheet may in a preferred embodiment be provided with a suitable number of holes adjacent the edges of the long sides of the sheet, the holes either themselves forming or defining handles to be gripped by the user's hand or used for insertion of poles or other elongate objects which together with the sheet unit form a stretcher. Brief description of the accompanying drawings
In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a groundsheet according to the invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the sheet, Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an alternative embodiment of the sheet, Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the sheet used as a stretcher, and Fig. 5 is a perspective partial view illustrating how a hole in the sheet is used to form a handle.
Detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention
Fig. 1 shows a groundsheet generally designated 1, having an elongate rectangular form with rounded corners. In practice, the sheet may have a length of about 2 metres and a width of 0.55-0.65 metre. As appears from Fig. 2, the sheet 1 is made up of two layers 2, 3, viz. a first porous, thermally insulating layer 2 of polymeric material, preferably polyethylene, and a second layer 3 of the same polymeric material, e.g. polyethylene, which is however non-porous and, thus, dense and highly resistant, and which forms the bottom part of the sheet. The two layers 2, 3 are intimately interconnected so as to form a single integrated sheet unit, the bottom side of the dense layer 3 being even and smooth, while the top side of the porous first layer 2 has an uneven or rough surface structure. According to the invention, the material of the bottom layer 3 preferably has a density which is 10-30, preferably about 20 times higher than that of the material of the porous top layer 2.
In practice, the layer 3 may thus have a density of
3 0.9-1.0 kg/dm , while the porous top layer 2 has a density of about 0.05 kg/dm . The material of the two layers may preferably be low-density polyethylene, the porosity of the polyethylene of the top layer 2 being obtained by foaming. The two layers may either be manufactured separately and be joined in a final manufacturing step, e.g. by heat treatment, or be manufactured from a single web of material which is subjected to foaming on one side, while the other side is allowed to retain its dense character. In both cases, a product is obtained whose two layers form an integrated unit in which every tendency of separation between the layers is precluded. Since the layers are made of one and the same polymeric material, the molecular chains in the bonding zone be¬ tween the layers will in fact be intermixad and hook onto each other so as to provide an extremely strong linkage between the layers, which is practically in¬ separable. The thickness of the bottom layer 3 may be 0.5-2.0 mm, preferably about 1 m, while the thickness of the top layer 2 may be 2-15, preferably about 5 times the thickness of the bottom layer. In a preferred embodi¬ ment, the total thickness of the sheet unit is about 6 mm, and although the bottom layer 3, because of its dense structure, is considerably stiffer than the porous top layer 2, the sheet unit in its entirety is still so elastic that it may be readily rolled up into a convenient¬ ly portable cylindrical roll. Since the bottom side of the dense bottom layer 3 is even and smooth, the sheet unit may advantageously be pulled on the ground, e.g. when covered with snow, while the rough surface of the upper side of the top layer 2 will assist in preventing e.g. a person lying on the sheet, from sliding off. The rough surface further allows the access of air between the upper side of the sheet and a person lying thereon, such that, for example, the person's skin will not tend to adhere to the sheet surface, as is the case with even and smooth surfaces.
As appears from Fig. 1, the sheet 1 is provided adjacent the edges of its long sides with a suitable number of holes 4 serving to provide handles for carrying the sheet. Providing groundsheets with holes to form gripping means is per se previously known from US patent specification 4,067,079. In this prior art construction, the holes are however so small that they are suited for gripping only by a few fingers. Characteristic of the holes 4 formed in the inventive sheet unit is that they have the shape of arcuate gaps or slots defining a tongue 5 which can be bent by a hand into a cylindrical or part-cylindrical form. This is illustrated in greater detail in Fig. 5 showing how the tongue or flap 5, owing to the elasticity of the layers 2 , 3, can be readily bent by the fingers into a part-cylindrical or arched shape, at the same time as a curved shape is imparted to the portion of material 6 located between the tongue 5 and the edge of the sheet. In other words, the portions of material 5, 6 form a roll-shaped handle portion which allows the user to have a firm hold without the com¬ paratively thin layers of material cutting into his fingers. The possibility of obtaining a firm and ergonomically optimal hold by means of the four gripping holes or slots disposed in the four corners of the sheet 1 is further promoted by the fact that the slots are arranged obliquely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the sheet. More precisely, an imaginary straight line interconnecting the two opposite ends of the slots, passes obliquely at an angle of 10-30°, preferably about 20°, in relation to the adjacent longi¬ tudinal side edge of the sheet. In practice, the handle- forming holes or recesses 4 may be spaced 80-140 mm from the adjacent edge of the sheet.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the sheet unit has three handle-forming holes 4 along each long side, meaning that four people in all can carry the sheet unit when used as a stretcher, viz. one at each short side and one at each long side of the sheet unit. In practice, the holes or slots 4 can be punched in the sheet unit which also itself can be formed by punching, viz. from a web of material supplied in the form of a roll.
Fig. 3 shows an alternative embodiment having four handle-forming holes or slots along each long side. n this case, the holes merely consist of slits 4' ex¬ tending arcuately between two spaced-apart punched holes 4' ' having a comparatively small diameter. In this embodi¬ ment, the total covering surface area of the sheet unit is increased, so as to counteract the penetration of moisture up through the handle holes without lessening the possibility of forming a handle by the hand, when so required. 6 Reference is finally made to Fig. 4 illustrating how two poles or other elongate carrying members 7, 7' can be passed through the handle holes so as to form a stretcher which can be readily carried by two persons. Thus, the inventive sheet unit may preferably be used by soldiers and be included, when in the rolled-up state, in the soldier's normal kit, and be used routinely as a mattress or, on extraordinary occasions, as a stretcher. The inventive groundsheet may, of course, also be used in fields other than the military one and other than as a mattress. Thus, it may be used, either in original size or as a smaller unit, for moving a bed- confined patient from one place to another, or for changing the patient's position. Moreover, the sheet can be used as a seat for sliding over snowy ground, i.e. on slopes.
Although it is preferred to manufacture the two different layers of the sheet from one and the same polymeric material, such as polyethylene, it is per Se conceivable to make them of different polymeric materials, e.g. polyethylene and polypropylene. It is even conceivable to make up the sheet of more than two layers of the type described. It should also be observed that a higher friction coeffecient or sliding resistance of the upper side of the top layer as compared with the bottom side of the bottom layer can be achieved other than by making the upper side pronouncedly rough. Thus, it will in itself offer a high sliding resistance even if the surface of the layer is relatively even or smooth.

Claims

1. A groundsheet of elastic material which allows rolling up the sheet into a substantially cylindrical, easily portable roll, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that it comprises a porous, heat-insulating first layer (2) of polymeric material, preferably polyethylene, and a second layer (3) which also consists of polymeric material, e.g. polyethylene, but which is non-porous and, thus, dense and resistant, said second layer being intimately associated with said first layer so as to form a single integrated sheet unit, and the bottom face of said dense second layer (3) being smooth and having a lower friction coeffecient or sliding resistance than the top face of the porous first layer (2).
2. A groundsheet as claimed in claim 1, c h a - r a c t e r i s e d in that the material of said second layer (3) has a density which is 10-30, preferably about 20 times the density of the material of said first layer.
3. A groundsheet as claimed in claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that said second layer (3) has a thickness of 0.5-2.0, preferably 1 mm, and that said first layer has a thickness which is 2-10, preferably 5 times the thickness of said second layer.
4. A groundsheet as claimed in any one of the pre- ceeding claims, having holes provided adjacent the edges of the sheet for defining handles in the sheet material, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that each hole has the shape of an arcuate gap or slot (4, 4') defining a tongue (5) which can be bent by the hand of the user into a part-cylindrical or arched shape so as to form roll-shaped portions of the sheet material in the area between the hole and a sheet edge.
5. A groundsheet as claimed in claim 4, c h a r a c¬ t e r i s e d in that an imaginary line between the ends of said arcuate gap or slot extends obliquely relative to an adjacent edge of the sheet, preferably at an angle of 10-30 or about 20°.
6. A groundsheet as claimed in any one of the pre- ceeding claims, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that one and the same polymeric material, e.g. polyethylene, is used in the two layers (2, 3).
PCT/SE1987/000062 1986-02-10 1987-02-10 Groundsheet WO1987004614A1 (en)

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DE8787901165T DE3771714D1 (en) 1986-02-10 1987-02-10 FLOOR CARPET.
AT87901165T ATE65384T1 (en) 1986-02-10 1987-02-10 FLOOR CARPET.
DK522087A DK166477B1 (en) 1986-02-10 1987-10-05 SLEEPING PAD
NO874228A NO177373C (en) 1986-02-10 1987-10-09 Support plate
FI883712A FI85104C (en) 1986-02-10 1988-08-09 Surface Slice

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