| The evolution of the mattress started thousands of | | | | foam mattress is a product of the space age. |
| years ago. One thing to note is around 3000 B.C., | | | | It's hard to believe that memory foam was never |
| cavemen were smarter than the stereotypical Geico | | | | used, but it was originally intended to be padding for |
| commercials we see today. Back then they would lay | | | | astronauts in the space shuttle. We aren't sure why, |
| stones on the ground and cover them with animal | | | | but they decided to scrap the idea all together and |
| skin to use as a bed. However, we want to start the | | | | memory foam was a thing of the past. Several years |
| evolution around the 1800s when mattresses were | | | | later though the formula was still unstable, but |
| nothing more than sheets packed with feathers. | | | | released to the public. During this time companies |
| It was a great innovation during that time, but it | | | | learned how to harness its abilities and offer it to the |
| definitely wasn't the greatest idea either. In the | | | | general public. |
| beginning there were newspaper articles written | | | | The advantage of memory foam is that it can |
| about how individuals spent all day filling mattresses | | | | conform to the shape of a person's body and will |
| with feathers. The problems that came with this idea | | | | shift depending on where the person moves to on |
| is that the support wasn't anywhere to be found. | | | | the mattress. This is intended to relieve pressure |
| They would get ruined easily and there were many | | | | points and allow an individual to have a great night's |
| times when the feathers would poke through the | | | | sleep. It works. Also, be sure not to miss the various |
| sheets while you were sleeping and disrupt the | | | | King Sheet Sets. |
| evening. | | | | Once this became a reality there were companies |
| Society dealt with this for quite awhile, but eventually | | | | who continued to refine the mattress and provide |
| the spring mattress was born. In the beginning there | | | | more features. Things such as solid mattresses have |
| were only 3 or 4 companies that released them, but | | | | become popular for several years, but there have |
| they were so popular that feather mattresses were | | | | also been various other choices like water beds. We |
| soon a thing of the past. When the box spring was | | | | all know that the bed has gone through a lot of |
| invented they were able to provide you with even | | | | changes over the years, and while some of them |
| more support. Eventually this was the standard in the | | | | were beneficial, others were a waste of time. In the |
| industry and lasted for several years, until something | | | | end it's all about feeling comfortable and when it |
| new surfaced. | | | | comes to mattresses this isn't the easiest thing to |
| The space program changed the world in ways that | | | | do. We bet if you do a little research you can find |
| we cannot yet realize. There were a number of | | | | one that fits your needs and desires perfectly. This |
| materials that came from the experimentation of | | | | way you won't wake up with back pain, headaches, |
| that era, one of them being Velcro. What many | | | | or other issues that come with a bad sleeping |
| people do not realize however, is that the memory | | | | environment. |