Mat for supporting a person in an upright position and process for obtaining a resilient article having a static module which is stable over a long period

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Mat for supporting a person in an upright position comprising a number of adjacent interconnected liquid-filled compartments which, compartments are dome-shaped on at least one side of the mat and wherein the dome-formed compartment walls mainly consists of an elastomer material the mat having been subjected to such a heat treatment under stress that the static tensile stress in the compartment walls resulting from the elongation generated by the liquid filling is substantially lower than the tensile stress caused by a corresponding dynamic elongation of the compartment walls and the pressure within the compartments being above 0.5 bar. A process of heating a resilient article comprising a …