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Simba Sleep Limited (also known as Simba) is a British online mattress group that was founded in 2015. It manufactures and sells mattresses, bedding and other sleep products in several countries, including the UK, Canada and China. [1] Simba's retail partnerships include John Lewis and Argos in the UK [2] and Sleep Country stores in Canada. [3]
[5] The shikibuton is usually 2–3 inches (5–8 cm) thick, [11] and rarely as much as 6 inches (15 cm) thick; they need to dry well, or they will become heavy and mouldy. [5] A shikibuton is thus about as thick as a Western mattress topper. [12] If more thickness is needed, shikibuton s are layered. [5]
Waterbeds intended for medical therapies appear in various reports through the 19th century. The modern version, invented in San Francisco and patented in 1971, became a popular consumer item in the United States through the 1980s with up to 20% of the market in 1986 [1] and 22% in 1987. [2] [3] By 2013, they accounted for less than 5% of new ...
[4] [5] It was founded as Clarke's Mattresses Limited in Skipton with the gratuity paid to Tom after he was demobbed from the Royal Navy. [6] The name was changed to Silentnight Limited in 1951 at the suggestion of Tom's wife, Joan. Clarke later said that the name change was a brainwave that brought millions into the company.
Mattress Barn was a chain of mattress stores located only in Florida. On August 29, 2014, it was announced that Mattress Firm would acquire all of the remaining Mattress Barn locations. [ 34 ] In September 2016, all of the remaining stores converted into Mattress Firm.
A mattress topper on a boxspring mattress. A mattress pad, mattress topper, or underpad is designed to lie atop a mattress.Made from a variety of materials including wool, cotton, memory foam, feather and latex, [1] its function is to provide an extra layer of comfort, especially when the existing mattress is worn or uncomfortable.
A tick mattress, bed tick or tick is a large bag made of strong, stiff, tightly-woven material [1] . This is then filled to make a mattress , with material such as straw, chaff , horsehair , coarse wool or down feathers , [ 2 ] : 674–5 vol1 and less commonly, leaves, grass, reeds, bracken, or seaweed. [ 3 ]
Magic Forest: The Anthology is a compilation album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released on 13 June 2006 by Sanctuary Records and Castle Communications.It includes both of their albums plus bonus tracks.