Design of Mattress Support Frame


Project Overview:
Develop a queen-sized mattress support frame fabricated from plastic

Customer:
Foamex International Inc.

Services Performed:
Provided design and analysis of the plastic mattress frame.

Structural Analysis:

  • Generated system level finite element model
  • Performed quasi-static analysis for various load cases
  • Performed buckling analysis

Engineering Design:

  • Created the design model including component parts and fasteners
  • Generated several different configurations of the mattress support frame design
  • Generated assembly and component part drawings
  • Developed the bill-of-material designating all components and hardware