Finally! An answer to one of the great cuddling mysteries - where can the extra arm go without cutting off circulation? I know it's not as lofty as, say, curing cancer or making fuel out of Big Mac wrappers, but it's enough to know we are going in the right direction. Good show!
Sleeping entwined with another is a novel concept, but there's always the problem of that extra arm. Where does one put it? Mehdi Mojtabvi's Love Mattress offers a simple solution for the chronic limp arm that often results from sleeping while wrapped in a prolonged embrace.
Mojtabvi has studied the embracing styles of couples while in bed and has confirmed what we all know -- that having your arm flattened under your partner's body for prolonged periods of cuddling isn't exactly comfortable. What's more, it may even prove detrimental to your health! Technically speaking, it puts abnormal pressure on the muscles, blood vessels and nerves, and over time can result in a condition termed "radial neuropathy," whose symptoms include weakness in wrist dorsiflexion and finger extension
Finally, an answer to this age-old predicament has arrived! Winner of the red dot design concept award in 2007, the idea of the Love Mattress is simple: A solid unit makes up the middle portion of the bed, with several adjoining strips of foam connected at either end. Between these slats one can drop their shoulder or arm, allowing for a much more comfortable sleeping position while remaining all snuggled up.
Check out the rest of the article here. (inventorspot.com via jezebel.com)
If this is any indication of what 2008 is going to look like. I am so in!
xoxo
1 comment:
i'm thinking this bed could store a truck load of toys too! forget cuddling...
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