Who Invented the Bed Mattress? A Brief History and Innovations Explained
The first real mattress appeared about 77,000 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This mattress used layers of plants, leaves, and grasses. Modern mattresses have changed greatly. Key inventors include Heinrich Westphal, who improved them in 1871, and John Boyd Dunlop, who innovated further in 1928. In the Middle Ages, mattresses were typically filled with … Read more