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Intelli-Gel, CrossGel, FlexGel, Galastic, Intelli-Bed, MyComfort, GelTec
Sep 11, 2007 11:13 PM
haysdb
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Location: USA
Joined: Aug 30, 2007
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All of these companies and brands are interrelated. The differences are more like two varieties of red or green apples rather than apples to oranges.

This is a composite of the following threads from the old forum. It might feel kind of jumbled, but we don't need two threads on Intelli-Gel.

Has anyone ever tried an Intelli-bed?

Intelli-Gel toppers


First, lets introduce the players:

Intelli-Bed and MyComfort are separate and distinct companies. Each sells a product they call Intelli-Gel, but they are not exactly the same. Both are manufactured under license from the same company (EdiZone) and they are more similar than they are different, but they are different products, manufactured by different companies. I will talk a lot more about these companies in subsequent posts.

GelTechnology is the company which manufactures the Intelli-Gel for Intelli-Bed. Their trade-names for the honeycomb material is CrossGel, and the gel-like rubber that it's made from, FlexGel. GelTec does not manufacture mattresses, but they do sell a CrossGel topper they call the GelBed Topper.

EdiZONE is "a developer of products and technology. Its business model is to conceive and patent unique and valuable technologies and product designs, develop them into prototype products, and then license them to a leader in the applicable marketplace." They invented Gelastic and Intelli-Gel and license these products to Intelli-Bed and MyComfort.

Not coincidentally, all four of these companies are based in Utah.

Intelli-Gel is protected by U.S. Patent 6,026,527 (and 5,749,111)  Gelatinous cushions with buckling columns.
Gelastic is covered by patent 5,994,450   Gelatinous elastomer and methods of making and using the same and articles made therefrom.
Granted, I am a geek, but I found the 527 patent to be quite interesting and insightful.


Disclosure: I have an Intelli-Gel topper on order from MyComfort. I'm trying to keep my posts here informational and not a sales pitch, but anyone with any vested interest in a product cannot be totally objective about it. Just keep that in the back of your mind as you read my posts. I'm an Intelli-Gel fan boy. At least until I get the topper and actually sleep on it.
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