NEWARK, DELA.—W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., the inventor of GORE-TEX fabric, has developed a premium mattress cover to meet the demanding needs of the hospitality industry. Using its patented barrier technology, Gore has developed a mattress cover that provides “invisible” protection for hotel mattresses. Because of its soft, quiet performance and moisture vapor breathability, the GORE Mattress Cover delivers absolute protection against liquids and environmental contaminants, while keeping guests from feeling too hot or cold.
“Only Gore can produce a mattress cover that embodies 25 years of research in barrier technologies that provides comfort, durability and liquid protection,” says Dave Pacanowsky, Gore project leader. “Gore products have been proven in some of the world’s most demanding environments.”
Currently being used in properties ranging from world-class luxury resorts, such as The Greenbrier in West Virginia, to bed and breakfast inns like The Inn at the Canal in Maryland, the GORE Mattress Cover is earning enthusiastic reviews. Hotel managers welcome the asset protection, value and positive impact on guest comfort and satisfaction. The housekeeping staff appreciates the time and labor savings—the covers are easy to put on and take off of the beds, don’t require special laundering, and dry in a single cycle. They have also found incident response to be quicker.
Membrane Forms Barrier
The secret of the GORE Mattress Cover is the proprietary membrane used in the construction of the high-strength fabric. This membrane is bonded between two layers of fabric in a specially engineered process to form a liquid-proof, moisture vapor breathable barrier. Because of the special attributes of this membrane, the GORE Mattress Cover delivers a unique combination of performance characteristics:
• Outstanding protection from a wide variety of liquids, even after repeated laundry cycles and under pressures far exceeding anticipated usage requirements.
• Improved comfort for guests through a quiet, soft sleep-surface that is highly moisture vapor breathable.
• Easier care because of its stain-resistance and its ability to be laundered in normal industrial washers.
• Longer product life, maintaining its outstanding performance for five years or 75 standard wash cycles.
• Environmental friendliness because it conserves water and energy by using only a single wash/dry cycle.
“The hospitality industry is extremely competitive on a global scale,” Pacanowsky says. “Because of the protection provided by GORE Mattress Covers, hotel managers can actually save money, seeing a return on the investment in less than a year—and all of this while providing a comfortable, quiet night’s rest for their guests.”
GORE Mattress Covers are available through Linder, Inc., the exclusive North American licensee and worldwide distributor. Go to www.linderbedpro.com.
