Reinforced fibrous porous cushioning material

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE RESILIENT SPACIOUSLY INTERSTCED CUSHIONING SLAB COMPRESSIBLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS WITH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL EASE EMBOAYING IN A MAJOR PORTION OF ITS THICKNESS A COMPRESSIBLE AND STRETCHABLE BAT COMPRISING A STEREORETICULATE OPEN ASSEMBLAGE OF MUTALLY ENTANGLED RESILIENT FIBERS EACH HAVING A THIN ALL-OVER COATING OF A VULCANIZED DISPERSION OF RUBBER BONDING SAID FIBERS TOGETHER ONLY AT SPOTS OF MUTUAL CONTACT OF CLOSE PROXIMITY, SAID COATING BEING SUFFCIENTLY SPARSE TO LEAVE VACANT BETWEEN SAID BONDED TOGETHER FIBERS SPACIOUS COMMUMICATING INTERSTICES, A MINOR PORTIONS OF THE THICKNESS OF SAID SLAB AT A FACE OF SAID BAT COMPRISING AN OPEN STRATUM OF LATERALLY SPACED APART FLEXIBLE REINFORCING STRANDS EACH CONTINUOUS IN LENGTH AND LYING ALONG AND AGAINST SAID FACE AND COVERED SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OVER THEIR EXPOSED SURFACES AND ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID STRATUM BY A CONTINUOUS COATING OF A VULCANIZED DISPERSION OF RUBBER SUFFI-