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Heinrich Westphal
Heinrich Wastphal (18xx - 18xx) was a German inventor credited with the invention of the innerspring matress. As a product of the industrial revolution, the steel coil spring was initially used to provide suspension for seats in 1857. In 1871 Westphal introduced the concept to the manufacture of matresses as a more comfortable alternative to the straw, feather, cotton or hair matresses then common. Westphal made very little money from his invention as the idea was very slow to catch on, and it was not until the 1930's that the innerspring matress was finally introduced to the world at large.