- published: 17 Jul 2015
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A waterbed, water mattress, or flotation mattress is a bed or mattress filled with water. Waterbeds intended for medical therapies appear in various reports through the 19th century. The modern version, invented in San Francisco and patented in 1971, became an extremely popular consumer item in the United States through the 1970s.
Waterbeds primarily consist of two types, hard-sided beds and soft-sided beds.
A hard-sided waterbed consists of a water-containing mattress inside a rectangular frame of wood resting on a plywood deck that sits on a platform.
A soft-sided waterbed consists of a water-containing mattress inside of a rectangular frame of sturdy foam, zippered inside a fabric casing, which sits on a platform. It looks like a conventional bed and is designed to fit existing bedroom furniture. The platform usually looks like a conventional foundation or box spring, and sits atop a reinforced metal frame.
Early waterbed mattresses, and many inexpensive modern mattresses, have a single water chamber. When the water mass in these "free flow" mattresses is disturbed, significant wave action can be felt, and they need time to stabilize after a disturbance. Later types employed wave-reducing methods, including fiber batting and interconnected water chambers. More expensive "waveless" modern waterbeds have a mixture of air and water chambers, usually interconnected.
Dim, dim the lights, it’ll be alright
Let me hold you tight tonight
The night is yours and mine
So, baby, take your time
You know you look so fine tonight, tonight
And every time we kiss like this
Don’t you know you drive me crazy, baby
And every time you say you love me again
Well, my heart, my heart, my heart stops beating
Dim, dim the lights, it’ll be alright
I wanna hold you tight tonight
And every time we kiss like this
Don’t you know you drive me crazy, baby
And every time you say you love me again
Well, my heart, my heart, my heart stops beating
Dim, dim the lights, it’ll be alright
I wanna hold you tight tonight
Why don’t you dim, dim the lights
Why don’t you dim, dim the lights
It’ll be alright