Editing Box-spring (section)

== Alternatives ==

Box-spring beds are especially popular in North America and Western Europe.

Alternatively, in Japan, [[futon]] mattresses are usually placed on a bedframe or the floor without using springs.

In Europe, wooden frames with a middle section consisting of springs held in place by wire (to be put into the wooden bedframe as a unit) used to be the standard for most of the 20th century. The springs have mostly been replaced by pre-bent wooden slats (usually [[glued laminated timber]] made from [[beech]] or [[birch]]), which are joined to the outer wooden frame by some form of flexible rubber [[bolt (fastener)|bolt]], shoe or socket. This lath floor provides suspension, allows the mattress to ventilate, and can be designed to be vertically adjustable to elevate the legs or the torso. A more straightforward approach is to join straight [[lath]]s with a textile strap to be rolled up for transport and placed right into the bedframe.