
And even though Charlie Hall had patented his design, this didn't stop other producers from making knockoffs, which were often much less sophisticated. Afloat’s new, e-commerce-optimized website describes a bed that totally supports and conforms to the shape of your body. Any time you roll over in a waterbed, it sends waves through the mattress to the other side, which could wake up your sleeping partner or you when the waves come back your way. Narrator: Others didn't like the waves generated by moving around in bed.

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Hugh Hefner had one, according to a 1971 article from Time magazine, king-size, covered with Tasmanian opossum. Hall and his original business partner, Michael Geraghty, have recently introduced a new version of the waterbed, dubbed Afloat. So a lot of people thought the undulating mattress was pretty groovy. In the late '60s and early '70s, San Francisco was the heart of the counterculture movement.
