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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398567 | Steelwire-hook mode web sheet A hook-ended steel wire netting includes a first cross rail having a row of first sockets on its outer portion in a line along an axial direction; a second cross rail having a row of second sockets on its outer portion in a line along an axial direction; one or more... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7334845 | Comfort surface for seating A seating unit includes a perimeter frame, a flexible seating surface supported by the frame, and parallel elongated resilient force-distributing members coupled to the seating surface to control a contour of the seating surface when supporting a seated user. The re... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7226130 | Seating with comfort surface A chair includes a base, a seat, a back, and a control operably supporting the seat and back on the base for movement between upright and recline positions. The seat and back include a stiff perimeter frame with opposing perimeter sections, and a plurality of rods e... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7089631 | Mounting hook and wire array apparatus and method A mounting hook for a wire array mountable on a seat frame has a first portion having a seating member running longitudinally along the first portion, a second portion having a channel running across the top of the hook and outboard of the hooking surface, and a hoo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7036864 | Vehicle seat for a motor vehicle Spring elements incorporated into a seat are held on the front side in elastic elements for insulation of the seat against vibration of the motor vehicle. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6406009 | Flexible support structure with composite material spring modules mounted directly on frame members and related assembly equipment and methods-microtek III Composite material spring modules have a fiber reinforced composite material spring body with attachment fittings integrally formed about the spring body. The attachment fittings are molded of a flexible material which dynamically responds to changes in t... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6113082 | Spring Disclosed is a spring formed from a synthetic resin into one body, including: a plurality of annular members arranged in such a manner as to be coaxial with each other and spaced in parallel to each other; and elastic linkage members for linking the annul... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6032307 | Collapsible bedding product A bedding product comprising a collapsible spring assembly, a pad covering the spring assembly and a fabric covering encasing the padded spring assembly. The spring assembly comprises a plurality of collapsible spring modules connected to a plurality of s... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5765240 | Spring bedding product collapsible in the transverse direction, and method of making it A bedding product comprising a collapsible spring assembly, a pad covering the spring assembly and a fabric covering encasing the padded spring assembly. The spring assembly comprises a plurality of collapsible spring modules connected to a plurality of s... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5720471 | Low profile composite material bedding foundation system and methods of manufacture A low profile composite material bedding foundation system and methods of manufacture and assembly uses spring modules made of molded composite materials and supported by inner frame members. The low-profile of the spring modules, and the composite materi... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5562274 | Formed wire mattress assembly A formed wire spring assembly having upper and lower spaced decks including a border wire and a plurality of deck wires arranged in a criss-cross fashion. The deck wires of the upper deck and lower decks are paired with one another and are connected by sp... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5431376 | Spring assembly for seating and bedding A spring includes upper and lower runs of wire interconnected by an intermediate run of wire, all of the runs being integrally formed from spring wire. The opposite ends of the upper and lower runs respectively include hooks and coils while the intermedia... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5364082 | Spring assembly for seating and bedding A spring includes upper and lower runs of wire interconnected by an intermediate run of wire, all of the runs being integrally formed from spring wire. The opposite ends of the upper and lower runs respectively include hooks and coils while the intermedia... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5269497 | Seat spring structure A seat spring unit for use in the seats of vehicles, chairs, sofas and the like. The unit utilizes flat spring steel members arranged in a generally parallel arrangement from the front to rear frame members of the seat. Each of the spring steel members is... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5165667 | Box spring assembly with crosswires having integral sinuous end springs A box spring assembly in which the mattress support deck is supported by crosswires having integral, planar, sinuous end springs to provide improved peripheral support. Intermediate support springs are interwoven on the crosswires thus eliminating the nee... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4973032 | Member for connecting the tensioning wires of a seat cushion, and seat cushion The member is intended to connect the zigzag tensioning wires mounted parallel to each other in a frame reinforcing a seat cushion. It comprises a flat bar (12) provided at regular intervals with gripping lugs (14) pressing against the bar a straight port... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4942636 | Spring bedding product A spring interior comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending bands of springs disposed side by side and connected together by helical lacing wires in the top and bottom faces of the bands. Each band of springs comprises a single length of wire for... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4854643 | Seat construction A self-contained and self-supporting wire suspension system is provided for use within a seat construction. The system includes either one bolster wire or a pair of parallel bolster wires, a set of parallel stringer wires wrapped around the bolster wire(s... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4819920 | Spring coil assembly A spring cushion structure with a plurality of hour-glass shaped spring coils arranged in columns and rows with adjacent springs within a row connected at the top and bottom by a helical wire extending between adjacent columns and with the marginal coils ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4815717 | Spring assembly for upholstered furniture A seat spring assembly for upholstered furniture incorporates an inverted torque arm adjacent the back rail of the furniture frame. The torque arm is formed upwardly out of the body of a sinuous spring band which descends from its crown closer to the fron... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4796872 | Bent wire spring module A bent wire spring module provided with spirally-formed attaching elements at its upper end for interengagement with the border wires of a grid frame.... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4715587 | Sinuous band and seat spring assembly A sinuous spring band assembly and a plurality of seat spring assemblies incorporating the sinuous spring band assembly. Each sinuous spring band assembly has a torsion bend complex at its front end and another torsion bend complex at its back end. The be... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4709906 | Furniture seat supports and spring assemblies A resilient furniture seat support is provided with spring assemblies formed of base springs which have upper springs mounted thereon. Each base spring is formed of a length of wire with forward and rear mounting portions which are connectible to the fron... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4684111 | Bent wire spring module A spring module for use in a spring assembly embodying a base frame and a grid frame comprising lower and upper attaching elements for connecting the module to the base frame and grid frame and a plurality of lower and upper symmetrically-disposed, legs y... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4657231 | Furniture spring assembly having frame support A furniture spring assembly (10,10',10") provides support for a torsion bar spring (16) between spaced frame members (12,14). An elongated support (44) of the spring assembly extends from a fishmouth torsion bar (22) at a frame mounted end (18) of the spr... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4597566 | Spring deck for upholstered seating A spring deck for upholstered seating consisting of a thin deck sheet, flexible transversely of its plane but inelastic in its plane, arranged generally horizontally over an open seat frame, and being connected at its front and rear edges to the frame, th... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4586700 | Modular seat spring assembly A furniture seat base which employs a series of front and/or back torsioned sinuous spring bands. Predetermined patterns of torsioned bands produce an interaction which generate spring dynamics designed to produce a seat unit which may be sat upon from th... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4510635 | Box spring assemblies A box spring assembly has an array of vertical springs attached to a horizontal foundation and supporting a deck or platform for receiving a bedding load, i.e. a mattress and its occupant(s). The assembly has a plurality of deck elements each formed from ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4475724 | Wire spring assembly for sofa sleeper mattresses A wire spring assembly adaptable for use in a mattress for a sleeper sofa or roll-away bed in which individual wire spring units are secured to each other and arranged in rows that extend transversely of the assembly. Each spring unit has a pair of end po... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4426070 | Coil spring assembly with grid and base frame A spring assembly comprising a base frame, a grid frame, coils connected at their lower ends and upper ends to the respective frames wherein the grid frame is provided with crossing longitudinal and transverse wires so positioned as to enable spacing the ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4371153 | Sinuous spring with depth control A prestressed sinuous spring for furniture springing in which the upwardly spanned are or contour is loaded and depressed to a modified depth and contour by incorporating and selectively positioning a reinforcing link with the prestressed sinuous spring t... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4364547 | Seat base assembly A family of improved seat base assemblies for furniture seats and automotive seats and the like. A cushion base means, which might comprise a plurality of sinuous spring bands, a wire mesh unit, or chord rubber webbing or the like, is mounted between the ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4338988 | Automatic tire chains An automatic tire chain for driver operated vehicles includes a chain device that is moved to the road contact surface of a tire from a position adjacent thereto by means of a spring mechanism placed under tension when the chain is held away from the road... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4247089 | Spring construction A seat spring assembly having sinuous spring bands wherein the outermost band adjacent a side rail is provided supplemental resilient resistance to deflection by a combination of a trust member and a key member. As a result, a uniform spacing can be maint... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4234173 | Structure for a motor vehicle seat A structure for a motor vehicle seat, particularly a rear fixed or overturnable seat, comprises a perimetrical frame made of a ring-like closed metal tube and a plurality of springing elements disposed between the front and rear portions of the perimetric... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4228991 | Seat spring assembly and spring unit A seat spring assembly comprising the combination of a sinuous spring band connected between the front and back rails of a furniture seat frame and a rectangular loop, zig-zag wire spring unit rigidly secured to the top of the spring band. A substantially... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4172589 | Cushion support element In a cushion support element for incorporation in a structure such as a seat, bed or the like comprising a platform formed by lateral side edge wires sheathed in a compressible material, and a plurality of transverse spring wires wound around the sheathin... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4157172 | Seat base rail connector and assembly A rail connector and improvement in seat base support assembly. The connector, in its simplest form, comprises a generally V-shaped body fabricated of spring steel wire, the body having diverging side legs and then rail attachment and spring attachment le... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4157173 | Seat base rail connector and assembly A rail connector and improvement in seat base support assembly. The connector takes two basic forms. In the first a pre-stressed, close wound coil, disposed either transversely or longitudinally of the connector, is effective to continuously bias the seat... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4102586 | Spring fastener clips for wooden furniture rails A metallic clip for holding the end bar of a sinuous cushion-supporting spring in position on the wooden rail of an article of furniture and having a horizontal base portion which seats on the top surface of the rail and a downturned flange which lies flu... | 07/25/1978 |
