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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156583 | Multi-material slat cap This invention relates to a springer slat suspension device formed by a cap having an upper section which comprises at least one housing for accepting the end of a slat, a lower section provided with means of anchoring the said cap on a springer frame and an interme... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7370842 | Support structure with self-adapting support surface for receiving any type of body An exemplary support structure has an auto-adaptable surface. The exemplary support structure comprises a base; an assembly of distinct, adjacent contacts; and an assembly of platforms of a common level forming a common tier, each platform being linked to the base b... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363666 | Support member and system for affixation to bed rails or bed frame A cross member that can be used with a bed frame or bed rails to provide support for a box spring and mattress. The cross member is attachable to the side rail of the bed by a snap-in system where the ends of the cross member are comprised of slide ends that interfi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360341 | Slab support truss system A column mounted shoring bracket has a support sub-assembly attached to a column or other supporting surface, a jack sub-assembly attached to the support and a head sub-assembly attached to a part of the jack that varies in height relative to the support. The head h... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346946 | Bendable bottom member for bed A bed having a bendable portion between a back region and waist region and/or a waist region and leg region. The bendable portion is formed of side by side bars disposed generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bed and bendably connected together to a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325261 | Bed, especially sick bed or nursing bed A bed having a bed support and a bed fitting, the bed including: a bed frame, wherein the bed frame is equipped with at least one lying surface element and the lying surface element includes a plurality of spring elastic elements on a mattress side, wherein the spri... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7296310 | Adjustable mattress foundation An adjustable mattress foundation comprises a lower frame, an upper frame, and a plurality of movable supports attached to the lower frame or the upper frame. The movable supports are adapted to maintain the upper and lower frames in spaced apart relation and are fu... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7073218 | Support member and system for affixation to bed rails or bed frame A cross member that can be used with a bed frame or bed rails to provide support for a box spring and mattress. The cross member is attachable to the side rail of the bed by a snap-in system where the ends of the cross member are comprised of slide ends that interfi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069610 | Therapeutic mattress A therapeutic mattress, inside which are arranged with plurality of sensors which are disposed on the lifting-and-supporting assemblies, and a control system is used to control the lifting-and-supporting assemblies and the sensors, through rise and fall of the lifti... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069606 | Device for attaching a slat to the frame of a slatted base The present invention relates to device for attaching at least one slat of a slatted base to a frame of the slatted base, the device comprising a first member (2) arranged to be attached to the inner side of the frame of the slatted base and comprising first ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7058999 | Electric bed and control apparatus and control method therefor In (α, β) coordinates defined by a back angle α and a knee angle β, a pattern that connects between a coordinate point (0, 0) at which each of a back bottom and a knee bottom is horizontal and a coordinate point (α0, β0) which is a final ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017205 | Plastic mattress foundation A mattress assembly supporting a mattress and occupants is constructed substantially of plastic material. A mattress foundation defined by a semi-rigid cavity includes a generally flat top surface and at least one sidewall depending from the top surface. For pliabil... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6983497 | Tension-varying slider for a set of three slats The invention provides a single piece tension-varying slider for a set of three slats of a bed base, which set comprises two parallel slats in the plane on which the mattress rests and a lower slat disposed substantially in the vertical midplane between the two uppe... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978498 | Wooden bed frame for supporting a mattress A rectangular horizontal bed frame includes a bottom wall that defines an open-topped enclosed space that contains longitudinal and transverse horizontal support slats arranged in a lattice relationship to support a bed mattress. The arrangement of the support slats... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957460 | Mechanical system for operating the back and knee bottom sections of a bed or the like in an interlocked manner A mechanical system for operating the back and knee bottom sections of a bed or the like in an interlocked manner, comprising a back lifting mechanism and a knee lifting mechanism connected with each other by an interlocking means, to ensure that they can be operate... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6877174 | Suspension device for a two-slat unit The invention provides a device for suspending slats of a bed base, the device being constituted by a one-piece unit presenting a top section having two housings for receiving the ends of two parallel slats, a bottom section provided with anchor means to anchor said... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6760938 | Bed board A bed board includes a plurality of distance bars each having a “]” or generally “C”-shaped configuration with two ends, each end having a distance bar rabbet; a plurality of trips each having a “V” shape with an outer flank having a groove and an inner ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6742205 | Adjustable padding device for a piece of furniture used for sitting and/or lying upon An adjustable padding device for a piece of furniture used for sitting and/or lying upon. The device comprises at least one flat elastically deformable padding element and at least one adjustable supporting device with a base body for supporting the padding element ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6718575 | Underspringing arrangement for mattresses or the like and use thereof An underspringing arrangement having elongate bar elements (10) which have a multiplicity of mounts (20) for connecting slats (11) to the bar elements (10) making it possible for the position of the slats (11) to be changed by said... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6701550 | Slatted frame for reclining furniture A slatted base for furniture for lying on has two longitudinally running, essentially parallel longitudinal supports (50) with mutually facing inner sides (32). The slatted base also has a plurality of spaced-apart slats (10, 71, 72) which are arranged tr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701551 | Upholstered slat box spring/bed A slat box spring/slat bed includes a polygonal frame spanned by a plurality of spaced substantially parallel concavo-convex slats of flexible material atop uppermost convex surfaces of which rests a piece of synthetic latex foam material. A soft cover is... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6684421 | Bed frame constituted by a rigid frame and slats and subassembly adapted for the production of such a bed frame In a slatted bed frame, the slats (1) are carried pairwise at each of their ends by a flexible support (2) comprised of an element (20) in which are inserted the two slats (1) and two symmetrical elbowed branches, constituted by two lower portions (21) an... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6668397 | Truck cab bridge-bed A bed is provided for a vehicle with two adjacent seats separated from each other so that a gap is defined therebetween. The bed has a body that includes a first end disposed on one seat and a second disposed on the other seat. The bed bridges the gap bet... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6651276 | Floating slat frame for a mattress foundation A floating slat frame adapted to provide additional flexibility within mattress foundations of various configurations. The floating slat frame is constructed for attachment to a core assembly, and has a series of slats in a first plane, at least some of w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6637053 | Mattress The present invention is a mattress which consists of a series of elongated foam members positioned adjacent each other in parallel, a plurality of foam blocks separating each elongated foam member, a series of parallel slots formed along one surface of e... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6381777 | Telescoping bed slat A method of installing a bedrail slat system includes engaging two bed side rails with a bed headboard and footboard, and telescopically engaging a first slat member to a second slat member to form a telescoping slat. The ends of the telescoping slats are... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6298505 | Cushioned support system for an orthopaedic bedspring Cushioned support system for an orthopaedic bedspring (1) comprising a plurality of slats (2) made of material which is rigid or has a controlled flexibility and designed to be fixed to an orthopaedic bed, characterized in that it comprises in combination... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6286160 | Support for reclining or sitting A support for reclining or sitting has two tubes extending in the longitudinal direction and filled with a liquid, transverse rods being guided on said tubes so as to be movable back and forth in the loading direction. A cushion is disposed on the transve... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6263528 | Leaning or sitting device A device for lying on or sitting on comprising a mattress (3) with a mattress sheath (4), a lath grid (1, 2) and at least two springy beams (5) extending in longitudinal direction of the device, wherein the lath grid (1, 2) comprises a lath grid cloth (1)... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6256815 | Spring bridge for a mattress base The spring bridge (2) includes a main, load-bearing bridge (6), which can be fitted in the frame of a mattress base, and one or more supporting elements (8) arranged thereon. The supporting elements (8) extend, preferably in the form of a sheet-like, wing... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6237170 | Adjustable slat mounting device A device for attaching a slat of a slatted base to the edge of a slatted base, the device including a first member (6, 8) to be attached inside an edge of the slatted base, recesses and grooves (9, 11) to detachably connect the first member with a second ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6219863 | Support structures and methods of fabricating support structures An assembly, including a first support structure having a first removable support member and a set of first slats supported for receiving and supporting a first body supporting element, a second support structure having a second removable support member a... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6161234 | Lying surface with lamellar grid The invention concerns a lying surface with upper cushioning body and at least two upper and lower lamellar grid, arranged parallel to each other, which are placed on elastic body in each case extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the lower lam... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6134728 | Mattress support and method X and v-shaped mattress supports comprise a pair of pivotal longitudinal members for replacing conventional wooden slats. Each terminal end of each longitudinal member includes a flange for attachment to the side rails of a conventional bed frame. An exte... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6122779 | Bed base A base of a bed having two parallel elastic longitudinal bars arranged at a distance from each other, and several grate-shaped cross slats. The ends of the cross slats are pushed into pockets which are fitted on the longitudinal bars, perpendicularly to t... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119289 | Bed frame assembly A bed assembly which may be easily assembled and disassembled. The bed assembly includes corner posts, bed end structures and siderails. A positive restraining attachment cooperates with the siderails and the corner posts to prevent unintentional removal ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115858 | Telescoping bed slat The invention is a telescoping bed slat easily assembled for beds of various widths and heights. In particular, the invention includes a telescoping slat, one or more telescoping supports and securable mounts at terminal ends of the slat for anchoring the... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6073281 | Slatted bedframe A slatted bedframe (2) consists of an upper and a lower layer of transverse slats (3) arranged one beside the other with a distance, and of longitudinal, rubber-elastic supporting members (4) inserted between the layers of slats, which at the upper and lo... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5983423 | Furniture box spring and method A furniture box spring frame for manufactured for high volume production. The furniture box spring frame has a first side panel and a second side panel. Each of the side panels is interconnected by a plurality of connector plates. The panels are assembled... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5926872 | Bed system The bed system has a rectangular frame, with a mattress assembly mounted on the frame. The mattress assembly has upper and lower wooden strip layers and intervening foam blocks. Each wooden strip layer has a plurality of laterally-oriented wooden strips a... | 07/27/1999 |
