Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287291 | Mattress with improved edge support A mattress is provided comprising a plurality of inner coil springs and an edge support. The edge support comprises a foam border extending along the outer perimeter of the mattress and around the inner coil springs, a plurality of spaced slits inserted into the foa... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7047581 | Stranded mattress spring A mattress construction with a stranded wire spring is disclosed. The stranded wire spring can be designed with the same performance characteristic as a conventional single strand coil spring, but at a lower manufacturing and material cost. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6859959 | Spring lath for sitting or reclining furniture A spring-support lath for supporting upholstery of furniture includes a lath body defining a longitudinal direction and having a pair of longitudinally extending U-profiles. Each U-profile is of U-shaped cross-section open in a downward direction and spaced apart in... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6671901 | Bed with a movably mounted mattress support The invention refers to a bed with a mattress pad supported in a three-dimensionally movable manner and a bedstead with legs, which supports the mattress. The mattress pad is in springy or not springy, but yielding manner attached to the bedstead. Sensors... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6477727 | Bearing element for upholstery support for a seat or bed system The invention relates to a bearing element having a base plate fitted on a support, for a seat or bed system, with a bearing plate to hold upholstery. The invention seeks to produce a bearing element whose range of spring is approximately equal to the tot... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6305038 | Base assembly Base assembly for a bed or chair seat. The assembly includes at least one medium-filled flexible support member and a number of substantially form-retaining bearing elements. The bearing elements rest on the support member such that the bearing elements t... | 10/23/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6272700 | Dual layer bedding or seating product A bedding or seating product comprising a base having a pair of end rails, a pair of side rails and a plurality of intermediate rails. A plurality of intermediate wooden slats are spaced above the intermediate rails of the base by a plurality of spacers w... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5495629 | Support grid for sitting or lying furniture, as well as support elements for the support grid The support grid for a lying, reclining or sitting furniture, particularly for a bed, according to the present invention comprises a plurality of support elements (1), e.g., laths, and at least two spring bodies (2), the latter being positioned transverse... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5459892 | Triple beam frame A box spring assembly for use as a foundation for a bedding mattress has a triple beam frame. The frame has three layers of which the bottom layer consists of longitudinal side rails equally spaced from a center rail and connected at each end to a double ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5210890 | Mattress foundation with springs and foam elements A mattress foundation includes upper and lower frame sections which are resiliently interconnected and supported by a combination of springs and foam. In different embodiments, the springs comprise coil springs, torsion springs, torsion spring modules or ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5127114 | Lath grating for supporting mattresses A lath grating for the support of mattresses or the like includes a frame and a plurality of laths arranged parallel to each other. Vertical supporting shafts are arranged at both ends of the lath. The supporting shafts are connected to the lath in an art... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4768244 | Slat-grate furniture spring A slat-grate furniture spring in which carrying elements spaced apart along each longitudinal member of a support frame are located in gaps between resilient slats which are spaced apart and have carrying elements on their undersides. Elastic strands are ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4682378 | Body support, such as a mattress Body support consisting of a number of tubular or sheath-shaped air chambers extending one next to the other in the transverse direction of the support and connected to one another, whereby the upper surface of each air chamber is provided with one or mor... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4477935 | Mattress support system A mattress support system including a support frame, tubular air springs and mattress support slats extending between pockets formed at a top surface of sleeves surrounding bladders of the tubular support springs.... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4399573 | Reinforced box spring frame A base frame for a box-spring which is reinforced by longitudinal beams secured to the upper surfaces of the cross slats within the spring assembly.... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4181991 | Mattress foundation An improved mattress foundation particularly suited for use with foam mattresses to provide proper support for the mattress and to duplicate the feel of box springs. The mattress foundation utilizes an upper and lower frame assembly separated by a flexibl... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4100631 | Box-spring assembly This invention consists of a low cost box-spring assembly for use on a conventional bed frame under the mattress to provide comfort and additional resiliency as weight is placed upon the mattress.... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4074372 | Foundation unit frame The invention pertains to a wooden frame structure for a box spring. Two spaced, parallel, upright members form elongated side rails which are initially held together by a base slat extending between the side rails at either end thereof, the base slats be... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4038711 | Spring assemblies and prefabricated sub-assemblies for manufacture thereof A spring assembly formed of multiple coil springs arranged in lengthwise and crosswise rows and a sub-assembly for use in the manufacture of such spring assemblies in which the sub-assembly is formed of elongate slats having longitudinally spaced nodules ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3967331 | Springless bed spring A springless box spring in which the flexural support is provided partly by a wooden frame assembly, partly by a wire mesh panel which is disposed upon and secured to the wooden frame assembly, and partially by a relatively thick insulating pad which rest... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3935605 | Mattress foundation A foundation in the nature of a bedspring for use beneath a mattress to support the same upon a bedframe or the like, having a peripheral base frame for supporting the foundation and having structure rising from the peripheral frame inwardly thereof to pr... | 02/03/1976 |
