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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404223 | Innerspring coils and innersprings with non-helical segments Innerspring coils for innersprings for mattresses and other reflexive support structures, have generally helical coil bodies and at least one non-helical segment or step which extends between one or both axial ends of the coil body and one or both of the coil ends. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7386897 | Bedding or seating product made with coil springs having unknotted end turns Disclosed herein is a bedding or seating product having a spring core comprising coil springs having unknotted end turns made from high tensile strength wire. In each embodiment, the end turns of the coil springs are generally U-shaped having one leg longer than the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7178187 | Asymmetric spring components and innersprings for one-sided mattresses Asymmetric spring components for mattress and other flexible support structures, in the form of helical coil springs with turns in the coil body having varying pitch angles and radii, and a single support end for use in a one sided innersprings in one-sided mattress... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6571413 | Spring mattress A spring mattress including a plurality of interconnected coil-spring elements, said coil-spring elements being interconnected by securing elements, preferably in the form of spirals, which, at least in one plane essentially in parallel with the plane of ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 5713088 | Innerspring construction with springs having free terminal convolutions An innerspring assembly, such as for use in a mattress, comprises a plurality of coil springs defining upper and lower terminal convolutions and body portions therebetween. Adjacent coil springs are attached together at the body portions thereof with the ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5669087 | Lacing wire zoned mattress A mattress spring core having a plurality of zones of differing firmnesses due to different characteristics of helical lacing connectors within the particular zones. The spring core has a plurality of identical coil springs arranged in side-by-side transv... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5649332 | Posturized continuous mattress spring core A spring interior of a mattress comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending bands of springs disposed side by side and connected together with helical lacing wires in the top and bottom faces of the bands. Each band of springs comprises a single le... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5584083 | Mattress spring core A spring core for a mattress consisting of a plurality of side-by-side rows of identically configured helical coil springs each made of a single piece of wire having a central portion of a first radius defining a central spring axis and terminating at opp... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5535460 | Spring assembly for seating and bedding A runner wire useful with collapsible springs includes a plurality of generally parallel and generally aligned runner sections and at least one offset portion. The offset portion merges with and extends from an adjacent pair of runner sections and include... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5474283 | 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... | 12/12/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5184809 | Spring assembly for seating and bedding A spring assembly has a plurality of rows of springs interconnected in chain-like fashion, each spring including upper and lower runs and an intermediate run interconnecting the upper and lower runs. The upper and lower runs each include a coil on one end... | 02/09/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4781360 | Spring assembly with helical coils of spring wire with unknotted ends A spring assembly wherein there is a rectangular border wire and there are coils disposed in spaced, parallel rows within the border wire. The coils in the rows of coils lap and are connected by helices of wire. The helices of wire connect the adjacent ro... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4771494 | Offset continuous row coil spring assembly A spring assembly for mattresses, innersprings, and the like. The assembly comprises rows of coils, each row comprising a continuous length of wire formed into a plurality of coils interconnected by Z-shaped wire segments alternately disposed at the top a... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4609186 | Mattress spring core with open ended coils A spring core comprises a plurality of coil springs 10 each made of a single, continuous piece of wire having two open ended final windings 11 which are approximately U-shaped. The coil springs are held together by spiral shaped connecting elements 30 enc... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4535978 | Coil spring and spring assembly A spring assembly for an innerspring unit, particularly an innerspring mattress, is provided wherein at least a pair of springs are restricted about their adjacent offset portions of adjacent terminal convolutions in one surface of the assembly so that hi... | 08/20/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4488712 | Longitudinally laced continuous coil spring assembly A spring assembly for mattresses, innersprings, and the like. The assembly comprises longitudinal rows of coils, each row comprising a continuous length of wire formed into a plurality of coils interconnected by Z-shaped wire segments alternately disposed... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4295639 | Coil spring assembly and forming method A coil spring assembly, and a method of forming that assembly, in which the assembly's edgemost coil springs are connected to a border wire by a single continuous spiral lacing wire. The method involves the steps of guiding a rotation spiral lacing wire c... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4155130 | Means for restraining cross helical spin-out The improved mattress innerspring unit is provided which includes a plurality of coil springs arranged in a plurality of substantially parallel rows, a plurality of cross helicals extending transversely of the rows of coil springs, lacing together adjacen... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4109330 | Innerspring construction An improved mattress innerspring unit is provided which includes a plurality of rows of coil springs and a plurality of cross helicals which extend transversely of the rows of coil springs, lacing together adjacent terminal convolutions of the coil spring... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4095297 | Coil spring assembly A coil spring assembly stable against torque twist deterioration, assembled of rows of coils of alternate right and left-hand, the coils having wound ends, the end turns of each coil having linear portions normal to the row and interconnected with linear ... | 06/20/1978 |
