IP Library Granted Patent US 8,720,872
Granted Patent B2
US 8,720,872 · App. 13/827,387 · Granted May 13, 2014

Innersprings with alternating coil spring orientations

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Patent No.
US 8,720,872
App. No.
13/827,387
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Innersprings with alternating coil spring orientations have columns of interconnected coils in which the axial orientation of the coils alternates one hundred and eighty degrees column to column.

Claims (1)

1. An innerspring comprising: a plurality of interconnected coils, the coils arranged in an array of columns and rows, each of the coils having a generally cylindrical body formed by helical turns of wire, a first coil end at a first end of the coil body and a second coil end at a second end of the coil body; the first coil end having a plurality of segments of wire formed in a plane generally perpendicular to an axis of the coil body, and a first terminal end located lateral of the coil body; the second coil end having a plurality of segments of wire formed in a plane generally perpendicular to an axis of the coil body, and a second terminal end located lateral of the coil body; a first set of coils located in every other column of the innerspring, the first set of coils having a common orientation with the first terminal end at a first radial position with respect to the corresponding coil body, and a second set of coils located in columns adjacent to the first set of coils, the second set of coils having a common orientation with a terminal end at a second radial position with respect to the corresponding coil body, the second radial position being located on an opposite side of the coil body from the first radial position.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: TEMPUR-PEDIC MANAGEMENT, LLC; SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC; TEMPUR WORLD, LLC
Reel/Frame 065344/0650 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065349/0816 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 13, 2016
From: TEMPUR-PEDIC MANAGEMENT, LLC; SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC; TEMPUR WORLD, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 038426/0257 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Apr 11, 2016
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: TEMPUR-PEDIC MANAGEMENT, LLC; SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 038403/0249 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (SUPPLEMENT) Recorded Aug 8, 2013
From: TEMPUR-PEDIC MANAGEMENT, LLC; SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 030994/0080 →
SUPPLEMENT NO. A TO THIRD LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 25, 2013
From: SEALY MATTRESS CORPORATION; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY; OHIO-SEALY MATTRESS MANUFACTURING CO. INC.; OHIO-SEALY MATTRESS MANUFACTURING CO.; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF KANSAS CITY, INC.; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF ILLINOIS; A. BRANDWEIN & CO.; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF ALBANY, INC.; SEALY OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, INC.; SEALY OF MINNESOTA, INC.; NORTH AMERICAN BEDDING COMPANY; SEALY, INC.; THE OHIO MATTRESS COMPANY LICENSING AND COMPONENTS GROUP; SEALY MATTRESS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.; SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC; SEALY-KOREA, INC.; MATTRESS HOLDINGS INTERNATIONAL, LLC; SEALY REAL ESTATE, INC.; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO; SEALY TEXAS MANAGEMENT, INC.; WESTERN MATTRESS COMPANY; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF MEMPHIS; SEALY MATTRESS CO. OF S.W. VIRGINIA; ADVANCED SLEEP PRODUCTS; SEALY COMPONENTS-PADS, INC.; SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS JUNIOR NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 030887/0929 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2013
From: DEMOSS, LARRY K.; MANUSZAK, BRIAN M.; BEAMON, JAMES A.
To: SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 030000/0883 →