IP Library Granted Patent US 12,127,679
Granted Patent B2
US 12,127,679 · App. 16/758,150 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Pocket coil spring assembly including flexible foam

Inventors: Larry K. DeMoss (Greensboro, NC); Darin T. Thomas (Salisbury, NC); Brian M. Manuszak (Thomasville, NC); Stephen Wallace (Duffield, VA)
Assignee: Sealy Technology, LLC
A47C27/05A47C27/064A47C27/063A47C27/14A47C27/20
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Patent No.
US 12,127,679
App. No.
16/758,150
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pocket coil spring assembly is provided that includes a coil spring having an upper portion and a lower portion collectively defining an interior cavity of the coil spring. The pocket coil spring assembly further includes a fabric pocket encasing the coil spring with a top area covering the upper portion of the coil spring and a bottom area covering the lower portion of the coil spring. A discrete amount of flexible foam is poured on the top of the fabric pocket such that a top surface of the flexible foam extends above the coil spring. A mattress assembly is further provided that includes the flexible foam dispensed in continuous or discrete amounts between rows of pocket coil springs.

Claims (10)

1. A pocket coil spring assembly, comprising:

a coil spring having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion collectively defining a height of the coil spring;

a fabric pocket encasing the coil spring, the fabric pocket including a top area covering the upper portion of the coil spring and a bottom area covering the lower portion of the coil spring; and

an amount of a flexible foam dispensed as a liquid directly on the top area of the fabric pocket, the flexible foam positioned directly on the fabric pocket encasing the coil spring and entirely above the upper portion of the coil spring,

wherein the liquid dispensed on the top area of the fabric pocket reacts to form a hemisphere with a top surface having a convex shape and a flattened bottom surface.

2. The pocket coil spring assembly of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the flexible foam has a convex shape.

3. The pocket coil spring assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fabric pocket is comprised of a textile.

4. The pocket coil spring assembly of claim 1 , wherein the flexible foam is comprised of a visco-elastic foam.

5. The pocket coil spring assembly of claim 1 , wherein the flexible foam is comprised of a gel.

6. The pocket coil spring assembly of claim 1 , wherein the liquid dispensed on the top area of the fabric pocket reacts and bonds to the fabric pocket such that the flexible foam is bonded to the fabric pocket.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 065332/0441 →
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 (SUPPLEMENT) Recorded Feb 3, 2021
From: SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 055209/0728 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2020
From: DEMOSS, LARRY K.; THOMAS, DARIN T.; MANUSZAK, BRIAN M.; WALLACE, STEPHEN
To: SEALY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 054774/0009 →
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