IP Library Granted Patent US 7,251,847
Granted Patent B2
US 7,251,847 · App. 11/249,615 · Granted Aug 7, 2007

Continuous wire spring mattress or seating product and method of manufacture

Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
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Patent No.
US 7,251,847
App. No.
11/249,615
Granted
Aug 7, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mattress or seating spring core assembly and method of manufacture which comprises interconnected rows of coil springs wherein each row terminates in a cut wire end which is bent inwardly into one of the end coils and in which the spring core assembly is surrounded on all sides by foam panels and is devoid of any border rods.

Claims (31)

1. A method of manufacturing a bedding mattress having a foam: encased spring assembly, which method comprises:

forming a wire into a continuous row of interconnected coil springs;

cutting said continuous row of coil springs into multiple continuous lengths of coil springs, each continuous length of coil springs containing multiple coil springs;

bending the cut ends of said lengths of coil springs inwardly into the interior of an endmost coil in each length of coil springs;

assembling multiple lengths of coil springs into a spring core assembly having adjacent continuous lengths of coil springs interconnected by helical lacing wires;

said spring core assembly being devoid of border rods surrounding said spring core assembly; and

encasing the sides of said spring core assembly within side border panels made from a foam material.

2. A method of manufacturing a foam encased spring assembly which comprises:

forming a wire into a continuous row of interconnected coil springs;

cutting said continuous row of coil springs into multiple continuous lengths of coil springs, each continuous length of coil springs containing multiple coil springs;

bending the cut ends of said lengths of coil springs inwardly into the interior of an endmost coil in each length of coil springs;

assembling multiple lengths of coil springs into a spring core assembly having adjacent continuous lengths of coil springs interconnected by helical lacing wires;

said spring core assembly being devoid of border rods surrounding said spring core assembly; and

encasing the sides of said spring core assembly within side border panels of a foam material.

3. The method of claim 2 which further comprises:

placing a top pad of foam material over the top and over the bottom of said spring assembly and said foam side border panels.

4. A bedding mattress having a spring core assembly comprising:

a plurality of rows of interconnected coil springs, each of said rows being formed from a single continuous wire;

each of said rows of interconnected coil springs terminating in a cut end portion of wire, each of said cut end portions of wire being bent inwardly into one endmost coil spring of a row of interconnected coil springs;

connectors securing adjacent rows of interconnected coil springs together to form a spring core assembly;

said spring core assembly being devoid of border rods; and

foam border panels encasing all sides of said spring assembly; and

an upholstered fabric encasing said spring core assembly and said border panels.

5. The spring assembly of claim 4 which further comprises foam pads covering top and bottom surfaces of said spring assembly and said foam border panels.

6. A spring core assembly comprising:

a plurality of rows of interconnected coil springs, each of said rows being formed from a single continuous wire;

each of said rows of interconnected coil springs terminating in a cut end portion of wire, each of said cut end portions of wire being bent inwardly into one endmost coil spring of a row of interconnected coil springs;

connectors securing adjacent rows of interconnected coil springs together to form a spring core assembly;

said spring core assembly being devoid of border rods; and

a foam border encasing all sides of said spring assembly.

7. The spring core assembly of claim 6 which further comprises foam pads covering top and bottom surfaces of said spring assembly and said foam border.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2006
From: WELLS, THOMAS J.
To: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
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Continuity (1)
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