U.S. patent number 3,596,299 [Application Number 04/837,685] was granted by the patent office on 1971-08-03 for spring assembly.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Lear Siegler, Inc.. Invention is credited to Chester E. Klicki.
United States Patent |
3,596,299 |
Klicki |
August 3, 1971 |
SPRING ASSEMBLY
Abstract
A box spring assembly including a generally rectangular frame
with a first plurality of spring members extending transversely
between the sides of the frame and spaced from one another
longitudinally of the frame. Each spring member is defined by an
integral wire having a straight load section and a fishmouth
section at each end thereof. The spring members are disposed in
pairs overlapping one another transversely of the assembly. A
border wire is disposed about transversely of the assembly. A
border wire is disposed about the assembly and is spaced from the
frame and attached to the fishmouth sections of the spring members.
A second plurality of spring members are included which comprise at
least one similar fishmouth section and disposed at the ends of the
assembly between the frame and the border wire. There is also
included a plurality of transversely spaced integral straight wires
extending longitudinally of the assembly and terminating in bent
end portions which are connected to the border wire.
Inventors: |
Klicki; Chester E. (Warren,
MI) |
Assignee: |
Lear Siegler, Inc. (Santa
Monica, CA)
|
Family
ID: |
43837307 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/837,685 |
Filed: |
June 30, 1969 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
5/247; 5/719;
267/103 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47C
23/04 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A47C
23/04 (20060101); A47C 23/00 (20060101); A47c
023/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;5/246,247,251,255,260
;267/80,86,106,107,108,104 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Mitchell; James C.
Claims
The embodiments of the invention in which I claim an exclusive
property or privilege are defined as follows:
1. A box spring assembly comprising; a frame having two pair of
opposite and generally parallel extremities, a plurality of spring
members, each of said spring members defined by an integral wire
having a straight section and a fishmouth section at at least one
end thereof, a plurality of said spring members disposed between a
first pair of said extremities of said frame with the straight
sections thereof generally perpendicular to said first pair of
extremities, said spring members being spaced from one another in
both the direction perpendicular to and the direction parallel to
said first pair of extremities so that each straight section
extends a part of the distance between said first pair of
extremities, and means interconnecting said spring members, each
fishmouth section including a generally U-shaped portion having
upper and lower legs and extending downwardly from the end of said
straight portion, a V-shaped portion having a torsion bar and upper
and lower spacer bars extending from opposite ends thereof, said
upper spacer bar being integrally connected to said lower leg, said
wire extends from said lower spacer and into means attached to said
frame, said upper leg being shorter than said lower leg, each
spring member including one of said fishmouth sections at each
extremity thereof.
2. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said
straight sections is disposed adjacent to and in partially
overlapping relationship with at least one other straight
section.
3. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein one of said
fishmouth sections is disposed at each end of each of said straight
sections.
4. An assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein said straight
sections of at least two spring members overlap one another in the
direction generally perpendicular to said first pair of extremities
to define a pair of overlapping spring members.
5. An assembly as set forth in claim 4 including a plurality of
said pairs of overlapping spring members spaced from one another in
the direction parallel to said first pair of extremities and
between the second pair of extremities.
6. An assembly as set forth in claim 5 wherein one of said
fishmouth sections of each of said overlapping spring members is
disposed adjacent one of said first pair of extremities and the
other fishmouth section thereof is disposed intermediate said first
pair of extremities.
7. An assembly as set forth in claim 6 including a border wire
spaced from said frame and attached to the fishmouth sections
disposed adjacent said first pair of extremities.
8. An assembly as set forth in claim 7 wherein said border wire
includes end sections extending above and along said second pair of
extremities of said frame, and a second plurality of spring members
including at least one of said fishmouth sections disposed between
said border wire and said frame along said second pair of
extremities of said frame.
9. An assembly as set forth in claim 6 including a plurality of
spaced integral straight wires terminating in bent end portions
connected to said end portions of said border wire.
10. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 including a border wire
spaced from said frame and extending along said extremities
thereof, said border wire having arcuate corners, a corner spring
disposed between said border wire and said frame at each corner,
each corner spring being arcuate as viewed in plan to conform to
the adjacent arcuate corner of said border wire, each corner spring
as viewed in elevation including horizontally extending portions
connected to said frame and said border wire respectively with a
V-shaped portion interconnecting said horizontally extending
portions.
11. A box spring assembly comprising: a generally rectangular
frame; a first plurality of spring members extending transversely
between the sides of said frame and spaced from one another
longitudinally of said frame; each of said spring members defined
by an integral wire having a straight load section and a fishmouth
section at each end thereof; each of said fishmouth sections
including a generally U-shaped portion having upper and lower legs
and extending downwardly from the end of said straight portion,
said upper leg being shorter than said lower leg, a V-shaped
portion having a torsion bar and upper and lower spacer bars
extending from opposite ends thereof, said upper spacer bar being
connected to said lower leg, said wire extending from said lower
spacer bar and being formed into means attached to said frame; a
pair of said spring members being juxtaposed in overlapping
relationship transversely of said frame so that a fishmouth section
of each spring member is disposed adjacent one side of said frame
with the other fishmouth section disposed intermediate said sides
of said frame; a generally rectangular border wire spaced from said
frame and connected to said upper legs of said fishmouth sections
disposed adjacent said sides of said frame; a second plurality of
spring members including at least one of said fishmouth sections
disposed between said frame and said border wire along the ends of
said frame; at least one integral straight wire extending
longitudinally of said assembly and terminating in bent end
portions connected to said border wire, said straight wire being
woven through said load sections of said transversely extending
members; said border wire including arcuate corners; and a corner
spring disposed between said border wire and said frame of each
corner, each corner spring being arcuate as viewed in plan to
conform to an arcuate corner of said border wire, each corner
spring as viewed in elevation including horizontally extending
portions connected to said frame and said border wire respectively
with a V-shaped portion interconnecting said horizontally extending
portions.
Description
This invention relates to a box spring assembly including spring
members defined by wire bent into various forms.
Wire bent into various forms to define spring members for use in
box spring assemblies is not per se new. Generally speaking, such
is shown to be old in U.S. Pat. Nos. 134,430 and 641,361. The U.S.
Pat. to Carson 2,818,104 discloses an analogous assembly wherein
wire strips crisscross one another and are bent into sinuous form
with the periphery of the assembly including such sinuous strips
forming V-shapes or fishmouths. That assembly, however, utilizes
sinuous spring strips and the instant invention is directed to the
utilization of spring elements which are known as formed wire
elements. Such formed wire spring elements are shown in U.S. Pat.
Nos. 2,866,311 and 2,829,880. A box spring assembly utilizing such
formed wire elements is shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 3,286,281 to
Slominski. The assembly in the Slominski patent utilizes a
plurality of spring wire elements which have a straight
load-bearing section with fishmouths at each end thereof and
crisscrossing one another with the fishmouths disposed about the
periphery of the assembly. As is well known, beds are made with
varying different widths. As for example, there are twin beds,
three-quarter size beds, double beds, etc. In order to fabricate
box springs in accordance with the teachings of the Slominski
patent, the spring members which extend tranversely across the
assembly must be made of various different lengths in order to
fabricate box spring assemblies of various different widths.
Accordingly, it is an object and feature of this invention to
provide an improved box spring assembly utilizing individual spring
wire members which are uniform in configuration but which may be
associated together in different combinations and relationships to
fabricate box springs assemblies of various different widths.
In correlation with the foregoing object and feature it is another
object and feature of this invention to provide a box spring
assembly comprising a frame having two pair of opposite and
generally parallel extremities with a plurality of spring members
each defined by an integral wire having a straight section and a
fishmouth at at least one end thereof disposed between a first pair
of the extremities of the frame with the straight sections being
generally perpendicular to the pair of extremities and the spring
members being spaced from one another in both the direction
perpendicular to and the direction parallel to the first pair of
extremities and including means interconnecting the spring
members.
Other objects and attendant advantages of the present invention
will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood
by reference to the following detailed description when considered
in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the instant
invention;
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken substantially
along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view taken substantially along 3-3 of FIG.
3;
FIG. 4 is a view taken substantially along line 4-4 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a fragmentary view taken substantially along line 5-5 of
FIG. 1; and
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the fishmouth section embodied in
each spring member utilized in the bed spring assembly of the
instant invention.
Referring now to the drawings wherein like numerals indicate like
or corresponding parts throughout the several views, a box spring
assembly constructed in accordance with the instant invention is
generally shown at 10 in FIG. 1.
The box spring assembly 10 includes a generally rectangular frame
indicated at 12 and having two pair of opposite and generally
parallel extremities as defined by the side members 14 and the end
members 16. The frame also includes the transversely extending
members 18 and the longitudinally extending member 20. All of the
members of the frame are preferably made of wood as is well known
in the art.
The assembly also includes a first plurality of spring members each
of which is generally indicated at 22. Each of the spring members
22 is defined by an integral wire having a straight load-bearing
section 24 and a fishmouth section disposed at each end thereof and
generally indicated at 26.
Each fishmouth section includes a generally U-shaped portion 28
having upper and lower legs 30 and 32 and extending downwardly from
the end of the straight portion 24. The upper leg 30 is shorter
than the lower leg 32. Each fishmouth section also includes a
V-shaped portion having a torsion bar 34 and upper and lower spacer
bars 36 and 38 respectively extending from opposite ends of the
torsion bar 34. The upper spacer bar 36 is connected to the lower
leg 32 of the U-shaped portion 28. The wire extends from the lower
spacer bar 38 and is formed into means comprising the lengths 40,
42 and 44.
A plurality of said spring members 22 are disposed between the
first pair of extremities or sides 14 with the straight sections 24
thereof being generally perpendicular to the first pair of
extremities or sides 14. The spring members 22 are spaced from one
another in both the direction perpendicular to and the direction
parallel to the first pair of extremities or side members 14 so
that each straight section 24 extends a part of the distance
between the side extremities or member 14.
Each of the straight sections 24 is generally in line with at least
one other straight section. More specifically, the spring members
22 are disposed in overlapping pairs to overlap transversely of the
frame so that a fishmouth section 26 of each spring member 22 is
disposed adjacent one side or extremity of the frame with the other
fishmouth section thereof disposed intermediate or between the
sides 14 of the frame. In other words, each spring member 22
includes a fishmouth section 26 at each extremity thereof but only
one such fishmouth section of each spring member is disposed along
or above the extremity or side members 14 of the frame. A plurality
of pairs of overlapping spring members are spaced from one another
in the direction parallel to the first pair of extremities or side
members 14 and between the second pair of extremities or end
members 16. Each pair of overlapping wire members 22 are clipped
together by clips 29.
There is also included a border wire generally indicated at 50 and
spaced from the frame 12 and connected to the upper legs 30 of the
fishmouth sections 26 disposed adjacent the extremities of the
frame 12. The border wire is generally rectangular having arcuate
corners and includes side and end sections with the end sections
extending above and along the second pair of extremities or ends 16
of the frame 12.
There is included a second plurality of spring members generally
indicated at 52 having at least one fishmouth section disposed
between the end sections of the border wire and the frame above the
second pair of extremities 16 of the frame. In other words, the
second plurality of spring members 52 are disposed along the ends
of the frame. The fishmouth formation of the second plurality of
spring members 52 are the same as that shown in FIG. 6. It will be
noted that the second spring members have a central straight wire
portion which extends along and in parallel relationship to the end
portions of the border wire and interconnect two fishmouth
sections.
There is also included a plurality of spaced integral straight
wires 54 which terminate in bent end portions 56 connected to the
end sections of the border wire by clips. The integral straight
wires 54 extend longitudinally of the assembly and are woven
through the load-bearing straight sections of the transversely
extending wire members 22. In other words, the straight wire
members 54 extend over the load-bearing straight sections of one
wire member 22 and then under the straight load-bearing section of
the next wire member 22, and so on. The straight wire members 54
are clipped by clips 57 to the wire members 22.
As alluded to above, the border has arcuate corners and a corner
spring, as generally indicated at 60 in FIG. 4, is disposed between
the border wire and the frame at each corner. Each corner spring 60
is arcuate as viewed in plan in FIG. 1 to conform to the adjacent
arcuate corner of the border wire. Each corner spring, as viewed in
elevation, includes horizontally extending portions 62 and 64 which
are connected to the border frame 50 and the frame members
respectively. A V-shaped portion 66 interconnects the horizontally
extending portions 62 and 64. The upper horizontally extending
portion 62 is clipped to the border frame by the clips 68 and the
lower horizontally extending portion 64 is stapled to the wood
frame members 14 and 16.
The longitudinally extending straight wire members 54 and the
various clips comprise means interconnecting the transversely
extending spring members 22.
It will be noted that a plurality of spring wire members 22 may be
fabricated and used to make box spring assemblies of various
different widths merely by varying the amount of overlap of each
pair of spring wire members 22.
It will be understood that auxiliary spring members may be disposed
throughout the assembly for additional support if necessary in
particular applications of the invention.
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