Patents by Inventor Martin Schulz, III

Martin Schulz, III has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8782828
    Abstract: A spring wire support for foundations and innerspring mattresses, and a variable spring surface deck for a foundation and variable spring surface for a mattress. The spring wire support comprises an elongated spring element enveloped in a pliant carrier, with the carrier including an attachment margin. The variable spring surface deck for a foundation comprises a plurality of the spring wire supports secured as desired to an upper surface of a foundation. The variable spring surface for a mattress comprises a plurality of the spring wire supports located between top and adjacent convolutions of rows or columns of springs of the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Rock Island Industries
    Inventors: Martin Schulz, Jr., Martin Schulz, III
  • Publication number: 20130239323
    Abstract: A spring wire support for foundations and innerspring mattresses, and a variable spring surface deck for a foundation and variable spring surface for a mattress. The spring wire support comprises an elongated spring element enveloped in a pliant carrier, with the carrier including an attachment margin. The variable spring surface deck for a foundation comprises a plurality of the spring wire supports secured as desired to an upper surface of a foundation. The variable spring surface for a mattress comprises a plurality of the spring wire supports located between top and adjacent convolutions of rows or columns of springs of the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Schulz, JR., Martin Schulz, III
  • Patent number: 8091161
    Abstract: A variable spring surface deck and a foundation having a variable spring surface deck thereon. The deck comprises a plurality of longitudinal spring wire support rods which are maintained in a spaced orientation in a planar configuration. They are maintained as such in various structures, such as a mat having a series of parallel slots, or a carrier having spaced, open corrugations. The support rods are located in chosen slots or corrugations. A second, cross-wire layer of lateral spring wire support rods can be included in the variable spring surface deck. The variable spring surface foundation includes the variable spring surface deck located on a top bearing structure of a foundation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Schulz, Jr., Martin Schulz, III