Abstract: A bedding spring is formed of a single piece of sinuous wire with a plurality of bars connected together by bends. A top portion of the spring includes two inboard bars and two outboard bars which connect the spring to a wire grid. The outboard bars lie below a grid wire, the inboard bars lie above the grid wire, and the inboard bars have localized bends which form downwardly facing notches for receiving the grid wire. The spring has a bottom portion formed of two spaced apart feet which are connectable to a horizontal platform, and a midportion formed of two downwardly diverging sinuous wire sections which connect the top portion to the feet. A bedding unit is made from a horizontal platform, a wire grid, and plurality of such springs which have their bottom portions connected to the platform and their top portions connected to the grid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 1992
Date of Patent:
August 3, 1993
Assignee:
Elite Support Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Phillip K. Edwards, Burl T. Kenner, Jr.