Abstract: A prestressed sinuous spring for furniture springing in which the upwardly spanned are or contour is loaded and depressed to a modified depth and contour by incorporating and selectively positioning a reinforcing link with the prestressed sinuous spring to resist tension and bending forces to which the prestressed sinuous spring is subjected upon loading between the ends thereof.
Abstract: A clinch tool and method for clamping a grid frame to a coil in which a clinch component is fed automatically into a space formed by the tool between the grid frame and coil with the clinch component saddled in position on the grid frame to be bent to retain the coil in a locked condition to the grid frame.