Abstract: A bed frame comprising a headboard, footboard, and a pair of side rails interconnecting the headboard and footboard. The side rails each include a pair of hooks on the end of the rails insertable into vertical slots in the legs of the headboard and footboard. These hooks are engageable with transverse pins which extend across the slots. A longitudinally slideable latch is mounted on the end of each rail and is cooperable with one of the hooks on the end of each rail to lock the rails to the headboard and footboard such that the rails may not be inadvertently dislodged or disengaged from the headboard or footboard.

Abstract: A mobile display rack for the storage and display of packaged products. The display rack includes a frame structure comprising four vertically disposed support members supporting at or near their tops a vertically stationary top shelf. Within the frame structure positioned one above the other but below the stationary top shelf are a plurality of vertically movable shelves adapted to hold product containers. Each movable shelf has a lowest vertical position determined by a shelf stop assembly affixed to the frame structure, and a highest vertical position determined by the movable shelves above it.

Abstract: A spring assembly for mattresses, innersprings, and the like. The assembly comprises rows of coils, each row comprising a continuous length of wire formed into a plurality of coils interconnected by Z-shaped wire segments alternately disposed at the top and bottom of the coils. Adjacent rows of coils are connected by a helical wire wound through overlapping Z-shaped wire segments. The overlapping connected segments on opposite sides of each coil are located in a common diametrical plane of the coil so that complete compression of the coil does not result in the coil being pulled laterally, twisted and distorted.

Abstract: A display device for feeding a column of objects forwardly on a shelf as the forwardmost objects are removed. The device comprises a bracket adapted to be secured to the front of the shelf and a flexible belt wrapped around a roller rotatably mounted within the bracket. Preferably, a low friction surface tape is secured to the top surface of the shelf over which the belt is movable. The device contains a torsion spring for maintaining a forward feed bias on the belt and a mechanism for adjusting the tension on the spring so as to vary that spring bias to enable the device to forward feed differing size and weight objects.

Abstract: A shelf organizer comprising a series of wires, the ends of which extend downwardly perpendicular to the length of the wires and are received into edge pockets of sheets of corrugated plastic material. When the sheets of plastic material are secured to the front and rear edges of a shelf, the spaced wires form columns within which shelf displayed objects may be placed and thereby organized into spaced columns.

Abstract: A close-to-the-wall, three-way reclining chair having an all linkage recliner mechanism which allows the chair to move between upright, intermediate and full recline positions while the back of the chair remains a fixed distance from a wall located behind the chair. The chair incorporates a novel recliner linkage assembly for moving the seat and backrest of the chair relative to the chair's arms during movement between upright and reclined positions. The recliner linkage assembly includes a novel four bar linkage system for serving the dual function of (a) supporting the arm rests from a pair of hanger links for generally linear translatory movement during movement between upright and reclined positions, and (b) supporting the chair seat and back rest frames from the four bars for generally pivotal translatory movement between upright and reclined positions.

Abstract: A coil spring assembly, and a method of forming that assembly, in which the assembly's edgemost coil springs are connected to a border wire by a single continuous spiral lacing wire. The method involves the steps of guiding a rotation spiral lacing wire completely around the periphery of a spring coil matrix and border wire through use of helical path defining dies until the leading and trailing ends of the lacing wire are overlapped. During the lacing operation, the helical path defining dies cooperate to deflect a peripheral segment of each corner and edge coil into juxtaposition with the border wire. The resulting final coil spring assembly includes corner coil springs in which the deflected peripheral segments of the corner coils are retained contiguous to the corner of the border wire by the lacing wire.

Abstract: An adjustable bed frame having a pair of side rails interconnected by a pair of adjustable cross rail assemblies. The cross rail assemblies each include a pair of rails of L-shaped cross section. A fastenerless latch mechanism is provided for retaining the cross rails in a position of adjustment. The latch mechanism comprises a headed protrusion extending from one of the cross rails and fitted within a slot of the other rail and a protrusion on the other rail fitted within an aperture of the first rail, the two protrusions being located on mutually perpendicular legs of the respective rails. The two cross rails are locked in this assembled relation by a pivotable latch fixedly secured to one of the rails and movable into a position of engagement with the rails so as to secure their respective protrusions against relative movement.

Abstract: A sofa or davenport having a foldable bed frame adapted to provide a seat when used as a sofa and a forwardly extending unfolded bed frame when used as a bed. The foldable frame includes pivotally interconnected head, body, intermediate and foot sections and a linkage operable to automatically control extension and contraction of the supporting legs and to control folding and unfolding of the interconnected sections between a fully extended, unfolded position wherein the sections extend over the sofa storage cavity and front rail; and a retracted position wherein the body, intermediate and foot sections are disposed substantially entirely below the plane of the top surface of the front rail of the sofa and the head section is disposed behind the back rest cushion of the sofa.

Abstract: An improved seat base for a swivel type seat in which the base's seat support and pedestal are connected together in swivel relation by a thrust bearing of inverted conical configuration. In preferred form, a latch dog is movable between a latch position defined by a latch seat in the outer bearing collar for preventing swivel type rotation of the seat, and a release position where the latch dog is withdrawn from the latch seat into the interior of the thrust bearing for allowing swivel type rotation of the seat. The latch dog is pivotable on a horizontal axis oriented above the thrust bearing between those two positions through a latch post in the inner bearing collar by use of a lift arm connected thereto, the lift arm having a handle located adjacent to the seat's front edge.

Abstract: A close-to-the-wall recliner chair has a body support, i.e., seat and backrest, which is pivotally mounted on a body support frame, and the body support frame is in turn carried on a stationary chair base by roller and track means, thereby permitting forward/rearward motion of the body support frame on the chair base as the body support moves between upright and reclining positions. This forward and rearward motion is effected by a unitized recliner chair mechanism which comprises (a) a conventional recliner mechanism interconnecting the body support frame and the body support, (b) a conventional track and roller assembly, (c) a novel bracket fixedly interconnecting the rollers of the track assembly to the recliner mechanism, and (d) a novel control linkage connected at one end to the track of the roller track assembly and at the opposite end of the footrest linkage of the recliner mechanism.

Abstract: A mattress having increased firmness in a preselected area on both sides of the mattress through use of a welded wire grid structure attached to the opposite sides of the mattress. In one preferred form, the increased firmness is provided only in a preselected area, e.g., the center one-third area of the mattress, by a welded wire grid while in another preferred embodiment, the grid wires extend over the complete area of the mattress. The wire grids are preformed and assembled as a separate subassembly and are attached to the preassembled spring core by conventional connectors, as for example, conventional hog rings.

Abstract: An improved sofa-sleeper structure having a foldable bed frame, the bed frame including a cloth front deck and a cloth rear deck. The cloth decks are fixed one to the other, e.g., by stitching, at their adjoining edges, and are attached by tension springs to the bed frame. A tensioning device extends between side members of the bed frame in the area where the front and rear decks are fixed together, the tensioning device maintaining the front deck relatively taut when the bed frame is folded into the sofa attitude, thereby aiding in establishing a spring surface for the sofa's cushions. A mattress is connected to the cloth front and rear decks in fixed fashion around its periphery, e.g., by stitching, thereby stabilizing the mattress in position on the bed frame.

Abstract: An improved sofa-sleeper structure having a foldable bed frame, the bed frame including a cloth front deck and a cloth rear deck. The cloth decks are fixed one to the other, e.g., by stitching, at their adjoining edges, and are attached by tension springs to the bed frame. A tensioning device extends between side members of the bed frame in the area where the front and rear decks are fixed together, the tensioning device maintaining the front deck relatively taut when the bed frame is folded into the sofa attitude, thereby aiding in establishing a spring surface for the sofa's cushions.

Abstract: An improved single cone coil spring and an improved box spring assembly made from the improved single cone coil springs. The box spring assembly comprises a base frame, a series of the improved small diameter single cone coil springs and a welded wire grid, the coil springs being connected at their bottom ends to the base frame and connected at their top ends to the welded wire grid. The coil springs are established in a plurality of rows and columns throughout the box spring assembly, at least one transverse wire and at least one longitudinal wire of the wire grid span all coil springs within each row and column, respectively. Further, a supplemental transverse wire is positioned between adjacent coil spring rows, and is of a length equal to at least one of the coil springs' transverse wires adjacent thereto. All crossover points of all the grid's transverse and longitudinal wires are welded to establish the welded wire grid.

Abstract: An improved bed frame structure that includes initially separate headboard and footboard members, the legs of the headboard and footboard being connected by initially separate side rails. In the preferred embodiment, two tension rods are connected in an X-pattern between the side rails. The tension rods are sized, relative to their connection points with the side rails, so that the rods are maintained under tension, i.e., so that the side rails are slightly bowed inwardly when the frame is erected, thereby locking the headboard footboard and side rails into a tight bed frame configuration.

Abstract: A display rack with an improved shelf assembly that gravity feeds a column of containers one after another to the front edge of a shelf as that column's lead containers are successively removed by customers. The shelf assembly includes a conveyor belt oriented so that its travel path is generally perpendicular to the shelf's front edge, the belt being adapted to receive a plurality of containers, e.g., bottles or cans, in a vertical or stand-up fashion thereon. The inside surface of the belt rides over a support floor and has a low coefficient of friction, and the outside surface of the belt on which the containers rest has a high coefficient of friction, relative one to the other.

Abstract: A coil spring assembly having increased firmness in a preselected area of the assembly through use of a novel spring connector structure and method. The increased firmness is provided by, during fabrication, overlapping joint segments of a pair of adjacent coil springs' top loops, positioning a levelizer wire across the overlapped joint so formed, deflecting at least one of the overlapped joint segments out of its normal arcuate attitude toward a linear attitude, and wrapping a helical lacing wire around the overlapped joint segments and levelizer wire in a sufficiently tight manner to prevent the deflected joint segment from returning fully to its normal arcuate attitude, thereby maintaining the spring joint so established in a prestressed state. Preferably, this structure and method employs a single levelizer wire and a single lacing wire to connect adjacent springs in adjacent parallel rows from one end of the rows to the other.

Abstract: A handle actuated leg rest assembly for a recliner chair's movable leg rest. A novel control linkage of the leg rest functions to lock up the leg rest when the leg rest is fully extended or when the leg rest is fully retracted, so that the leg rest does not `drift` out of either the extended or retracted attitudes after being placed therein. The control and leg rest linkages are locked up in the leg rest extended attitude by positioning certain of the control linkage's links in an over center position relative to the pivot points of those links, and are locked up in the retracted attitude by positioning certain other of the control linkage's links in an over center position relative to the pivot points of those other links.

Abstract: A display rack with an improved shelf assembly that gravity feeds a column of containers one after another to the front edge of a shelf as that column's lead containers are successively removed by customers. The shelf assembly includes a conveyor belt oriented so that its travel path is generally perpendicular to the shelf's front edge, the belt being adapted to receive a plurality of containers, e.g., bottles or cans, in a vertical or stand-up fashion thereon. The inside surface of the belt rides over a support floor and has a low coefficient of friction, and the outside surface of the belt on which the containers rest has a high coefficient of friction, relative one to the other.