Patents by Inventor Gianni Nosenzo

Gianni Nosenzo 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: 7044454
    Abstract: The invention concerns inner spring assemblies for mattresses, typically bed mattresses. The invention proposes an inner spring assembly having open-ended coil springs arranged in first rows and second rows transverse to the first rows and a connecting arrangement which connects the coil springs to form a unitary assembly. For ease of manufacture all the coil springs in the assembly are of the same hand, those in the first rows are oriented similarly to all other springs in the same first row and in at least some of the second rows there are springs which are oriented oppositely to other coil springs in the same second row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Bedding Component Manufacturers (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Graham Colman, Gianni Nosenzo, Leonard Patrick Mizra
  • Publication number: 20050235426
    Abstract: The invention concerns inner spring assemblies for mattresses, typically bed mattresses. The invention proposes an inner spring assembly having open-ended coil springs arranged in first rows and second rows transverse to the first rows and a connecting arrangement which connects the coil springs to form a unitary assembly. For ease of manufacture all the coil springs in the assembly are of the same hand, those in the first rows are oriented similarly to all other springs in the same first row and in at least some of the second rows there are springs which are oriented oppositely to other coil springs in the same second row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Graham Colman, Gianni Nosenzo, Leonard Mizra
  • Patent number: 6601249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spring pre-assembly for a mattress foundation unit having a wooden base, a plurality of spring units and a mattress supporting wire grid that is supported above the wooden base by the spring units. The spring pre-assembly comprises a plurality of spring units connected to a wire grid consisting of a plurality of grid wire pairs arranged orthogonally to one another. The spring units include a base portion, a pair of divergently extending leg portions and a pair of engagement portions extending in opposite directions from the distal ends of the leg portions. The engagement portions can be engaged with adjacent grid wire pairs, the resulting arrangement being such that the spring units are pre-stressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: International Wire Converters (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Wayne Arnold, Graham Colman, Gianni Nosenzo
  • Publication number: 20030070231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spring pre-assembly for a mattress foundation unit having a wooden base, a plurality of spring units and a mattress supporting wire grid that is supported above the wooden base by the spring units. The spring pre-assembly comprises a plurality of spring units connected to a wire grid consisting of a plurality of grid wire pairs arranged orthogonally to one another. The spring units include a base portion, a pair of divergently extending leg portions and a pair of engagement portions extending in opposite directions from the distal ends of the leg portions. The engagement portions can be engaged with adjacent grid wire pairs, the resulting arrangement being such that the spring units are pre-stressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: International Wire Convertors (Pty.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Wayne Arnold, Graham Colman, Gianni Nosenzo
  • Patent number: 6419212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular spring for a mattress foundation unit having a wooden base a plurality of modular springs and a mattress supporting wire grid that is supported above the wooden base by the modular springs. The modular spring comprises a planar top portion which can be attached to the wire grid, four straight legs and each leg terminating in a transverse foot portion. The top portion includes four partially curved spaced apart members. The legs extend downwardly from the top portion in an obtuse angular relation to the top portion and each leg interlinks two adjacent partially curved members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: International Wire Convertors (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: Wayne Arnold, Graham Colman, Gianni Nosenzo