Abstract: An innerspring assembly, such as for use in a mattress, comprises a plurality of coil springs defining upper and lower terminal convolutions and body portions therebetween. Adjacent coil springs are attached together at the body portions thereof with the terminal convolutions being unattached to one another, so that the terminal convolution can move independently of one another.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 1997
Date of Patent:
February 3, 1998
Assignee:
Ohio Mattress Company Licensing and Components Group
Inventors:
Robert F. Wagner, Barry William Freeman, Paul J. Langer
Abstract: A spring for a box assembly that is constructed to limit deflection of the spring to a position in which the spring is not overstressed. The limited deflection spring includes a wire body which has a load bearing portion, an upright yieldable portion, and a foot portion. The upright yieldable portion includes a pair of downwardly extending converging connecting bars integral at their upper ends with torsion bars at opposite ends of the load bearing portion. A pair of lower torsion bars are connected to the lower ends of the connecting bars and are spaced inward from a pair of downwardly extending converging wire columns which are connected at their upper ends to the lower torsion bars. As a downward load is applied to the load bearing portion, the wire columns move toward vertical positions in which they limit further deflection of the spring.