Abstract: A slatted bed frame having a plurality of upper and lower slats arranged transversely to a longitudinal axis of the bed frame, each slat being held at both ends by an elastic slat support and being spaced from the other slats, each of the slats forming a horizontal plane, with the upper slat plane forming a lying surface for a mattress pad, the lying surface being interrupted by a partial removal of at least one upper slat thereby forming at least one recess in the lying surface, into which at least one elastic insertion element, which forms a part of the lying surface, is arranged. In the region of the recess, a hanging insert is inserted, which is held at a distance from the lower slats.

Abstract: A base for bed mattress having a plurality of transverse slats, with each slat end attached to the frame of the base and pivotally connected to first end of a rod at the center of each slat is provided. The rod is attached at its second end to a dynamic pulley. The dynamic pulleys are connected by a common cord or flexible attachment running over stationary pulleys mounted between the slats to a central beam attached to the frame of the base. Improved distribution of human body support can thus be achieved independent of the contour and weight of the body at any sleeping position. Springiness of the base can be modified by changing the elasticity of the flexible attachment. The dynamic support base reduces the need for thickness of the mattress and of the bed pillow.

Abstract: A bed with a flexible supporting spring system without a frame. The flexible supporting spring system is supported by a supporting frame or directly by the bedstead. The flexible supporting spring system can be rolled and therefore can easily be transported. Above all, however, the flexible supporting spring system can be used for different beds and can be adapted individually to different sleeping cultures.

Abstract: A spring system in particular for upholstery and/or mattresses of push-carriage seats, furniture for sitting on or lying on or the like, having a plurality of successively spaced-apart slats (20), in particular resilient slats, and having supporting bodies (21) for supporting the slats directly or indirectly on a carrying structure. The bearing points or bearing regions (27) of the slats (20), in which the slats (20) are supported by the supporting bodies (21), are arranged exclusively between the slat ends (31, 32).

Abstract: A stackable wire core assembly for a bedding foundation which may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. The wire core assembly includes an upper wire grid, including a border wire and support wires extending between the ends of the border wire. Each support wire has resilient portions extending downwardly from the plane of the upper wire grid, each resilient portion having a flat bottom adapted to be secured to a wooden base frame and curved arms extending upwardly from opposed ends of the flat bottom.

Abstract: A suspended matrix support structure has a perimeter frame which supports a flexible matrix formed with intersecting flexible members, the ends of which are supported by the perimeter frame. Edges of the flexible members are held within channels which form a frame about the flexible matrix. In one embodiment, the perimeter frame is constructed of foam with contoured features which support the frame of the flexible matrix. The flexible members of the flexible matrix extend across the expanse within the perimeter frame to provide a flexible support structure which can be used as a mattress, mattress foundation or both in combination.

Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension device for bed-base slats which is formed by an end-piece which has an upper portion which comprises at least one receptacle to receive the end of a slat, a lower portion which is provided with means for anchoring the said end-piece to a bed frame, and an intermediate portion which comprises suspension members which connect the lower portion to the upper portion. The suspension members comprise at least one longitudinal wall which is able to fold at a substantially longitudinally extending fold line, and at least one transverse wall which is able to fold at a substantially transversely extending fold line.

Abstract: The invention provides a single piece tension-varying slider for a set of three slats of a bed base, which set comprises two parallel slats in the plane on which the mattress rests and a lower slat disposed substantially in the vertical midplane between the two upper slats, said slats being supported at their ends by fixing means for fixing to the longitudinally-extending members of the frame of the bed base, said slider comprising a suspension device for bearing against the lower slat, and fixing means for fixing said device to the upper slats, wherein the fixing means comprise a strip for being placed across and over the upper slats, said strip having a respective bend at each of its ends for co-operating with a respective outer edge of said two upper slats, one of the bends being connected to the suspension device by a junction wall.

Abstract: A spring-support lath for supporting upholstery of furniture includes a lath body defining a longitudinal direction and having a pair of longitudinally extending U-profiles. Each U-profile is of U-shaped cross-section open in a downward direction and spaced apart in a lateral direction. The U-profiles are interconnected at their longitudinally spaced ends by end pieces and by fixed links situated intermediate the end pieces. The fixed links are spaced apart longitudinally, and at least some of the fixed links include a fastener structure such as a T-shaped member or an oblong hole for connecting to spring elements.

Abstract: A spring-support lath for supporting upholstery of furniture includes a lath body defining a longitudinal direction and having a pair of longitudinally extending U-profiles. Each U-profile is of U-shaped cross-section open in a downward direction and spaced apart in a lateral direction. The U-profiles are interconnected at their longitudinally spaced ends by end pieces and by fixed links situated intermediate the end pieces. The fixed links are spaced apart longitudinally, and at least some of the fixed links include a fastener structure such as a T-shaped member or an oblong hole for connecting to spring elements.

Abstract: The invention refers to a bed with a mattress pad supported in a three-dimensionally movable manner and a bedstead with legs, which supports the mattress. The mattress pad is in springy or not springy, but yielding manner attached to the bedstead. Sensors are arranged spaced across the surface of the mattress pad, to detect the local lowering of the mattress pad during loading; and lifting means reacting to the local lowering also arranged spaced across the surface of the mattress pad between the mattress pad and the bedstead, to align the mattress pad in the horizontal disregarding the locally different loading. The sensors and the lifting means are formed as double-acting pressure cylinders, which are connected in cross-wise manner with regard to each other. (FIG.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing element having a base plate fitted on a support, for a seat or bed system, with a bearing plate to hold upholstery. The invention seeks to produce a bearing element whose range of spring is approximately equal to the total height, and which is easy to produce. To this end, at least two spring elements serving as bearing arms (12, 22) are fitted between the base plate (11, 21) and the bearing plate (15, 25). These spring elements, configured like leaf springs, are directed outwards from the base plate (11, 21). Their outer ends join the hearing plate (15, 25). In another version of the invention, a spring body (35, 35′) is fitted between the base and bearing plate. The spring body head (35.2) and foot (35.1), like the bearing plate and base plate, have corresponding locking parts, so that the bearing plate can also be removably placed on the spring body (15, 15′) and on the base plate (21).

Abstract: Base assembly for a bed or chair seat. The assembly includes at least one medium-filled flexible support member and a number of substantially form-retaining bearing elements. The bearing elements rest on the support member such that the bearing elements together provide a bed surface. The base assembly preferably has at least two medium-filled flexible support members and the bearing elements are supported individually by a plurality of support members. The bearing elements can be slats, while the support members can be made from fiber-reinforced flexible plastic material.

Abstract: A support for reclining or sitting has two tubes extending in the longitudinal direction and filled with a liquid, transverse rods being guided on said tubes so as to be movable back and forth in the loading direction. A cushion is disposed on the transverse rods and extends over the tubes from one side of the support to the other.

Abstract: A bedding or seating product comprising a base having a pair of end rails, a pair of side rails and a plurality of intermediate rails. A plurality of intermediate wooden slats are spaced above the intermediate rails of the base by a plurality of spacers which may be sinuous springs, other types of springs or structures. A plurality of modular springs are secured to the intermediate slats and extend upwardly therefrom. An upper wire grid is secured to coplanar upper portions of the modular springs.

Abstract: A knock down mattress system comprises a generally rectangular box-like shell having a bottom panel, a top panel and side panels interposed therebetween. A plurality of generally elongate bolsters are dimensioned and configured to be positioned within the shell in abutment with the side panels thereof. Each bolster comprises a casing containing resiliently compressible, pocketed coil springs, thereby providing a firm but compliant perimeter around the bed. The bolsters are maintained in proper position within the shell by straps which cooperate with loops formed in the bottom panel of the shell. By this configuration, the bolsters define an interior bounded space within the shell to contain a water mattress, an air mattress or other suitable mattress member. Because the bed system comprises an assembly of discrete pieces, it can be shipped conveniently to the customer in disassembled form and is readily assembled at final destination.

Abstract: The support grid for a lying, reclining or sitting furniture, particularly for a bed, according to the present invention comprises a plurality of support elements (1), e.g., laths, and at least two spring bodies (2), the latter being positioned transversely to the laths, the laths rest on the spring bodies and are fastened thereto. The laths have in cross-section a curved support under surface and are so fixed to the spring bodies that they can be pivoted to a limited extent with respect to the spring bodies about an axis running parallel to the longitudinal lath axis. As a result of this pivoting possibility each lath is given a further degree of freedom making it possible for it to adapt further to the shape of a body resting on the lath grid than is possible through the elasticity of the spring body. This increases the lying of sitting comfort of the support grid according to the invention.

Abstract: A box spring assembly for use as a foundation for a bedding mattress has a triple beam frame. The frame has three layers of which the bottom layer consists of longitudinal side rails equally spaced from a center rail and connected at each end to a double thickness end rail consisting of a lower and upper board. The middle layer of the frame includes a number of transverse slats equally spaced between the upper board end rails positioned at each lengthwise end of the box spring assembly. The lower board end rails underlie the upper board end rails and are in the bottom plane of the frame. The top layer of the frame consists of longitudinal slats spaced atop the transverse slats and upper board end rails. The triple beam frame is constructed of metal, wood, or a combination thereof. Coil springs are secured to the longitudinal slats in the box spring assembly.

Abstract: A mattress foundation includes upper and lower frame sections which are resiliently interconnected and supported by a combination of springs and foam. In different embodiments, the springs comprise coil springs, torsion springs, torsion spring modules or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the foam comprises an elongate piece of foam which extends peripherally around the foundation and envelops or encases the springs. The foam is slitted in a pattern to receive portions of the springs. Alternatively, the foam comprises discrete foam blocks spaced around the periphery of the foundation and between select pairs of adjacent springs.

Abstract: A lath grating for the support of mattresses or the like includes a frame and a plurality of laths arranged parallel to each other. Vertical supporting shafts are arranged at both ends of the lath. The supporting shafts are connected to the lath in an articulated manner and are received by vertical guide bore holes provided in a row at the upper sides of the frame legs which extend in longitudinal direction of the lath grating. Longitudinally extending chambers are cut out in the frame legs. A device for supporting the supporting shaft in a spring-like manner and including inflatable tube-like bellows is provided in the chambers. The chambers are tubular and the inflatable bellows directly contact the wall of the tubular chambers along the entire surface thereof as a result of the pressure prevailing in the bellows. The supporting shafts directly contact the bellows. The bellows are connected via regulating members to at least one pressure tank.

Abstract: A slat-grate furniture spring in which carrying elements spaced apart along each longitudinal member of a support frame are located in gaps between resilient slats which are spaced apart and have carrying elements on their undersides. Elastic strands are threaded through the carrying elements alternating between a carrying element on the frame and a carrying element on a slat.

Abstract: Body support consisting of a number of tubular or sheath-shaped air chambers extending one next to the other in the transverse direction of the support and connected to one another, whereby the upper surface of each air chamber is provided with one or more strips of adapted width and/or flexibility, this strip or strips extending in the transverse direction of the body support, and therefore in the longitudinal direction of each air chamber, or being composed of parts, which strips when the support is under load, effect an adaptation to the different volume-to-weight ratios of the various parts of the human body.

Abstract: A mattress support system including a support frame, tubular air springs and mattress support slats extending between pockets formed at a top surface of sleeves surrounding bladders of the tubular support springs.

Abstract: A base frame for a box-spring which is reinforced by longitudinal beams secured to the upper surfaces of the cross slats within the spring assembly.

Abstract: An improved mattress foundation particularly suited for use with foam mattresses to provide proper support for the mattress and to duplicate the feel of box springs. The mattress foundation utilizes an upper and lower frame assembly separated by a flexible, resilient material, which may be in the form of blocks, strips or slabs of flexible, resilient material, with the upper frame assembly preferably being somewhat flexible so as to be capable of deforming from its normal planar condition when subjected to more concentrated loads. The material separating the upper and lower frame assemblies are selected to have a resilience which will support the weight of one or two persons while distributed over the mattress foundation without substantial deflection, but which will deflect significantly when subjected to an individual's weight in more concentrated form, such as occurs when an individual sits on the edge of a bed or is getting into or out of the bed.

Abstract: This invention consists of a low cost box-spring assembly for use on a conventional bed frame under the mattress to provide comfort and additional resiliency as weight is placed upon the mattress.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a wooden frame structure for a box spring. Two spaced, parallel, upright members form elongated side rails which are initially held together by a base slat extending between the side rails at either end thereof, the base slats being affixed to the bottom of the side rails in recesses therein. Above each base slat, an end slat is installed extending between the side rails, each end slat having a formation such as a tenon formed on either end thereof which engages a corresponding formation such as a mortise formed in each side rail. Normally, at least one center slat, depending on the ultimate frame dimension, lies on its side between the end slats with each end of the center slat lying on a portion of the top of one of the base slats. A plurality of upright cross slats extends between the side rails, and similar to the end slats, each cross slat has a tenon formed in either end thereof which interlockingly engages a corresponding mortise formed in each side rail.

Abstract: A spring assembly formed of multiple coil springs arranged in lengthwise and crosswise rows and a sub-assembly for use in the manufacture of such spring assemblies in which the sub-assembly is formed of elongate slats having longitudinally spaced nodules extending from the upper surfaces thereof for mounting coil springs thereon in corresponding longitudinally spaced relation with the coil springs extending upwardly from the top surface of the slats.