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US3176326A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Mattress handles

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-03-29
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Granted: 1965-04-06
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Expires: 1982-03-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Milton B Zysman
  • 👤 Simon J Zysman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 14:08
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C31/00; A47C31/08; B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/44; B65D5/46; B65D5/46008; B65D5/46024; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S16/00; Y10S16/28

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 235 words
A MOLDED ONE-PIECES HANDLE OF STIFF RESILIENT MATERIAL FOR ENGAGEMENT IN A PAIR OF HANDLE GROMMETS MOUNTED IN RELATIVELY FIXED SPACED APART RELATION ON A MATTRESS SIDEWALLS, COMPRISING: A HAND-GRIP PORTIONS; TERMINALS INTERGAL WITH SAID HAND-GRIP PORTION EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY THEREFROM AND SPACED CORRESPONDINGLY TO SAID HANDLE GROMMETS FOR INSERTION AND CAPTURE WITHIN SAID GROMMETS; A TIP INTEGRALLY JOINED TO AND CONSTITUTING A FORWARD EXTENSION OF EACH SAID TERMINAL; SAID TERMINALS, TIPS AND HAND-GRIP PORTION FORMING A STRUCTURE WITH SUFFICIENT STIFFNESS AND SAID TERMINALS BEING ORIENTED TO PERMIT THEM TO BE PLUGGED SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO SAID GROMMETS BY SAID TIP ADJACENT A BRANCH INTEGRALLY ROOTED IN EACH SAID TIP ADJACENT ITS JUNCTURE WITH SAID TERMINAL AND EXTENDING GENERALLY REARWARDLY OF SAID TERMINAL, SAID BRANCH BEING RESILIENT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RELAXED POSITION IN WHICH IT IS OUTSPREAD RELATIVE TO SAID TERMINAL AND A STRESSED POSITION IN WHICH IT IS DISPOSED CONTIGUOUSLY TO SAID TERMINAL; EACH SAID TERMINAL AND BRANCH BEING DIMENSIONED TO PERMIT PASSAGE THEREOF THROUGH A SAID GROMMET WITH SAID BRANCH IN ITS CONTIGUOUS STRESSED POSITION BUT BEING INCAPABLE OF WITHDRAWAL THROUGH SAID GROMMET WITH THE BRANCH IN ITS RELAXED OUTSPREAD POSITION PROCURING IMPINGEMENT OF SAID BRANCH ON THE GROMMET UPON WITHDRAWAL TENSION BEING APPLIED THERETO; EACH SAID TERMINAL BEING RESILIENTLY ARCHABLE TO PROCURE DISPOSITION OF SAID TIP SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID GROMMET; SAID TIP BEING NON- WITHDRAWAL THROUGH SAID GROMMET WHILE THUS TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 235 words
A MOLDED ONE-PIECES HANDLE OF STIFF RESILIENT MATERIAL FOR ENGAGEMENT IN A PAIR OF HANDLE GROMMETS MOUNTED IN RELATIVELY FIXED SPACED APART RELATION ON A MATTRESS SIDEWALLS, COMPRISING: A HAND-GRIP PORTIONS; TERMINALS INTERGAL WITH SAID HAND-GRIP PORTION EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY THEREFROM AND SPACED CORRESPONDINGLY TO SAID HANDLE GROMMETS FOR INSERTION AND CAPTURE WITHIN SAID GROMMETS; A TIP INTEGRALLY JOINED TO AND CONSTITUTING A FORWARD EXTENSION OF EACH SAID TERMINAL; SAID TERMINALS, TIPS AND HAND-GRIP PORTION FORMING A STRUCTURE WITH SUFFICIENT STIFFNESS AND SAID TERMINALS BEING ORIENTED TO PERMIT THEM TO BE PLUGGED SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO SAID GROMMETS BY SAID TIP ADJACENT A BRANCH INTEGRALLY ROOTED IN EACH SAID TIP ADJACENT ITS JUNCTURE WITH SAID TERMINAL AND EXTENDING GENERALLY REARWARDLY OF SAID TERMINAL, SAID BRANCH BEING RESILIENT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RELAXED POSITION IN WHICH IT IS OUTSPREAD RELATIVE TO SAID TERMINAL AND A STRESSED POSITION IN WHICH IT IS DISPOSED CONTIGUOUSLY TO SAID TERMINAL; EACH SAID TERMINAL AND BRANCH BEING DIMENSIONED TO PERMIT PASSAGE THEREOF THROUGH A SAID GROMMET WITH SAID BRANCH IN ITS CONTIGUOUS STRESSED POSITION BUT BEING INCAPABLE OF WITHDRAWAL THROUGH SAID GROMMET WITH THE BRANCH IN ITS RELAXED OUTSPREAD POSITION PROCURING IMPINGEMENT OF SAID BRANCH ON THE GROMMET UPON WITHDRAWAL TENSION BEING APPLIED THERETO; EACH SAID TERMINAL BEING RESILIENTLY ARCHABLE TO PROCURE DISPOSITION OF SAID TIP SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID GROMMET; SAID TIP BEING NON- WITHDRAWAL THROUGH SAID GROMMET WHILE THUS TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED.

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