Spring construction

Claim 2

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and a linear wire segment for connecting the end of said band to said clip being seated in said hook means, e. said hook means being positioned on said top edge so that said linear wire segment is disposed on or in back of the plane of said front surface, and f. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, g. said tank means being embedded in said back surface of said rail.

Claim 3

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 1 further characterized in that: a. said tang means includes a plurality of tangs, b. no two of said tangs being disposed in horizontal alignment with each other whereby they are embedded in the rail at different elevations on its back surface.

Claim 4

The attachment arrangement of claim 2 further characterized in that: a. said tangs include at least three tangs disposed in vertically displaced relationship on said anchor leg means.

Claim 5

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 1 further characterized in that: a. said tang means includes at least five tangs arranged in vertically displaced relationship on said anchor leg means.

Claim 6

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 1 further characterized in that: a. said tang means includes seven tangs arranged in vertically displaced relationship on said anchor leg means.

Claim 7

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 1 further characterized in that: a. said hook means includes a mouth opening toward said anchor leg means, b. retainer tab means formed upwardly out of said attachment leg means adjacent said mouth for preventing connecting means seated in said hook means from inadvertently popping out of said mouth.

Claim 8

The rail attachment arranGement of claim 6 further characterized in that: a. said attachment leg means has aperture means extending therethrough adjacent its juncture with said anchor leg means for receiving fastening means forced into said top edge of said rail.

Claim 9

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and achor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and a linear wire segment for connecting the end of said band to said clip being seated in said hook means, e. said hook means including a mouth opening towards said anchor leg means, f. retainer tab means formed upwardly out of said attachment leg means adjacent said mouth for preventing said linear segment seated in said hook means from inadvertantly popping out of said mouth, g. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, h. said tang means being embedded in said back surface of said rail.

Claim 10

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and achor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and a linear wire segment for connecting the end of said band to said clip being seated in said hook means, e. said hook means including a mouth opening towards said anchor leg means, f. retainer tab means formed upwardly out of said attachment leg means adjacent said mouth for preventing said linear segment seated in said hook means from inadvertantly popping out of said mouth, g. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, h. said tang means being embedded in said back surface of said rail.

Claim 11

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, e. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, f. said tang means being embedded in said back surface of said rail, g. said tang means including a plurality of individual tangs, h. no two of said tangs being disposed in horizontal alignment with each other whereby they are embedded in the rail at different elevations on its back surface.

Claim 12

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, e. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, f. said tang means being embedded in said back surface of said rail, g. said tang means including a plurality of individual tangs, h. no two of said tangs being disposed in horizontal alignment with each other whereby they are embedded in the rail at different elevations on its back surface.

Claim 13

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom surfaces, c. said attachment clip including leg means seated on said top edge, d. said leg means having hook means formed thereon and a linear wire segment for connecting the end of said band to said clip being seated in said hook means, e. said clip means further including positioning means seated against said front surface for positioning said hook means relative to said front surface, f. said positioning means including a member formed out of said leg and bent downwardly at right angles to said leg, and g. means fastening said leg means to said top edge.

Claim 14

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom surfaces, c. said attachment clip including leg means seated on said top edge, d. said leg means having hook means formed thereon and a linear wire segment for connecting the end of said band to said clip being seated in said hook means, e. said clip means further including positioning means seated against said front surface for positioning said hook means relative to said front surface, f. said positioning means including a member formed out of said leg and bent downwardly at right angles to said leg, and g. means fastening said leg means to said top edge.

Claim 15

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 10 further characterized in that: a. said hook means includes a mouth opening toward said back surface, b. retainer tab means formed upwardly out of said leg means adjacent said mouth for preventing connecting means seated in said mouth from inadvertently popping out of said mouth.

Claim 16

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 10 further characterized in that: a. said fastening means includes a plurality of apertures formed in said leg, and b. a fastening member extending through said aperture means into said top edge of said rail.

Claim 17

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 12 further characterized in that: a. said aperture means comprises a series of five apertures arranged in an X-pattern whereby a staple can be seated in the top edge of said rail through said apertures on a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said clip, on a line parallel to said longitudinal axis, or on a line diagonal to said longitudinal axis.

Claim 18

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, and e. ear means depending from said attachment means and embedded in said top edge for preventing movement of said clip laterally of its longitudinal axis.

Claim 19

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said top edge and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, d. said attachment means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, and e. ear means depending from said attachment means and embedded in said top edge for preventing movement of said clip laterally of its longitudinal axis.

Claim 20

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 14 further characterized in that: a. said ear means are inclined downwardly from said attachment leg means at an acute angle to the plane of said attachment leg means.

Claim 21

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 15 further characterized in that: a. said ear means includes a single ear on each side of the longitudinal axis of said attachment leg means, each of said ears facing in a direction disposed at an acute angle to the axis of said attachment leg means.

Claim 22

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 16 further characterized in that: a. said attachment leg means has aperture means extending therethrough adjacent its juncture with said anchor leg means for receiving fastening means forced into said top edge of said rail.

Claim 23

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 16 further characterized in that: a. said anchor leg means has aperture means extending therethrough adjacent its juncture with said attachment means for receiving fastening means forced into said back surface of said rail.

Claim 24

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. a horizontally disposed hole extending through said rail below said top edge between said front and back surfaces, d. said attachment clip including attachment leg means extending through said hole and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, e. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, and f. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, g. said tang means being embedded into said back surfaces of said rail.

Claim 25

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. a horizontally disposed hole extending through said rail below said top edge between said front and back surfaces, d. said attachment clip including attachment leg means extending through said hole and anchor leg means seated on said back surface, e. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, and f. tang means formed on said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, g. said tang means being embedded into said back surfaces of said rail.

Claim 26

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 19 further characterized in that: a. said attachment leg means includes an outer section adjacent its free end of predetermined width and an inner section of greater width adjacent its juncture with said anchor leg means, b. shoulders formed on the edges of said attachment leg means between said inner section and said outer section, c. said hole having diameter greater than the width of said outer section but less than the width of said inner section whereby said shoulders embed in the walls of said hole when said attachment leg means is passed through said hole from the back surface of said rail to seat said anchor leg means against said back surface.

Claim 27

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 20 further characterized in that: a. said shoulders are inclined at an angle to the axis of said attachment leg means.

Claim 28

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said front surface and anchor leg means seated on said top edge, and d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means.

Claim 29

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said front surface and anchor leg means seated on said top edge, and d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means.

Claim 30

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 22 further characterized in that: a. said anchor leg means has tang means formed thereon and extending generally perpendicular thereto, b. said tang means being embedded in said top edge of said rail.

Claim 31

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 23 further characterized in that: a. said attachment leg means has aperture means extending therethrough, and b. fastening means extending through said aperture and embedded in said front surface of said rail.

Claim 32

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 24 further characterized in that: a. said hook means comprises side sections of said attachment leg means formed outwardly of said attachment leg means and bent back upon themselves.

Claim 33

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 22 further characterized in that: a. said anchor leg means includes an anchor foot depending therefrom, b. said anchor foot lying flush against the back surface of said rail.

Claim 34

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 22 further characterized in that: a. said attachment leg means includes a free end section thereof which is bent at an angle to said attachment leg means toward said rail, and b. slot means formed in the front surface of said rail at an angle corresponding to the angle of inclination of said attachment leg end section, c. said attachment leg end section being seated in said slot means to anchor the lower end of said attachment leg means to said rail.

Claim 35

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said front surface and anchor leg means seated on said top and bottom edges, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, e. tang means formed on one of said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, f. said tang means being embedded in one of said top and bottom edges of said rail.

Claim 36

A rail attachment arrangement for attaching an end of a sinuous spring band to a frame rail, comprising: a. an attachment clip, b. said rail having front and back surfaces, and top and bottom edges, c. said attachment clip including attachment leg means seated on said front surface and anchor leg means seated on said top and bottom edges, d. said attachment leg means having hook means formed thereon and said band being connected to said hook means, e. tang means formed on one of said anchor leg means and extending generally perpendicular thereto, f. said tang means being embedded in one of said top and bottom edges of said rail.

Claim 37

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 28 further characterized in that: a. the other of said anchor leg means has aperture means extending therethrough for receiving fastening means forced into one of said top and bottom edges of said rail.

Claim 38

The rail attachment arrangement of claim 29 further characterized in that: a. said hook means comprises edge sections of said attachment leg means formed outwardly of said attachment leg means and bent back upon themselves.