US4862532A — Bedding foundation having snap-in place sinuous w…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 393 words

A bedding foundation comprising, a bottom, substantially rectangular, base frame having side and end members and slats extending between said side members, a substantially planar rectangular top wire grid, said grid comprising a border wire and first and second sets of wires, said border wire being of rectangular configuration and surrounding said first and second sets of wires, said first set of wires comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced, parallel wires and said second set of wires comprising a plurality of transversely extending, spaced, parallel wires, said first an second sets of wires intersecting one another and being fixedly connected to said border wires, a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting said base frame and said wire grid, said sinuous wire springs each comprising a sinuous spring strip made from wire bent back and forth to have oppositely facing edge loops interconnected by straight torsion bar sections, each of said strips being formed into a generally U-shaped configuration having substantially vertical legs interconnected by a substantially flat horizontal section, said flat section of each of said sinuous wire springs being fixedly secured to said wire grid and the ends of said vertical legs of each of said sinuous springs remote from said flat section being fixedly secured to said base frame, each of said vertical legs of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of multiple edge loops interconnected by a torsion bars, the lowermost one of the edge loops being connected to a free end torsion bar, said flat section of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of a single edge loop and a pair of torsion bars connected to opposite ends of said single edge loop, said flat section being connected to said top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, said snap-fit connector means comprising portions of each torsion bar of said pair of torsion bars of said flat section being spring biased outwardly over one wire of one of said first and second sets of wires of said grid and a portion of said single edge loop of said flat section being located beneath one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid, a fabric pad overlying said top wire grid, and an upholstered cover surrounding said base frame, top wire grid, sinuous wire springs, and said fabric pad.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 393 words

A bedding foundation comprising, a bottom, substantially rectangular, base frame having side and end members and slats extending between said side members, a substantially planar rectangular top wire grid, said grid comprising a border wire and first and second sets of wires, said border wire being of rectangular configuration and surrounding said first and second sets of wires, said first set of wires comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced, parallel wires and said second set of wires comprising a plurality of transversely extending, spaced, parallel wires, said first an second sets of wires intersecting one another and being fixedly connected to said border wires, a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting said base frame and said wire grid, said sinuous wire springs each comprising a sinuous spring strip made from wire bent back and forth to have oppositely facing edge loops interconnected by straight torsion bar sections, each of said strips being formed into a generally U-shaped configuration having substantially vertical legs interconnected by a substantially flat horizontal section, said flat section of each of said sinuous wire springs being fixedly secured to said wire grid and the ends of said vertical legs of each of said sinuous springs remote from said flat section being fixedly secured to said base frame, each of said vertical legs of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of multiple edge loops interconnected by a torsion bars, the lowermost one of the edge loops being connected to a free end torsion bar, said flat section of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of a single edge loop and a pair of torsion bars connected to opposite ends of said single edge loop, said flat section being connected to said top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, said snap-fit connector means comprising portions of each torsion bar of said pair of torsion bars of said flat section being spring biased outwardly over one wire of one of said first and second sets of wires of said grid and a portion of said single edge loop of said flat section being located beneath one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid, a fabric pad overlying said top wire grid, and an upholstered cover surrounding said base frame, top wire grid, sinuous wire springs, and said fabric pad.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 352 words

A bedding foundation assembly comprising, a bottom, substantially rectangular, base frame having side and end members, a substantially planar rectangular top wire grid, said grid comprising a border wire and first and second sets of wires, said first set of wires comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced, parallel wires, said second set of wires comprising a plurality of transversely extending, spaced, parallel wires, the ends of both said first and second sets of wires being fixedly connected to said border wire, a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting said base frame and said wire grid, said sinuous wire springs each comprising a sinuous spring strip made from wire bent back and forth upon itself to form oppositely facing edge loops interconnected by straight torsion bar sections, said spring strip being formed into a generally U-shaped configuration having substantially vertical legs interconnected by a flat horizontal section, said flat horizontal section of each of said sinuous wire springs being fixedly secured to said wire grid and the ends of said vertical legs of each of said sinuous springs remote from said flat section being fixedly secured to said base frame, and each of said substantially vertical legs of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of multiple edge loops interconnected by torsion bars, the one of the edge loops most remote from the flat section being connected to a free end torsion bar, and said flat section of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of a single edge loop and a pair of torsion bars connected to opposite ends of said single edge loop, said flat section being secured to said top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, said snap-fit connector means comprising portions of each torsion bar of said pairs of torsion bars of said flat section being spring biased outwardly over one wire of one of said first and second sets of wires of said grid and a portion of said single edge loop of said flat section being located beneath one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 352 words

A bedding foundation assembly comprising, a bottom, substantially rectangular, base frame having side and end members, a substantially planar rectangular top wire grid, said grid comprising a border wire and first and second sets of wires, said first set of wires comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced, parallel wires, said second set of wires comprising a plurality of transversely extending, spaced, parallel wires, the ends of both said first and second sets of wires being fixedly connected to said border wire, a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting said base frame and said wire grid, said sinuous wire springs each comprising a sinuous spring strip made from wire bent back and forth upon itself to form oppositely facing edge loops interconnected by straight torsion bar sections, said spring strip being formed into a generally U-shaped configuration having substantially vertical legs interconnected by a flat horizontal section, said flat horizontal section of each of said sinuous wire springs being fixedly secured to said wire grid and the ends of said vertical legs of each of said sinuous springs remote from said flat section being fixedly secured to said base frame, and each of said substantially vertical legs of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of multiple edge loops interconnected by torsion bars, the one of the edge loops most remote from the flat section being connected to a free end torsion bar, and said flat section of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of a single edge loop and a pair of torsion bars connected to opposite ends of said single edge loop, said flat section being secured to said top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, said snap-fit connector means comprising portions of each torsion bar of said pairs of torsion bars of said flat section being spring biased outwardly over one wire of one of said first and second sets of wires of said grid and a portion of said single edge loop of said flat section being located beneath one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 25 words

The bedding foundation assembly of claim 2 wherein each of said substantially vertical legs comprises three edge loops interconnected by a pair of torsion bars.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 25 words

The bedding foundation assembly of claim 3 wherein said single edge loop is of larger radius than said edge loops of said substantially vertical legs.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 34 words

The bedding foundation of claim 2 wherein each of said pair of torsion bars of said flat section of said sinuous wire springs comprises a straight bar having an outwardly extending offset formed therein.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 52 words

The bedding foundation of claim 2 wherein each of said portions of said single edge loop of said flat section of said sinuous wire springs is located beneath a vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 41 words

The bedding foundation of claim 6 wherein said vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire is offset upwardly from the plane of said grid by approximately the diameter of the wire from which said sinuous wire spring is formed.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 41 words

The bedding foundation of claim 7 wherein single edge loop of said flat section of said sinuous wire springs has a detent formed therein at the point at which it intersects said vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 34 words

The bedding foundation of claim 7 wherein each of said vertically and upwardly offset sections has a downwardly extending indentation formed therein approximately medially of the length of said vertically and upwardly offset sections.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 386 words

A bedding foundation assembly comprising, a bottom, substantially rectangular, base frame having side and end members, radiused corners, and slats extending between said side members, a substantially planar rectangular top wire grid, said grid comprising a border wire and first and second sets of wires, said border wire being of rectangular configuration and surrounding said first and second sets of wires, said border wire having radiused corners, said first set of wires comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced, parallel wires and said second set of wires comprising a plurality of transversely extending, spaced, parallel wires, said first and second sets of wires being fixedly connected to said border wire, a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting the corners of said base frame and said wire grid, said sinuous wire springs each comprising a sinuous spring strip made from wire bent back and forth to have oppositely facing edge loops interconnected by torsion bar sections, each of said strips being formed into a generally U-shaped configuration having substantially vertical legs interconnected by a substantially flat section, said flat section of each of said sinuous wire springs being secured to said top wire grid and the ends of said vertical legs remote from said flat section of each of said sinuous springs being fixedly secured to said base frame, and each of said vertical legs of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of three edge loops interconnected by a pair of straight torsion bars, the endmost one of the edge loops remote from said flat section being connected to a third free end straight torsion bar, and said flat section of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of a single edge loop and a pair of straight torsion bars connected to opposite ends of said single edge loop, said flat section being secured to said top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, said snap-fit connector means comprising portions of each torsion bar of said pair of torsion bars of said flat section being spring biased outwardly over one wire of one of said first and second sets of wires of said grid and a portion of said single edge loop of said flat section being located beneath one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 386 words

A bedding foundation assembly comprising, a bottom, substantially rectangular, base frame having side and end members, radiused corners, and slats extending between said side members, a substantially planar rectangular top wire grid, said grid comprising a border wire and first and second sets of wires, said border wire being of rectangular configuration and surrounding said first and second sets of wires, said border wire having radiused corners, said first set of wires comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced, parallel wires and said second set of wires comprising a plurality of transversely extending, spaced, parallel wires, said first and second sets of wires being fixedly connected to said border wire, a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting the corners of said base frame and said wire grid, said sinuous wire springs each comprising a sinuous spring strip made from wire bent back and forth to have oppositely facing edge loops interconnected by torsion bar sections, each of said strips being formed into a generally U-shaped configuration having substantially vertical legs interconnected by a substantially flat section, said flat section of each of said sinuous wire springs being secured to said top wire grid and the ends of said vertical legs remote from said flat section of each of said sinuous springs being fixedly secured to said base frame, and each of said vertical legs of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of three edge loops interconnected by a pair of straight torsion bars, the endmost one of the edge loops remote from said flat section being connected to a third free end straight torsion bar, and said flat section of each of said U-shaped sinuous wire springs consisting of a single edge loop and a pair of straight torsion bars connected to opposite ends of said single edge loop, said flat section being secured to said top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, said snap-fit connector means comprising portions of each torsion bar of said pair of torsion bars of said flat section being spring biased outwardly over one wire of one of said first and second sets of wires of said grid and a portion of said single edge loop of said flat section being located beneath one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 30 words

The foundation assembly of claim 10 wherein said single edge loop of each of said sinuous springs is of substantially larger radius than said edge loops of said vertical legs.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 34 words

The bedding foundation of claim 10 wherein each of said pair of torsion bars of said flat section of said sinuous wire springs comprises a straight bar having an outwardly extending offset formed therein.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 52 words

The bedding foundation of claim 12 wherein each of said portions of said single edge loop of said flat section of said sinuous wire springs is located beneath a vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire of the other of said first and second sets of wires of said grid.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 41 words

The bedding foundation of claim 13 wherein said vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire is offset upwardly from the plane of said grid by approximately the diameter of the wire from which said sinuous wire spring is formed.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 41 words

The bedding foundation of claim 14 wherein single edge loop of said flat section of said sinuous wire springs has a detent formed therein at the point at which it intersects said vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 34 words

The bedding foundation of claim 14 wherein each of said vertically and upwardly offset sections has a downwardly extending indentation formed therein approximately medially of the length of said vertically and upwardly offset sections.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 143 words

A box spring comprising a base frame, a top wire grid, and a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting the top wire grid and the base frame, said sinous wire springs each comprising a sinous wire strip formed into an inverted U-shaped configuration, each of said U-shaped springs having a closed end attached to the top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, each of said U-shaped springs having substantially vertical legs with free ends attached to said base frame, and each of said closed ends of said sinuous wire springs comprising a pair of substantially parallel torsion bars interconnected by a single edge loop each of said vertical legs comprising at least a pair of substantially parallel torsion bars interconnected by an edge loop, the edge loop of said vertical legs having a radius less than a radius of the closed end loop.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 143 words

A box spring comprising a base frame, a top wire grid, and a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting the top wire grid and the base frame, said sinous wire springs each comprising a sinous wire strip formed into an inverted U-shaped configuration, each of said U-shaped springs having a closed end attached to the top wire grid by snap-fit connector means, each of said U-shaped springs having substantially vertical legs with free ends attached to said base frame, and each of said closed ends of said sinuous wire springs comprising a pair of substantially parallel torsion bars interconnected by a single edge loop each of said vertical legs comprising at least a pair of substantially parallel torsion bars interconnected by an edge loop, the edge loop of said vertical legs having a radius less than a radius of the closed end loop.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 37 words

The box spring assembly of claim 17 wherein each of said parallel torsion bars has an outwardly extending offset formed therein, said offsets being positioned over the top of a pair of parallel wires of said grid.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 36 words

The body spring assembly of claim 18 wherein each of said single edge loops or said sinuous wire springs is positioned beneath a wire of said grid which extends perpendicular to said pair of parallel wires.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 18 words

The box spring assembly of claim 19 wherein said perpendicular wire extends beneath said pair of parallel wires.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 32 words

The box spring assembly of claim 19 wherein said each of said single edge loops of said sinuous wire springs extends beneath a vertically and upwardly offset section of said perpendicular wire.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 41 words

The box spring assembly of claim 19 wherein each of said single edge loops of said sinuous wire springs has a detent formed therein at the point at which it intersects said vertically and upwardly offset section of said one wire.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 35 words

The box spring assembly of claim 22 wherein each of said vertically and upwardly offset sections has a downwardly extending indentation formed therein approximately medially of the length of said vertically and upwardly offset sections.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1992-09-04	1993-03-06	1993-09-05	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1996-09-04	1997-03-06	1997-09-05	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2000-09-04	2001-03-06	2001-09-05	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Bedding foundation having snap-in place sinuous wire springs

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