Steadley Company

Billie G Pieper

Martin Schulz, Jr

David Warner

A wire support member for a foundation unit, the resulting foundation unit, and a method of fabricating the foundation unit. The wire support member comprises a pair of parallel wire elements arranged in mirror image with a transverse link extending between and joining the wire elements. A dimple is formed in the top of each of the wire elements to form an engagement location to accommodate and seat a grid wire extending transverse to the wire support member. The foundation unit is comprised of a series of the wire support members installed in a flat grid wire top bearing structure and affixed to a rigid bottom substructure. The foundation unit is formed by inserting a wire support member at an oblique angle to the grid wire top bearing structure with the wire elements straddling a pair of longitudinal grid wires and with one wire element being located on one side of a transverse grid wire and with the other wire element being located on the other side of the transverse grid wire. The support member is then inserted and pivoted until its top is generally coextensive with the flat grid, and it is then rotated until the transverse grid wire is seated in the dimples.

Foundation unit, wire element for the foundation unit, and method of

A machine for inserting foam cores within the coil springs of a mattress or similar device having a series of spiral coil springs. The machine has a series of hollow receptacles for accommodated the cores above and aligned with one row of coil springs of the mattress. Beneath the mattress, a series of grippers is located in alignment with the receptacles. When actuated, the grippers rise through the coil springs, grip the bottom of each foam core, and return through the coils, placing each core in the center of each of the coils of the row of coils. The mattress is then indexed, and the process repeated for the next row of coils.

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Brenham, TX, United States of America

Billie G Pieper