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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Richard L. McCune, Carthage, MO (US);
Joe C. Workman, Carthage, MO (US);
L&P Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);
Abstract
A pocketed coil spring assembly for use in the manufacture of mattresses or cushions or the like comprising a plurality of strips of integrally connected closed fabric pockets each containing one helically coiled wire compression spring having its axis disposed transversely of the strip, and wherein each of the strips contains a single band of interconnected springs formed from a single length of wire into a plurality of interconnected helical coil springs. The springs of the bands may contain inserts such as foam cylinders or pocketed coil springs to impart differing degrees of firmness to different strips. Adjacent coil springs may be separated by multiple transverse lines of attachment in order to posturize the product.