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US 12,593,930 B2Granted
Pocketed foam filled buckling member assembly
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorBruce W. Peterson
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Abstract
A pocketed buckling member assembly comprises a plurality of parallel strings of pocketed buckling members. Each string is joined to at least one adjacent string. Each string comprising one piece of fabric folded around the buckling members into first and second opposed plies. Pockets are formed along each string by transverse seams joining the first and second plies. At least one buckling member is positioned in each pocket. At least some of the buckling members may have foam therein.
Claims20
A bedding or seating product comprising:
- a pocketed buckling member assembly comprising a plurality of parallel strings of pocketed buckling members, each of said strings being joined to at least one adjacent string, each of said strings comprising a piece of fabric surrounding a plurality of buckling members, first and second opposed plies of fabric being on opposite sides of the buckling members, a plurality of pockets formed along said string by a longitudinal seam and transverse seams joining said first and second plies, a single buckling member being in each pocket, wherein each of the buckling members is a unitary member having an outer wall, an open top and an open bottom, each of the buckling members being made of one of the following:
- acrylic rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVM) rubber, halogenated nitrile rubber, isoprene rubber, natural rubber, neoprene, polythiolethers, silicone rubber, styrene-butadiene, styrene copolymers, polystyrene, thermoplastic elastomers, vinyl methyl silicone, silicone, gel elastomer, polyurethane elastomer, polyurea elastomer, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene and blends thereof, wherein at least some of the buckling members are at least partially filled with foam.
A pocketed buckling member assembly for a bedding or seating product, said pocketed buckling member assembly comprising:
- a plurality of parallel strings of pocketed buckling members, each of the strings being joined to at least one adjacent string, each of said strings comprising a plurality of innerconnected pockets, each of the pockets containing at least one buckling member encased in fabric, the buckling member filling the pocket, the fabric being connected to itself along a longitudinal seam and having first and second opposed plies of fabric on opposite sides of the buckling members, a plurality of pockets formed along said string by transverse seams joining said first and second plies,
- wherein each of the buckling members is a unitary member being made of one of the following:
- acrylic rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVM) rubber, halogenated nitrile rubber, isoprene rubber, natural rubber, neoprene, polythiolethers, silicone rubber, styrene-butadiene, styrene copolymers, polystyrene, thermoplastic elastomers, vinyl methyl silicone, silicone, gel elastomer, polyurethane elastomer, polyurea elastomer, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene and blends thereof and
- wherein at least some of the buckling members are filled with foam.
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A pocketed buckling member assembly for a bedding or seating product, said pocketed buckling member assembly comprising:
- a plurality of parallel strings of pocketed buckling members, each of the strings being joined to an adjacent string, each of the strings comprising a plurality of interconnected pockets made from fabric, each of the pockets being approximately the same height, each pocket containing a single buckling member having the same height as the pocket, the piece of fabric being joined to itself along a longitudinal seam and having first and second opposed plies of fabric on opposite sides of the buckling members, the fabric of said first and second plies being joined by transverse seams;
- some of the strings having buckling members made of a different material than the buckling members of other strings, and
- wherein each of the buckling members is a unitary member having hollow passages and being made of one of the following:
- acrylic rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVM) rubber, halogenated nitrile rubber, isoprene rubber, natural rubber, neoprene, polythiolethers, silicone rubber, styrene-butadiene, styrene copolymers, polystyrene, thermoplastic elastomers, vinyl methyl silicone, silicone, gel elastomer, polyurethane elastomer, polyurea elastomer, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene and wherein each buckling member is at least partially filled with foam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.