Box spring corner guard
AssigneeDreamwell, Ltd.
InventorsMichael S. DeFranks, Richard F. Gladney
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Abstract
A box spring corner guard is disclosed which protects and reinforces the corner of a box spring. The box spring corner guard consists of a curved body having the shape of a 90 degree section of an imaginary cylinder with a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface. A locator flange extends from the concave inner surface adjacent the bottom end of the curved body. Strengthening ribs run along the length of the curved body to add rigidity. In one embodiment, the curved body also has a limit flange, similar to the locator flange, extending from the concave inner surface adjacent the top end of the curved body. The curved body is attached to the base of the box spring, but the curved body is not attached to the border wire.
Claims8
A box spring comprising:
- a. a base having at least one base corner;
- b. a wire grid including a border wire having at least one border wire corner coinciding with the base corner;
- c. upright supports to support the wire grid on the base;
- d. upholstery material at least partially covering the box spring at the location of the border wire corner and the base corner;
- e. a corner guard attached to the base at the base corner and unattached to the border wire at the coinciding border wire corner, the corner guard positioned underneath the upholstery material for supporting and defining a curved surface for contact with the upholstery material.
A corner guard for a box spring comprising a curved body with a top end, a bottom end, and a locator flange adjacent the bottom end for positioning the corner guard on the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.