Bedding foundation support module
AssigneeHickory Springs Manufacturing Company
InventorKevin McCraw
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Abstract
A support module for use in a bedding foundation to support a support surface above a bedding foundation base, the support module being of an independent wire form configured to define a top portion, a bottom portion, and four predominantly straight support legs, wherein the support legs are skewed with respect to each other, such that each respective support leg is not parallel to any of the other support legs. The top of each support leg is bent to be oriented into a common first plane to form the top portion, which may be connected to a wire grid assembly to form a nestable bedding foundation.
Claims21
A support module for use in a bedding foundation to support a wire grid assembly above a bedding foundation base, the support module comprising an independent wire form configured to define a top portion, a bottom portion, and four predominantly straight support legs, wherein the support legs are skewed with respect to each other, such that each respective support leg is not parallel to any of the other support legs, and wherein the top portion further comprises a first pair of upper portions of two of the support legs being relatively close together and joined in a first wire segment and a second respective pair of upper portions of the other two support legs being relatively further spaced apart than the first pair, and being spaced apart from the first pair with the first wire segment and the upper portions of the other two support legs all being located in a substantially horizontal first plane.
A nestable bedding foundation comprising a wire grid assembly and a plurality of support modules, each support module being an independent wire form configured to define a top portion, a bottom portion, and four predominantly straight support legs interconnecting the top portion to the bottom portion, the top portion being connected to the wire grid assembly;
- the top portion further comprising a first pair of upper portions of two of the support legs being relatively close together and joined in a first wire segment and a second respective pair of upper portions of the other two support legs being relatively further spaced apart than the first pair, and being spaced apart from the first pair with the first wire segment and the upper portions of the other two support legs all being located in a substantially horizontal first plane;
- the bottom portion further comprising a first predominantly straight wire segment located in a substantially horizontal second plane and being formed from a lower portion of each of two of the support legs, and a second predominantly straight wire segment located in a substantially horizontal third plane and being formed from a lower portion of each of the respective other two of the support legs;
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- the four predominantly straight support legs are skewed with respect to each other, such that each support leg is not parallel to any of the other respective support legs.
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