Spring apparatus and a method of providing such

A spring apparatus, comprising:

• a substantially linear first segment;
• a substantially linear center segment, rotatably connected to the first segment by a first bend;
• and
• a substantially linear second segment, rotatably connected to the center segment by a second bend and having a terminal end spaced apart from the second bend;
• the spring being movable between compressed and expanded conditions and, when the spring is in the compressed condition, stored energy in the center segment is substantially evenly distributed.

A method for providing a spring comprising:

• providing a length of resilient material having an initial end spaced longitudinally apart from a terminal end;
• bending the length of resilient material at a first position spaced longitudinally apart from the initial end to provide a first bend, a substantially linear first segment being defined between the initial end and the first bend of the length of resilient material;
• and
• bending the length of resilient material at a second position spaced longitudinally apart from the initial end and the first bend to provide a second bend, a substantially linear center segment being defined between the first bend and the second bend of the length of resilient material, a substantially linear second segment being defined between the second bend and the terminal end of the length of resilient material, the terminal end contacting the first segment in a slidable manner when the second segment and the center segment rotate relative to the first segment as the spring moves between compressed and expanded states.