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US 2023/0072656 A1Published application
Open coil spring assemblies
AssigneeSealy Technology, LLC
InventorsLarry K. DeMoss, Brian M. Manuszak, Kevin M. Tar, Darin T. Thomas, Daniel W. Green, Morrison J. Just
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Abstract
Present embodiments provide various open coil spring assemblies which perform like an encased spring assembly. The embodiments have elastic lacings or connections which connect springs to springs or springs to lacings. Various spring embodiments are provided as well as various arrangements for the elastic lacings. All of these features improve compliance and stability while reducing motion transfer.
Claims15
An open coil spring assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of rows of open coil springs arranged in a matrix, each of the open coil springs including an upper end convolution, a lower end convolution, and a plurality of helical convolutions that extend between the upper end convolution and the lower end convolution;
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- upper lacings extending between the plurality of rows,
- wherein for each of the open coil springs, at least one upper lacing connects the open coil spring to an open coil spring of an adjacent row.
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