Bedding or Seating Product and Method of Disassembling Product
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorJason V. Jewett
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Abstract
A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly glued to a cushion assembly. The product may be quickly and easily separated into its component parts for recycling. The pocketed spring assembly comprises a plurality of parallel strings of individually pocketed springs and a lower sheet glued to lower surfaces of at least some of the strings. The cushion assembly comprises at least one cushion layer and a connector sheet sewn together without any glue. The connector sheet is glued to upper surfaces of the strings of the pocketed spring assembly.
Claims24
A bedding or seating product comprising:
- a pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of pocketed springs joined to a lower sheet, each of said pocketed springs comprising a metal spring inside a fabric pocket, wherein said fabric pockets have perforations at least partially around the fabric pockets;
- a cushion assembly comprising at least one foam layer and a connector sheet, the at least one foam layer and the connector sheet being sewn together,
- wherein the connector sheet of the cushion assembly is joined to at least some of the fabric pockets of the pocketed spring assembly.
A bedding or seating product comprising:
- a pocketed spring assembly comprising plurality of parallel strings of springs joined together, each of said strings comprising a plurality of individually pocketed springs, each of said strings comprising a piece of fabric joined to itself along a longitudinal seam, first and second opposed plies of fabric being on opposite sides of the springs, a plurality of pockets being formed along a length of said string by transverse seams joining said first and second plies, at least one spring being positioned in each said pockets, a lower sheet attached to a lower surface of at least some of said strings, wherein said strings have perforations fully around the pockets;
- a cushion assembly comprising multiple cushion layers including a connector sheet, the cushion layers being sewn together,
- wherein the connector sheet of the cushion assembly is attached to at least some of the strings of the pocketed spring assembly.
A method of disassembling a bedding or seating product, the method comprising:
- separating cushion layers from each other in a cushion assembly, said cushion assembly including a connector sheet glued to a pocketed spring assembly;
- tearing fabric along perforations in strings of individually pocketed springs of the pocketed spring assembly by pulling a lower sheet of a pocketed spring assembly away from the connector sheet of the cushion assembly, the pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of parallel strings of springs joined together, each of said strings comprising a plurality of individually pocketed springs, each of said strings comprising a piece of fabric joined to itself along a longitudinal seam, first and second opposed plies of fabric being on opposite sides of the springs, a plurality of pockets being formed along a length of said string by transverse seams joining said first and second plies, at least one spring being positioned in each said pockets.
A method of disassembling a bedding or seating product, the method comprising:
- separating cushion layers of a cushion assembly from each other, said cushion assembly including a connector sheet glued to a pocketed spring assembly;
- tearing fabric along perforations in strings of individually pocketed springs of the pocketed spring assembly using a lower sheet of a pocketed spring assembly;
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- removing the springs from the pockets of the strings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.