Mattress, box springs fabric
AssigneeAmerican Fast Print Limited
InventorBrian Calloway
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Abstract
A body support element such as a mattress, box springs or the like that exhibits non-slip qualities as to a further item freely supported thereon. A ticking fabric covers at least an upper surface of the element includes a base fabric having pairs of yarns laid in atop said base fabric and secured thereto, the lay in yarns following non-linear paths. The yarns of each pair preferably follow mirror image paths to the opposite yarn of the pair. Processes for producing the ticking fabric and finishing same are also included.
Claims21
A body support element having non-slip surface characteristics comprising:
- (a) a frame,
- (b) support means within said frame;
- (c) ticking fabric secured about at least a portion of said frame, said ticking fabric comprising a base knit structure having adequate strength when on said element to support a human body in a supine position, said base knit structure having a plurality of first yarns laid atop same and secured thereto, said first top yarns residing above said base structure and following a non-linear path therealong and a plurality of second yarns laid atop said base structure and secured thereto, said second yarns residing above said base structure and following mirror image paths to said first lay in yarns whereby frictionally resistive forces are present across the surface of the element.
A non-slip body support element for a bed comprising:
- (a) means for supporting a human body to be received thereon;
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- (b) a ticking fabric secured about said support means, said ticking fabric comprising a knit fabric including a plurality of pairs of lay in yarns along a top surface of same, said pairs of lay in yarns being spaced apart from adjacent pairs of lay in yarns, following non-linear paths across said fabric, said lay in yarns cooperating to provide resistive forces to a further element freely received thereon.
A ticking fabric characterized by a non-slip upper surface, said fabric including a base knit fabric having adequate strength and cover to support a human body in a supine position when placed over a conventional body support element, said fabric having a plurality of yarns laid in along an upper surface of same, each of said lay in yarns being located above a major axis through said fabric and following non-linear paths along said fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.