Formed wire box spring with spring wire deck

A box spring assembly comprising a generally horizontal rectangular frame having corners and a generally horizontal mattress support deck disposed a predetermined distance above said frame and formed of spring wire, said deck including a plurality of substantially straight wire members arranged criss-cross fashion, some of said wire members extending lengthwise of said frame and others of said wire members extending crosswise of said frame and each of said wire members being formed of spring wire, and a border wire having corner portions located above and substantially vertically aligned with the corners of said frame;

• a plurality of deck support springs arranged between said deck and said frame so as to yieldably support said deck on said frame, said springs including vertically yieldable portions mounted at their lower ends on said frame and terminating at their upper ends in deck attaching portions at the upper ends of said vertically yieldable portions, each of said deck attaching portions including end straight wire sections arranged in a side-by-side supporting relation with straight sections of a pair of said deck wire members, clip means connecting said straight wire sections, and deck attaching portion also being arranged in a supporting relation with spaced portions of another one of said deck wire members that is generally perpendicular to said pair of said deck wire members, some of said deck wire members extending crosswise of said frame and being integrally formed at their ends with formed wire spring sections attached to said border wire and supported on said frame, others of said deck wire members extending lengthwise of said frame and being secured at their ends to said border wire.