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US 8,935,819 B1Granted
Mattress foundations, kits and related methods
OwnerRick Hartleyinventor
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Abstract
Mattress foundations and kits include a first side rail, a second side rail, a first end rail, a second end rail, and at least one center rail. The foundations and kits further include a plurality of slats of varying lengths. The invention may further include a method of assembling a foundation kit.
Claims22
A kit for making a foundation for a mattress, the kit comprising:
- a first side rail having a slat-rest and a length L-S;
- a second side rail for positioning parallel to said first side, the second side having a slat-rest;
- a first end rail configured to interface with said first side rail and said second side rail, the first end having a slat-rest;
- a second end rail configured to interface with said first side rail and said second side rail, the second end rail having a slat-rest;
- at least one center rail configured to interface with the first end rail and the second end rail, the at least one center rail having a slat-rest;
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- a plurality of slats including
- an A slat having a length L-A,
- a B slat having a length L-B, wherein L-B is greater than L-A,
- a C slat having a length L-C, wherein L-C is greater than L-B,
- and wherein L-A, L-B, and L-C are each less than L-S, and
- wherein the A slat is configured to rest on the slat-rest of the first side rail and on the slat-rest of the first end rail the B slat is configured to rest on the slat-rest of the first side rail and on the slat-rest of the first end rail, and the C slat is configured to rest on the slat-rest of the first side rail and on the slat-rest of the first end rail or the slat-rest of the second side rail.
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A kit for making of a foundation for a mattress, the kit comprising:
- a first side rail having a slat-rest and a length L-S, the first side rail interfaced with a first corner block at one end and second corner block at the opposite end;
- a second side rail for positioning parallel to the first side rail, the second side rail having a slat-rest and being interfaced with a third corner block at one end and a fourth corner block at the opposite end;
- a first end rail configured to interface with the first side rail and the second side rail, the first end rail having a slat-rest;
- a second end rail configured to interface with the first side rail and the second side rail, the second end rail having a slat-rest;
- at least one center rail configured to interface with the first end rail and the second end rail, the at least one center rail having a slat-rest;
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- a plurality of slats including
- a pair of A slats, each having a length L-A,
- a pair of B slats, each having a length L-B, wherein L-B is greater than L-A,
- a pair of C slats, each having a length L-C, wherein L-C is greater than L-B, and
- a D slat having a length L-D, wherein L-D is greater than L-C, and wherein L-A, L-B, and L-C and L-D are each less than L-S;
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- at least one flexible line maintaining the plurality of slats in the following order:
- A slat, B slat, C slat, D slat, C slat, B slat, A slat;
- wherein, when assembled and resting on at least two of the slat rests, the pair of A slats, the pair of B slats, the pair of C slats, and the D slat each define an angle α including a least one angle in the range of 25° to 35°.
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A kit for making of a foundation for a mattress, the kit comprising:
- two side rails and two end rails, with corner blocks configured to join each side rail to each end rail at a 90 degree angle, the two side rails being of the same length as each other and each of the end rails being of the same length as each other, so that the side rails and end rails assembled with the corner blocks form a right quadrilateral shape, and each of the side and end rails having a slat-rest, and
- a plurality of slats, the slats being of progressively staggered in length so that when diagonally disposed on the slat-rests of the rails as assembled into the right quadrilateral shape, the slats span the rails diagonally,
- wherein the plurality of slats includes an A slat configured to rest on the slat-rest of a first side rail and on the slat-rest of a first end rail, the B slat is configured to rest on the slat-rest of the first side rail and on the slat-rest of the first end rail and the C slat is configured to rest on the slat-rest of the first side rail and on the slat-rest of the first end rail or the slat-rest of a second side rail.
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