Claims
- 1. A nestably stackable assembly for use in a bedding foundation comprising:
a rectangular border wire having two parallel sides and two parallel ends, transversely spaced, parallel and longitudinally extending support wires parallel to said border wire sides and having ends connected to said border wire ends, said support wires being formed so as to be generally corrugated along their lengths, said corrugatedly formed support wires having peaks and valleys, said peaks being flattened at their tops, said flattened peaks being generally coplanar with a plane defined by said border wire, said valleys being vertically displaced beneath and intermediate of said flattened peaks, longitudinally spaced, parallel and transversely extending upper connector wires parallel to said border wire ends and having ends connected to said border wire sides, said upper connector wires being connected intermediate of their ends along their lengths to said flattened peaks of said support wires, and the improvement wherein said valleys of adjacent support wires are interconnected by flexible connectors.
- 2. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said flexible connectors comprises:
one end connected to one of said valleys of a support wire, another end connected to a valley of an adjacent support wire, and each of said connectors having an intermediate section located beneath said ends of said connectors, said intermediate section being adapted to be connected to a rigid base of a bedding foundation.
- 3. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 2 wherein each of said flexible connectors comprises opposite ends terminating with clip sections for attaching said opposite ends of said flexible connector to said valleys of adjacent support wires.
- 4. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 3 wherein each of said flexible connectors comprises:
a center section; arm sections extending upward and outward from opposite sides of said center section, said center section and arms providing said flexible connector with a generally C-shaped side profile.
- 5. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 4 wherein each of said flexible connectors is made of a resilient material.
- 6. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 5 wherein each of said flexible connectors comprises a generally U-shaped cross-sectional profile transverse to its length and is molded as a unitary part with said clip sections.
- 7. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 5 wherein each of said flexible connectors comprises:
a center torsion bar; two arm sections, each arm section connected at one end to one end of said center torsion bar; and two end sections, each end section connected to an opposite end of one of said arm sections.
- 8. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 7 wherein said center torsion bar, arm sections and end sections are made from a continuous piece of wire.
- 9. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 7 wherein said arm sections are connected at substantially right angles to said center torsion bar and said end sections are connected at substantially right angles to said arm sections.
- 10. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 8 wherein each of said arm sections is connected diagonally between one end of said center torsion bar and one end of one of said arm sections, and said torsion bar and said end sections are parallel.
- 11. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 5 wherein each of said flexible connectors is made from a resilient, sinuous wire.
- 12. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 11 wherein each of said flexible connectors further comprises:
a plurality of torsion bars; two end sections; and a plurality of connecting arm sections, said plurality of torsion bars and said end sections being interconnected by said connecting arm sections.
- 13. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 12 wherein said connecting arm sections are connected to said torsion bars and said end sections at substantially right angles.
- 14. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 12 wherein each of said connecting arm sections is substantially semicircular.
- 15. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 3 wherein each of said flexible connectors comprises:
a pair of generally C-shaped arm sections; and a pair of end sections, the end sections having ends connected to ends of pair of arm sections to form a generally rectangular shaped flexible connector.
- 16. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 15 wherein each of said flexible connectors is made of a resilient material.
- 17. The nestably stackable assembly of claim 16 wherein each of said flexible connectors is made from a resilient wire.
- 18. A bedding foundation comprising:
a base; a nestably stackable assembly comprising:
a rectangular border wire having two parallel sides and two parallel ends, transversely spaced, parallel and longitudinally extending support wires parallel to said border wire sides and having ends connected to said border wire ends, said support wires being formed so as to be generally corrugated along their lengths, said corrugatedly formed support wires having peaks and valleys, said peaks being flattened at their tops, said flattened peaks being generally coplanar with a plane defined by said border wire, said valleys being vertically displaced beneath and intermediate of said flattened peaks, longitudinally spaced, parallel and transversely extending upper connector wires parallel to said border wire ends and having ends connected to said border wire sides, said upper connector wires being connected intermediate of their ends along their lengths to said flattened peaks of said support wires, and flexible connectors interconnecting said valleys of adjacent support wires, a plurality of the flexible connectors being attached to the base; and a covering disposed around the a nestably stackable assembly.
- 19. The bedding foundation of claim 18 wherein the flexible connectors are made of a resilient material.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/254,122 filed Dec. 8, 2000 entitled “Stackable Bedding Foundation.”
Provisional Applications (1)
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60254122 |
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