US1373233A - Wire mattress fabric - Google Patents

Description

0- I. GASAU. WIRE MATTRESS FABRIC. APPLICATION HLEDJULY 2a. 1920.

Patented Mar. 29-, 1921.

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OTTO J". GASAU, OF BROKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GASAU-THOMPSON COMPANY, INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WIRE MATTRESS FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed July 23, 1920. Serial No. 398,334.

. To all whom it may concern;

7 nection with wire spring mattresses, and it consists in the novel structure and features hereinafter described, pointed out, in the claims.

The fabric of my invention will be con-.

.nected to the customary frames employed in the manufacture of what are termed three and five-piece bedsteads, and these frames being of very usual construction need not be specifically shown and described inthis application.

The fabric of my invention comprises a series of narrow links of double loop formation extending 'end to end and interlocked with one another lengthwise of the fabric, and short transverse single links connecting the longitudinal double links so as to produce a fabric composed of the as sembled links. Each of the longitudinal links is of double formation and formed from a single piece of wire, one end .of the link being bent into return double hook shape and the other end of the link being formed by twisting the ends of the wire,

from which the link is formed, together and bendingthe' same inwardly or toward the hook at the other end of the link, thetwisted ends of the wire forming. a longitudinal member and creating recesses at opposite sides thereof to receive the hooked side members of the next adjacent link, whereby the several links become very securely interengaged.

The object of my invention is to provide a fabric composed of easily produced units capable of being readily assembled, and which fabric shall be capable of properly supporting the mattress of hair or the like and resisting sagging action to a requisite degree.

The invention will be fully understood and particularly from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a top View, partly broken away, of a wire mattress embodying the features of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of two of the longitudmal links detached from the fab? ric and Fig. 3 is a transverse section, partly broken away through a portion of the, fabr10, taken on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The wire fabric is connected at its ends by helicals 10 to end rails 11 and at its sidesby links 12 with side members of suitabletype 13 whose ends are connected by helicals 14 with the aforesaid end rails 11.

My lnventlon pertains more particularly to the wire fabric, and this fabric will be connected with the usual types of frames employed by manufacturers of wire mattresses and intended for application to or connection with the usual framing of bedsteads, such as the side bars or head and foot frames thereof.

The wire mattress ofmy invention comprises a fabric consisting of a series of end to end longitudinal links 15 and short trans verse connecting links 16, the links 15 all being hooked together in longitudinal series and the links 16 being connected with and connecting the rows of links 15.

The links 15 are all alike, and each is formed from one continuous rod of. wire folded to form substantially parallel sides 17, 17 constitutingan elongated longitudinal double-strand link, and said rod of wire at the closed end of the link or where the wire is doubled over, is bent inwardly to form a substantial hook 18, while at the other end of the link the free ends of the rod of wire are brought together on curved lines and twisted upon each other to form a twisted end or arm 19 which extends centrally and longitudinally of the links and 20 located between the sides of said arms and the adjacent sides of the link. The pockets or recesses 20 at the opposite sides of the arms 19 are adapted to receive the hooks 18 of the adjacent links in longitudinal series, each arm 19 then extending through the outer end of the adjacent link in series, and the hook 18 of said adjacent link passing over said arm 19 and at its sides being seated in the recesses or pockets 20 formed at the sides of the arm 19. The

side members 17 of each link 15, while sub,

pass over the arm 19 and become seated with- The outer row of i in said recesses or pockets. links 15 are, by means of the hooks 18, engaged with the helicals 10, and the side links 15 at their inner ends are connected by the links 12 with the edge members 13, the links 12 being short rods of wire hooked over at their ends to engage the links and said edge I members. The links 15 are hooked together along longitudinal rows or series which are parallel with one another, as shown in Fig. 1, and said rows of links are connected together by transverse links 16, each of which is formed from a short rod of wire hooked over at its ends and at one end engaging an outer link 15 of one row and at itsinner end the next inner link of an adjacent row, said links 16 thus serving to more effectually connect the rows of links and in maintaining their predetermined positions.

The manner of constructing the links 15 and 16 and of the assembly of these links is apparent from an inspection of the drawings. The links 15 are elongated and their sides are closely related, and said links, by reason of their hook-ends, may be readily assembled and, when assembled, are capable of resisting severe strains without undue sagging. The links 15 may be readily constructed, each being formed from a single rod of wire doubled upon itself and having its ends twisted together. The fabric as a whole is of desirable character for use in supporting the mattress of the bed and is both durable and comparatively inexpensive of production.

What I claim as my invention and desire links 'to form a complete fabric, said longitudinal links each being formed from a single rod of wire folded at about its middle portion to form a closed end and separated side members for the link and at its free ends being brought together to form a centralarm which is bent inwardly to form a the adjacent s des of the link, and the said closed end of the link being narrower than the other end thereof and bent over to form ahook, said elongated links being connected together inlongitudinal series by the narrower hook-ends of one transverse row thereof being hooked over the said arms and engaged with said pockets of the links of'the next adjacent row. i 7

.2. A wire matress fabric comprising a se ries of transverse rows of spaced-apart Ion-v gitudinally elongated links of double-loop formation connected together in end-to-end longitudinal series and short transverse links connecting the adjacent longitudinal links to forma complete fabric, said longi-' tudinal links each being formed from a single rod of wire folded at about its middle portion to form a closed end and separated nal series by the narrower hook-ends of one "transverse row thereof being hooked over the said arms and engaged with said pockets of the links of the next adjacent row,

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of. Kirags and State of New York, this 8th day of uly, A." D. 1920.

V OTTO J. GASAU.

' hook, leaving'pook'ets between its sides and side members for the link and at its free

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