US3842452A - Body supporting frame structure - Google Patents

Body supporting frame structure Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3842452A
US3842452A US00391495A US39149573A US3842452A US 3842452 A US3842452 A US 3842452A US 00391495 A US00391495 A US 00391495A US 39149573 A US39149573 A US 39149573A US 3842452 A US3842452 A US 3842452A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
cross
girders
structure according
girder
longitudinal
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US00391495A
Inventor
A Kievits
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Bekaert NV SA
Original Assignee
Bekaert NV SA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Bekaert NV SA filed Critical Bekaert NV SA
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3842452A publication Critical patent/US3842452A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C23/00—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/02—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases using leaf springs, e.g. metal strips
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C23/00—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/06—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases using wooden springs, e.g. of slat type ; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/061—Slat structures

Definitions

  • the invention proposes that the wires or bars of each cross-girder be convexly bent in the longitudinal direction of said cross-girder.
  • the wires or bars are loosely inserted in the associated cross-girder.
  • said wires or bars of each cross-girder are rigidly joined in the cross-direction of said girder at least in one place.
  • the convexly bent wires in the crossgirder may very well deflect and adapt a concave shape under a considerable load on such a cross-girder. This is particularly the case when the free bar or wire ends are not tightly connected to the longitudinal girders.
  • crossgirders can easily be manufactured by means of known extrusion machines, provided that the cross-girders are made of plastics.
  • the wires or bars are substantially rigidly joined in the middle by means of a substantially flat connecting member whose width substantially corresponds to the cross-girders width, and each cross-girder consists of two substantially identical parts which slide over the wires at both sides of the connecting member.
  • FIG. l is a perspective view of the body supporting frame structure according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view of a detail of a special embodiment of a cross-girder
  • a FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line III- III of FIG. 2.
  • the framework of the two-part lying furniture frame according to FIG. I consists of longitudinal girders l and cross-girders 2.
  • the lying furniture frame may also consist of more than two, say three parts, for example a foot-end rotatable about a horizontal axis, a horizontal central part and a head rotatable about a horizontal axis.
  • Regularly spaced parallel cross-girders 3 are provided between the longitudinal girders I.
  • Said crossgirders 3 are preferably made of plastics and at least the edges of said cross-girders are provided with a through lengthwise aperture.
  • the diameter of said aperture is for example 8 to 9 mm.
  • FIG. 2 clearly illustrates that the central part of each cross-girder 3 contains three through lengthwise apertures their diameters being smaller than the diameters of the apertures at the edges.
  • similar cross-girders 3 can easily be manufaccontain a continous wire or bar 4..
  • the wires or bars 4 are convexly bent in the longitudinal direction and give the cross-girder 3 a convex shape, thereby considerably increasing the frames resilience.
  • wires 4 will preferably be spring wire, i.e., wire with favorable elastic properties, and they will preferably have a 6 to 7 mm diameter.
  • the free ends 5 of the convexly bent wires 4 form a tenon for a tenon and mortise joint, for example by means of resilient supports 6, which are mounted on the longitudinal girders I.
  • each cross-girder 3 In order to prevent deflexion of the convexly bent wires 4 in each cross-girder 3 under the load of the body supporting frame structure the wires 4 of each cross-girder 3 are tightly joined substantially in the middle by means of a substantially flat connecting member 7 (see FIG. 2).
  • the width of the connecting member 7 equals the width of each cross-girder, and each cross-girder 3 consists of two substantially identical parts or halves which are slid over the wires 4 up to the central part 7.
  • FIG. 3 clearly illustrates an embodiment of such a connecting member 7.
  • This connecting member 7 contains through lengthwise apertures 8 and 9 for seizing the wires 4, for example by means of bolts and nuts which are mounted in the apertures 10.
  • a body supporting furniture frame structure comprising two opposite longitudinal girders, a plurality of parallel cross-girders secured between said longitudinal girders, the longitudinal edges of each of said crossgirders being provided with a lengthwise aperture, and a wire or bar disposed through each of said lengthwise apertures, said wire or bar being convexly bent in the longitudinal direction of said cross-girders, said cross girders being constructed of flexible plastic material.
  • each of said wires or bars is adapted to be loosely inserted into a lengthwise aperture of its associated cross-girder.
  • a structure according to claim 1 including a plurality of connecting members each. of which is adapted to tightly connect together one of said cross-girders and its associated wires or bars in the cross direction at least in one place.
  • each of said connecting members is substantially flat and has a width which is substantially equal to the width of its as sociated cross-girder.
  • cross-girders are constructed of extruded plastic.
  • cross-girders include at least one lengthwise aperture in addition to and intermediate the two apertures dis- UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO. 1 3,842,452

Landscapes

  • Furniture Connections (AREA)
  • Mattresses And Other Support Structures For Chairs And Beds (AREA)
  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
  • Buffer Packaging (AREA)
  • Cabinets, Racks, Or The Like Of Rigid Construction (AREA)
  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)

Abstract

A body supporting frame structure in which parallel crossgirders having longitudinal apertures along the edges thereof are secured between two opposite longitudinal girders wherein at least the apertures at the edges of the cross-girders are provided with a wire or bar disposed in the longitudinal apertures and convexly bent in the longitudinal direction of the cross-girders.

Description

Ulte States atent 1 1 1 1 3,842,452 Kievits Oct. 22, 1974 BODY SUPPORTING FRAME STRUCTURE 2,476,820 7/1949 Flint 1. 267/83 7, 3 l9 [75] Inventor: Anton Arnoldus K evits, Brussel, 332 22: 3 2;
Belglum 3,480,323 11/1969 Propus 160/371 x [73] Assignee: S. A. Bekaert, Zwevegem, Belgium I Przmary Examiner-Paul R. Gilliam [22] Flled: 1973 Assistant Examiner-Andrew M. Calvert 2 1 App]. 391 495 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Edward J. Brenner 52 U5. (:1 5/237, 5/191, 267/81 [57] ABSTRACT [51 int. c1. A47C 23/06, A470 19/00 A body Suppomng frame Structure In whlch Parallel [58] Field 61" Search 5/344, 191,236, 237; Cross-girders having longitudinal apertures along the 297/196, 7 215 236 237, edges thereof are secured between two opposite longi- 267/81, 160/1316 5 5 328, 3 7 371 tudinal girders wherein at least the apertures at the edges of the cross-girders are provided with a wire or [56] References Cited bar disposed in the longitudinal apertures and con- UNITED STATES PATENTS vexly bent in the longitudinal direction of the crossl4(),284 6/1973 Leach 5/236 X girders 1,052,706 2/1913 Zingg 5/237 x 7 (Ilmms, 3 Drawing gures i BODY SUPPORTING FRAME STRUCTURE The invention relates to a body supporting frame structure, in which parallel cross-girders are secured the resilience of the body supporting frame structure.
Therefore, the invention proposes that the wires or bars of each cross-girder be convexly bent in the longitudinal direction of said cross-girder.
To further increase the resilience of the body supporting frame structure it is desirable that the wires or bars are loosely inserted in the associated cross-girder. However, to keep the convexly bent wires or bars in the cross-girders from deflecting during usage of the frame, and consequently to increase the frames comfort, it is necessary that said wires or bars of each cross-girder are rigidly joined in the cross-direction of said girder at least in one place. The convexly bent wires in the crossgirder may very well deflect and adapt a concave shape under a considerable load on such a cross-girder. This is particularly the case when the free bar or wire ends are not tightly connected to the longitudinal girders.
An important advantage hereby is that said crossgirders can easily be manufactured by means of known extrusion machines, provided that the cross-girders are made of plastics.
in a preferred embodiment of the body supporting frame structure according to the invention the wires or bars are substantially rigidly joined in the middle by means of a substantially flat connecting member whose width substantially corresponds to the cross-girders width, and each cross-girder consists of two substantially identical parts which slide over the wires at both sides of the connecting member.
The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which FIG. l is a perspective view of the body supporting frame structure according to the invention FIG. 2 is a view of a detail of a special embodiment of a cross-girder, and a FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line III- III of FIG. 2.
The framework of the two-part lying furniture frame according to FIG. I consists of longitudinal girders l and cross-girders 2. The lying furniture frame may also consist of more than two, say three parts, for example a foot-end rotatable about a horizontal axis, a horizontal central part and a head rotatable about a horizontal axis.
Regularly spaced parallel cross-girders 3 are provided between the longitudinal girders I. Said crossgirders 3 are preferably made of plastics and at least the edges of said cross-girders are provided with a through lengthwise aperture. The diameter of said aperture is for example 8 to 9 mm. FIG. 2 clearly illustrates that the central part of each cross-girder 3 contains three through lengthwise apertures their diameters being smaller than the diameters of the apertures at the edges. similar cross-girders 3 can easily be manufaccontain a continous wire or bar 4.. The wires or bars 4 are convexly bent in the longitudinal direction and give the cross-girder 3 a convex shape, thereby considerably increasing the frames resilience. These wires 4 will preferably be spring wire, i.e., wire with favorable elastic properties, and they will preferably have a 6 to 7 mm diameter. In the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the Figures, the free ends 5 of the convexly bent wires 4form a tenon for a tenon and mortise joint, for example by means of resilient supports 6, which are mounted on the longitudinal girders I.
In order to prevent deflexion of the convexly bent wires 4 in each cross-girder 3 under the load of the body supporting frame structure the wires 4 of each cross-girder 3 are tightly joined substantially in the middle by means of a substantially flat connecting member 7 (see FIG. 2). The width of the connecting member 7 equals the width of each cross-girder, and each cross-girder 3 consists of two substantially identical parts or halves which are slid over the wires 4 up to the central part 7.
Finally FIG. 3 clearly illustrates an embodiment of such a connecting member 7. This connecting member 7 contains through lengthwise apertures 8 and 9 for seizing the wires 4, for example by means of bolts and nuts which are mounted in the apertures 10.
What we claim is:
l. A body supporting furniture frame structure comprising two opposite longitudinal girders, a plurality of parallel cross-girders secured between said longitudinal girders, the longitudinal edges of each of said crossgirders being provided with a lengthwise aperture, and a wire or bar disposed through each of said lengthwise apertures, said wire or bar being convexly bent in the longitudinal direction of said cross-girders, said cross girders being constructed of flexible plastic material.
2. A structure according to claim I wherein each of said wires or bars is adapted to be loosely inserted into a lengthwise aperture of its associated cross-girder.
3. A structure according to claim 1 including a plurality of connecting members each. of which is adapted to tightly connect together one of said cross-girders and its associated wires or bars in the cross direction at least in one place.
4. A structure according to claim 3 wherein said cross girders and their associated wires or bars are connected together by said connecting members at approximately the middle of each cross-girder.
5. A structure according to claim 3 wherein each of said connecting members is substantially flat and has a width which is substantially equal to the width of its as sociated cross-girder.
6. A structure according to claim ll wherein said cross-girders are constructed of extruded plastic.
7. A structure according to claim 1 wherein said cross-girders include at least one lengthwise aperture in addition to and intermediate the two apertures dis- UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO. 1 3,842,452
DATED 3 October 22, 1974 lN\/ ENTOR(S) ANTON ARNOLDUS KIEVITS ignee: s A. BEKAERT It rs certrfred that error appears In the ab0ve-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
In the front page of the patent, insert the following:
[32] Priority September ll, 1972 [33] Belgium Signed and Scaled this thirtieth Day of December 1975 [SEAL] Atlest:
RUTH C. MASON C. "Amul- DAN" Arresting Officer Commission" a! hunt: and Trademarks

Claims (7)

1. A body supporting furniture frame structure comprising two opposite longitudinal girders, a plurality of parallel crossgirders secured between said longitudinal girders, the longitudinal edges of each of said cross-girders being provided with a lengthwise aperture, and a wire or bar disposed through each of said lengthwise apertures, said wire or bar being convexly bent in the longitudinal direction of said crossgirders, said cross girders being constructed of flexible plastic material.
2. A structure according to claim 1 wherein each of said wires or bars is adapted to be loosely inserted into a lengthwise aperture of its associated cross-girder.
3. A structure according to claim 1 including a plurality of connecting members each of which is adapted to tightly connect together one of said cross-girders and its associated wires or bars in the cross direction at least in one place.
4. A structure according to claim 3 wherein said cross girders and their associated wires or bars are connected together by said connecting members at approximately the middle of each cross-girder.
5. A structure according to claim 3 wherein each of said connecting members is substantially flat and has a width which is substantially equal to the width of its associated cross-girder.
6. A structure according to claim 1 wherein said cross-girders are constructed of extruded plastic.
7. A structure according to claim 1 wherein said cross-girders include at least one lengthwise aperture in addition to and intermediate the two apertures disposed at the edges thereof.
US00391495A 1972-09-11 1973-08-24 Body supporting frame structure Expired - Lifetime US3842452A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BE1004365 1972-09-11

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3842452A true US3842452A (en) 1974-10-22

Family

ID=3862641

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US00391495A Expired - Lifetime US3842452A (en) 1972-09-11 1973-08-24 Body supporting frame structure

Country Status (13)

Country Link
US (1) US3842452A (en)
JP (1) JPS4970790A (en)
AT (1) AT321492B (en)
BE (1) BE788628A (en)
CA (1) CA969462A (en)
CH (1) CH568048A5 (en)
DE (1) DE2344770A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2199259A5 (en)
GB (1) GB1444132A (en)
IE (1) IE38201B1 (en)
LU (1) LU68371A1 (en)
NL (1) NL7312088A (en)
SE (1) SE390599B (en)

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4106140A (en) * 1976-02-18 1978-08-15 N. V. Bekaert S.A. Body supporting furniture frame
US4136411A (en) * 1976-10-22 1979-01-30 Matra Ag Furniture frame
US5504952A (en) * 1993-06-13 1996-04-09 Ovadia; Shmuel Bed having user variable degree of hardness
US20080106134A1 (en) * 2006-04-28 2008-05-08 Heidmann Kurt R Seat suspension and method of manufacture
US20100243856A1 (en) * 2007-10-26 2010-09-30 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Load bearing surface
US9839295B2 (en) * 2014-04-24 2017-12-12 Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. Drop in seat deck for furniture assemblies

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2657512A1 (en) * 1990-01-31 1991-08-02 Keiser Fils Ets Slat for slatted furniture
DE202006008489U1 (en) * 2006-05-25 2007-07-26 Rummel Matratzen Gmbh & Co. Kg Sprung support for e.g. mattress, bed or upholstered furniture, includes stretcher component with spiral spring which runs along and is connected to it
FR2913323B1 (en) * 2007-03-06 2012-12-28 Siderurgie Sonosi Soc Nouv FURNISHING SUSPENSION DEVICE.
CN109811785B (en) * 2019-03-18 2024-06-21 邓祥海 Detachable foundation cage

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US140284A (en) * 1873-06-24 Improvement in bed-bottoms
US1052706A (en) * 1911-08-14 1913-02-11 Fritz Zingg Spring upholstery.
US2476820A (en) * 1945-06-29 1949-07-19 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Resilient seat
US2587698A (en) * 1951-01-17 1952-03-04 Displayers Inc Portable display
US3067438A (en) * 1957-11-13 1962-12-11 Degen Hugo Supporting frame structures
US3480323A (en) * 1968-02-06 1969-11-25 Louis Propus Resilient ventilated back and seat support

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS4318986Y1 (en) * 1965-03-18 1968-08-07
JPS4425867Y1 (en) * 1965-07-30 1969-10-30
JPS4533567Y1 (en) * 1967-03-28 1970-12-21

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US140284A (en) * 1873-06-24 Improvement in bed-bottoms
US1052706A (en) * 1911-08-14 1913-02-11 Fritz Zingg Spring upholstery.
US2476820A (en) * 1945-06-29 1949-07-19 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Resilient seat
US2587698A (en) * 1951-01-17 1952-03-04 Displayers Inc Portable display
US3067438A (en) * 1957-11-13 1962-12-11 Degen Hugo Supporting frame structures
US3480323A (en) * 1968-02-06 1969-11-25 Louis Propus Resilient ventilated back and seat support

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4106140A (en) * 1976-02-18 1978-08-15 N. V. Bekaert S.A. Body supporting furniture frame
US4136411A (en) * 1976-10-22 1979-01-30 Matra Ag Furniture frame
US5504952A (en) * 1993-06-13 1996-04-09 Ovadia; Shmuel Bed having user variable degree of hardness
US20080106134A1 (en) * 2006-04-28 2008-05-08 Heidmann Kurt R Seat suspension and method of manufacture
US20100127551A1 (en) * 2006-04-28 2010-05-27 Heidmann Kurt R Seat suspension and method of manufacture
US7926880B2 (en) 2006-04-28 2011-04-19 Steelcase Inc. Seat suspension and method of manufacture
US20100243856A1 (en) * 2007-10-26 2010-09-30 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Load bearing surface
US8185985B2 (en) * 2007-10-26 2012-05-29 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Load bearing surface
US9839295B2 (en) * 2014-04-24 2017-12-12 Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. Drop in seat deck for furniture assemblies

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CA969462A (en) 1975-06-17
IE38201B1 (en) 1978-01-18
AT321492B (en) 1975-04-10
AU6011473A (en) 1975-03-13
BE788628A (en) 1973-01-02
CH568048A5 (en) 1975-10-31
NL7312088A (en) 1974-03-13
SE390599B (en) 1977-01-03
DE2344770A1 (en) 1974-03-21
IE38201L (en) 1974-03-11
JPS4970790A (en) 1974-07-09
FR2199259A5 (en) 1974-04-05
GB1444132A (en) 1976-07-28
LU68371A1 (en) 1973-11-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3842452A (en) Body supporting frame structure
DE7031130U (en) SPRING PAD ARRANGEMENT.
US3379472A (en) Furniture for sitting or lying on
US3471200A (en) Chair construction
CS248041B2 (en) Elastic self-supporting bellows
DE1869789U (en) UPHOLSTERY SUSPENSION.
US3147495A (en) Bed bottom, seat or back
US3099843A (en) Double hinged inner spring unit
DE102006040835B4 (en) Sitting and / or lying furniture
IT8160955V0 (en) SOFA AND / OR ARMCHAIR WITH STRUCTURE AND PADDING DETACHABLE IN ORDER TO FORM A BED, CHARACTERIZED BY PADDING IN THE FORM OF A MATTRESS THAT PRESENTS AT LEAST TWO SIDE BANDS, LIFTABLE LONGITUDINAL, FOR RECEIVING THE STOCK COVERING OF COFFEE STOCK IN COFFEE STOCK WHEELS INSIDE AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE.
US3068493A (en) Bed bottom, a seat, or a back-rest
CN215686058U (en) Bamboo deck chair
US2998971A (en) Border wire assembly for spring seat and back assemblies
ES264883A3 (en) Improvements introduced in the manufacture of folding light beds (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
US3309075A (en) Seat spring
GB1236658A (en) Structural gaskets and glazing bars
US2358395A (en) Furniture spring structure
ATE99514T1 (en) Slatted frame.
AT393783B (en) ARMCHAIR
GB956351A (en) Improvements in and relating to spring inserts
US1077705A (en) Metallic fabric for beds or couches.
DE2005856A1 (en) Screen conveyor for conveyors
ES296517U (en) Division of the invention patent 546,587 submitted the 300885 (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
GB1093639A (en) Improvements in or relating to curved projection screens
DE1226441B (en) Seat cushion suspension for motor vehicles