US908273A - Mattress. - Google Patents

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l vi hi eases F. KARE.

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APPLICATION FIL n 18, 1908.

908,273. Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

anvautoz A i E T" ERANGIE KARE, OF HOLLALND, MIGEIGM.

MARTRESS.

No. eeeaea.

' Specification of Letters Eatent.

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.B it knows that l, me K R M Citisen the nited St e s d g at i olland, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mattresses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bed mattresses, and other kindred articles, and its objects are: First, to provide a cotton tilled bed mattress, pillow, cushion or other like article which will have and retain the property of conforming to. the form that is lying upon it and that will immediately resume its normal position'as soon as an 0i)- ject is removed from it. Second, to provide a mattress of the kind mentioned that will he sell renovating, changing the air through its entire filling Whenever it is compressed and allowed to resume its normal form, or, in other words, whenever a person lies down upon, or arises from it. Third, to provide a means for securing the springs that are used for the purposes hereinbet'ore mentioned so that they will he firmly held against the danger of twisting or crawling out of position. Fourth, to so protect the springs as to avert the danger, first of the several layers coming in contact with each other and making a disagreeable or grating sound as they are compressed or expanded, and second, or any of the several springs being nerceivahle through the intervening filling. Fifth, to provide a mattress of the kind stated that will retain its normal shape at all times when not occupied or oompressed by a person or object lying upon it, and, sixth, to sroyide a mate tress that may be folded crosswise, length wise or otherwise, I attain these objects hy the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyinggdrawing, in which .r'igure 1 IS a perspective of a mattress out in two longitudinally to show the position of actuating springs. Fig. 2 is a plan several of sprangs removed atrorn the mattress to show the manner of securing thorn turning as pressure is brought upon them. 'S'is an end yiew of the ripper of twoaoljace'nt springs showing the manner of securing them together, out on the line to w of Fig. 2.

iiniiar letters refer to similar 'parts throughout the several views.

This mattress is made like any orrlinary cotton, hair or other fiber mattress having a woven fabric tick or cover A and a tiller or eir fi s B e pt tha a large number of very pliable, and, at the same time, very resilient springs, as C, are placed between two layers of the fiber, as indicated in Fig. l, Which'springs must be snfiiciently pliable to ul y qome s da ge r ss bil t of being perceptible through the fabric fiber f lling B, and siniiciently elastic toin mediately force the fabric of the mattress to normal position and form as soon as any resistance thereon is removed. lhere must be a sulficient number oit'these 5. rings in mattress or pillow to fill. the ength and width ofthe mattress to about the proportional extent that is shown in Fi 1. Zll eir interior coils must he so formed that they will readily slip by each other without touching, and the end coils must not be large enough to allow them to be thrown upon edge so that their presence may be detected by any person lying upon the mattress or pillow, and the terminal coils of the spring portion of the mattress should be drawn t g h bo at h ends a d i s 2 the spring structure, as shown to the right and left of Fig. 1, so that the ends and sides of v the fabric gortion B of the mattress may he built n p sqnare, and he made to retain its form without danger ,ot hrealring down with constant use,

To insure the two necessary elements in. the syring structure, namely, perfect ad: instability and noiseiessness, and to render them capable of being readily and securely bound toget r at h neeessary Points, "i i y mal u hig y se i s te pe ed wire formed int-o as hat a eoil strneture possible for the work to he sustained by them, and cover them with any snitalple fa or other e te ies, s igs. 2 and 8.

G represents the metal spring and t} represents its covering, which .i prefer to have cover the entire serl ace of? the Wire,

though, it preferred, it may made to cover only such portion at the upper and lower coils of the wire as are brought immediate contact and are bound together. "to secure these spring coils together h cords with which they are bound together are gassed through the covering 6, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and, prefen ahly hack again, as indioateelloy these rows in 3, and then wound firmly around both adjacent "wires and the so s ring, indieated the windings at lid sides of the coils, as shown at E E in Fig.

.With the terminal coils of the springs.

2, in such a way that no rotary or twisting motion can possibly be made by the coils, no matter what weightmay be placed, or motions made upon the surface of the mattress or pillow. I

in Fig. 1 I have indicated the filling B of the mattress as made of laminated cotton, or its equivalent, and it maybe readily understood that when weight is laced upon the surface of the mattress sufficient to force the springs downward so that the inner surfaces of the filling approach closely to each other, all the air in the space formed by the spring structure will be forced out of the mattress through every portion of the fabric filling, and when the weight is removed and the mattress resumes its normal form, air must be forcibly drawn through eyery-portion of said filling, thus changing thcair in and throughout the mattress every time it is compressed, or expands to assume its normal form, and keeping the mattress thoroughly ventilated or aerated without any exertion on the part of those havin it in charge.

In Fig. 2 l haveshown, at C' the most desirable way of securing the ends of the wire from which thesprings are made, which consists of looping the covered ends of the wire around, and interweaving iit us form of securing the ends is especially ad'- vantageous as-it secures the ends of the covering so that there is no danger of Its sliding on the wire and allowing the wire to become bare, but when very small wire is used the ends may be bared, and wrapped around the terminal coils, as indicated at 'C". I have found that it is possible to cover the wires of which this spring construction is made with a fabric covering of sufficient strength so that the terminal coils of the springs may be stitched together, especially it the stitching is made to enwrap the Wires inside of the covering by alternate stitching, as'indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3, so that it will not be necessary to wind the stitching material around the coils, as shown at D on Fig; 2, though it is not as satisfactory as the salami winding.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent the United States, is:

l. The combination in mattress construc tion, with the ticlr, and the upper and lower surface construction, the opposite surface coils at the ends and sides of the spring con- .struction drawn together and secured to form a thin wedglng edge construction around the spring construction, and pliable filling inserted to build up 'a square edged mattress.

' 2. In mattress construction, a tick, a layer of filling adjacent to each side of the tick, a spring construction forming an air space between the layers of filling, said spring construction made of a'series of small'spiral springs, a covering on each of said springs, a cord passed through said coverin on adjoining portions of the springs an firmly wrapped'around the adjoining end coils to form a firm surface construction, and the u per and lower coils at the ends and sides or the spring construction drawn together and secured in like manner to form a wedging edge around the spring construction.

31. In mattress construction, a sprin construction formed of a series of smal covered spiral springs, cords passed through the covering on the s rings at adjoining oints and firmly wounr around the two adoining coils of the springs, the upper and lower coils of the springs at the ends and sides of the spring construction drawn toether and secured in like manner, and corals firmly secured lengthwise of the spring con cords passed through and around the covering at adjacent points to secure the surface coils of the springs together and to secure the sides andends of the 5 ring construction to form wedge shaped gas, and bracing cords secured between adjacent coils of the springs and extending the length oi the sprin construction, I

5. nspring construction for hollow mattresses, a series of small spiral springs, a suitable covcrin over each of said springs, cords passed through the cover-in s and firmly wound aroundthe up er an lower coils of the adjacent springs lii'mly securing them together to form the upper and lower surtaws at a spring, construction, and urea 'in F cords'firmly. secured to the adjacent shown and described.

6. in a. spring construction tor hollon mattresses, a series of small spiral springs Signed at Grand Rapids Michigan May havin a firm covering over each spring and Y 13, 1908. the adjacent terminal ends of said spring construction firmly stitched together to form FRANCIS KARE 5 fiat surfaces, and the ends and edges of the In presence ofconstruction secured to form a Wedge shaped ITHIEL J. CILLEY,

border to the construction. FRED R. JEAN.

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