Patent ID: 9351585
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A47C

Claim Text:
1. A slatted bed frame comprising: an upper frame portion formed by a plurality of upper slats arranged along an upper horizontal slat plane and forming a lying surface for a mattress pad, a lower frame portion formed by a plurality of lower slats arranged along a lower horizontal slat plane, the lower horizontal slat plane being spaced from and parallel to the upper horizontal slat plane, said upper and lower frame portions arranged transversely to a longitudinal axis of the bed frame and spaced from one another by a predetermined distance, at least one elastic slat support attached to respective ends of each slat of said plurality of upper slats and said plurality of lower slats, each slat of said plurality of upper slats and said plurality of lower slats being spaced from other slats in said plurality of upper slats and said plurality of lower slats, respectively, at least one recess defined in said lying surface by removal of at least one said plurality of upper slats such that the at least one recess separates a first slat and a second slat of said plurality of upper slats, said first and second slats being adjacent to one another, a hanging insert inserted in the at least one recess, said hanging insert being configured and sized to hang between the plurality of upper slats and the plurality of lower slats so as to maintain a distance from the plurality of lower slats in said lower frame portion, said hanging insert having a first end directly connected to only said first slat, a second end directly connected to only said second slat and longitudinal sides not connected to the bed frame; and an elastic insertion element inserted into said hanging insert in between the first and second slats, to form a part of the lying surface.