Patent ID: 6609261
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A47C,Y10S

Abstract:
A mattress having burst resistant binding when subjected to flame comprising an upper ticking, side ticking and stuffing, a binding assembly interposed between juxtaposed respective margins of said upper ticking and side ticking, said binding assembly connecting said margins of said upper and side ticking, said binding assembly comprising a fabric binding tape overlapping said margins of said ticking and a sewing thread extending through said tape and portions of said upper and side tickings adjacent said margins, said binding assembly characterized in that said tape comprises a fire retardant thermoplastic polymer and said sewing thread comprises a thermo-set polymer, said tape being subject to melting and flowing at a temperature of at least about 150Â° Fahrenheit lower than the char temperature of said sewing thread, whereby when said binding assembly is subjected to temperatures in excess of the melt temperature of said tape, molten increments of said tape flow about and encompass increments of said thread.