Patent ID: 7100525
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: D05B,D05D

Abstract:
1. A method for finishing an attachment gusset for a mattress, comprising: moving a panel, with tension applied thereto, through a sewing zone; feeding a length of gusset material from a supply; receiving and directing the gusset material through a folder assembly into the sewing zone in a substantially flat lying attitude into engagement with the panel; attaching the gusset material about a peripheral edge of the panel; as a corner of the panel approaches the sewing zone, halting the application of tension to the panel and forming a series of ruffles in the gusset material as the gusset material is attached about the corner of the panel; and as an initially sewn portion of the panel approaches the sewing zone, cutting and folding a trailing end of the gusset material and sewing the folded trailing end to the panel.