Improvements in and connected with Mattresses, especially such with a Stuffing of Horse-hair, or the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Mattresses, especially such
with a Stuffing of Horse-hair, or the like.
I, EUGEN BERNER, of Neustadt near the Haardt, in the Province Palatinate,
Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire, Upholsterer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention refers in general to matresses, especially such with a stuffing of
horse-hair or the like, and relate in particular to providing such mattresses with
an inner elastic structure forming essentially an empty space within the matress.
Matresses of the kind in question have up to now been completely filled out
with the stuffing material (horse-hair or the like) or, in other words, the stuffing
material was present within the mattress throughout the whole height or thickness of
the same. By replacing a part of the horse-hair or the like by the elastic structure
afore mentioned I obtain an increased elasticity of the matress, and prevent the
matress from getting thoroughly warmed through during use and, moreover, I can
manufacture such a better matress at a lower price.
In order to make my invention more clear, I refer to the accompanying drawing,
in which similar letters denote similar parts throughout the different views, and
in which:
Figure 1 is a plan of the elastic structure mentioned in the preamble ;
Figure 2 is a side-view of said structure, and
Figure 3 is another side-view, the structure being turned for 90°.
In manufacturing my improved matress I first produce the elastic structure in
question by forming a rectangular frame a of steel-wire or the like, shoving a
number of loose endless straps e over said frame so as to have them arranged one
parallel to the other, and placing a number of coiled springs i between the two
superposed parts of each strap, the springs or their tension or strength being so
measured that each of said straps receives the shape of a lozenge, as distinctly
shown in Figure 2. The parts a and e and the parts e and i are, of course,
connected with each other in any suitable manner.
This structure is then covered with a suitable fabric (u, Figure 3) as used in the
art of upholstering, and thereafter the horse-hair or other stuffing-material is
placed upon this fabric, the thicknesses of the two layers increasing, of course,
from the middle to the sides of the matress, so that the latter receives a proper or
normal shape (as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 2 & 3). Finally, also the
stuffing-material is covered with a suitable fabric, and said material is sewed in
between this fabric and the neighbouring parts of the straps e or the fabric u by
stitches o.
Instead of employing only one such structure, as a ei for a matress, I may
compose the latter of two or three separate parts that must be arranged in a plane
to form a matress of proper size; in this case, of course, each of said parts is
provided with an internal structure of the kind described, aud the straps e are then
preferably arranged in such a manner, that they extend in the cross-direction of
the matress.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a matress, the combination with the stuffing-material, of an interna]

page_text: structure consisting of a rectangular frame a of wire, endless straps e encompassing
said frame, and springs i located between the two parts of each strap, as set
forth.
2. In a matress, the combination with the stuffing-material, of an internal
structure consisting of a rectangular frame a of wire, endless straps e encompassing
said frame, and springs i located between the two parts of each strap; the springs
being so measured as to let each of said straps assume a lozenge-like shape, as set
forth.
3. In a matress, the combination with the stuffing-material, of an internal
structure consisting of a rectangular frame a of wire, endless straps e encompassing
said frame, and springs i located between the two parts of each strap; said structure
being covered by a fabric u, as set forth.
4. In a matress, the combination with the stuffing-material, of an internal
structure consisting of a rectangular frame a of wire, endless straps e encompassing
said frame, and springs i located between the two parts of each strap; said structure
being covered by a fabric u, and the latter being connected with the outer cover of
the stuffing-material by stitches o passing only through the respective layer of
material, as set forth.
Dated this 26th day of April 1897.
EUGEN BERNER,
By Geo. H. Rayuer,
Agent for the Applicant.