| L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY Patent applications |
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| 20120125923 | Custom Sized Plastic Tote Having Intermediate Sleeve - A method of manufacturing a custom sized plastic tote lighter in weight than heretofore known custom sized plastic totes is provided. The method comprises separating an injection molded tote into upper and lower portions by cutting the injection molded tote. A sleeve or middle portion of plastic material is secured to the upper and lower portions of the injection molded tote to create a custom sized plastic tote of a desired height. Alternatively, portions of different injection molded totes may be used to create a custom sized plastic tote. The sleeve may be made from different materials and may be made of multiple pieces. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120117728 | Mattress Cover For Mattresses of Different Heights - A removable mattress cover adapted to fit mattresses of different heights and keep bed bugs out of the mattress. The mattress cover has three different zipper tracks, two of which may be combined to form a zipper. One of the zipper tracks is around the perimeter of a removable top which may quickly and easily be removed and be laundered without moving the mattress. The cover has a zipper closure which utilizes hook and loop fasteners to cover a zipper opening, regardless of which two zipper tracks are combined. The zipper closure prevents bed bugs from penetrating the cover and getting into the mattress. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120110732 | Bedding Foundation Having Nestably Stackable Spring Assembly Welded To Border Wire With Generally Rectangular Cross-Section - A bedding foundation having a nestably stackable spring assembly, including a border wire having a generally rectangular cross-section. The foundation's spring assembly may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. Each foundation assembly includes a number of corrugated support wires having alternating peaks and valleys. The border wire is generally rectangular in cross-section to reduce wire costs without compromising beam strength of the border wire. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120104720 | Box Trailer Access Device - An apparatus for assisting a person get into and exit an interior of a truck trailer. The apparatus comprises multiple parts, including a stationary step having a U-shape and a handle movable between an upright and stowed position. In its stowed position, the handle does not extend beyond the rear of the trailer, enabling the trailer to back up to a loading dock without interference from the handle. Two latching mechanisms assist in locking the handle in its upright and stowed positions. In its upright position, the handle enables a person standing on the step to more easily enter and exit the interior of the trailer. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120097083 | MULTI-NEEDLE QUILTING MACHINE AND NEEDLE AND LOOPER DRIVE MECHANISM THEREFOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A multi-needle quilting machine is provided with a common drive that drives the needles and loopers. It may also drive the presser foot assembly. In the illustrated embodiment, a drive motor drives a rotating drive shaft. The drive shaft has an off-center drive assembly connected to it that rocks a needle rocker shaft as well as looper rocker shafts, and also a presser foot shaft. The off-center drive includes a pair of eccentrics on the drive shaft at each side of the machine. Each eccentric oscillates a linkage plate that is fixed to a shaft such as the needle rocker shaft and is also linked to the looper rocker shafts and the presser foot shaft. The eccentric thereby reciprocates the needles and oscillates the loopers, as well as reciprocates the presser foot plate, in permanent synchronization. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120060337 | Method of Making Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core - Spring cushions | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120042449 | Collapsible Bedding Foundation - A foldable bedding foundation includes a first section having a first base, a first plurality of wire support modules pivotally secured to the first base, and a first wire grid pivotally secured to the wire support modules of the first section. The foundation further includes a second section having a second base, a second plurality of wire support modules pivotally secured to the second base, and a second wire grid pivotally secured to the wire support modules of the second section. The foldable bedding foundation further includes upper connectors pivotally secured to the first and second wire grids and lower connectors secured to the first and second bases. All of the modules are made of one piece of wire and are identical. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20110314613 | Spring Core Having Border Wire With Generally Rectangular Cross-Section - A bedding or seating product comprising a spring core including at least one border wire and a plurality of coil springs. Each of the border wires is generally rectangular in cross-section to reduce wire costs without compromising beam strength of the border wire. Each of the coil springs may be made of a single piece of wire having a central spiral portion defining a central spring axis and terminating at opposed ends with upper and lower end turns. The coil springs may be arranged in side-by-side rows and columns and be connected with each other at the upper and lower end turns by helical lacing wires. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314601 | Bedding Foundation Having Border Wire With Generally Rectangular Cross-Section - A bedding foundation having a nestably stackable spring assembly including a border wire having a generally rectangular cross-section. The foundation's spring assembly may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. Each foundation assembly includes a number of corrugated support wires having alternating peaks and valleys. The border wire is generally rectangular in cross-section to reduce wire costs without compromising beam strength of the border wire. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110210485 | Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core Having Fibrous Material and Sheets Glued to Pockets - Spring cushions ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110198459 | INTERLOCKING, INTERCHANGEABLE SUPPORT BASE SYSTEM - A support system comprises a hub comprising a channel, a leg comprising a finger that slideably engages the channel, and a washer that prevents the finger from disengaging the channel, wherein a multi-dimensional force is exerted that tightens the connection therebetween when the hub, the leg, and the washer are connected together. A method of connecting a support system for an article of furniture comprises inserting a finger of a leg into a channel of a hub to form a mating connection therebetween, connecting a washer to the hub to maintain the finger within the channel, and exerting a multi-dimensional force to secure the leg to the hub. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110197367 | Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core Having Fill Material Inside Pockets - Spring cushions ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110173924 | Energy Absorptive/Moisture Resistive Underlayment Formed Using Recycled Materials and a Hard Flooring System Incorporating the Same - A recycled energy absorptive/moisture resistive underlayment includes a recycled energy absorbing layer comprised of either a nonwoven fiber batt formed from shoddy fibers or a foam pad formed from bonded foam. To protect the recycled energy absorbing layer from moisture, a moisture barrier is laminated on either one or preferably both side surfaces of the recycled energy absorbing layer. The moisture barrier laminated on a lower side surface of the recycled energy absorbing layer has a projecting flap which projects from first and second edge surfaces of the recycled energy absorbing layer to which the moisture barrier is laminated to the lower side surface thereof. The projecting flap enhances protection of the recycled energy absorbing layer from moisture by preventing moisture from migrating through seams and/or other exposed portions of the recycled energy absorbing layer. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110148014 | Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core Having Fibrous Material Glued to Pockets - Spring cushions ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110115141 | Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core Having Cushioning Material - Spring cushions ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110062675 | Wire Shopping Cart Having Foldable Seat Mechanism - A wire shopping cart which may be nestably stacked with numerous other such carts for storage or transport. The cart includes a wire gate and seat assembly comprising a wire gate, a wire backrest and a wire seat. The seat is pivotally mounted to the wire gate and slidably extendable through a slot of the backrest, the wire seat including a pair of outer wire U-shaped catches on opposed sides of the seat for releasably engaging a perimeter wire of the wire backrest. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110010860 | Adjustable Bed Base Having Vibrating Motor In Pocket - An adjustable bed ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100325795 | Bedding Foundation Having Nestable Stackable Components - A stackable wire core assembly for a bedding foundation which may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. The wire core assembly includes an upper wire grid, including a border wire and support wires extending between the ends of the border wire. Each support wire has resilient portions extending downwardly from the plane of the upper wire grid, each resilient portion having a flat bottom adapted to be secured to a wooden base frame and curved arms extending upwardly from opposed ends of the flat bottom. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100302044 | Systems and Methods To Adjust An Adjustable Bed - A system and method provide for reducing the snoring of a person sleeping on an adjustable bed. The system comprises a device configured with at least a microphone and a speaker, the device configured to monitor for a noise consistent with snoring. The system further comprises a control unit communicably coupled to the device and configured to actuate at least one motor of the adjustable bed to adjust at least a portion of the adjustable bed, wherein the control unit is further configured to actuate the at least one motor in response to the device detecting a noise consistent with snoring. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100299839 | Bedding or Seating Product Made With Coil Springs Having Unknotted End Turns With Bumps - Disclosed herein is a bedding or seating product ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295223 | Coil Spring Having Unknotted End Turns With Bumps - Disclosed herein is a bedding or seating product ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100285298 | ANTI-MICROBIAL CARPET UNDERLAY AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method for making antimicrobial rebonded carpet pad includes mixing zinc pyrithione with a polyol to form an antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate, blending the antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate with a binder stream, mixing the binder with foam particles and curing the binder. The percentage of zinc pyrithione mixed with the polyol and the addition ratio of the antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate with the binder stream are selected to provide an overall concentration of zinc pyrithione in the binder of at least about 7500 ppm. The particles and binder are cured into a block and sliced to form carpet pad. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100264783 | Display For Selling Bedding Products - A modular display for selling bedding products comprises a plurality of spaced bedding foundations. One or more of the foundations may be adjustable bed foundations. A mattress sits on top of each of the bedding foundations. The display further comprises a pair of quarter columns, the quarter columns being on opposed sides of the bedding foundation or foundations. In the event of more than two foundations, the display further comprises a joining column between adjacent bedding foundations. Horizontally oriented bridges are connected to and extend between adjacent columns above the mattresses. Bedding accessories, such as bed sheets, pillows and samples of other bedding products, are displayed in the columns. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100218658 | PROGRAMMABLE BORDER SLITTER - An apparatus for feeding and slitting soft goods has multiple slitting systems with respective slitting blades mounted on a cross rail. A slitting blade positioning system is movable parallel with the cross rail and operable to move slitting systems along the cross rail. A material feed motor is connected to a feed roller and operable to move the soft goods past the slitting system. A control is first operable to cause the slitting blade positioning system to move identified slitting systems to desired positions on the cross rail. Thereafter, the control operates a drive shaft motor to rotate slitting blades mounted on the drive shaft and the material feed motor, thereby moving the soft goods past the slitting blades. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100206829 | PRODUCT DISPLAY - A product display includes an elongated member having at least one channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the length of the member, a product support engaged with the elongated member, and a product divider engaged with the elongated member. At least one of the product support and the product divider is at least partially received within the channel. The product support and the product divider are independently movable relative to one another along the length of the elongated member to adjust the respective positions of the product support and the product divider relative to the elongated member. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100193080 | Method for Making Strain Aging Resistant Steel - A method for making a strain aging resistant steel comprises adding boron to the steel, wherein substantially all of the boron in the steel forms boron nitride. A method for making steel comprises adding a nitride-forming element to the steel to lower the free nitrogen content of the steel to a free nitrogen content specification. A high-carbon steel contains boron nitride, wherein the free nitrogen content of the steel is less than 80 ppm. A strain aging resistant steel wherein the carbon content of the steel is between about 0.54 percent and about 0.75 percent. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100175185 | Bedding Foundation Having Nestable Stackable Components - A stackable wire core assembly for a bedding foundation which may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. The wire core assembly includes an upper wire grid including a border wire and support wires extending between the ends of the border wire. Each support wire has resilient portions extending downwardly from the plane of the upper wire grid, each resilient portion having a flat bottom adapted to be secured to a wooden base frame and curved arms extending upwardly from opposed ends of the flat bottom. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100089298 | Method and System of Manufacturing A Mattress and Components Thereof | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100029163 | Fire Combustion Modified Batt - A high loft fiber batt is formed from a blend comprising charred thermoplastic fibers and about 10-15 percent by volume polyester binder fibers, wherein the fiber batt is suitable for use as a fire barrier layer. Another embodiment of a high loft fiber batt is formed from a blend of at least 15 percent by volume charred thermoplastic fibers, at least 15 percent by volume polyester carrier fibers, and about 10-15 percent by volume polyester binder fibers. Still another embodiment of a high loft fiber batt comprises a blend of about equal amounts by volume of charred thermoplastic fibers and polyester carrier fibers, wherein the fiber batt is suitable for use as a fire barrier layer. These high loft fiber batts may be used as a fire barrier layer in various different products, including seating and insulation for vehicles and aircraft, bedding, upholstery and furniture. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20090320269 | Method of Manufacturing Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core - A method of manufacturing spring cushions ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090308510 | COVER FOR MODULES OF FIBROUS MATERIAL - A cover for a module of fibrous material consists of a top member; a first side wall member with a first gap at its midpoint; a second side wall member with a second gap at its midpoint; first and second end wall members; a channel running along the bottom edge of the wall members and interrupted by the firs and second gaps; a first support strap at the midpoint of the first side wall member and within the first gap; a second support strap at the midpoint of the second side wall member and within the second gap; a securing strap having first and second ends and running through the channel, said securing strap supported by the first and second support straps as it passes through the first and second gaps; and a buckle securing the first and second ends of the securing strap. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090293193 | COLLAPSIBLE BEDDING FOUNDATION - A foldable bedding foundation includes a first section having a first base, a first plurality of wire support members pivotally secured to the first base of the first section, and a first wire grid pivotally secured to the wire support members of the first section. The foldable bedding foundation further includes a second section having a second base, a second plurality of wire support members pivotally secured to the second base of the second section, and a second wire grid pivotally secured to the wire support members of the second section. The foldable bedding foundation further includes a third wire grid pivotally secured to the first wire grid and pivotally secured to the second wire grid, and located between the first wire grid and the second wire grid in the same general plane. The foldable bedding foundation further includes at least one locking wire member movably secured to the third wire grid. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090260411 | Method and Apparatus For Automating Production of Sinuous Springs - A method and apparatus is disclosed for manufacturing sinuous springs wherein each spring comprises a discrete length of sinuous spring wire having parallel straight bar segments interconnected at their opposite ends by oppositely directed curved connecting segments. This apparatus is operable to adjust the length of the sinuous spring wires exiting the machine without turning off or stopping the machine. An operator need only rotate a handle outside a housing of the machine to increase or decrease the length of the sinuous spring wires exiting the machine. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090211028 | Adjustable Bed Having Pocketed Coil Spring Assembly Layer - An adjustable bed includes an articulated deck comprising head, seat, leg and foot deck boards hingedly joined together and supported from a frame located above a stationary base. A intermediate cushioning layer, including a pocketed coil spring assembly, is secured to the deck boards. A mattress or similar structure resides on top of the intermediate cushioning layer. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090199752 | THREAD CONTROL IN MULTI-NEEDLE CHAIN STITCH QUILTING - A multi-needle chain-stitch quilting machine and method of operation thereof are provided that imparts relative motion between the needles and the material that is controlled so as to pull needle thread tails from the needle side of the quilted material. The feature of controlling thread tails may be optional to provide selection of either a high speed mode of operation without thread tail control or a quality mode of operation with reduction or removal of needle thread tails from the face of the quilted material. Thread trimmers may be included at each needle location on the looper side of the material to cut both needle and looper threads. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090193587 | Adjustable Bed Having Four Linear Actuators - An adjustable bed includes a stationary seat deck board and independently movable front and rear carriages powered by linear actuators supported by a stationary base. A head deck board is hingedly secured to the front carriage and moves with it. Leg and foot deck boards hingedly joined together are supported by the rear carriage and move with it. Additional linear actuators move the head deck board and leg deck boards between horizontal and inclined positions independently. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090178201 | Adjustable Bed Having Movable Lumbar Support - An adjustable bed includes an articulated deck comprising head, seat, leg and foot deck boards hingedly joined together and supported from a frame movable relative to a stationary base. An lumbar support assembly, including a linear actuator operatively coupled to one of the deck boards, includes a plate which may be raised or lowered through an opening the articulated deck. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090173125 | Method and Apparatus For Creating Stacks of Nested Sinuous Springs - A method and apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously creating a pair of stacks of nested sinuous springs wherein each spring comprises a discrete length of sinuous spring wire having parallel bar wire segments interconnected at their opposite ends by oppositely directed connecting segments. This apparatus includes first and second generally circular forming drums onto which a feeder mechanism is operable to sequentially and alternately pass each of the strips from over a forming mandrel onto the top surface of the first and second generally circular forming drums. A first stripper mechanism is then operable to strip a first one of the arcuate configured strips from over a first one of the forming drums and onto a top surface of a first stacking drum and for stripping a second following one of the arcuate configured strips from over the second forming drum onto a top surface of a second stacking drum. The stripper mechanism is then operable to sequentially and alternately strip following arcuate configured strips from the forming drums onto the first and second stacking drums and over the top of the preceding strips of the stacking drums to create a plurality of arcuately configured springs located on the first and second stacking drums. A second stripper mechanism is then operable after a predetermined number of arcuate strips have been stacked onto each of the first and second stacking drums to strip those stacks from the stacking drums onto a pair of first and second discharge chutes. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090094748 | Adjustable Bed Having Snap-On Actuator Drive - An adjustable bed includes an articulated deck comprising head, seat, leg and foot deck boards hingedly joined together and supported from a frame movable relative to a stationary base. An actuator assembly, including a motor driven actuator operatively coupled by snap-fit connectors to the frame, inclines at least one of the deck boards. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090071305 | PROGRAMMABLE BORDER SLITTER - An apparatus for feeding and slitting soft goods has multiple slitting systems with respective slitting blades mounted on a cross rail. A slitting blade positioning system is movable parallel with the cross rail and operable to move slitting systems along the cross rail. A material feed motor is connected to a feed roller and operable to move the soft goods past the slitting system. A control is first operable to cause the slitting blade positioning system to successively move slitting systems to desired positions on the cross rail. Thereafter, the control operates a slitting blade motor to rotate slitting blades and the material feed motor, thereby moving the soft goods past the slitting blades. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090019640 | Adjustable Bed Having Movable Frame - An adjustable bed includes a stationary base having side rails with channels. A frame movable relative to the base has rollers which ride in these channels. An articulated deck comprising head, seat, leg and foot deck boards hingedly joined together is supported by the frame when horizontal. A plurality of links pivotally secured to brackets secured to the head and leg deck boards and pivotally secured to the base limit travel of the head and leg deck boards. Additional links pivotally secured to brackets secured to the foot deck board and to the movable frame limit movement of the foot deck board. An actuator assembly is operatively coupled to the frame and includes a linear actuator. Activation of the actuator inclines the deck boards. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090001785 | Integrated Lumbar and Active Head Rest System - An integrated active headrest/lumbar seating system | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080297559 | High Precision Feed Particularly Useful for UV Ink Jet Printing on Vinyl - An apparatus ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080284071 | Package of Flat Packed Pocketed Spring Core Assemblies | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080264317 | Soft Goods Slitter and Feed System for Quilting - An apparatus is provided for feeding and slitting mattress covers, quilts and other soft goods supported on a table. The apparatus has a first slitting wheel rotatable by a motor. A second slitting wheel is rotatable by the motor and contacts the first slitting wheel to provide a cutting action. The apparatus further includes a conveyor operable by the motor for conveying the soft goods past the slitting wheels, and a compression assembly having an actuator, a swing arm, and wheels for compressing the soft goods and holding the soft goods against the conveyor to preventing slippage or twisting. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080264222 | Soft Goods Slitter and Feed System for Quilting - An apparatus is provided for feeding and slitting mattress covers, quilts and other soft goods supported on a table. The apparatus has a first slitting wheel rotatable by a motor. A second slitting wheel is rotatable by the motor and contacts the first slitting wheel to provide a cutting action. The apparatus further includes a conveyor operable by the motor for conveying the soft goods past the slitting wheels, and a compression assembly having an actuator, a gear housing, and powered wheels for compressing the soft goods and holding the soft goods against the conveyor to preventing slippage or twisting. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080262657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ADJUSTABLE FURNITURE - A system and methods for controlling adjustable furniture | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080246197 | Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core and Method of Manufacturing Same - Spring cushions ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080245690 | Flat Packed Mattress Spring Core Assemblies and Method of Packaging Such Assemblies - Package and method of flat-packing multiple pocketed spring core assemblies wherein a stack of multiple pocketed spring assemblies are trapped between a pair of wooden frames. After compression of the stack including the wooden frames, bands are tightly wrapped around the compressed stack. Loops of wire are then inserted through the stack and wrapped about at least one cross element of the frame on each side of the stack. Each loop of wire is pulled taut and its opposite ends connected together so as to prevent the center portion of the stack from ballooning outwardly after removal of compression forces on the rigid frames. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080201859 | Method and System of Manufacturing A Mattress and Components Thereof - A system for manufacturing a mattress comprises multiple modules or stations used to sew together multiple components into a casing. A spring or other core is inserted into the casing before a top is secured to the casing to complete the mattress. More or more flanges may be incorporated into the casing for securing the core inside the casing. The system provides an operator flexibility to manufacture different types of mattress with minimal changes. | 08-28-2008 |
