ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,542, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC (Trinity, N.C.).
"Open coil spring assemblies" was invented by Larry K. DeMoss (Greensboro, N.C.), Brian M. Manuszak (Thomasville, N.C.), Kevin M. Tar (Summerfield, N.C.), Darin T. Thomas (Salisbury, N.C.), Daniel W. Green (Victoria, Australia) and Morrison J. Just (Victoria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present embodiments provide various open coil spring assemblies which perform like an encased spring assembly. The embodiments have elastic lacings or connections which connect springs to springs or springs to lacings. Various spring embodiments are provided as ...