DE29907771U1 - Mattress holder - Google Patents

Abstract

Mattress retainer consists of a section (4) of plastic or metal pushed onto a slat (3) of a slatted bed forming a corner.

Description

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PATENT AND LAWYERS MEINKE ₁ DABRINGHAUS UND PARTNER GbR

ADMISSIONED AT THE EUROPEAN PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE EUROPEAN PATENT AND TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS*

PATENT ATTORNEYS-JULIUS MEINKE, DlPL-ING. WALTER DABRINGHAUS, dipl-inq. 07 771 3 JOCHEN MEINKE, dipl-inq.

LAWYER

THOMAS MEINKE

WESTENHELLWEG 44137 DORTMUND

TELEPHONE (0231) 14 50 TELEPHONE (0231)14 76

PO BOX 10 46 45

44046 DORTMUND, December 21, 1999

DRESDNER BANK AQ DTMD, Account No. 1 148 047 (bank code 440 800 SO) POSTBANK DORTMUND, Account No. 542 02-463 (bank code 440 100 46)

. 232/14872 D/S

Applicant: Recticel Internationale Bettsysteme GmbH Moraenstraße 1-15. 59439 Holzwickede

"Mattress holder"

"Mattress holder"

The invention relates to a device for preventing mattresses from slipping on slatted frames.

There are a variety of bed designs in which the slatted frames supporting the mattresses are arranged in such a way that the mattress itself is no longer or only slightly protected against lateral or longitudinal displacement by a bed frame.

There are already proposals to prevent mattresses from slipping. For example, US-5 737 783 shows a T-shaped or U-shaped holding element for mattresses that can be screwed to the bed frame, while DE-U-7 0 02 757, for example, shows a fastening device for mattresses at the foot of a bed with upward-facing insertion tabs that are intended to engage in corresponding pockets on the mattress.

Both known solutions cannot be used for subsequent attachment to slatted frames; in particular, they are not able to fix the corners of mattresses when placed on and used in conjunction with slatted frames, which is the object of the present invention.

This object is achieved according to the invention with a device of the type described at the outset in that it is made from a cut-out made of metal or plastic that forms a corner and can be pushed onto a slat of the slatted frame. Such a corner can be pushed onto the end of a slat of a slatted frame so that the mattress is held in an optimal manner.

A useful embodiment of the invention consists in the device being formed from a wire blank, the free ends of the wire blank each enclosing at least partially three sides of the slat. In principle, the free ends can also be designed as closed insertion pockets. However, this would mean that different wire blanks would have to be provided for different slat thicknesses. If only three sides of a slat are enclosed, the wire blank can adapt to a large number of different slat dimensions.

In a further embodiment, it is provided that a wire section is attached to the front side of the mattress in the corner area and an adjoining wire section of the cut is attached to the side surface of the mattress in the corner area. In practice, the slats of a slatted frame are inserted into receiving pockets, which in turn are then attached to frame elements of the slatted frame, so that

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immediate end of a batten, the attachment of the device according to the invention could cause certain problems.

In order to be able to adapt to all installation situations, the invention provides for a free end of the wire cut to be arranged offset from the corner inwards over a wire section pointing in the direction of the other free end and running parallel to the slat, which means that the end region of the slat, which is usually stuck in a pocket, a mounting cap or the like, can be bridged without any problem without hindering the functionality of the device according to the invention.

The invention also provides that the free ends of the wire cut that partially surround the slat are designed as U-shaped sections facing each other, with the wire sections that surround the corner of the mattress being designed as spring legs that push the two free ends against each other. This design allows the corner to be pulled over each slat by bending it slightly, the free ends can be pushed over the slat like a hook, and the wire sections that form the spring behavior of the corners ensure that the pocket-like free ends of the wire cut are clamped to the slat.

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Further features, details and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and the drawing. This shows in

Fig. 1 shows the spatial representation of a corner of a mattress with a device according to the invention clipped onto a slatted piece,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a slat approximately according to arrow II in Fig. 1 and in the

Fig. 3 and 4 Views according to arrows III and IV in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, a corner 1 of a mattress 2 is shown in simplified form, which rests on a slat 3 of a bed slatted frame (not shown in detail otherwise), wherein the slat 3 is provided with a securing device according to the invention, generally designated 4 and designed as a wire cut-out.

The device 4, i.e. the wire blank, is shaped in a specific way, namely in such a way that its two free ends, designated 5 and 6 in Fig. 1, can enclose the bar 3 in opposite directions in a kind of pocket and clamp themselves to it.

Since the free end of the slat is usually inserted into a receiving pocket of a fastening element, designated 7 in Fig. 2, the free end 5 of the wire cut 4 is offset inwards by at least the dimension of the insertion cap 7 for the slat 3, towards the other free end 6, so that a wire section 8 running parallel to the slat 3 is obtained.

In order to reach upwards from the slatted plane, the wire cut has two upwardly angled wire areas 9 and 10, to which two middle wire sections 11 and 12 are then connected, each angled at 90°, which cause the corner 1 of the mattress 2 to wrap around.

The wire cut 4 can be made of stainless steel or other comparable materials. It can also have closed surfaces in some areas, for example if it is a plastic element. For example, the cut sections 9 to 12 can be designed as widened strips to give the mattress additional support if this is desired.

Claims (5)

1. Device for preventing mattresses from slipping on slatted frames, characterized in that it is formed from a cut-out ( 4 ) made of metal or plastic which forms a corner and can be pushed onto a slat ( 3 ) of the slatted frame. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is formed from a wire blank ( 4 ), the free ends ( 5 , 6 ) of the wire blank ( 4 ) each enclosing at least partially three sides of the slat ( 3 ). 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a wire region ( 9 , 11 , 12 ) is applied to the front side of the mattress ( 2 ) in the corner region ( 1 ) and an adjoining wire region ( 12 , 10 ) of the blank is applied to the side surface of the mattress ( 2 ) in the corner region ( 1 ). 4. Device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that a free end ( 5 ) of the wire blank ( 4 ) is arranged offset from the corner inwards via a wire section ( 8 ) pointing in the direction of the other free end and running parallel to the batten. 5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the free ends ( 5 , 6 ) of the wire blank ( 4 ) which partially enclose the slat ( 3 ) are designed as U-shaped sections directed towards one another, wherein the wire sections ( 11 , 12 ) which enclose the mattress corner ( 1 ) are designed as spring legs which drive the two free ends ( 5 , 6 ) against one another.