(under subclass 652) Support for body or part including a plurality of connectors, usually in the form of stringlike filaments, generally connecting the upper and lower portions of the supports.
(1) Note. Usually a cover encapsulates a support and is secured to the support at points spaced apart on the cover's surface by filaments which pass from the surface of one side of the cover completely through the support to the surface of the cover on the opposite side of the support, to keep the support in a compressed state, to thereby prevent loss of shape or expansion of the support.
(2) Note. The filaments are often attached to tufting buttons placed on the top cover and under the bottom cover of a support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
408, for a bedstead with a bottom, with a pad connected by tufting.
712, for gas containing mattresses having ties or seals.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 114.3, for tufting buttons and subclass 102 for linked tufting.
112, Sewing,
2.2, for a machine to sew tufting, subclass 80.01 for embroidery tufting, and subclass 470.24 for a tuft making machine.
