US 12,453,426 B2
Pocketed buckling member assembly
Bruce W. Peterson, Austin, TX (US); Matthew D. McKnight, Fort Smith, AR (US); and Takayuki Hironaka, Fort Smith, AR (US)
Assigned to L&P Property Management Company, Carthage, MO (US)
Filed by L&P Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/586,716.
Prior Publication US 2025/0268390 A1, Aug. 28, 2025
Int. Cl. A47C 27/06 (2006.01); A47C 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 27/064 (2013.01) [A47C 27/063 (2013.01); A47C 27/066 (2013.01); A47C 27/04 (2013.01); A47C 27/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bedding or seating product comprising:
a pocketed buckling member assembly comprising a plurality of parallel strings of pocketed buckling members, each of said strings being joined to at least one adjacent string, each of said strings comprising a piece of fabric surrounding a plurality of buckling members, first and second opposed plies of fabric being on opposite sides of the buckling members, a plurality of pockets having the same height formed along said string by a longitudinal seam and transverse seams joining said first and second plies, a single buckling member being in each pocket and having a height approximately equal to the height of the pocket, wherein each of the buckling members is a unitary member having an outer wall, internal ribs extending inwardly from the outer wall to a center, an open top and an open bottom defining passages between the internal ribs, each of the buckling members being made of one of the following: acrylic rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVM) rubber, halogenated nitrile rubber, isoprene rubber, natural rubber, neoprene, polythiolethers, silicone rubber, styrene-butadiene, styrene copolymers, polystyrene, thermoplastic elastomers, vinyl methyl silicone, silicone, gel elastomer, polyurethane elastomer, polyurea elastomer, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene and blends thereof.