Appeal No. 2003-0683 Page 4
Application No. 09/319,680
52 USPQ2d 1303, 1305-06 (Fed. Cir. 1999); Atlas Powder Co. v. Ireco Inc., 190 F.3d
1342, 1347, 51 USPQ2d 1943, 1946-47 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
Claims 1 and 8, the independent claims on appeal, read as follows:
1. A spring unit (2) for incorporation into a mattress, said mattress having a
first surface and a second surface, and said spring unit comprising a first spring
(4) having a first end and a second end, and a second spring (6) having a first
end and a second end, said second spring being located within said first spring
(4) and having no connection to said first spring (4) so as to be freely movable
within said first spring (4) from the first end of said first spring to the second end,
wherein in a first position of the mattress the first end of the second spring (6) is
adjacent the first end of the first spring (4) and the first surface of the mattress,
and in a second, reversed position of the mattress, the first end of the second
spring is adjacent the second end of the first spring (4) and the second surface
of the mattress.
8. A bed, divan, mattress or other upholstery unit incorporating a plurality of
spring units each comprising a first pocketted spring (A) having two ends and a
second pocketted spring (B) located within said first pocketted spring (A),
wherein said second pocketted spring (B) has no connection to said first
pocketted spring (A) so as to be freely movable within said first pocketted spring
from one end of said first spring to the other end.
Fischmann's invention relates to cushions of the type in which springs are used
as a resilient foundation and is particularly applicable for use with automobiles,
ambulances and the like, having for its object to provide means whereby the abnormal
shock due to sudden compression of the cushion will be absorbed, thereby preventing
the total collapse of the cushion and the consequent shock to a person who may be
seated thereon. Fischmann's invention consists essentially of the construction and
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