SEALY has a total of 113 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1943. It filed its patents most often in United States, Japan and South Africa. Its main competitors in its focus markets furniture and games, machines and machine tools are LANCASTRIA LTD, FIXTURES MFG CORP and VAN DRESSER SPECIALTY CORP.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 31 | |
#2 | Japan | 14 | |
#3 | South Africa | 13 | |
#4 | Canada | 11 | |
#5 | Australia | 8 | |
#6 | Spain | 6 | |
#7 | United Kingdom | 6 | |
#8 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 5 | |
#9 | Israel | 5 | |
#10 | Germany | 3 | |
#11 | Mexico | 3 | |
#12 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 3 | |
#13 | France | 2 | |
#14 | Hong Kong | 1 | |
#15 | New Zealand | 1 | |
#16 | Singapore | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Furniture and games | |
#2 | Machines | |
#3 | Machine tools | |
#4 | Medical technology | |
#5 | Surface technology and coating | |
#6 | Measurement | |
#7 | Control |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Chairs and beds | |
#2 | Unspecified technologies | |
#3 | Unspecified technologies | |
#4 | Layered products | |
#5 | Diagnosis and surgery | |
#6 | Sawing | |
#7 | Metal wire processing | |
#8 | Measuring length, angles and areas | |
#9 | Teaching materials | |
#10 | Implantable devices |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Wagner Robert F | 22 |
#2 | Klancnik Alvin R | 14 |
#3 | Flesher Keith A | 5 |
#4 | Wagner Robert Fred | 4 |
#5 | Roe Richard C | 4 |
#6 | Watts E | 4 |
#7 | Sturm Milton L | 3 |
#8 | Hopp Joseph S | 3 |
#9 | Haas Howard G | 3 |
#10 | Basner E | 2 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
---|---|---|
US5484195A | Bedding system display assembly | |
US4790519A | Borderwire hinge clip | |
US4726572A | Spring coil and spring assembly | |
AU4294285A | Improvement to mattress foundations | |
US4669302A | Deflection and topography assessment mechanism anthropomorphically natural | |
ZA8407621B | Coil spring and assembly | |
CA1179074A | Mattress construction and mattress cover therein | |
AU9171982A | Forming a looped end on a helical coil | |
US4504991A | Fire-resistant mattress and high strength fire-retardant composite | |
US4535978A | Coil spring and spring assembly | |
US4388738A | Mattress construction and mattress cover therein | |
CA1127324A | Coil spring and spring assembly | |
US4129908A | Foundation unit with cushioned cross rails | |
US4155130A | Means for restraining cross helical spin-out | |
US4109330A | Innerspring construction | |
US4092749A | Mattress spring unit construction | |
US3971081A | Box spring unit with metal slats | |
US3822423A | Joint for attaching members and bed frame | |
CA982710A | Box spring unit with metal slats | |
US3822426A | Mattress topper pad and border stabilizer |