SIMMONS CO has a total of 601 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1915. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets furniture and games, machines and consumer goods are HARRISON BEDDING LIMITED A, ARMET SPA and SIMMONS CORP.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 344 | |
#2 | Canada | 94 | |
#3 | Australia | 28 | |
#4 | United Kingdom | 24 | |
#5 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 22 | |
#6 | France | 18 | |
#7 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 8 | |
#8 | Israel | 8 | |
#9 | Mexico | 7 | |
#10 | Brazil | 6 | |
#11 | Hong Kong | 5 | |
#12 | Japan | 5 | |
#13 | Republic of Korea | 5 | |
#14 | Poland | 5 | |
#15 | China | 4 | |
#16 | South Africa | 4 | |
#17 | Argentina | 2 | |
#18 | Finland | 2 | |
#19 | Italy | 2 | |
#20 | Colombia | 1 | |
#21 | Czechia | 1 | |
#22 | Hungary | 1 | |
#23 | New Zealand | 1 | |
#24 | Peru | 1 | |
#25 | Slovakia | 1 | |
#26 | Taiwan | 1 | |
#27 | Ukraine | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Furniture and games | |
#2 | Machines | |
#3 | Consumer goods | |
#4 | Machine tools | |
#5 | Mechanical elements | |
#6 | Medical technology | |
#7 | Packaging and shipping | |
#8 | Textiles and paper |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Chairs and beds | |
#2 | Unspecified technologies | |
#3 | Upholstering equipment | |
#4 | Metal wire processing | |
#5 | Nails | |
#6 | Office furniture | |
#7 | Operating tables | |
#8 | Packaging | |
#9 | Unspecified technologies | |
#10 | Sewing |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Gail John F | 66 |
#2 | Woller Edward E | 47 |
#3 | Frank Kusterle | 35 |
#4 | Bayer Matthew F | 33 |
#5 | Carlos Travis Don | 26 |
#6 | Gladney Ricky F | 18 |
#7 | St Clair Albert Ronald | 17 |
#8 | Stumpf Walter | 14 |
#9 | Petersen John S | 14 |
#10 | Vollmer William A | 10 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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WO02065874A1 | Mattress packaging | |
AU7554801A | Conditioning pocketed coil springs | |
US6263532B1 | Methods and apparatus for refurbishing bedding mattresses | |
US6243900B1 | One-sided mattress construction | |
AU4874299A | Conditioning pocketed coil springs | |
US6216292B1 | Protective mattress cover with apron | |
US6098224A | Pillow top mattress assemblies | |
SK161399A3 | A method and apparatus for forming a length of connected, pocketed coil springs | |
CZ9904253A3 | Apparatus for producing a strip of interconnected encapsulated spiral springs and process for producing such strip of spiral springs | |
US5940908A | Reinforced bedding foundations | |
US5974993A | Quilted border winder apparatus, system and method | |
US5749133A | Method and apparatus for forming strings of pocketed springs | |
US5746877A | Apparatus for mattress innerspring construction | |
BR9510568A | Method for packaging resiliently compressible articles | |
US5613287A | Method for forming strings of pocketed springs | |
US5987678A | Multiple firmness mattress | |
US5557813A | Knock down mattress system | |
US5469589A | Knock down foundation for a bed | |
US5621935A | Method and apparatus for providing improved pocketed innerspring constructions | |
US5572853A | Method and apparatus for conditioning pocketed coil springs |