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(43) Date of publication: 16.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/29 (21) Application number: 01952969.2 (22) Date of filing: 03.07.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F16F 3/093, A47C 23/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US0141/244 (87) International publication number: WO 0200/4838 (17.01.2002 Gazette 2002/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 12.07.2000 US 614429 (71) Applicant: Sealy Technology LLC Trinity, NC 27370 (US)	(72) Inventors: CONSTANTINESCU, Eugen Greensboro, NC 27410 (US) BARMAN, Bruce, G. Greensboro, NC 27370 (US) (74) Representative: Harding, Richard Patrick  Marks & Clerk,4220 Nash Court,Oxford Business Park South Oxford OX4 2RU Oxford OX4 2RU (GB)