Mattress Rolling Device

J David Art creates sculptures by re-purposing spring units from common household mattresses and transforming them into custom pieces of art. Sculptures are made using “logs” formed by rolling the steel mattress spring units into a cylindrical shape. Hand-rolling the logs is time-consuming and physically strenuous and limits the number of pieces of art that can be produced.In a design based upon industrial rolling machines, the device incorporates rollers that compress the mattress springs before wrapping the flattened spring unit around a spindle to form a cylinder. The device operator anneals the spring unit with a torch, which causes it to retain its cylindrical shape when it is removed from the device. The mattress rolling device reduces the-time required to produce a “log” and protects the operator from injury and fatigue.