"los muelles de resortes"

Question

Estoy leyendo un cuento por un autor mexicano. Un chico encuentra "los muelles de resortes" en un basurero municipal. ¿Qué significa esto? ¿Quizás "box springs"? Gracias.

Answer 1

Exactly! And the top part is "El colchón."

Answer 2

I searched in my dictionary, and the closest translation I found was this

Definately springs for a "box spring" mattress. - amykay, Jul 27, 2010

Good visual answer they do say a picture painst a thousand words and each says box spring mattress - FELIZ77, Jul 27, 2010

Answer 3

I found: Spring D (in mattress) muelle resorte (AmL)

Source Spanish Oxford Dictionary (3rd Edition)

This appears to be a Spanish expression common in Latin American