Narrow strips of wood used to support the coils in the box spring frame. Also used in a bedstead to support the box spring.

A term referring to the horizontal wood, vinyl or aluminum pieces which tilt open and closed creating variations of light.

These are the horizontal strips of aluminium or wood that make up an aluminium, Wood Effect or Wooden Venetian blind.

A series of wood, plastic or metal blades, may be called louvers in shutters and horizontal blinds and vanes in vertical blinds.

Wooden boards used as the bottom structure to support box spring units within their frames. Also used in headboard and footboard sets with wood rails and in bunk beds to support the mattress in place of a box spring. Slats can also be used as a feature in furniture construction. Slatted construction is commonly seen in mission and arts and crafts furnishings.

Horizontal slats that create the body of the blind.

Sometimes used for beds. Improves ventilation to mattress cushions

An exotic means of generating extra lift from a low speed wing. Slats are fitted to the forward upper surface of a wing.

Slats are small aerodynamic surfaces on the leading edge of the wings of fixed-wing aircraft which, when deployed, allow the wing to operate at a higher angle of attack. Lift is a product of angle of attack and speed, so by deploying slats an aircraft can fly slower or take off and land in a shorter distance. They are usually used while landing or performing manoeuvres which take the aircraft close to the stall, but are usually retracted in normal flight to minimise drag.