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Spring construction

US4037829A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
3References
8Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1976
Grant dateJul 26, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C31/06
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A rail anchor and attachment assembly for securing the end of a sinuous spring band to a curved frame rail in a furniture frame. The anchor is a pin fabricated from heavy gauge wire. It comprises a vertical anchor leg seated against the back surface of a frame rail and depending from a horizontal attachment leg. An attachment hook on the free end of the attachment leg receives a spring band, a helical connector spring or some other form of band connector, to form an attachment assembly joining the band to the rail.

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