Patent · US Expired

Leg assembly for chairs

US5649742A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 23, 1996
Grant dateJul 22, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C5/10
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A leg assembly for a chair includes four legs, a pair of lateral beams each interconnected between two of the four legs, and a pair of transverse beams interconnected between the lateral beams. A seat cushion is mounted on the transverse beams and has a plurality of nuts attached to an underside thereof. Each lateral beam includes two spaced tubes extending therefrom toward the other lateral beam, each tube having a first transverse bore defined therethrough. Each transverse beam includes two reduced ends each having a second transverse bore defined therethrough. The reduced ends of each transverse beam are respectively received in two aligned tubes respectively on the lateral beams, and a plurality of bolts are extended through the aligned first and second bores and then engaged with the associated nuts mounted on the seat cushion.

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