Furniture leg with anchoring means
US5720457A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B2230/0011
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A furniture leg attached to the underside of the frame of a piece of furniture. The furniture leg has a vertical bore through which a bolt is threadedly screwed into an internally-threaded insert on the frame, entrapping the furniture leg between the head of the bolt and the frame. In some embodiments, at least one, and preferably two, teeth extend upwardly from the upper surface of the furniture leg and pierce through the upholstery and into the frame, preventing the furniture leg from rotating about the axis of the bolt. In other embodiments, at least one, and preferably two, corrugated joiners extend upwardly from the upper surface of the furniture leg and pierce through the upholstery and into the frame, preventing the furniture leg from rotating about the axis of the bolt. One of the corrugated joiners may span a seam between bondedly and abuttingly joined pieces of the furniture leg, thereby also providing additional structural joining of the pieces of the furniture leg. In another embodiment, coacting hook-and-loop fasteners or joiners, spaced from the axis of the bolt on the upper surface of the furniture leg and the undersurface of the piece of furniture, prevent rotation …
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