Patent ID: 6511131
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
An anchoring device for anchoring an interchangeable accessory to an arm of a chair, the arm comprising a tube and an elongated cushion fastened on top of the tube, the tube having a length, a circumference and an equator, said accessory being provided with at least one male element, the device comprising:attaching means for removably attaching the device to a portion of the tube underneath the cushion; at least one female element corresponding in shape and size to the at least one male element of the accessory for co-operating with said at least one male element, the at least one female element having an opening lying in a plane outside an area defined by the cushion when the anchoring device is installed on the arm of a chair; securing means for securing the at least one male element into the at least one female element when inserted into the at least one female element; wherein the device has a width, a length and a thickness and comprises first and second parts on both sides of a longitudinal axis, the first and second parts being separable, and wherein the attaching means are defined by: an upwardly opened C-shaped groove formed by the two parts, the C-shaped groove having a width and a depth adapted to receive the portion of the tube therein, the C-shaped groove having two top edges adapted to lie above the equator of the tube when the anchoring device is installed on the arm of a chair, the top edges being separated by a distance smaller than the diameter of the tube; and a lock for locking the first and second parts together about the tube when the anchoring device is installed on the arm of a chair; and additional attaching means for attaching the device to the portion of the tube, the additional attaching means comprising at least one hole from an outside surface of the device through an inner surface of the groove for allowing a screw with an auger bit tip to reach the tube and to be screwed therein when the anchoring device is installed on the arm of a chair.