Patent ID: 6679553
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
An underseat assembly for a seating unit, comprising:a bottom support including a tapered socket adapted to receive and to securely engage a top section of a support column in a vertical direction, and including a body with a plurality of attachment bosses and reinforcement ribs around the tapered socket; a yoke having a center section shaped to mateably receive and stably engage a top of the body, the yoke having opposing outwardly-extending first arms that define first attachment locations; at least one side support section having an inwardly-facing mounting section with first features defining pockets and apertures for interfitting engagement with the bottom support without interference from the bosses and ribs of the bottom support and without interference from the center section, the side support section defining second attachment locations spaced from the first attachment locations; and a top retainer fixedly clamping the mounting section and the center section against the body to retain the bottom support, the yoke and the side support section together in a sandwich arrangement.