Patent ID: 6925666
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A bed base including four side members assembled into a substantially rectangular structure, each side member having a central longitudinal axis, opposed ends, and substantially the same width, said individual side members each being symmetrical about its individual longitudinal axis, and a first pair of side members having first lengths that are equal to each other and a second pair of side members having second lengths that are equal to each other and longer than said first lengths, said side members of equal lengths being opposed to each other, each side member having a central, longitudinal, planar portion with opposed edges and a pair of longitudinal, planar support members extending outward in the same direction, each longitudinal support member having substantially the same width and substantially the same length, one support member being along one of said edges at substantially a right angle to the planar portion and the other support member being along the other of said edges at substantially a right angle to the planar portion, the first pair of side members positioned opposite each other and the second pair of side members positioned opposite each other, one opposed end of one side member of the first pair being adjacent to one opposed end of the other side member of the second pair, and connectors that connect adjoining, adjacent ends of the side members, each connector has a first component at one opposed end of one side member and a second component at one opposed end of an adjacent side member, where the first component is a keyhole component and the second component is a locking component, said keyhole component having a first opening with an enlarged central portion and a pair of narrow portions extending outward in opposite directions from the central portion, and a second opening with an enlarged central portion and a pair of narrow portions extending outward in opposite directions from the central portion, said first and second openings being spaced apart a predetermined distance and each said openings being equidistant from the central longitudinal axis of the side member to which the keyhole component is attached, and said locking component having first and second outwardly extending finger elements that each have an enlarged head on a narrow neck, said head sized to pass through a central portion of an opening in a keyhole component but larger than the narrow portions of said opening and said narrow neck being sized to be received in one of the narrow portions, said first and second finger elements being spaced apart a distant equal to the predetermined distance that said openings are spaced apart and offset with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the side member to which the locking component is attached at distance sufficient to bring the opposed edges of the side members together so that said edges are substantially flush upon assembly of the side members to form the rectangular structure.