Patent ID: 6427262
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A connecting device for a furniture frame having a support frame and first and second frame members disposed on the support frame and anteriorly of the first frame member, said connecting device comprising:a first connecting member having a first end portion adapted to be fixed to the first frame member, and a second end portion opposite to said first end portion and formed with a plurality of ratchet teeth; a second connecting member having a front end portion adapted to be fixed to the second frame member, and a rear end portion pivoted to said second end portion of the first connecting member, said rear end portion being provided with a spring-loaded pawl unit; amounting plate disposed below said first and second connecting members and adapted to be fixed to the support frame; and a pivotable linking plate unit having an upper end pivoted to said first end portion of said first connecting member, and a lower end pivoted to said mounting plate such that said first connecting member is movable forward and rearward relative to said mounting plate; said second connecting member being pivotable relative to said first connecting member in a first direction so as to enable said pawl unit to engage one of said ratchet teeth in order to retain said second connecting member at a certain angular position relative to said first connecting member; said second connecting member being further pivotable relative to said first connecting member in a second direction opposite to the first direction so as to enable said pawl unit to slide past said ratchet teeth in order to dispose said front end portion of said second connecting member at a position coplanar with said first end portion of said first connecting member.