Patent ID: 7028957
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. An easily assembled and disassembled furniture unit comprising: a base; a furniture component support; wherein said base comprises an upward facing socket; an upwardly extending furniture support member disposed above said base and supported by said base; wherein said upwardly extending furniture support member comprises an upper end and a lower end; wherein said lower end can be inserted in said upward facing socket; wherein said furniture component support is disposed above and supported by said upwardly extending furniture support member; a first quick release mechanism comprising means for moving said lower end and said base away from each other when said lower end is inserted in said upward facing socket; wherein when inserted in said upward facing socket, said means comprise at least one furniture support member pressing surface disposed on said upwardly extending furniture support member opposite a base pressing surface; at least one base pressing surface disposed on said base opposite at least one said furniture support member pressing surface; a movable pressing member which can be disposed between said oppositely disposed furniture support member and base pressing surfaces; and wherein said movable pressing member can contact at least one said oppositely disposed base and furniture support member pressing surfaces; wherein a person can contact and move said movable pressing member from a first position where said movable pressing member merely contacts said oppositely disposed base and furniture support member pressing surfaces, to a second position where said oppositely disposed base and furniture support member pressing surfaces are moved away from each other, resulting in moving said upwardly extending furniture support member and said base away from each other, wherein said upwardly extending furniture support member and said base can be disassembled.