Patent ID: 7937788
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A modular bed foundation assembly for supporting a mattress, the assembled foundation comprising: a pair of laterally spaced apart and parallel left and right side frames; a pair of longitudinally spaced apart and parallel left and right end frames; the left and right side frames each comprising upper and lower elongated tubular rigid metal side members spaced vertically apart and extending substantially parallel to one another, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart first rigid metal bracing members rigidly affixed in upright positions supporting the upper and lower tubular side members of each side frame; the left and right end frames each comprising upper and lower elongated tubular rigid metal end members spaced vertically apart and extending substantially parallel to one another, and a plurality of laterally spaced apart second rigid metal bracing members rigidly affixed in upright positions supporting the upper and lower tubular end members of each end frame; separate elongated tubular rigid metal upper corner connectors each having a generally right angle profile for slidably connecting end portions of the upper side members to corresponding end portions of adjacent upper end members, and separate elongated tubular rigid metal lower corner connectors each having a generally right angle profile for slidably connecting end portions of the lower side members to corresponding end portions of adjacent lower end members, the corner connectors in their connected positions rigidly holding the side frames parallel to one another and the end frames parallel to one another to form a rectangular box-frame profile of the assembled bed foundation; a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart elongated tubular rigid metal slats extending parallel to one another between the upper side members of the left and right side frames, each slat including elongated tubular side frame connection members integrally formed at opposite ends of each slat and projecting generally at a right angle away from the slat; separate elongated tubular rigid metal slat connectors rigidly affixed to selected ones of the first bracing members on the left and right side frames, the tubular slat connectors facing upwardly, arranged in corresponding pairs, and configured to slidably receive corresponding ones of the tubular side frame connection members on the slats for holding the plurality of slats in fixed spaced apart positions extending parallel to one another between the upper side members of the left and right side frames along the length of the box-frame formed by the assembled side and end frames of the foundation to thereby form a rigid mattress-supporting platform; separate upright rigid metal leg members adapted for holding the foundation in an elevated substantially horizontal position above a floor; and separate elongated tubular rigid metal leg connectors rigidly affixed to selected ones of the first bracing members and configured to slidably receive corresponding ones of the leg members for rigidly maintaining the leg members in a fixed position to support the foundation above the floor.