Patent ID: 6386119
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A foldable leg for furniture comprising:a tubular leg; a pivot assembly partially mounted in the tubular leg and secured on a top of the tubular leg, the pivot assembly including: a front plate; two wing plates perpendicularly extending from two opposite sides of the front plate and facing each other, each of the wing plates having a curved top edge and forms a guiding edge and an elongated slot longitudinally formed in each of the wing plate; locking groove defined at a top of the curved top edge of the wing plate; and a tongue extending downwardly from the front plate of the pivot assembly with a notch in the bottom of the tongue; a bracket pivotally connected to the pivot assembly and including: two side plates parallel to each other and each having a through hole defined in a lower portion of the side plate, a distance between the two side plates lightly greater than that between the two wing plates of the pivot assembly; and a locking plate connecting the two side plates and the locking plate selectively received in the locking groove in the wing plate of the pivot assembly when the tubular leg is adapted to stand the furniture; a pivot pin extending through the elongated slot in the wing plate of the pivot assembly and the through hole in the side plate of the bracket to pivotally connect the assembly and the bracket; and a spring having two ends respectively secured around the pivot pin and in the notch in a free end of the tongue of the pivot assembly.