Patent ID: 6349435
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A47C,A61G,F16B

Abstract:
A bed rail, hook, and fastener assembly for fastening a hook in the end of a man made wood material bed rail comprising:a plurality of rivets, each having a head and a shank; a bed rail hook having a flat body with a plurality of apertures extending through a first end of said body, said bed rail hook apertures having a diameter slightly larger than the shank of said rivets; and a man made wood material bed rail having an end including a slot and a plurality of through-extending apertures; wherein the first end of said bed rail hook is adapted to enter the slot in the end of said bed rail; wherein said bed rail hook apertures are adapted to align with said bed rail apertures when said bed rail hook is inserted in said bed rail slot; wherein during assembly said rivets are inserted into said bed rail apertures and through said bed rail hook apertures, and an end of the shank of each of said rivets is clinched to provide a removal resistant engagement; and wherein the end of said bed rail further includes a plurality of countersinks on an insertion side of said bed rail, said countersinks being aligned with said bed rail apertures such that when said rivets are inserted into said bed rail apertures and said bed rail hook apertures from said insertion side of said bed rail, the heads of said rivets are substantially flush with said insertion side of said bed rail.