Patent ID: 7237289

Claim:
A bed platform for supporting a mattress, comprising: a first section and a second section connectable to form at least a portion of said platform; and said platform including engageable parts on said first section and on said second section that are engageable in response to relative sliding movement between said first section and said second section when horizontal; wherein said engageable parts are engageable in response to relative sliding movement of said first and second sections toward each other, and said engageable parts include first and second latching tongues on first and second side rails of said first section, and first and second latching portions on first and second side rails of said second section, each latching portion having a latching chamber for receiving a latching tongue and having a latch pin movable in the latching chamber; each one of the latching tongues on the first section engaging in a respective latching chamber on the second section upon sliding movement of the first section into connection with the second section, each one of the latch pins of the second section moving into engagement in a latch opening in the associated latching tongue of the first section, to block movement of the first section away from the second section.