Patent ID: 7861339

Claim:
A bed base comprising a rectangular support having side members where corners are formed by adjacent side members and a pair of said side members are opposed and separated by a predetermined distance, a pair of cross-rails, each cross-rail including (a) an elongated bar member that has opposed ends and (b) a pair of leg members, one leg member at or near each opposed end of said elongated bar member, said leg members being separated by a distance substantially equal to said predetermined distance between the opposed side members, each side member having opposed upper and lower edges with an upper planar support member along said upper edge and a lower planar support member along said lower edge, each said upper and lower planar support member extending inwardly substantially at a right angle to the side member from which said planar support member extends, a rectangular notch in each opposed side member, each notch extending through said upper planar support member and into the side member from which said upper planar support member extends, said bar member and leg members each having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional configuration and each said notch being sized and configured to receive the bar member so the bar member fits snug within the notch with an exposed upper exterior substantially planar surface of the elongated bar member being substantially flush with an exposed upper exterior substantially planar of the upper planar support member, each said lower planar support member having therein an opening, each said opening aligned with one notch in the upper planar support member, and said side members being aligned so the notch in one side member is in registration with the notch in the opposed side member and each cross-rail is seated in opposed, aligned notches with the elongated bar member of each cross-rail extending between the opposed side members and each said leg member of a cross-rail projecting through an upper planar support of one side member and terminating at a lower end in a slider element that is next to an exterior surface of the lower planar support member, and a corner connector assembly connecting said adjacent side members, said corner connector assembly including a pair of plate members, each said plate member including a pair of arms at a right angle, each arm having outer wall elements along outer edges of the arm that are substantially at a right angle to each other and to the arm and inner wall elements along inner edges of the arm that are substantially at a right angle to each other and to the arm, said inner and outer wall elements forming a right angle channel in the corner connector, and a locator element in each arm of the plate member that engages and interlocks with a locator element in each end of the adjacent side members, and an elongated post member extending between the plate members and attaching said plate members.