Patent ID: 7069606

Claim:
A device for attaching at least one slat of a slatted base to a frame of the slatted base, the device comprising: a first member arranged to be attached to the inner side of the frame of the slatted base and comprising first connecting means; a second member comprising a top portion arranged to engage an extremity of at least one slat of the slatted base, a base portion connected to the top portion by means of at least one resilient member, and second connecting means arranged to cooperate with the first connecting means so as to allow connecting the first member to the second member in a plurality of relative positions with respect to each other in view of adjusting the position of the at least one slat with respect to the frame of the slatted base, wherein the resilient member comprises a first and a second part which are each connected to the base portion by means of a first connecting member, the second connecting means are connected to the base portion by means of a connecting member which is separate from the first connecting member, and the first and second part of the resilient member are disposed on opposite sides of the second connecting means in such a way that when compressing the resilient member, the top portion of the second member is, as a whole, translatable in the height adjustment direction of the least one slat, up to the level of the second connecting means.