Patent ID: 7631375

Claim:
A bed base for supporting a mattress, mattress foundation or both, the bed base comprising: four interconnected side walls including two transverse side walls and two longitudinal side walls, each side wall having: a planar expanse and a length dimension between ends and a height dimension between lower and upper edges, a lower web formed at a lower edge and an upper web formed at an upper edge, the lower web having a first segment which extends from the planar expanse and a second segment which extends perpendicularly from the first segment, the upper web having a first segment which extends from the planar expanse and a second segment which extends perpendicularly from the first segment, an upper tab formed in the second segment of the upper web at each end of the transverse side walls, a lower slot formed in the first segment of the lower web proximate to each end of the transverse side walls, a lower tab formed in the second segment of the lower web at each end of the longitudinal side walls, an upper slot formed in the first segment of the upper web proximate to each end of the longitudinal side wall, the upper tabs of the transverse side walls received in the upper slots of the longitudinal side walls, and the lower tabs of the longitudinal side walls received in the lower slots of the transverse side walls.