Patent ID: 6892991

Claim:
An adjustable support apparatus for use in elevating furniture, the apparatus comprising a base and a cradle which operatively engages the base so as to be supported thereby; one of the base and the cradle having a plurality of projections formed thereon, and the other of the base and the cradle having a plurality of recesses formed in a wall thereof which are configured to mate with the projections on the other of the base or cradle when the base and the cradle are operatively engaged, each of said recesses having a projection-engaging surface, said recesses being arranged such that said projections may be selectively disposed to engage the projection-engaging surfaces of different ones of the recesses depending on an alignment of said cradle and said base relative to each other; wherein said projections are arranged at different elevational levels along an engagement direction of said cradle and said base; wherein said cradle includes a support platform adapted to support a support leg of a furniture item thereon and a circumferential wall extending upwardly from peripheral edges of said support platform that is adapted to prevent said leg from sliding off said support platform; wherein said base and said cradle are rotatably adjustable relative to one another in different alignments, to variously engage the projections and recesses and thereby establish multiple different height positions of the cradle support platform, and in at least one of said different alignments said cradle support platform is disposed at a level significantly below an upper surface of said base.