Patent ID: 7644456

Claim:
A bed frame assembly comprising: a pair of generally parallel, spaced apart, side rails having horizontal surfaces for supporting a box spring and a mattress, cross bars interconnecting and spanning between said side rails to form a bed frame, said cross bars having lower surfaces, and a center beam having opposed ends positioned atop of said cross rails generally intermediate and parallel to said side rails, the center beam having an upper surface and a lower surface and having a locking mechanism at each of the opposed ends thereof to attach the opposed ends of the center beam to said cross bars, said locking mechanism comprising a slide slidably attached to the end of the center beam, said slide having an upper surface and a lower surface overlying the upper surface of the center beam and slidingly secured thereto by inwardly directed tabs that extend underneath the lower surface of the center beam such that the upper and lower surfaces of the slide move along a horizontal plane that is parallel to the upper and lower surfaces of the center beam, said slide having a forward extension, said slide being movable with respect to said cross bars between a retracted, unlocked position and an extended, locked position where the forward extension of the slide moves into engagement with the lower surface of the cross bar to sandwich the cross bar between said center beam and said slide.