Patent ID: 6941596

Claim:
A bed frame assembly, comprising: a plurality of elongate rails, each of the rails having about a 90 degree angular cross-sectional shape when viewed longitudinally defined by a pair of legs connected at proximal ends thereof, each of the legs having a distal end opposite the proximal end thereof, and each of the rails having a predetermined transverse extent along at least one of the legs thereof; a plurality of feet, each of the feet including a lower portion and an upper locking portion, each of the feet being adapted to be positioned in an upstanding orientation on the lower portion with the upper locking portion thereabove, the upper locking portion including a horizontal surface having at least one slot therein extending in a first predetermined horizontal direction and adapted for receiving a longitudinal end of one of the legs of a first of the rails with an end of the other of the legs of the first rail located on the horizontal surface such that the first rail extends in the first horizontal direction from the foot, and a retaining clip extending upwardly from the horizontal surface and defining a passage above the horizontal surface extending in a second horizontal direction at about a 90 degree angle relative to the first horizontal direction, the passage having a predetermined vertical extent about equal to or marginally smaller than the predetermined transverse extent for receiving one of the legs of a second of the rails with the other of the legs thereof located on the horizontal surface and the second rail oriented so as to extend in the second horizontal direction, the retaining clip including an element engageable with the one leg of the second rail for holding the second rail in a position relative to the slot such that the end of the first rail when received in the slot will be in abutting relation with the second rail; and at least one locking element engageable with the foot and at least one of the first or second rails, for lockingly holding the rails on the foot in the abutting relation.