Patent ID: 7988236

Claim:
An upholstered furniture sofa comprising a frame with upholstery thereon, a base positioned under the frame and secured thereto, the base having floor contacting feet portions, the base further comprising two long rail members and two short rail members, arranged in a horizontal rectangle, wherein one long rail member is a front rail member with a front side and one long rail member is a rear rail member, each rail member having a pair of free ends and wherein the front rail member is integrally formed with exposed corner block portions at each free end thus forming a one piece integral unitary rail member whereby the front rail has no exposed joints on the front side, and wherein the two short rail members are each of a length less than the length of each of the two long rail members, and wherein each short rail member comprises two free ends and is a side rail member, and wherein one free end of each side rail member is affixed to a corner block portion of the front rail member not at the front side of the front rail member and one free end of each side rail member is affixed to a free end of the rear rail member, the base being visually exposed at a lower perimeter of the sofa.