Foldable leg assembly with screw feature for bedding or furniture
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorJacob J. Neuenswander
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Abstract
A bedding or furniture product comprises a foldable leg assembly movable between a folded position for storage or shipping the product and a locked position for supporting the product in use. The foldable leg assembly comprises a threaded connector adapted to be securable to a frame of the product and a linkage member pivotally coupled to the threaded connector to form a pivot joint therebetween. The leg assembly further comprises a leg member coaxially coupled to the linkage member and slideable therealong. The leg member has a threaded inner surface adjacent to an upper end configured to be threadably coupled to the threaded connector.
Claims20
A leg assembly for use in a bedding or furniture product, the leg assembly comprising:
- a threaded connector adapted to be securable to a member of a frame of the product;
- a linkage member pivotally coupled to the threaded connector to form a pivot joint therebetween, the pivot joint having a pivot axis;
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- a leg member coaxially coupled to the linkage member to define a linkage assembly, the leg member being rotatable and slideable relative to the linkage member and having a threaded inner surface adjacent to an upper end configured to threadably couple to the threaded connector;
- wherein the leg assembly is movable between a locked position and a folded position, the threaded connector configured to be stationary relative to the member of the frame regardless of any one of the locked position and the folded position of the leg assembly.
A leg assembly for use in a bedding or furniture product, the leg assembly comprising:
- a threaded connector having a cylindrical body provided with threads with an upper end extending in an axial direction therefrom and a boss extending in the axial direction away from the cylindrical body and diametrically opposed from the upper end, the threaded connector adapted to be securable to a member of a frame of a product;
- a linkage member having a cylindrical base with a body extending in the axial direction therefrom to a split connector, the split connector having two arms defining a notch configured to receive the boss of the threaded connector therein such that the boss and split connector are pivotally coupled together with a pivot pin to form a pivot joint having a pivot axis;
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- a leg member coaxially coupled to the linkage member to define a linkage assembly, the leg member being rotatable and slideable relative to the linkage member and having a threaded inner surface adjacent to an upper end configured to threadably couple to the threaded connector;
- wherein the leg assembly is movable between a locked position and a folded position.
A method of assembling a furniture or bedding product having a leg assembly secured to a member of a frame, the method comprising:
- providing the leg assembly having a threaded connector secured to the member of the frame of the product, a linkage member pivotally coupled to the threaded connector to form a pivot joint having a pivot axis therebetween, and a leg member rotatably and slideably coupled to the linkage member in a coaxial arrangement to define a linkage assembly, the leg member having a threaded inner surface adjacent to an upper end and being configured to threadably couple to the threaded connector;
- pivoting the linkage assembly from a folded position wherein the linkage member is substantially parallel to the member of the frame about the pivot axis of the pivot joint to align an axis of the linkage assembly with an axis of the threaded connector;
- sliding the leg member upwardly towards the threaded connector secured to the member of the frame disposing a portion of the linkage member and a portion of threaded connector within the leg member;
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- rotating the leg member about the threaded connector until the upper end of the leg assembly abuts the member of the frame, threadably coupling the leg member to the threaded connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.