Bed base with corner connector, corner connector & kit

A bed base including

• four side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together at said ends to form a rectangular support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members substantially at rights angles to each other, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a post element extending between the top plate and the bottom plate and pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members forming the corner to which the corner connector is attached,
• where the post element has a lower end, and a foot member is attached to the lower end of the post element.

A bed base including

• four side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together at said ends to form a rectangular support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members substantially at rights angles to each other, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a post element extending between the top plate and the bottom plate and pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members forming the corner to which the corner connector is attached,
• where the side members have at opposed ends one component of a two-component connector
• where the two-compartment connector includes a keyhole component and a locking component, said locking component being received in said keyhole component upon connecting said components together.

A bed base including

• four side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together at said ends to form a rectangular support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members substantially at rights angles to each other, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a post element extending between the top plate and the bottom plate and pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members forming the corner to which the corner connector is attached,
• where the top plate and bottom plate each have therein a right angle channel, said plates being respectively mounted on the upper edge and lower edge of adjacent side members forming an individual corner of the rectangular support structure, said channels of the top plate and bottom plate respectively receiving therein said upper and lower edges.

A bed base including

• four side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together at their ends to form a rectangular support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members substantially at rights angles to each other, said edges of the assembled side members being substantially flush, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a post element positioned within the rectangular support structure and extending between the top plate and the bottom plate,
• said post element having an enlarged head end that bears against an exterior surface of the top plate and a lower end, and
• a foot member having an inside end coupled to the lower end of the post element and an outside end having a enlarged, substantially smooth surface that rests upon a supporting surface,
• the top plate and bottom plate being coupled together to be drawn towards each other so said plates each bear snugly against the edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner to which the corner connector is attached,
• said foot members being at least partially below the lower edges of the side members to elevate the bed base above a supporting surface.

A bed base including

• four side members of substantially equal width and made of metallic sheet material, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends chamfered at an angle of substantially 45°,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together at their ends to form a rectangular support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members substantially at rights angles to each other with abutting chamfered ends of adjacent side members forming a miter joint, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming each individual corner,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming each individual corner,
• a post element positioned within the rectangular support structure and extending between the top plate and the bottom plate, and
• a foot member coupled to the lower end of the post element and including an enlarged, substantially smooth surface that rests upon a supporting surface,
• said foot members being at least partially below the lower edges of the side members to elevate the bed base above the supporting surface.

A bed base including

• side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together to form support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner,
• a post element extending between the top plate and the bottom plate and pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members forming the corner to which the corner connector is attached.

A corner connector for a corner of a bed base formed by a pair of upright, adjacent side members, each side member having an upper edge and a lower edge, said corner connector comprising

• a top plate adapted to overlap the upper edges of the pair of side members,
• a bottom plate adapted to overlap lower edges of the pair side members, and
• a post element adapted to extend lengthwise between the top plate and the bottom plate,
• upon attaching the corner connector to the side members, said post element pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members.

A corner connector for a corner of a bed base formed by a pair of upright, adjacent side members, each side member having an upper edge and a lower edge, said corner connector comprising

• a top plate adapted to overlap the upper edges of the pair of side members,
• a bottom plate adapted to overlap lower edges of the pair side members, and
• a post element adapted to extend lengthwise between the top plate and the bottom plate,
• upon attaching the corner connector to the side members, said post element pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members.
• a foot member having an inside end adapted to be coupled to a lower end of the post element and an outside end having a enlarged, substantially smooth surface adapted to rests upon a supporting surface.

A bed base kit including

• four side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being adapted to stand upright on their lower edges and adapted to be connected together at said ends to form a rectangular support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members substantially at rights angles to each other,
• at least one a box-spring/mattress support bar, and
• four corner connectors, each corner connector comprising
• a top plate adapted to overlap the upper edges of a pair of side members forming a corner,
• a bottom plate adapted to overlap lower edges of said pair side members, and
• a post element adapted to extend lengthwise between the top plate and the bottom plate,
• upon attaching the corner connector to said side members, said post element pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the side members forming the corner.

A bed base including

• side members, each side member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed ends,
• said side members being oriented to stand upright on their lower edges and being connected together to form support structure having corners formed by adjacent side members that have their respective adjacent ends abutting each other, and
• at each individual corner a corner connector comprising
• a top plate overlapping the upper edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner, said top plate having a segment extending inward,
• a bottom plate overlapping the lower edges of the adjacent side members forming an individual corner, said bottom plate having a segment extending inward with at least a portion thereof being beneath the segment of the top plate, and
• a post element extending between the segments of the top plate and the bottom plate and pulling the plates towards each other to press said top plate and bottom plate firmly against the edges of the adjacent side members forming the corner to which the corner connector is attached.