Reinforcing Method and Arrangement for Foldable Furniture

A foldable frame assembly for a foldable furniture object which includes a top unit, comprising:

• a leg support unit comprising two pair of leg members;
• a frame support unit, for supporting the top unit, pivotally connecting to said leg support unit in a foldable manner such that said leg support unit is capable of being folded into a folded position as well as unfolded to an unfolded position;
• a pair of joint portions defined between said frame support unit and said leg support unit, wherein said frame support unit is pivotally said leg support unit, wherein said pair of joint portions are provided at two sides of said foldable frame assembly respectively, wherein each of said joint portions is positioned at each of said two pair of leg members of said leg support unit where a leg member of said pair of leg members is pivotally connected to another leg member of said pair of leg members, and
• a pair of reinforcing arrangements provided at said pair of joint portions respectively such that said joint portions are reinforced and to spread force applied to said joint portions to said leg support unit through said reinforcing arrangements, wherein each of said reinforcing arrangements comprises a first reinforcing unit and a second reinforcing unit respectively mounted onto said two leg members of said foldable frame assembly at said joint portion, wherein said first reinforcing unit is pivotally connected with said second reinforcing unit such that said first reinforcing unit is guided to pivotally move with respect to said second reinforcing unit for guiding an angle and direction of movement of said two leg members with respect to each other, thereby said leg support unit is able to be retained in position at the unfolded position through said first and second reinforcing units, wherein each of said first and second reinforcing units has contour body and comprises a guiding member outwardly protruded from said leg support unit, wherein said first and second reinforcing units are operatively connected in such a manner that said two guiding members of said first and second reinforcing units are capable of being guided to move with respect to each other.

A reinforcing method for reinforcing a joint portion between two support units of a foldable furniture object, comprising the steps of:

• (a) constructing a pair of mounting units which are pivotally connected with each other and integrally provided onto the two support units of the foldable furniture object at the joint portion respectively;
• (b) guiding a pivotal movement between the two support units by two mounting units respectively;
• (c) defining an extending angle of movement between said two mounting units so as to retain said two mounting in position;
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• (d) retaining the two support units at an unfolded position through retaining said two mounting units at said extending angle of movement between said two mounting units, such that the joint portion of the two support units is reinforced by said first and second reinforcing units which spread force applied to the joint portion to the two support units, wherein each of said mounting units having a contour body and comprising a guiding member outwardly protruded therefrom, wherein said two mounting units are operatively connected in such a manner that said two guiding members of said two mounting units are capable of being guided to move with respect to each other to reach a maximum extending angle of movement between said two mounting units at which the two support units are retained in position at the unfolded position.