Furniture foot
OwnerJohn B. Hawkins, Kevin Parrishinventors
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Abstract
A furniture seat with a plurality of keyed slots on a bottom surface receives a plurality of feet. Each of the plurality of feet having a base portion and a unitary peg. The base portion providing a shape with downward taper to a floor engaging end with the peg extending upwardly from a seat engaging end. The peg of each foot having a key shape to interface with the key slots. The peg having a plurality of spring members unitary therewith that deflect as each peg is inserted into a respective key slot and that then retain the foot to the bottom surface of the furniture seat.
Claims20
A furniture foot comprising:
- a base portion having a bottom panel and three wall panels, each wall panel having a trapezoidal shape with a first base affixed to the bottom panel and a leg affixed to a leg of an adjacent wall panel, such that the three wall panels and bottom panel define a cavity and a second base of each wall panel defines a continuous top edge of the base portion;
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- a peg extending upwardly beyond the top edge of the base portion, the peg having a keyed shape configured to interface with a key slot in a piece of furniture such that the peg can only be inserted into the key slot when properly aligned.
A plurality of furniture feet attached tor an upholstered piece of furniture having a plurality of key slots on a bottom surface of the upholstered piece of furniture, each of the plurality of furniture feet comprising:
- a body portion comprising a bottom panel having a perimeter affixed to a bottom edge of a continuous wall panel, the bottom panel and continuous wall panel defines an interior cavity;
- and a key portion extending upwardly beyond a top edge of the continuous wall panel, the key portion having a profile conforming to the key slot such that the key portion can only be inserted into the key slot when the key portion can only be inserted into the key slot when the key portion and key slot are properly aligned.
A method of affixing a plurality of furniture feet to a piece of upholstered furniture seat, the method comprising:
- providing the piece of upholstered furniture seat having a plurality of key slots on a bottom surface of the upholstered furniture seat;
- providing the plurality of furniture feet each having an upwardly extending key portion;
- aligning the key portion of each of the plurality of furniture feet with a respective key slot;
- inserting the key portion of each of the plurality of furniture feet into the respective key slots until a body portion of the furniture foot is in contact with the bottom surface of the piece of upholstered furniture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.