Bed rails with center bar support

A bed which comprises a box spring, a headboard and a footboard each of which is provided with slots therein, a pair of bed rails interconnecting the headboard and footboard with supporting hooks extending into said slot, each of said rails including a vertical outer flange and an inwardly extending horizontal bottom flange with the vertical flanges receiving the box spring therebetween, a centrally disposed cross bar interconnecting said bed rails to pull the rails inwardly to maintain the horizontal flanges in underlying supporting engagement with the box spring and to pull the vertical flanges of the bed rails into snug engagement with the box spring over a substantial portion of its length along both bottom corners thereof with the cross bar preventing outward deflection of the rails and twisting of the rails about a longitudinal axis, and vertically adjustable support means on the cross bar for engaging a supporting surface to prevent downward sagging of the bed rails and cross bar, each end of the cross bar and each of the bed rails including detachable, interlocking, rigid connection to enable setup of the bed without the use of tools or application of external fasteners with the connection enabling the components to be transported in a compact, knockdown condition, said rigid connection including a horizontal tongue and slot connection interlockingly engageable in response to relative outward movement of the rails in relation to the cross bar and disengageable in response to relative inward movement of the rails in relation to the cross bar.

In a bed construction of the type comprising a pair of end boards, a box spring and a pair of side bed rails mounted on the end boards extending generally in parallel relation to each other with each of the rails including an inwardly extending horizontal flange, and a vertical flange over a major portion of the its length, that improvement comprising a cross bar adapted to interconnect said rails and adapted to be disposed generally in perpendicular relation thereto, and supporting leg means mounted on said cross bar for supporting the cross bar and the bed rails to prevent downward sagging of the bed rails and box spring supported thereon with the cross bar preventing outward deflection of the bed rails as well as twisting of the bed rails, thereby providing a firm support for a box spring supported on the bed, said cross bar including a top horizontal flange having a tongue adjacent each end thereof with each tongue having a free end edge facing inwardly, the horizontal flange in each bed rail including a slot structue receiving said tongue to enable rigid interlocking assembly in response to relative inward horizontal movement of the tongue or relative outward horizontal movement of the slot and disassembly of the cross bar with the side bed rails in response to relative outward horizontal movement of the tongue or relative inward horizontal movement of the slot structure and without the use of external fastening devices, tools, and the like, thereby facilitating setup of the bed construction.