US 4,223,413 AGranted

Bedstead frame assembly

AssigneeDresher Manufacturing Co.

InventorsMax S. Dresher, Glen E. Dresher, Stanley E. Bontkowski

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Abstract

A frame assembly for use in a bedstead, such as for the headboard thereof, includes a pair of lateral standards, at least one pair of tubular cross rails connected to the standards in transverse relation thereto, and one or more spindles connected to and between the cross rails transversely thereof. Each spindle has its opposite ends received within a pair of axially aligned openings formed in the cross rails and is retained in assembled relation by a pair of connector members each of which is inserted within one of the aligned openings and cooperates with the associated spindle to maintain it in relatively fixed relation to the associated cross members. The connector members are adapted for snap-fit connection with the cross rails so as to eliminate the need for tools in assembling the spindles and cross rails.

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Dependent claims

In a frame assembly for use in a bedstead or the like having a pair of lateral standards, and at least one pair of tubular cross rails disposed substantially transverse to said lateral standards and having opposite ends connected thereto, said cross rails having transverse openings fully therethrough so as to cooperate to define at least one pair of axially aligned openings;

the improvement therewith comprising at least one spindle disposed between said cross rails and having tubular opposite ends proximate each opening of said at least one pair of axially aligned openings, and means connecting said opposite ends of said spindle to said cross rails, said connecting means including at least one connector member separate from said spindle and adapted to be inserted through one of said pair of axially aligned openings and axially into the corresponding proximate end of said spindle in close fitting relation therewith so as to maintain said corresponding end of said spindle in relatively fixed relation to the corresponding cross rail, said at least one connector member defining a stop surface cooperable with said corresponding end of said spindle for limiting insertion of said connector member and being adapted for snap-fit connection with said corresponding cross rail internally thereof so as to substantially prevent withdrawal of said connector member from said corresponding cross rail.

A kit for making a frame assembly adapted for use in a bedstead or the like, said kit comprising a pair of elongate standards, at least one pair of tubular cross rails having opposite ends adapted for connection to said standards in substantially transverse relation thereto, said cross rails having transverse openings therethrough disposed so as to define axially aligned pairs of openings when said cross rails are connected to said elongate standards in substantial and transverse relation thereto, at least one spindle having opposite ends adapted to be disposed in proximate relation to said cross rails when connected to said standards with said spindle axially aligned with a pair of said axially aligned openings, and means for connecting said opposite ends of said spindle to said cross rails when said spindle is disposed with its opposite ends proximate said cross members in said axially aligned relation with said aligned openings, said connecting means including at least one connector member adapted to be inserted through one of said axially aligned openings and into a corresponding proximate end of a spindle, said connector member being adapted for snap-fit connection with the associated cross rail internally thereof so as to substantially prevent withdrawal of said connector member from said associated cross rail when assembled therein in connected relation with said spindle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.