Structurally reinforced furniture frames
OwnerDavid T. West, IIIinventor
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Abstract
Furniture frames for sofas, chairs and related seating having wooden frames structurally reinforced by metallic frames which are anchored at each of the stress bearing components of the wooden frames and which metallic frames also permanently anchor the spring seat cushion suspension decking of the furniture.
Claims12
An article of furniture utilized for seating comprising, a rectilinear horizontally oriented wood frame deck having front, rear and opposite side components, vertically extending wooden arm rest support posts connected to said frame deck adjacent each side component thereof, at least one vertically extending wooden back rest support post fastened to said rear component of said frame deck, each of said arm rest support posts and said at least one back rest support post having inner and outer surfaces, a rectilinear horizontally oriented metallic reinforcing frame having front, rear and opposite side portions, and fastening means for securing said reinforcing frame directly to said inner surfaces of each of said arm rest support posts and said at least one back rest support post adjacent said wooden frame deck so as to reinforce said support posts.
An article of furniture comprising a frame deck having front, rear and side components;
- an arm rest support post connected to said frame deck adjacent each said side component;
- a back rest support post connected to said rear component of said frame deck, said arm rest support posts and said back rest support post having inner and outer surfaces;
- a metallic reinforcing frame having front, rear and side portions;
- fastening means for securing said reinforcing frame to said inner surfaces of said arm rest support posts and said back rest support post adjacent to said frame deck so as to reinforce said support posts;
- a plurality of elongated hook elements secured to opposite portions of said reinforcing frame and extending outwardly therefrom;
- a non-metallic insert disposed within each of said hook elements;
- and a plurality of resilient metallic elements extending between said opposite portions of said reinforcing frame and having end portions seated within said non-metallic inserts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.