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US 5,957,418 AGranted
Leg arrangement for furniture
AssigneeP.I., Inc.
InventorLaurence A. Nelson
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Abstract
A system for attaching a furniture leg to an item of furniture. The leg includes an attachment segment having a wedge-shaped flange which is engaged in a similarly-shaped socket in the furniture. The leg is secured to the furniture by means of a screw passing through aligned apertures in the leg and the furniture, with the apertures being generally parallel to the plane of the flange.
Claims9
A system attaching a furniture leg to an item of furniture and adapted to comprise portions of the furniture leg and the item of furniture, the system comprising
- a. an attachment segment extending from a top portion of said furniture leg, said attachment segment having a peripheral flange lying in a plane extending at an inclination to horizontal when the item of furniture is assembled, said flange having a wedge-shaped attachment nose lying in said plane,
- b. bracket means including a socket associated with the item of furniture, said socket being shaped to receive said attachment segment and having a wedge-shaped channel shaped to accommodate said wedge-shaped attachment nose, and
- c. means for securing said attachment segment to said socket, said securing means extending in a direction generally parallel to said plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.