Pivoting leg assembly for folding furniture
AssigneeC.A.B., Inc.
InventorDale D. Burchett
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Abstract
A pivoting leg assembly for an article of folding furniture having a frame and which can be rotated between a storage position and a use position includes: a leg support bar adapted for slidable movement with respect to the frame, such that the leg support bar can move forward and rearward in a plane substantially parallel to the frame; and a leg pivotally connected to the leg support bar, such that it can be pivoted from a first position to a second position in which it extends downward and away from the frame, thus providing support to the frame in the use position.
Claims13
An article of folding furniture, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a frame operably connected to and housed within the cabinet for rotation between a substantially upright storage position and a use position;
- a user-contacting portion secured to the frame;
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- a pivoting leg assembly operably connected to the frame, the pivoting leg assembly including
- a leg support bar adapted for slidable movement with respect to the frame, such that the leg support bar can move forward and rearward in a plane substantially parallel to the frame, and
- a leg pivotally connected to the leg support bar, such that it can be pivoted from a first position in which the leg extends upward and away from the frame in a substantially upright and perpendicular orientation relative to the frame to a second position in which the leg extends downward and away from the frame, thus providing support to the frame in the use position.
A folding bed, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a frame operably connected to and housed within the cabinet in a substantially upright storage position;
- a counterbalancing means secured to the cabinet and the frame for rotating the frame between the substantially upright storage position and a substantially horizontal use position;
- a mattress secured to the frame;
- and
- a pivoting leg assembly operably connected to the frame, the pivoting leg assembly including
- a leg support bar adapted for slidable movement with respect to the frame, such that the leg support bar can move forward and rearward in a plane substantially parallel to the frame, and
- a leg pivotally connected to the leg support bar, such that it can be pivoted from a first position in which the leg extends away from the frame and toward the cabinet in a substantially upright and perpendicular orientation relative to the frame to a second position in which the leg extends downward and away from the frame, thus providing support to the frame in the substantially horizontal use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.