Adjustable support means

• US 3,939,986 A
• Filed: 11/04/1974
• Issued: 02/24/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph W. Pierro
• Original Assignee: Joseph W. Pierro
• Inventors: Pierro, Joseph W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US05/520,540
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 211/74, 211/105.3, 211/175, 108/44, 108/45, 108/46, 108/47, 24/206, 403/363, 403/353, 403/331, 403/393, 248/226 B, 248/226 D
• US Class Current: 211/74
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/62 Accessories for chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/624 located on side of seat, e.g. on armrest
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/103 detachable

Abstract

An adjustable support means including a pair of cooperating members. A first member has a tray type device and a horizontal arm including locking means and a vertical arm with a foam pad. A second member has a pair of slotlike extensions on a horizontal arm which engages the sides of the horizontal arm of the first member and coacts with the locking means. The second member also has a vertical member with a foam pad to coat with the first vertical arm to lock on a supporting structure.

Claims

1. An adjustable support means for supporting a tray-like device on a portion of upholstered furniture comprising:

a. a first member including a tray-like device,

1. an arm portion of said first member having sides, one of said sides having a plurality of teeth formed therein and the other of said sides being beveled,

b. a second member movable into locking engagement with said first member,

1. said second member having a pair of slot-like extensions for sliding engagement with said sides of said first member,

a. one of said slot-like extensions having a cam means coacting with said beveled side of said first member,

b. the other of said slot-like extensions having at least one projection coacting with said teeth on said first member,

whereby as said second member engages said first member said cam means coacts with said beveled side to move said teeth into locking engagement with said at least one projection.

2. An adjustable support means as claimed in claim 1 in which each of said members is an L-shaped member, the horizontal arm of said first member having said plurality of teeth and the horizontal arm of said second member having said pair of slot-like extensions, and the vertical arm of each of said members is provided with gripping means to secure said adjustable support means to a supporting structure.

3. An adjustable support means as claimed in claim 2 in which said gripping means are in the form of foam pads.

4. An adjustable support means as claimed in claim 1 in which said first member has a vertical cam portion connected to said arm portion having said plurality of teeth, said vertical arm portion having a gripping means to secure said adjustable support device to a supporting structure.

5. An adjustable support means as claimed in claim 1 in which said arm portion of said first member has a pair of lugs which cooperate with said slot-like extensions of said second member to prevent disengagement of said first and second members in one direction.