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Furniture leg with anchoring means

  • US 5,641,139 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1995
  • Issued: 06/24/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination,(a) a piece of furniture, said piece of furniture having a frame and said frame having an underside;

  • (b) a furniture leg attached to the underside of said frame, said furniture leg having an upper surface and said furniture leg having a bore therethrough extending from said upper surface of said furniture leg and passing downwardly through said furniture leg;

    said underside including a layer of upholstery thereon sandwiched between said underside of said frame and said upper surface of said furniture leg; and

    (c) anchoring means for securely attaching said furniture leg to said underside of said frame with said upper surface of said furniture leg abutting the underside of said frame and with said furniture leg being secured from rotation about any axis with respect to said frame, said anchoring means comprising;

    i. a single threaded bolt having a head, said threaded bolt being screwingly inserted through said bore and threadedly engaged with respect to said frame so that said furniture leg is entrapped between said frame and the head of said bolt; and

    ii. at least one tooth extending upwardly from said upper surface of said furniture leg and spaced from said bore, said tooth having a distal end outwardly remote from said upper surface of said furniture leg in piercing engagement with said underside of said frame without engagement with any pre-formed hole into said frame, said tooth being fixedly secured to said furniture leg before, during, and after attachment of said leg to said piece of furniture.

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