Blocks for elevating bed legs
First Claim
1. A pair of stackable blocks, each being of one-piece construction, including a first block structure having means for supporting a bed leg at a first height above a floor surface when positioned atop the floor surface in an upright orientation, anda second block structure having means for supporting the bed leg at a second height above the floor surface when positioned atop the floor surface in an upright orientation,with at least one of the first and second block structures also having means for supporting the bed leg at another height when positioned atop the floor surface in an inverted orientation,with the first and second block structures also being stackable one atop another while in selected ones of said upright and inverted orientations for supporting the bed leg at at least one additional height above the floor surface, and,with the first, second, another, and additional heights differing from each other, thereby providing a selection of bed leg elevation heights within a desired range of bed leg elevation heights.
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Abstract
A pair of stackable, nestable blocks for elevating the leg of a bed to a plurality of selectable heights employs first and second blocks that each have upper and lower ends, with recesses being provided in at least one of the ends of each block that can be oriented upwardly to receive and support the foot or lower end region of a bed leg. Each block has a different length, which enables each block, used separately, to support the bed leg at a different height. Recesses of differing depths preferably are provided in opposite ends of at least one of the blocks, whereby the block or blocks that have dual-depth recesses can be inverted to provide bed leg support at two different heights. One of the two blocks preferably has a larger size than the other and is provided with recess(es) large enough to receive and support one or both of the end regions of the other of the blocks, whereby the smaller-size block can be stacked and nested atop the larger-size block to provide still more bed leg elevation heights. Five heights may be provided utilizing two blocks of different length and size if only one of the blocks is provided with different depth recesses. Additional bed leg elevation heights may be provided if both blocks have different depth recesses in their opposite ends.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A pair of stackable blocks, each being of one-piece construction, including a first block structure having means for supporting a bed leg at a first height above a floor surface when positioned atop the floor surface in an upright orientation, and
a second block structure having means for supporting the bed leg at a second height above the floor surface when positioned atop the floor surface in an upright orientation, with at least one of the first and second block structures also having means for supporting the bed leg at another height when positioned atop the floor surface in an inverted orientation, with the first and second block structures also being stackable one atop another while in selected ones of said upright and inverted orientations for supporting the bed leg at at least one additional height above the floor surface, and, with the first, second, another, and additional heights differing from each other, thereby providing a selection of bed leg elevation heights within a desired range of bed leg elevation heights.
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7. A pair of stackable blocks for being used individually and in stacked combination to support a bed leg at a selection of heights above a floor surface, comprising,
first and second blocks, each being of one-piece construction and each having opposed end regions, with at least three of the end regions defining recesses therein that are configured to receive and support the bed leg therein when facing upwardly, with at least one of the recesses of at least a selected one of the blocks being of sufficient size to receive and support therein the opposed end regions of another of the blocks when the blocks are positioned in stacked combination with one block atop another block to position a selected one of the said recesses of said other of the blocks facing upwardly to receive and support the bed leg therein, and, with the blocks having heights and the recesses having depths that are selected to enable the blocks, when used singly and in stacked combination, to support the bed leg at a selection of different heights above a floor surface.
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10. A pair of stackable blocks for being used individually and in stacked combination to support a bed leg at a selection of heights above a floor surface, comprising:
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a) a first one-piece block structure positionable atop a floor surface in an upstanding position, with said block structure having means for defining an associated first support surface for supporting a bed leg at a first height above the floor surface; b) a second one-piece block structure positionable atop a floor surface in an upstanding position, with said second block structure having means for defining an associated second support surface for supporting the bed leg at a second height above the floor surface, and for being supported in stacked combination atop said first support surface of the first block structure to position the second support surface to support the bed leg at a third height above the floor surface; c) with a selected one of the first and second block structures also defining an additional support surface for supporting the bed leg at a fourth height above the floor surface when the selected block structure is positioned, inverted, atop the floor surface; and
, d) wherein the said first, second, third, and fourth heights differ from each other to provide a selection of bed leg elevation heights within a desired range of bed leg elevation heights. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A pair of stackable blocks for being used individually and in stacked combination to support a bed leg at a selection of at least five different heights above a floor surface, comprising:
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a) a first one-piece block that can be positioned atop a floor surface in an upright position, wherein the first block has a first side wall formation for extending substantially vertically to connect opposed end regions of the first block, with one of the opposed end regions of the first block being configured to define a first upwardly facing recess when the first block is in the upright position, with the first upwardly facing recess being configured to receive and support a bed leg at a first height above the floor surface when the first block is positioned atop the floor surface in the upright position; b) a second one-piece block that can be positioned atop the floor surface in an upright position and in an inverted position, wherein the second block has a second side wall formation for extending substantially vertically to connect opposed end regions of the second block, with one of the opposed end regions of the second block being configured to define a second upwardly facing recess when the second block is in the upright position, and with the other of the opposed end regions of the second block being configured to define a third upwardly facing recess when the second block is in the inverted position, with the second upwardly facing recess being configured to receive and support the bed leg at a second height above the floor surface when the second block is positioned atop the floor surface in the upright position, and with the third upwardly facing recess being configured to receive and support the bed leg at a third height above the floor surface when the second block is positioned atop the floor surface in the inverted position; c) with the second block being stackable and nestable atop the first block because the first recess is configured to selectively receive therein the opposed end regions of the second block to selectively support the second block atop the floor surface in a raised upright position and in a raised inverted position, with the raised upright position of the stacked first and second blocks being capable of receiving the bed leg within the second recess and of supporting the bed leg at a fourth height above the floor surface, and with the raised inverted position of the stacked first and second blocks being capable of receiving the bed leg within the third recess and of supporting the bed leg at a fifth height above the floor surface; d) wherein said recesses are positioned along the length of the first and second blocks to cause the first, second, third, fourth and fifth to heights to differ from each other to provide a selection of bed leg elevation heights within a desired range of bed leg elevation heights. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A pair of stackable blocks for supporting a bed leg at a selection of heights above a floor surface, comprising:
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a) a first one-piece block that can be positioned atop a floor surface in an upright position and that can be positioned atop the floor surface inverted, wherein the first block has a first side wall formation for extending substantially vertically to connect opposed end regions of the first block, with one of the opposed end regions of the first block being configured to define a first upwardly facing recess when the first block is in the upright position, with the first upwardly facing recess being configured to receive and support a bed leg at a first height above the floor surface when the first block is positioned atop the floor surface in the upright position; b) a second one-piece block that can be positioned atop the floor surface in an upright position and that can be positioned atop the floor surface inverted, wherein the second block has a second side wall formation for extending substantially vertically to connect opposed end regions of the second block, with one of the opposed end regions of the second block being configured to define a second upwardly facing recess when the second block is in the upright position, with the second upwardly facing recess being configured to receive and support the bed leg at a second height above the floor surface when the second block is positioned atop the floor surface in the upright position; c) with the first recess being configured to receive therein at least one of the opposed end regions of the second block for supporting the second block stacked and nested atop the first block, with the second recess facing upwardly for receiving the bed leg therein and for supporting the bed leg at a third height above the floor surface; d) with the other of the opposed end regions of at least a selected one of the first and second blocks being configured, when inverted, to receive and support the bed leg at a fourth height above the floor surface; and
,e) wherein the first, second, third and fourth heights differ from each other to provide a selection of bed leg elevation heights within a desired range of bed leg elevation heights. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification