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US3131899A
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Combined tubular leg and quick attachment means
Assignee: Sears Roebuck and Co
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Filing: 1962-03-28
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Granted: 1964-05-05
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Expires: 1982-03-28
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Gilbert W Luhrs
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 22:08
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B13/00; A47B13/02; A47B13/021; F; F16; F16B; F16B12/00; F16B12/44; F16B12/52; F16B9/00; F16B9/05; F16B9/052; F16B2200/00; F16B2200/50; F16B2200/503; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/60; Y10T403/606
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
248 words
IN COMBINATION, (A) A BRACKET ARRANGED FOR REMOVABLE ATTACHMENT TO A TUBULAR LEG, (B) SAID BRACKET BEING FORMED OF A LENGTH OF FLAT MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICALLY BODY PORTION HAVING LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGES FOR ATTACHMENT TO A TABLE TOP, (C) SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID BODY PORTION AND DIVIDING SAID BODY PORTION INTO TWO OPPOSED SECTIONS, (D) A RECESS FORMED IN THE SURFACE OF EACH SECTION WITH EACH RECESS EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM ONE EDGE THEREOF TO A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY MEDIALLY OF THE WIDTH OF THE SECTION, (E) EACH RECESS COMMUNICATING WITH A RESPECTIVE SLOT AND BEING IN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED RELATION TO THE OTHER RECESS, (F) THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH RECESS CONSTITUTING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING SHOULDER SPACED FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BODY PORTION AND IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL THERETO, (G) A TUBULAR LEG, (H) SAID TUBULAR LEG HAVING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TANGS STRUCK OUT OF THE WALL THEREOF AND EXTENDING INWARDLY OF THE LEG, (I) SAID BODY PORTION BEING TELESCOPINGLY RECEIVED IN THE END OF SAID TUBULAR LEG WITH THE TANGS PASSING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH RESPECTIVE SLOTS TO A POINT WHERE SAID TANGS ARE IN REGISTRATION WITH RESPECTIVE RECESSES, (F) THE LEG BEING ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BRACKET SO AS TO MOVE THE TANGS WITHIN RESPECTIVE RECESSES, (K) SAID TANGS ENGAGING RESPECTIVE SHOULDERS WHEN SAID LEG IS ASSEMBLED WITH SAID BODY PORTION TO SECURE SAID LEG TO SAID BRACKET.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
248 words
IN COMBINATION, (A) A BRACKET ARRANGED FOR REMOVABLE ATTACHMENT TO A TUBULAR LEG, (B) SAID BRACKET BEING FORMED OF A LENGTH OF FLAT MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICALLY BODY PORTION HAVING LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGES FOR ATTACHMENT TO A TABLE TOP, (C) SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID BODY PORTION AND DIVIDING SAID BODY PORTION INTO TWO OPPOSED SECTIONS, (D) A RECESS FORMED IN THE SURFACE OF EACH SECTION WITH EACH RECESS EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM ONE EDGE THEREOF TO A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY MEDIALLY OF THE WIDTH OF THE SECTION, (E) EACH RECESS COMMUNICATING WITH A RESPECTIVE SLOT AND BEING IN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED RELATION TO THE OTHER RECESS, (F) THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH RECESS CONSTITUTING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING SHOULDER SPACED FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BODY PORTION AND IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL THERETO, (G) A TUBULAR LEG, (H) SAID TUBULAR LEG HAVING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TANGS STRUCK OUT OF THE WALL THEREOF AND EXTENDING INWARDLY OF THE LEG, (I) SAID BODY PORTION BEING TELESCOPINGLY RECEIVED IN THE END OF SAID TUBULAR LEG WITH THE TANGS PASSING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH RESPECTIVE SLOTS TO A POINT WHERE SAID TANGS ARE IN REGISTRATION WITH RESPECTIVE RECESSES, (F) THE LEG BEING ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BRACKET SO AS TO MOVE THE TANGS WITHIN RESPECTIVE RECESSES, (K) SAID TANGS ENGAGING RESPECTIVE SHOULDERS WHEN SAID LEG IS ASSEMBLED WITH SAID BODY PORTION TO SECURE SAID LEG TO SAID BRACKET.
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