Furniture leg mounting

Claim 1

A SHEET METAL BRACKET ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE FOR CONNECTING A HOLLOW TUBULAR METALLIC FURNITURE LEG THERETO, SAID BRACKET COMPRISING A PORTION FOR FASTENING THE BRACKET TO THE PIECE OF FURNITURE AND A LEG-RECEIVING PORTION, SAID LAST-MENTIONED PORTION HAVING A PLANE SURFACE FOR RECEIVING THE END OF THE TUBULAR LEG IN CLOSE ABUTTING RELATION THERETO, OPPOSED SHOULDERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM SAID PLANE SURFACE AND DISPLACED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY IN EXCESS OF THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE TUBULAR LEG AT SAID PLANE SURFACE, INWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGES EXTENDING FROM THE FREE ENDS OF SAID SHOULDERS AND LYING IN A COMMON PLANE DISPOSED AT A SLIGHT CONVERGENCE TO SAID PLANE SURFACE, AND SAID END OF SAID LEG ADAPTED TO HAVE DIAMETRALLY OPPOSED SEGMENTAL RECESSES AT A DIVERGENT INCLINATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID END AND DISPLACED THEREFROM A DISTANCE CORRESPONDING TO THE SPACING OF SAID FLANGES FROM SAID PLANE SURFACE, SAID DIVERGENCE CONFORMING TO SAID ANGLE OF CONVERGENCE TO PERMIT SAID END OF SAID LEG TO SLIDE ALONG SAID BRACKET WHILE SUCH FLANGES ENGAGE WITHIN SAID RECESSES TO RETAIN THE END OF SAID LEG IN CLOSE ABUTTING RELATION WITH SAID PLANE SURFACE.