Strap end grip

Claim 1

IN A FURNITURE STRUCTURE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, A FRAMEWORK OF EXTRUDED METAL HAVING A CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE AND DEFINING THE PERIPHERY OF AN OPEN AREA, SAID FRAMEWORK BEING FORMED WITH A RADIALLYINWARDLY-EXTENDING SLOT ALONG ITS LENGTH, A PLURALITY OF STRAPS EXTENDING BETWEEN OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FRAMEWORK, AND MEANS FOR ANCHORING EACH END OF EACH STRAP TO THE FRAMEWORK, SAID ANCHORING MEANS INCLUDING A METAL MEMBER OF UNIFORM CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE, ONE SIDE OF SAID MEMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY TO ONE SIDE AND BEING LONGITUDINALLY SLOTTED TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF OPPOSED JAWS DEFINING A THROAT FOR RECEIVING AND CONNECTING TO A STRAP END, A HOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID MEMBER, SAID HOOK BEING LATERALLY SPACED FROM AND EXTENDING INWARDLY IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE OPEN ENDS OF SAID JAWS, THE INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID HOOK TOWARD SAID STRAP-CONNECTING END DEFINING AN ARCUATE CONTOUR CONFORMING TO THE ARCUATE SURFACE OF SAID FRAMEWORK, SAID HOOK BEING RECEIVABLE IN HOOKING ENGAGEMENT IN SAID SLOT WITH SAID INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID MEMBER IN FACE-TO-FACE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ARCUATE SURFACE OF SAID FRAMEWORK FOR ATTACHING SAID MEMBER TO SAID FRAMEWORK.