Bed rail-post joint means and method of repair thereof

Claim 1

IN A BED FRAME HAVING AN UPRIGHT BED POST AND A HORIZONTAL BED RAIL, THE JOINT MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING THE BED POST AT THE IMTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF AND AN END OF THE BED RAIL, SAID JOINT MEANS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND THIN FIRST MEMBER FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID END OF SAID BED RAIL AND OPERABLY ARRANGABLE TO EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY, SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING FORMED TO DEFINE TWO DOWNWARDLY OPENING HOOKS AND WITH SAID HOOKS BEING DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY OUTWARDLY AND AWAY FROM SAID BED RAIL, AND A SECOND MEMBER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY THIN AND ELONGATED FLAT UNITARY PLATE HAVING A FRONT SIDE AND A BACK SIDE AND HAVING A SLOTTED APERTURE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREIN, SAID SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING TWO U-SHAPED LUGS EACH OF THE LUGS HAVING THE LEG PORTIONS THEREOF FIXED TO SAID BACK SIDE OF SAID PLATE AND THE BIGHT PORTION OF EACH OF SAID LUGS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID SLOTTED APERTURE BEHIND AND IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID SECOND MEMBER, AND SECOND MEMBER BEING FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID BED POST WITH SAID BACK SIDE OF SAID PLATE CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID POST, SAID BED POST AND SAID BED RAIL BEING DISENGAGABLY JOINED WITH AND FRIST MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURE OF SAID SECOND MEMBER AND WITH SAID HOOKS OF SAID FIRST MEMBER INTERLOCKINGLY ENGAGING RESPECTIVELY SAID LUGS OF SAID SECOND MEMBER.