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Foldable and adjustable width bed frame

Assignee: METAL BED RAIL Co Inc
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Filing: 1964-06-30
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Granted: 1967-07-11
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Expires: 1984-06-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Emerson F Hooker

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 01:40
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C19/00; A47C19/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 214 words
AN ADJUSTABLE WIDTH BED FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE RAILS AND A PAIR OF CROSS RAILS, HINGE MEANS EACH CONNECTING AN OUTER END OF A CROSS RAIL SECTION TO A SIDE RAIL FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER TO A FOLDED POSITION AGAINST THE LATTER AND AN EXTENDED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, A SUPPORTING LEG SECURED TO AND DEPENDING FROM EACH CROSS RAIL SECTION AT ITS OUTER END, SAID HINGE MEANS COMPRISING A PLATE FIXEDLY SECURED TO AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE OUTER END OF THE ASSOCIATED SECTION AND BEING PIVOTED TO THE ASSOCIATED SIDE RAIL, SAID SAID AND CROSS RAILS BEING ANGULAR IN CROSS SECTION HAVING A HORIZONTAL FLANGE WITH A VERTICAL FLANGE DEPENDING THEREFROM, SAID PLATE BEING ENGAGED UPON THE HORIZONTAL FLANGES OF BOTH RAILS, SAID SUPPORTING LEG HAVING ANGULATED SIDE WALLS, ONE LEG SIDE WALL BEING SECURED TO THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF A CROSS RAIL VERTICAL FLANGE AND THE OTHER LEG SIDE WALL BEING SECURED TO THE HORIZONTAL FLANGE OF SAID CROSS RAIL AND TO SAID PLATE, SAID LEG OTHER SIDE WALL HAVING A LATERALLY DISPOSED FLANGE SECURED IN FACE TO FACE ENGAGEMENT UPON THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID CROSS RAIL HORIZONTAL FLANGE AND FURTHER HAVING A SLOT RECEIVING SAID CROSS RAIL VERTICAL FLANGE AT THE JUNCTURE BETWEEN THE LEG SIDE WALLS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 214 words
AN ADJUSTABLE WIDTH BED FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE RAILS AND A PAIR OF CROSS RAILS, HINGE MEANS EACH CONNECTING AN OUTER END OF A CROSS RAIL SECTION TO A SIDE RAIL FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER TO A FOLDED POSITION AGAINST THE LATTER AND AN EXTENDED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, A SUPPORTING LEG SECURED TO AND DEPENDING FROM EACH CROSS RAIL SECTION AT ITS OUTER END, SAID HINGE MEANS COMPRISING A PLATE FIXEDLY SECURED TO AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE OUTER END OF THE ASSOCIATED SECTION AND BEING PIVOTED TO THE ASSOCIATED SIDE RAIL, SAID SAID AND CROSS RAILS BEING ANGULAR IN CROSS SECTION HAVING A HORIZONTAL FLANGE WITH A VERTICAL FLANGE DEPENDING THEREFROM, SAID PLATE BEING ENGAGED UPON THE HORIZONTAL FLANGES OF BOTH RAILS, SAID SUPPORTING LEG HAVING ANGULATED SIDE WALLS, ONE LEG SIDE WALL BEING SECURED TO THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF A CROSS RAIL VERTICAL FLANGE AND THE OTHER LEG SIDE WALL BEING SECURED TO THE HORIZONTAL FLANGE OF SAID CROSS RAIL AND TO SAID PLATE, SAID LEG OTHER SIDE WALL HAVING A LATERALLY DISPOSED FLANGE SECURED IN FACE TO FACE ENGAGEMENT UPON THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID CROSS RAIL HORIZONTAL FLANGE AND FURTHER HAVING A SLOT RECEIVING SAID CROSS RAIL VERTICAL FLANGE AT THE JUNCTURE BETWEEN THE LEG SIDE WALLS.

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