Furniture foot or support structure

Claim 1

A detachable and stackable furniture support structure, particularly for an arm chair, comprising a ring of sectorlike elements made of a wire-rod material, each of said sectorlike elements having a peripheral portion and two spokelike portions which extend radially inwardly and upwardly relative to the respective peripheral portion, hub means centrally disposed relative to said ring of sectorlike elements and fixedly connected to the free ends of said spokelike portions for fixedly interconnecting said plurality of sectorlike elements, said hub means being disposed at an elevation above the plane defined by tHe peripheral portions of said sectorlike elements and including upper and lower plates with the lower plate having a diameter smaller than the upper plate, the free ends of the spokelike portions being positioned between said upper and lower plates and being fixedly welded to said hub means, whereby said ring of sectorlike elements and said hub means fixedly secured thereto defines a conical configuration for permitting stacking of a plurality of support structures, said hub means having a central conical opening extending therethrough with said conical opening having a self-locking tapered configuration which converges downwardly toward the plane of the peripheral portions, and an annular bushing means disposed within said opening and lockingly secured to said hub means due to the tapered configuration of said opening, said bushing means having a central recess formed therein adapted to accommodate a downwardly extending pin mounted on an article of furniture.