Bed frame having releasably interlocked side rails and crossbars

Claim 2

In a bed frame having a pair of side rails and at least one end crossbar interconnected to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, the improvement in which an end of the crossbar is releasably connected with a side rail by means, comprising: a. a bracket secured to the side rail, said bracket having walls coacting to form a socket for receiving an end portion of the connected crossbar into a seated position therein, said socket having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the axis of the end portion of said crossbar seated therein, and said walls including spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of said axis; b. said end portion of said crossbar having spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis, said side walls of said crossbar in said seated position being respectively juxtaposed to said side walls of said socket; and c. coacting parts between each of the juxtaposed side walls for interlocking engagement in said seated position to retain said end portion and said socket against axial separation, said parts including interconnectable stud and slot means.

Claim 3

A bed frame as set forth in claim 1, wherein said bracket is formed to provide a generally U-shaped configuration with said socket forming walls extending downwardly in parallel spaced relation from an upper bridging portion and respectively having outwardly extending right-angled bottom flanges, said bridging portion and said flanges having inner end extensions extending over and being secured to upper and lower wall surfaces, respectively of the associated side rail on which said bracket is mounted.

Claim 4

A bed frame as set forth in claim 1, wherein said stud and slot means interconnects the socket side walls and the associated side walls of the crossbar end portion in a manner to oppose spreading of the socket side walls.

Claim 5

A bed frame as set forth in claim 3, in which said stud is fixedly secured with respect to a side wall of the crossbar end portion and the associated slot is formed in a socket side wall.

Claim 6

A bed frame as set forth in claim 2, in which the coacting parts include engageable interfacing surfaces respectively carried by the juxtaposed side walls and longitudinally extending generally along the longitudinal axes of said socket and seated end portion of the crossbar, and the slot is positioned below the interfacing surface of the socket side wall.

Claim 7

A bed frame as set forth in claim 4, wherein said stud is mounted on one of the spaced legs of U-shaped bracket having its legs and bridging portion bonded to corresponding associated wall portions of the crossbar end portion.

Claim 8

A bed frame as set forth in claim 6, in which the bridging portion of the U-shaped bracket is bonded to a bottom wall portion of the crossbar end portion.

Claim 9

A bed frame as set forth in claim 6, wherein each of the studs has a radially projecting head portion and a shank portion, each of the slots in a T-slot with a wide portion for initially receiving the stud head and a narrow portion for receiving the shank portion of the stud, in the seated position of said crossbar end portion in said socket.

Claim 10

A bed frame as set forth in claim 8, in which the narrow portion of said slot includes an inclined inner end portion extending in substantially parallel relation along the interfacing surface of the socket side wall.

Claim 11

A bed frame as set forth in claim 8, wherein the stud in the seated position of the crossbar end portion is positioned closely adjacent to the connected side rail.

Claim 12

A bed frame as set forth in claim 8, in which the wide portion of the slot lies in a plane extending in right-angled relation to the plane of the narrow portion of said slot.

Claim 13

A bed frame as set forth in claim 2, in which the stud and slot means include studs respectively mounted on the side walls of the crossbar end portion, said studs each having a head portion and a shank portion, and associated inverted T-slots, each having a wide portion for initially receiving the stud head and a narrow portion for receiving the shank portion of the stud in the seated position of said crossbar end portion in said socket, the wide portion of said slot being formed in the bottom flange of the socket side wall and the narrow portion of said slot formed in the socket side wall.

Claim 14

In a bed frame having a pair of side rails and at least one end crossbar interconnected to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, the improvement in which an end of the crossbar is releasably connected with a side rail by means, comprising: a. a bracket secured to the side rail, said bracket having walls coacting to form a socket for receiving an end portion of the connected crossbar into a seated position therein, said socket having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the axis of the end portion of said crossbar seated therein, and said walls including spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of said axis; b. said end portion of said crossbar having spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis, said side walls of said crossbar in said seated position being respectively juxtaposed to said side walls of said socket; and c. coacting parts between each of the juxtaposed side walls for interlocking engagement in said seated position for retaining said bracket against relative vertical tilting movements of the bracket with respect to the connected end portion of said crossbar.

Claim 15

In a bed frame having a pair of side rails and at least one end crossbar interconnected to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, the improvement in which an end of the crossbar is releasably connected with a side rail by means, comprising: a. a bracket secured to the side rail, said bracket having walls coacting to form a socket for receiving an end portion of the connected crossbar into a seated position therein, said socket having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the axis of the end portion of said crossbar seated therein, and said walls including spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of said axis; b. said end portion of said crossbar having spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis, said side walls of said crossbar in said seated position being respectively juxtaposed to said side walls of said socket; and c. coacting parts between each of the juxtaposed side walls for interlocking engagement in said seated position for retaining said bracket against relative vertical tilting movements of the bracket with respect to the connected end portion of said crossbar.

Claim 16

A bed frame as set forth in claim 13, wherein said coacting parts comprise engageable stud and slot means adjacent the inner end of said bracket.

Claim 17

A bed frame as set forth in claim 13, wherein said coacting parts comprise engageable tongue and slot means adjacent the outer end of said bracket.

Claim 18

A bed frame as set forth in claim 15, in which the tongue is a fixed projection carried by the side wall of the crossbar end portion and the slot is formed on the side wall of the socket.

Claim 19

A bed frame as set forth in claim 13, wherein said coacting parts comprise: open ended slots formed in one of the juxtaposed side walls, one of these slots being adjacent the inner end of said socket, and the other being adjacent the outer end of said socket, said slots having parallel inclined portions extending outwardly and downwardly with respect to the associated side rail; and projections carried by the other of said juxtaposed side walls adapted to respectively enter the slots in said seated position.

Claim 20

In a bed frame having a pair of side rails and at least one end crossbar interconnected to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, the improvement in which an end of the crossbar is releasably connected with a side rail by means comprising: a. a bracket secured to the side rail, said bracket having walls coacting to form a socket for receiving an end portion of the connected crossbar into a seated position therein, said socket having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the axis of the end portion of said crossbar seated therein, and said walls including spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of said axis; b. said end portion of said crossbar having spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis, said side walls of said crossbar in said seated position being respectively juxtaposed to said side walls of said socket; c. coacting parts between each of the juxtaposed side walls for interlocking engagement in said seated position to retain said end portion and said socket against axial separation, said parts including engageable interfacing surfaces respectively carried by the juxtaposed side walls and longitudinally extending generally along the longitudinal axes of said socket and seated end portion of the crossbar; d. in which said bracket is in overlying relation to the end portion of the connected crossbar, and the weight of the supported box spring acts to force the overlying bracket in a downward direction towards such crossbar; and e. in which said interfacing engaged surfaces are downwardly inclined away from said side rail, whereby the weight of the box spring acts through the inclined interfacing surfaces to forceably maintain the bracket and crossbar end portion in connected relation and oppose attempted separation of the bracket from the crossbar end portion by lateral outward movement of the side rail.

Claim 21

In a bed frame having a pair of side rails and at least one end crossbar interconnected to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, the improvement in which an end of the crossbar is releasably connected with a side rail by means comprising: a. a bracket secured to the side rail, said bracket having walls coacting to form a socket for receiving an end portion of the connected crossbar into a seated position therein, said socket having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the axis of the end portion of said crossbar seated therein, and said walls including spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of said axis; b. said end portion of said crossbar having spaced apart side walls lying on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis, said side walls of said crossbar in said seated position being respectively juxtaposed to said side walls of said socket; c. coacting parts between each of the juxtaposed side walls for interlocking engagement in said seated position to retain said end portion and said socket against axial separation, said parts including engageable interfacing surfaces respectively carried by the juxtaposed side walls and longitudinally extending generally along the longitudinal axes of said socket and seated end portion of the crossbar; d. in which said bracket is in overlying relation to the end portion of the connected crossbar, and the weight of the supported box spring acts to force the overlying bracket in a downward direction towards such crossbar; and e. in which said interfacing engaged surfaces are downwardly inclined away from said side rail, whereby the weight of the box spring acts through the inclined interfacing surfaces to forceably maintain the bracket and crossbar end portion in connected relation and oppose attempted separation of the bracket from the crossbar end portion by lateral outward movement of the side rail.