Bed locking insert plates

Claim 1

A connecting device consisting of two interconnecting members, the first interconnecting member being a plate having on its one edge two L-shaped hooks spaced one above the other in the same plane with both hooks having their openings facing in the same direction, the second interconnecting member being two parallel plates spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the plane of the first-mentioned plate having the L-shaped hooks, pin means spanning the space between said parallel plates and flush with the exterior surface of each plate to provide engagement points for the L-shaped hooks, said L-shaped hooks engaging said pin means and said pin means passing through the openings of the L-shaped hooks and providing a resting point for said hooks, said parallel plates having right angle flanges formed with mounting means for mounting said parallel plates in position, said parallel plates are separate plates fixed at one end to the flanges which are formed from a single plate with an elongated slot therein having closed ends to permit said L-shaped hooks to pass therethrough to engage said pin means, and said parallel plates having opposite free ends, and with said fixed ends secured contiguous with the respective edges of said elongated slot along the length thereof and terminating at the ends of said elongated slot so as to be overlapped by the ends of said single plate with the ends of said single plate extending beyond the ends of said parallel plates said plate with the L-shaped hooks being fastened to the side rails of a bed, and said parallel plates are embedded in the post of the headboard of the bed.