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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1976
Filed:
May. 08, 1975
Ronald D Minzey, Elkhart, IN (US);
Congoleum Industries, Inc., Kearny, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a piece of furniture, a box spring or like structure comprising a substantially rectangular frame including longitudinally-extending side frame members and transversely-extending end frame members, and a plurality of supporting leg members secured to the box spring or like structure and supporting it substantially horizontally at a predetermined distance from a floor or other supporting surface, each of the supporting leg members comprising an elongated structural member formed into a generally W-shaped configuration wherein (1) the central portion is secured to a longitudinally-extending side frame member, (2) V-shaped portions adjacent each side of the central portion extend inwardly of the longitudinally-extending side frame members and downwardly to support the box spring or like structure substantially horizontally at a predetermined distance from a floor or other supporting surface, and finally (3) end portions extend still farther inwardly of the longitudinally-extending side frame members to be secured to the box spring or like structure inwardly of the longitudinally extending side frame members.