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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1978
Silas J Knoke, Seymour, IN (US);
Lear Siegler, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the invention there is provided a bed frame with end rails of adjustable length, each of the end rails including an inner rail member having horizontal and vertical flanges in nested relationship with an outer rail member having horizontal and vertical flanges, the vertical flange of the inner rail member having a plurality of spaced openings arranged in a line longitudinally of the inner rail member and the vertical flange of the outer rail member having a projection adapted to fit into any one of said openings, the outer rail member also having secured thereto a lock member pivotable to a lock position or to an unlock position, the lock member having a U-shaped portion adapted to straddle and hold together the vertical flanges of the inner and outer rail members when the projection is in one of said openings and the lock member is in its lock position, the lock member also including a portion for preventing accidental movement of the lock member from its lock position to its unlock position.