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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barry G Austin, Marshall, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Aluminum Products, Inc., Charlotte, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ; A47C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297440 ; 297445 ; 403255 ;
Abstract
A seating unit that includes two side support assemblies and a plurality of lateral connecting rods which are received in mounting apertures through the side assemblies. A securing clip is received inside the hollow ends of each lateral connecting rod to prevent the side assemblies from separating. Each clip has a pair of extending legs with a locking tab that seats in a recess within the lateral rod. The lateral rods flex under the weight of a person seated on the seating unit in order to create a frictional locking force between the lateral rods and side assemblies to prevent the side assemblies from sliding toward each other.