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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1994
Larry P LaPointe, Temperance, MI (US);
Michael R Mero, Jr, Monroe, MI (US);
La-Z-Boy Chair Company, Monroe, MI (US);
Abstract
A mounting apparatus for a modular sofa assembly. The apparatus comprises a first bracket member and a second bracket member which are secured to sidewalls and a rear frame bar, respectively, of a fixed seating section of a modular sofa assembly. The first and second bracket members each allow a frame of a seat member of the seating section to be secured to the side walls of the seating section after the side walls have been secured to a pair of frame rails or other like members. In an alternative preferred embodiment a pair of seatback brackets are incorporated for allowing a frame of the seatback member to be secured to the sidewalls of the fixed seating section after the sidewalls have been secured to the frame rails or other like frame members of the sofa assembly. In this manner the seatback member and seat member of the fixed seating section can be upholstered at a location remote from that at which assembly of the sidewalls and other frame members of the sofa assembly takes place. Thus, upholstering of the seatback member and seat member can be accomplished generally simultaneously with other assembly operations to expedite and simplify the assembly process of the sofa assembly.