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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1993
Larry P LaPointe, Temperance, MI (US);
Jonathan R Saul, LaSalle, MI (US);
Karl J Komorowski, Petersburg, MI (US);
La-Z-Boy Chair Company, Monroe, MI (US);
Abstract
A mounting apparatus for securing a plurality of independent seating sections together to form a modular sofa assembly. The independent seating sections have lower front and rear end portions with either front and rear cross bars substantially parallel to the front and rear end portions or side frame members substantially perpendicular to the front and rear end portions. A first elongated frame rail is secured to the front and rear of each seating unit having side frame members, and connecting feet are secured to seating units having front and rear cross bars. The seating units are aligned in close side-by-side proximity and connecting links are used to secure the frame members or connecting feet of adjacent seating units to form a sofa or loveseat. The sofa or loveseat is easily disassembled by removing the connecting links from the frame members and connecting feet. Elongated apertures in the frame members and connecting feet engage locking tabs formed in the connecting feet to secure the connecting links to the frame members and connecting feet and to provide adjustment of the side-by-side relationship of the seating units.