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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Larry P LaPointe, Temperance, MI (US);
Jonathan R Saul, LaSalle, MI (US);
Karl J Komorowski, Petersburg, MI (US);
Richard E Marshall, Monroe, MI (US);
La-Z-Boy Chair Company, Monroe, MI (US);
Abstract
A sofa assembly including a low-profile center console section having a pair of rocking reclining chair sections releasably secured on either side thereof. As presently preferred, center console section provides an inboard armrest which may be positionable between an upright, raised position and a horizontal, use position, or alternatively, fixed in a horizontal, use position. The present invention further includes a mounting apparatus for securing independent sections of a modular sofa assembly together. An attachment plate and a keyhole fastener bracket are secured to the base assembly of each chair section. Complementary fastener bolts are secured to the center console section. When the chair section and center console section are aligned in side-by-side proximity, the fastener bolt extends through the keyhole and engages the fastener bracket. In this manner, a wide variety of individual furniture sections can be secured together to form a modular sofa assembly which is easily and readily assembled and disassembled.