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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Jacques Lobry, Bourges, FR;
Jacques Lobry, Bourges, FR;
Tournadre S.A. Standard Gum, Bourges, FR;
Abstract
The invention provides a device for suspending slats of a bed base, the device being constituted by a one-piece unit presenting a top section having two housings for receiving the ends of two parallel slats, a bottom section provided with anchor means to anchor said unit to a bed frame, and an intermediate section connecting the top section to the bottom section and constituting the resilient suspension element, said bottom section having a vertical bottom wall for bearing against an inside face of said frame and a horizontal top wall for resting on the top face of said frame, and said unit presenting a vertical plane of symmetry perpendicular to said top wall and to said bottom wall, wherein the intermediate section is constituted by semicylindrical wall portions that are substantially bodies of revolution about axes perpendicular to the plane of symmetry, said wall portions connecting the top section to the bottom section, and said axes of revolution being disposed inside the volume defined by said top section, said bottom section, and said semicylindrical wall portions.