US1300136A - Furniture-leg mount. - Google Patents

Description

A. B. DISS,

FURNITURE LEG MOUNT.

. APPLICATION FILED AUG.I7. 191a.

. Patented Apr. 8,1919.

' glywemtoz UNITED STATES OFFICE.

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BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A conrona'rron' or connnc'rrcu'r- FURNITURE-LEG MOUNT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALB RT on the leg mount shown in my Patent No.

1180259 issued April 18,1916." 4 r In my said prior patent the foot'clamps closely embrace the free edges ofthe angular portions of the furniture leg, butv since these angular portions of the leg are not uniformly made, in that some are wider than others, and also in that one portion might be narrower or widerthan the other, the ob? jection has existed that the clamp members would not make a perfect fit.

The present invention thereforehas for its object to provide means for overcoming the objection-noted and briefly proposes to' provide clamp members with considerable clearance so as to accommodate the angular portions of the leg regardless of the width or thickness of the latter. l c

A further object of' the invention is to.

provide means for holding the foot in position so as to prevent accidental separation of the parts and toalso endow said means with the function of exerting constant pressure against the angular portions of the leg so that the latter portions will also be held in snug contact with the clamping members of the foot, regardless of the thickness of the angular portions.

Further and other objects will beclater se t forth and of themselves manifested in the course of the following description.

r In the drawings :7' i

Figure 1 is a fragmentary rear elevation showing a glider form of foot construction; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the foot construction for use with a caster; and

' Specification of Letters Patent.

, B. Drss, a citizen of the United States residing at the shown in Fig. l. 1

'Inproceeding in accordance'with the presentinvention theleg 1 has the angular portions 2. The foot is formed with the back plate ,3, a bottom plate .4, and an integral glider 5. The clampingv members 6 are formed by bending the ends of plate 3 rear waifidly at 7 and then curvingthe latter at Patented Apr. 8, 1919. Application filed nae 17,1918. Serial 110,250,364

8' to form spaces .9 in which the free edges v,

of the angular portions 2 are received. The

distance between the parts 7 and the mem- -bers 6 is such that varying thicknessesoi the angular portions .2 can bis-accommodated in the space 9, as depict'edin Fig. 3, and the space 9 is ofsuch length that varying widths of portions 2 can-be accommodated. It will be thus apparent that-the thickness of either portion 2 orlof both is immaterial askwell as the widths of such portions-i" That'is to say, if both portions 2 are of the same thick-. 'ness or width or if one is'thicker 'Orwider nce than the. other, suchdimensional vari will be'amply provided for. j

' The back 3 has an inwardly extending top portion 10 formed integral therewith, and the back also has eyelets 11 formedQintegral therewithby punching out the back 3,the eyelets being receivedfin apertures provided thereforain a spring plate 12 and being.

headed into engagement withthe latter so 3 as to rigidly secure the" spring plate to the back. The lower end of the spring plate-'12 is deflected so as to; have theangular rel to the back?) depicted in Fig. 2, f

g In operatiomit is merelynecessarytoslip I the foot over the end of the leg 1, whereupon the inner side faces of the angular portions 2 will engagethe free. side edges 13 of jtion the spring plate 12 and will compress thelatter toward back 3. The spring. plate will thus be held under compression and will press the portions2 outwardly so as to maintain same under constant tension in engagement! withthe clamps 6. The deflection of the spring plate 12 permits same to have sufli-* 'C1e11fi m0V8I11BI1'0 to accommodate varying thicknesses of the angular portions 2..

In Figs. l and 5 the structureis identical with that above described excepting that the top plate .10 has an apertrirel l toreceive the pintle P of caster 0,: and thebottom 4.

has a similar aperture 15 for a like purpose,

'while the spring plate 12 is formed with the slot 16 therein." to receive the pintle P so thatthe latter will not be interfered with by the spring; no contact occurring between the spring and the pintle. that is claimed is: V i 7 1. In a mount for angular furniture legs, a foot having a bottom and a back, the

7 back having its ends bent rearwardly and afoot having a back, clamping members ening members for engaging over the angular portions of theleg and'to'form spaces to rec'eivethe free-edges of the angular portions, and a'spring plate secured at its upper end to the back and having its lower end curved and bent forwardly to form clampdefiected and formed to have the opposite edges thereof engage the inner side faces of the an *ular, ortions of the le to mamt-ain g P c. a;

the latter under constant tension and in engagement with; the clamping members. H 2; In a mount for angular furniture le s, a foot having a back, sald back havmg its ends bent to formclamping members engage- ,a'ble with the respective angular portions of the leg and to provide spaces projecting rearwardly beyond the back for accommodating varying widths and thicknesses of such angular portions, and spring means pressing against the angular portions of the leg to hold the latter under tension against said clampingmembers, V r V 3, In a mount for angular furniture legs,

, a foot having a back, clamping members engageable with theinner free side portions of the respective angular portions of the leg, said back'extending across the mouth of the angle of the leg and having connections to'receive the free side edges of angular por- 4:. In a mount for angular furniture legs,

gageable with the free sides of the respective angular portions of the leg, said back extending across the mouth of the angle of the leg and having connection with the outer side portions of the clamping members, said connections being formed to receive the free 'side ed es of angular )ortions of var in b o b widths and thicknesses thereof, and means to resiliently hold the angular portions against the clamping members, said means being sccured to the back and having portions adjacent each of the connections at the inner sides of the latter.

5. In a mount for angular furniture legs, a foot having a back, the back having its ends extended rearwardly and curved and bent forwardly to form clamping members for engaging over the angular portions of the leg and to form substantially U-shaped spaces with the closed sides of the spaces projecting rear *ardly beyond the back, said spaces being of a depth and width so as to receive therein the free edges of the angular portions so as to accommodate angular portions of varying widths and thicknesses, and adjustable means to hold the angular portions against the clamping members regardless of the thickness of the angular portions.

6. In a. mount for angular furniture legs, a foot having clamping members engaging the outer faces of the respective angular portions of the leg, a spring plate extending across the mouth of the angle and having its opposite end edge portions engaging the inner faces of the respective angular portions adjacent the free outer sides of the latter, and means to secure said plate within the foot so as to occupy a substantially vertical posit-ion.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT B. DIS- t Vitnesses: Y

J. WILLIAM Rorrnnoirr, DANIEL B. DIss.

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Washington, D. 0.?

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