US1752818A - Furniture base - Google Patents

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April l, 1930. R. F. TAYLOR 1,752,818

FURNITURE BASE Filed May 2. 1927 5 l ,f 3 d -q 6 9 n 3 f i?? ln/m1145019'.

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Patented Apr. 1, 1930 PATENT oFEicE ROY" F. TAYLOR, 0F RICHMOND, INDIANA f FURNITURE BASE y Application nieanay 2, i927. 1 serial No. 188,140.

. The object of my present invention, broad- .i

ly speaking, is to provide a detachable base 4for furniture, the samefbeing strong and durable in construction, neat and attractive in s appearance, economicalas to labor and makterial required, easily and quickly placed into Vposition or detached therefrom, and which can be manufactured and sold at a ccmparatively low price. Y i More "specificallystated my object is Ato provide a detachable'or separable base construction adapted; for various kinds of furn1ture,such.for instance and more particularly, for Fchiflorobes or the like; whereby ;..the body ,ofY the article of furniture and its @base maybe constructed separately, and by.

l' which the base may he packed inside the body of the furniture foristorage jandjshipment, n thereby economizing space and reducing they 2Q cost of shipmenuand minimizing the danger of 'damage thereto;

And,` nally, my object is to provide a basen of vexceptionally rigid construction, -byV which the llegs thereof are `made absolutely Secure and will notbecome inadvertently loosened;l and to provide various other advantages and refinements, which=will suggest themselves in, thecourse of the following: specification andinthe drawings formingav part of the specication. v

- .f The` preferred'mea'ns for carrying out the principles and the objects of myinvention in a practical and economical manneris shown y in the accompanying 'drawings,`in which.

Figu'rel is va front', elevation of an example of my invention, showing indottedlines the lower portion ofy a chifforobe as it would ap-l pear in connection with my base. Figure 2 is a top plan view of my entire base alone..

o Figure 3 is a cross section of the same, as

taken on the line 3*-3 of Fig. 2. Figure t is a detail view, showing the underside of one of the corner portions of my base. Figure 5 is a detail section, astaken on the line 5-5` And Figure 6 is a cross sectionl of either of the four rails taken, for instance of Fig. 2.

on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Similar indices denote like parts throughs Y *its plate 9,-with their heads' located..in' the soraerfereedrbawofef'theirame members- 10 out the several views.

y In order that the construction may be more,

' Numeral 10 denotes eachI of thefou-r lag-i The members .1, 2, 3 and 4 are,.in this iiistance, mitered togetherv at their junctures where they form `the-corners' of the jfranie ofrthebase. The said four members ofthe frame are made of material ofthe same size and shape in cross-section, which in this instanceis in the nature of a strip of' lumber, or othermaterial, forming a molding, theV same having an upper rabbetl and da lower rabbet 6, both formed in the inner or con, tact. face thereof, substantially as shown in Fig. 6, for the purpose hereinafterset forth.

The adjoining ends of each two of the inembers of the frame are Vfirst connected by a crimped-metal tie?, each of Vwhich is driven down into the wood from the rabbet-.

v A triangularblock 8 is secured in each corner of the frame, and each block connects two members ofthe frame. The lower faces of said lblocks are located flush withvthe hori` zontal sides of the rabbets 6, withtheir upy per faces located below the horizontal sides Y of the rabbets 5, that is to say,-the blocks 8 do'not extend up to the rabbet 5.

A triangular plate 9 is secured in each'corner of the frame;y Said plates are preferably formed of plyed material, in this instance being shown as three-ply material, Each of the plates 9 fits in rabbetsf of tivo members, with'their lower faces located flush A'with the extend inward beyond' theiinnerr edges .of their respective blocks 8 with which they con-` tal(:t.A` '.i, i i bolts, each having a square head, and eachV extends downward through its block 8fand CII with the heads contacting with the respective blocks 8, as shown in Fig. 5.

Each of the four legs are denoted by numeral 12,and they each have a socket aperture extending down thereinto through the center thereof from their upper ends, to receive4 their respective bolts 10.

After the boltsV are in place, as in Fig. 5, then the legs 12 may be .turned thereon until the upper ends of the legs contact tightly with their respective plates 9, as shown 1n Figs. 1 and 3. e

Formed vertically through each of the members of the frame is one or more apertures 11, each to receive a screw therein, as hereinafter explained. t

After the base hasbeen formed, as set forth, the chiiorobe may be set thereon, with the outer edges of the chiiforobe resting in the rabbets 5, after which screws may be run up Y through `the apertures 11 into the bot-tom of the chiforobe, whereby the chifforobe and `the base will besecurely but detachably conmated together'. t

Itwill now be seen that the assembled parts `as set forth will form a base of maximum rigidity and capable of easily' carrying the weightwhich may be placed upon it, and

otherwise accomplishing the various objects l hereinpreviously stated.

I desire that it be understood that the base may may be formed of any suitable material with the parts of various sizes and shapes, and that various changes may be made in the details thereof without departing from the spirit of the invention or of sacrificing any of the advantages thereof which are new and useful.A

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure t by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A furniture base comprising a frame with a rabbet formed at the upper inner corner thereofand alike rabbet formedatthe lower inner corner thereof with both rabbets extending entirely around the base, a triangular block secured in each corner of the frame with the lower vfaces of said blocks located flush with the horizontal portion of the lower Y rabbet, a triangular plate contacting with the underside of each block and fitting in the lower rabbet, and a leg extending down from each of said platesl Y,

2. A furniture base comprising a frame having `rabbets in both its upper and lower inner cornersand extending Aentirely around the inner face Vof the frame, a triangular block locatedin 'each corner ofthe 'ame and each Secured to `tW 'In'efbif's the frame and with the lower faces vof said blocks located Hush with the herizontalportitn of the lower 4 rabbet, a triangular platjcntacting vthe `irritiertide cf geen of 'saidtletlts with 'their 4located, f4m the lower rabbet, a 1ag=b1t infetta cerner and each sieraad-ia'gA framewith the lower face of said blocks located flush with the horizontal portion of said rabbet, and a plate contacting fiat with the iunderside of each block and fitting in said rabbet.

4. In combination with an article of furniture formed without a fixed base supporting means, a base on which said article of furniture may rest, said base comprisinga frame having anvupper rabbet in `its upper inner edge in which the lower edge of the article of furniture may rest, there being a lower rabbet formed in the lower inner edge of said frame, a block secured in a corner of said frame with its lower face located flush with the horizontal part of said lower rabbet, a plate contacting flat with the underside ofsaid block and contacting .with the verticalportion of 'said lower rabbet, a lag-bolt extending dowril through the Asaid block and plate with a square head formed on the upper end of said bolt and contacting with the upper face ofsaidblock and located in the corner of the frame whereby the-bolt can not be turned, a leg threadedon said bolt and extending down from said plate,and means for detachably securing the base to an article of furniture. i

5. A construction comprising a frame with the members thereof secured together at the corners of the frame, a triangular block connecting each two members of the frame at each corner of the fra-me, a plate secured to the undersidefof earch block and the two adjoining members of the frame, a leg having

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