US 11,950,706 B2
Ready to assemble chair base
Letao Tao, Bellevue, WA (US); and Sam Min Wei, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to Living Style (B.V.I.) Limited, Tortola (VG)
Filed by Living Style (B.V.I.) Limited, Tortola (VG)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,742.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147575 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 4/02 (2006.01); A47C 7/00 (2006.01); F16B 12/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 4/021 (2013.01) [A47C 7/004 (2013.01); A47C 7/006 (2013.01); F16B 12/14 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ready to assemble chair base comprising:
a hub portion having a central body with an outer peripheral extent and a plurality of non-removable legs extending radially outwardly from the central body, said central body having a radially extending leg receiver,
a removable leg component configured and arranged to be received and secured in assembled relation with said leg receiver,
said leg receiver having a channel therein with opposing sidewalls having receiver slots formed therein, said channel further having a front wall substantially adjacent to the outer peripheral extent of said central body,
said removable leg component having a blade extending from an inner end thereof, said blade including opposing locking posts extending therefrom, said locking posts configured and arranged to engage said receiver slots when said removable leg is received in assembled relation with said leg receiver,
one or more wedge walls extending radially outward from said front wall of said channel,
a wedge surface formed on an inner end of said blade wherein said wedge surface engages said one or more wedge walls when said removable leg is in assembled relation with said leg receiver, wherein the engagement between said one or more wedge walls and said wedge exert a force that increases engagement between said locking posts and said receiver slots;
a threaded bore in a top wall of said channel,
a through hole in the blade of the removable leg component, and
a threaded fastener extending through the hole in said blade portion of said removable leg and engaging said threaded hole,
said threaded fastener retaining said removable leg in assembled relation with said leg receiver.