U.S. patent application number 12/082910 was filed with the patent office on 2009-10-15 for headboard anchor.
Invention is credited to Praveen Singh.
Application Number | 20090256037 12/082910 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41163185 |
Filed Date | 2009-10-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090256037 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Singh; Praveen |
October 15, 2009 |
Headboard anchor
Abstract
The present invention is a headboard anchor capable of attaching
furniture to a wall while at the same time, providing a buffer
between the wall and furniture which is meant to be attached. In
the preferred embodiment, the anchor consists of two rubber suction
cups flexibly and adjustably attached by a middle collapsible
portion.
Inventors: |
Singh; Praveen; (Union City,
CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
PRAVEEN SINGH
35117 11TH STREET
UNION CITY
CA
94587
US
|
Family ID: |
41163185 |
Appl. No.: |
12/082910 |
Filed: |
April 14, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/205.6 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47C 19/022
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/205.6 |
International
Class: |
A47C 19/02 20060101
A47C019/02 |
Claims
1. A furniture stabilizing and buffering device comprised of: two
ends, both of said ends having a vacuum attachment structure and a
middle portion, said middle portion compressibly adjustable.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein said ends consist of rubber
suction cups.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein said adjustable middle portion is
comprised of the same material as said two ends.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] This invention pertains to mounting and/or protection of
furniture or appliances; more specifically, this invention relates
to a removal headboard anchor designed to secure and buffer
headboards and the like from walls.
[0002] Standard furniture or bed installation is often limited to a
standard four point gravitational embodiment, i.e., four legs
simply placed on a floor. Although simple, this often doesn't take
into account the flexibility of the structure. Many times, a bed
frame is loose, or loosens with use, such that the headboard will
often make contact with the wall against which it is placed causing
noise as well as damage to the wall. Even for more bulky furniture
or appliances which due to mass do not have rigidity issues (such
as for example refrigerators, microwaves, etc., etc) during
installation, the aggressive placement of these types of objects
can lead to structural damage to both the appliance and the wall.
Many appliances require proper spacing for ventilation in order
function properly and efficiently which can be comprised during
installation by placing the back of the unit too close to a
wall.
[0003] Examples of different mounting and buffer configurations are
disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,118,179 to Wilson et al.; U.S. Pat.
No. 6,182,307 to Rutrick; U.S. Pat. No. 4,604,768 to Goldfarb; and
U.S. Pat. No. 2,745,116 to Jackson, the subject matter of each of
which is herein incorporated by reference.
SUMMARY
[0004] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to
provide a simple device which prevents flexible furniture from
making undue contact with the wall and is easy to install. Another
object of the invention is to provide for a simple device which
provides the proper spacing upon installation to allow for
efficient and safe operation of the appliance, i.e., a refrigerator
or microwave.
[0005] It is to be understood that the invention is not limited in
its application to the details of construction and to the
arrangements of the components set forth in the following
description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is
capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out
in various ways. In addition, it is to be understood that the
phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of
description and should not be regarded as limiting.
[0006] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the
conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be
utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods,
and systems for carrying out aspects of the present invention. It
is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including
such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from
the spirit and scope of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 is a view of the headboard anchor, it should be noted
that since the headboard anchor is essentially symmetrical only one
perspective is considered necessary to understand and practice the
invention.
[0008] FIG. 2 shows the headboard anchor in a typical
installation.
DESCRIPTION
[0009] Referring to FIG. 1, the anchor 100 in accordance with the
present invention consists essentially of two rubber suction cups
200 connected by a collapsible spiral structure 300, similar to
what one might find in for example on drinking straws which
collapse and extend, or alternatively similar to that of dryer
exhaust hosing.
[0010] The operation of embodiments of the present invention is
shown in FIG. 2. Simply, one suction cup 200 is attached to the
back of a headboard 500 (or other similar piece of furniture or
appliance). The furniture is pressed into place wherein the
headboard anchor 100 makes contact with the wall 600 and becomes
vacuumly attached. The compressible portion 300 adjusts to the
spacing accordingly.
[0011] The anchor can be made of various types of rubberized
material and those of ordinary skill in the art would find such
types of manufacture to be well within the normal skill of any
manufacturing entity. In one embodiment, the diameter of the
suction cup 200 would preferably be around 2 inches. The elongated
portion could also be of a distance of two inches. The entire
device ideally can be compressed to one inch from the wall to
adjust distance.
[0012] While a particular embodiment has been chosen to illustrate
the invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art
that various changes and modifications can be made therein without
departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the
appended claims.
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