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Granted Patent B2
US 10,342,357 · App. 15/431,342 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Bed frame wall protector

Inventor: Glenn Anthony Backus, III (Richfield, MN)
A47C19/02A47C19/00A47C21/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,342,357
App. No.
15/431,342
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bed frame wall protector kit having a pair of headboard bracket sleeves, each having a slot sized to receive a headboard bracket and where the pair of headboard bracket sleeves protect a wall from the headboard brackets. The sleeves can also include double-sided tape to allow for attachment to a headboard, once a headboard is attached to the headboard brackets.

Claims (20)

1. A bed frame wall protector kit comprising:

a pair of headboard bracket sleeves, each having a preformed slot sized to receive a headboard bracket, the slot being constructed and arranged to receive and surround a headboard bracket,

whereby the pair of headboard bracket sleeves protect a wall from the headboard brackets.

2. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 1 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made from material selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, foam rubber, EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) closed cell sponge rubber, and spongy foamed neoprene rubber.

3. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 2 wherein the material is non-marking.

4. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 2 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made using iniection molding.

5. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 2 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are each made from first and second injection molded halves which are connected together.

6. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 2 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made by stamping them out.

7. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 2 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made by extrusion.

8. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 1 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves have a bracket side and a wall side, and wherein the bracket side has double-sided adhesive tape adhered to it, with un-adhered side of the double-sided adhesive tape having a cover sheet,

whereby when a headboard is attached to a bedframe, the headboard bracket sleeves may be removed from the headboard brackets, the cover sheets removed and the headboard bracket sleeves may be adhered to the wall side of the headboard to protect the wall from the headboard.

9. In combination a bed frame and a bed frame wall protector kit, the bed frame having a pair of headboard brackets and the bed frame wall protector kit having a pair of headboard bracket sleeves, the sleeves each having a preformed slot sized to receive a headboard bracket, the slot being constructed and arranged to receive and surround a headboard bracket, whereby the pair of headboard bracket sleeves protect a wall from the headboard brackets.

10. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 9 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made from material selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, foam rubber, EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) closed cell sponge rubber, and spongy foamed neoprene rubber.

11. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 10 wherein the material is non-marking.

12. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 10 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made using injection molding.

13. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 12 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are each made from first and second injection molded halves which are connected together.

14. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 10 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made by stamping them out.

15. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 10 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves are made by extrusion.

16. The bed frame wall protector kit of claim 9 wherein the headboard bracket sleeves have a bracket side and a wall side, and wherein the bracket side has double-sided adhesive tape adhered to it, with un-adhered side of the double-sided adhesive tape having a cover sheet,

whereby when a headboard is attached to the bedframe, the headboard bracket sleeves may be removed from the headboard brackets, the cover sheets removed and the headboard bracket sleeves may be adhered to the wall side of the headboard to protect the wall from the headboard.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62389068 · Feb 17, 2016
Related Publication 20170231399A1 · Aug 17, 2017
Cited By (1)
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