Bed frame wall protector |
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申请号 | US15431342 | 申请日 | 2017-02-13 | 公开(公告)号 | US20170231399A1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2017-08-17 |
申请人 | Glenn Anthony Backus, III; | 发明人 | Glenn Anthony Backus, III; | ||||
摘要 | 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. | ||||||
权利要求 | What is claimed is: |
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说明书全文 | This application claims priority to provisional patent application no. Not Applicable 62/389,068 filed Feb. 17, 2016, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Not Applicable This invention relates to wall protection, and more specifically to a pair of sleeves which fit onto the headboard brackets of a bed frame to protect the wall from damage, and which can also be placed onto the back of a headboard (when added to the bedframe). Bed frames bump against the wall from getting into and out of bed, or making the bed, and can cause scuffs and scratches (or worse). What is needed is a device for protecting the wall from damage from the bed frame hitting the wall. The invention solves this problem with 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 inventive headboard bracket sleeves can be sold as a kit or with the purchase of a bed frame. An additional embodiment includes double sided tape adhered to the on the non-wall side of the headboard bracket sleeves so that once a headboard is attached to the headboard brackets, the cover layer may be peeled off the double sided tape and the sleeves adhesively attached to the wall side of the headboard to continue to protect the wall. While this invention may be embodied in many forms, there are described in detail herein specific embodiments of the invention. This description is an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments illustrated. For the purposes of this disclosure, like reference numerals in the figures shall refer to like features unless otherwise indicated. The sleeves may be made of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, foam rubber, EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) closed cell sponge rubber, and spongy foamed neoprene rubber. Any non-marking elastomeric material which can be easily injection molded, extruded or stamped out of a roll of material could be utilized. It should be understood that the sleeves 12 and 14 could be one-piece or molded in two halves (20 and 22), with the slot formed in the mold, the two halves connected together by adhesive, or other fastening techniques known to those skilled in the art. In a one-piece construction the slot could be formed mechanically, by cutting or by melting the slot into the sleeve, as is well known in the art. |