Device and method for connecting parts of a crate
AssigneeObeikan Mdf Espana, S.L.
InventorsSalvador Martínez Colorado, Manuel Blay Orenga, Javier Ramón García Aranda
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Abstract
A device for connecting parts of a crate includes a female sheet including a slot and a peripheral surface; and a male sheet including a tab and a peripheral surface, the male sheet being coupled to the female sheet by the tab. The tab includes a stop element in an upper part of the male sheet closest to the peripheral surface of the female sheet, an upper surface of the tab extending upward, and a front surface of the tab extending downward and being completed with a lower surface connected to an inclined guiding surface.
Claims7
A device for connecting parts of a crate, the device comprising:
- a female sheet comprising a slot and a peripheral surface;
- and
- a male sheet comprising a tab and a peripheral surface, the male sheet being coupled to the female sheet by the tab,
- wherein the tab comprises:
- (i) a first stop element;
- (ii) an upper surface;
- (iii) a front surface;
- and (iv) a guiding surface;
- wherein the first stop element is in an upper part of the male sheet closest to the peripheral surface of the female sheet;
- wherein the upper surface of the tab extends upward from the first stop element, the upper surface of the tab defining an upward chamfer, a flat surface and a downward chamfer extending to the front surface of the tab;
- wherein the front surface of the tab extends downward and is completed with a lower surface connected to the guiding surface of the tab;
- wherein the female sheet comprises a second stop element defined by a lower flat surface of the female sheet on which the guiding surface of the tab of the male sheet is supported;
- and
- wherein the slot of the female sheet defines a through hole in the female sheet, the through hole being prismatic-shaped for coupling with the tab of the male sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.