Furniture bracket assembly
AssigneeDel Hutson Designs, LLC
InventorEdward Roland Hutson
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Abstract
A bracket assembly includes a bracket, such as a flat plate bracket, including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a number of apertures through the bracket extending from the first surface to the second surface. The first surface engages at least one table top board. The bracket assembly also includes a number of studs protruding from the second surface of the bracket, the studs to selectively attach the bracket to a second bracket structure, such as a leg support system. The bracket assembly can be used in furniture assemblies to secure table tops, shelves, or other structures to a support structure.
Claims25
A bracket assembly, comprising:
- a bracket comprising a flat plate bracket, the flat plate bracket comprising a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of apertures through the bracket extending from the first surface to the second surface, each aperture of the plurality of apertures having a centerline axis;
- at least one table top board engaged with the first surface of the bracket and coupled to fasteners disposed through the plurality of apertures of the bracket;
- a plurality of studs protruding from the second surface of the bracket, wherein the plurality of studs selectively attach the bracket to an upper bar of a furniture leg support system, wherein the plurality of studs protrude from the second surface in a first direction, and the centerline axes of the plurality of apertures are parallel to the first direction;
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- the furniture leg support system comprising furniture legs extending vertically from the upper bar of the furniture leg support system, and the upper bar of the furniture leg support system comprising receiving apertures to receive the plurality of studs, wherein the upper bar is coupled directly to the furniture legs of the leg support system, and the upper bar is engaged with the second surface of the flat plate bracket.
A bracket assembly, comprising:
- a bracket comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface are planar, and the first surface is parallel to the second surface;
- a first set of fastening elements on the first surface of the bracket to engage a plurality of table top boards and couple the bracket to the plurality of table top boards;
- a second set of fastening elements on the second surface of the bracket, the second set of fastening elements comprising selectively releasable fasteners to selectively couple the bracket to a support structure;
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- the support structure comprising a frame having an upper bar at a top of the support structure, the upper bar comprising receiving apertures to receive the second set of fastening elements and engage with the second surface of the bracket, and the upper bar of the support structure extends across an entire length of the frame between side ends of the frame.
A method for attaching a table top to a leg support system, the method comprising:
- attaching, with a first set of fastening elements of a bracket, a set of table top boards to the bracket on a first surface of the bracket, wherein the set of table top boards contact the first surface of the bracket, the bracket comprising the first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface and second surface are planar, and the first surface is parallel to the second surface;
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- selectively attaching, with a second set of fastening elements of the bracket, an upper bar of a leg support system to the bracket on the second surface of the bracket opposite the first surface, wherein the upper bar of the leg support system comprises receiving apertures to receive the second set of fastening elements, the upper bar contacts the second surface of the bracket, and the upper bar of the leg support system extends across an entire length of the leg support system between side ends of the leg support system.
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