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US 12,286,990 B2Granted
Fastener system for furniture
AssigneeE. Leet Woodworking, LLC
InventorPatrick John Leet
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Abstract
A fastener system for quick and easy assembly of an article of slatted furniture is used to join multiple slats and connects a support thereto. A flange inserted into one of the slats receives a stud connected to the support. A rod connects a plurality the slats, and mates with the flange. The flange and rod are rotatable within the slats to properly position and tighten the fastener system.
Claims4
An article of slatted furniture comprising:
- a deck sub-assembly including:
- a plurality of slats, each having a through hole, one slat of the plurality of slats having a retainer hole oriented substantially orthogonally to the through hole;
- a rod having a rod end, the rod inserted through the through holes oft wo or more of the plurality of slats along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a tubular element having an external aperture opening to a transverse channel oriented substantially orthogonally to the longitudinal axis, the external aperture positioned for access through the retainer hole;
- a support;
- a stud extending from the support, the stud extending into the through hole of the one slat and coupled to the rod along the longitudinal axis, the stud having a notch positioned to align with the retainer hole in the one slat to provide external access to the stud though the retainer hole;
- and
- a retainer inserted through the retainer hole and the external aperture, and engaged with the notch in the stud.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.