Apparatus and method for releasably locked furniture

A furniture piece formed by components that are releasably secured together, said furniture piece comprising:

• a first component having a receptacle bracket provided along an edge thereof, said receptacle bracket comprising a plurality of chambers;
• a second component having a plurality of projections along an edge thereof, said plurality of projections corresponding to said plurality of chambers in said receptacle bracket;
• and
• a release device positioned within said receptacle bracket and comprising a release button that is biased away from said receptacle bracket, said release button configured to ride along said edge having said plurality of projections thereon when said plurality of projections is inserted into said corresponding plurality of chambers and said second component is moved in a first direction such that said projections are moved within their respective chambers, said movement halted when said release button seats within a cavity formed into said edge having said plurality of projections thereon, thereby releasably locking said first and second components together.

A method for releasably assembling a furniture piece having at least two components, said method comprising:

• forming a receptacle bracket along an edge of a first component, said receptacle bracket comprising a plurality of chambers and including a release device having a release button that can be displaced and is biased away from said receptacle bracket;
• forming a plurality of projections, corresponding to said plurality of chambers, along an edge of a second component, said edge of said second component also comprising a cavity configured for receiving said release button therein;
• inserting said plurality of projections into said plurality of chambers;
• and
• sliding said first component or said second component with respect to the other component so that said release button is compressed as it rides against said edge of said second component until it seats into said cavity, thereby releasably locking said first and second components together.

A method of releasably locking two components of furniture together, said method comprising:

• providing a plurality of projections on an edge of a first component and which are serially-aligned and forming a cavity within said edge;
• embedding a receptacle bracket within a surface of a second component and wherein said bracket comprises a plurality of serially-aligned chambers corresponding to said plurality of projections;
• positioning a release device in an additional chamber, separate from said plurality of chambers, in said receptacle bracket and including a release button in said release device that is biased away from said additional chamber;
• inserting said plurality of projections within said corresponding plurality of chambers;
• and
• sliding said first component with respect to said second component causing said plurality of projections to slide within their respective chambers and thereby compressing said release button against said edge and halting said sliding when said release button seats within said cavity to releasably lock said first and second components together.