Fastening system with edgemount insert

A system for connecting a first structure to a second structure, the system comprising:

• an insert configured to be received and secured into a recess formed into an edge of the first structure;
• the insert including a body portion having a top, a right side, and a left side, each of the top, the right side, and the left side extending from a front end to a back end such that the body portion is substantially uniform in a height and a width between the front end and the back end, and the back end defining a back plane;
• the insert including a front wall abutting the front end of the body portion, the front wall forming a first face configured to be substantially consonant with a first surface on the first structure;
• the insert including a bottom wall extending from the front wall and terminating at the back plane, the bottom wall forming a second face being in a plane that is substantially perpendicular relative to the first face, the second face being substantially consonant with a corresponding surface of an edge of the first structure;
• the bottom wall including a right side outwardly extending flange portion and a left side outwardly extending flange portion, the right side outwardly extending flange portion extending outwardly past the right side of the body portion and the left side outwardly extending flange portion extending outwardly past the left side of the body portion, the right side outwardly extending flange portion and the left side outwardly extending flange portion extend from the front wall to the back plane;
• and
• a fastener receiving area defined into and through the first face of the insert and extending into the body portion, the fastener receiving area configured to receive a fastener used to secure the second structure to the first structure.

A system for fastening an edge of a first panel to an edge of a second panel, the system comprising:

• a first insert shaped to fit into and be secured inside a first recess defined into the edge of the first panel, the first insert having:
• an upper plate configured to be substantially consonant with a first surface on the first panel, the upper plate having a fastener opening extending therethrough, the fastener opening configured to receive a fastener;
• and
• a back wall being perpendicular to the upper plate, the back wall configured to be substantially consonant with a corresponding surface of the edge of the first panel, the back wall having an aperture extending therethrough, the aperture sized to allow the passage of a shaft of a fastener, but deny passage of a head of the fastener therethrough, the aperture configured to allow the shaft to extend therethrough after being received by the fastener opening;
• a second insert shaped to fit into and be secured inside a second recess defined into the edge of the second panel, the second insert having:
• a first face with a fastener-receiving receptacle extending therethrough, the fastener-receiving receptacle having a center axis that is substantially perpendicular to the second panel, the first face being substantially consonant with a first surface on the second panel;
• and
• a second face being perpendicular to the first face and being substantially consonant with a corresponding surface of the edge of the second panel;
• wherein the fastener receiving receptacle is configured to receive the shaft of the fastener after the shaft extends through the aperture of the first insert.