Hardware for furniture assembly
OwnerTracy Leigh Hazzardinventor
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Abstract
A hardware system is provided for use in ready-to-assembly (RTA) furniture that allows assembly thereof without the need for tools. The system includes a pin fastener and a pin receiver assembly. The pin receiver assembly is installed into one panel of the RTA furniture while the pin fastener is installed into another panel or component that is to be fastened to the first panel. The pin receiver includes a retaining means therein that serves to releasably engage the pin fastener when it is inserted therein. The pin receiver includes a body having engaging members therein that engage the pin shaft when the pin shaft is inserted into the pin receiver. In a preferred embodiment the pin receiver can be disengaged from the pin fastener using a magnet.
Claims20
Connecting hardware for furniture parts comprising:
- a pin fastener including a head and a shaft extending therefrom;
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- a pin receiver having an aperture in a first end thereof to slidably receive the shaft portion of the pin fastener and means for releasably engaging the shaft in said received position.
Connecting hardware for furniture parts comprising:
- a pin fastener assembly including:
- a pin fastener having a head and a shaft extending therefrom;
- a fastener body with a channel therein, said pin fastener being received in said channel and slidable between an engaged position wherein said shaft extends outwardly from said channel and a disengaged position wherein said shaft is retracted within the channel;
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- a pin receiver having an aperture in a first end thereof to slidably receive the shaft portion of the pin fastener and means for releasably engaging the shaft in said received position, including;
- a shell within said pin receiver adjacent said aperture;
- a plurality of spheres arranged within said shell in a circular array;
- a spring to bias said spheres towards said first end, said spheres configured and arranged to receive and retain said shaft therebetween when said shaft is slidably received in said aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.