Bracket and method of making it
AssigneeModular Merchants, Inc. dba Gardens to Gro
InventorLisa R. Singer
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Abstract
There is disclosed a bracket for joining together a pair of pieces of wood at right angles, and a method of making the bracket from a single blank. The bracket includes a pair of upstanding flanges being integrally connected to one another, and having horizontal flanges connected at right angles to the upstanding flanges. A pair of retainers are integrally connected at right angles to the horizontal flanges. A pair of retainers are integrally connected at right angles to the horizontal flanges and are generally parallel to and spaced from the upstanding flanges.
Claims14
A bracket for joining pieces of wood, comprising:
- a pair of upstanding flanges for being fastened to a pair of the pieces of wood;
- a pair of horizontal flanges integrally connected to the pair of upstanding flanges and adjacent to the bottom edge of the one piece of wood;
- a pair of upstanding retainers integrally connected to the horizontal flanges and spaced from the upstanding flange for receiving the one piece of wood therebetween,
- wherein the horizontal flanges are each shaped for joining together the end of the one piece of wood and the end of at least one other piece of wood, and the upstanding flanges are adapted to secure the ends of the at least two pieces of wood;
- the horizontal flanges each extending substantially along the entire bottom edge of its upstanding flange;
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- the retainers each extending substantially along the entire bottom edge of its upstanding flange.
A bracket for joining at least three pieces of wood, comprising:
- at least one upstanding flange for being fastened to a face of one of the pieces of wood;
- a horizontal flange integrally connected to the at least one upstanding flange and adjacent to the bottom edge of the one piece of wood, and
- a retainer integrally connected to the horizontal flange and spaced from the upstanding flange for receiving the one piece of wood therebetween,
- wherein the horizontal flange is T-shaped for joining together the ends of the three pieces of wood, and the upstanding flange is adapted to secure the ends of the three pieces of wood.
A method of making a bracket having a pair of upstanding flanges, a horizontal flange, and a pair of upstanding retainers, comprising:
- providing a generally rectangular perforated blank;
- cutting out a generally V-shaped cut out portion of one end of the blank;
- folding at right angles a pair of retainers;
- folding at right angles to the unfolded portion of the blank, a pair of horizontal flanges to position the retainers generally parallel to and spaced apart relative to the unfolded portion of the blank;
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- folding the previously unfolded portion of the blank at right angles to one another along a longitudinal axis of the blank to cause the pair of horizontal flanges to substantially engage one another along a diagonal line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.