Furniture Component Fastening Apparatus, Furniture System And Method Of Assembling Furniture For A Work Space

A method of assembling furniture for a work space comprising:

• providing a plurality of first elongated rails, each first elongated rail having a length that defines a longest dimension of that elongated rail,
• providing a plurality of fastening devices for interconnecting different furniture components, each fastening device comprising:
• a body at least partially defining a first channel, the first channel sized and configured to receive a portion of one of the first elongated rails, the first channel sized and configured to receive and hold a portion of the first elongated rail such that the first elongated rail is positionable in a substantially horizontal position to support at least a portion of a first work surface;
• and
• at least one of a connector assembly and an opening formed in the body,
• the connector assembly attached to the body, the connector assembly having at least one element sized and configured to attach to a second furniture component such that the second furniture component is positionable so that at least one of a length of the second furniture component and a height of the second furniture component extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first elongated rail when the first elongated rail is in the substantially horizontal position,
• the opening formed in the body being below the first channel and being sized and configured to receive a portion of a third furniture component such that the third furniture component is positionable so that at least one of a length of the third furniture component and a height of the third furniture component extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first elongated rail when the first elongated rail is in the substantially horizontal position;
• positioning the first elongated rails such that a portion of each first elongated rail is positioned in the first channel of a respective fastening device of the plurality of fastening devices;
• positioning a first work surface such that the first work surface is at least partially supported by the first elongated rails;
• attaching at least one of the second furniture component and the third furniture component to at least one of the fastening devices so that at least one of a length of the second furniture component and a height of the second furniture component, a length of the third furniture component and a height of the third furniture component extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first elongated rails.

A furniture system comprising:

• a first elongated rail of a first furniture component, the first elongated rail having a length that defines a longest dimension of the first elongated rail;
• at least one fastening device comprising:
• a body at least partially defining a first channel, the first channel sized and configured to receive an end portion of the first elongated rail, the first channel sized and configured to receive and hold the end portion of the first elongated rail such that that first elongated rail is positioned in a substantially horizontal position to support at least a portion of a first work surface;
• and
• one of a connector assembly and an opening formed in the body,
• the connector assembly attached to the body, the connector assembly having at least one element sized and configured to attach to a second furniture component such that the second furniture component is positioned so that at least one of a length of the second furniture component and a height of the second furniture component extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first elongated rail, and
• the opening formed in the body being below the first channel and being sized and configured to receive a portion of a third furniture component such that the third furniture component is positionable so that at least one of a length of the third furniture component and a height of the third furniture component extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first elongated rail;
• and
• the first work surface being at least partially supported by the first rail.