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US 2018/0223887 A1Published application
Apparatus for Retractable, Tool-less Connector
OwnerTimothy Harold Webbinventor
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This is an arrangement for a tool-less locking connector to secure relative motion between two or more structural, elements. The connector comprises a user interface that can be toggled between at least two positions including a retracted and an engaged position. The interface may be a button, thumb wheel, slider, twist knob, or any other structure that can be manipulated without the use of tools. The connector will also have a locking element which is controlled by the user interface. There will be at least two structural elements that this connector will be used to lock together. One of these structural elements will have a male fitting and another will have a female fitting. When the locking element of the connector is toggled to the retracted position, the structural element with the male fitting can move independently from the structural element with the female fitting.
1) A device for connecting two or more modular structural elements comprising a user interface that can be toggled from a locked position to disengaged position without the need for tools in addition to a retractable locking element which is controlled by the user interface.
7) Structural elements that are assembled comprising at least one mortise and tenon joint with a locking mechanism that can be manipulated by the user by applying a similar force with a similar vector to toggle between both the engaged and the retracted position of the locking element.
8) Pieces of a furniture assembly comprising a male element and a female element, and a retractable locking connector which can be toggled to/from an engaged/retracted position without the use of tools, and is adhered within either the female or male structural element.
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