Clamping Lock
AssigneeNingbo Ego International Co., Ltd.
InventorYiquan Zhai
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Abstract
A modular furniture quick assembly system implementing toggle latches and pins to couple two adjacent structural tubes together. The toggle latch has a catch arm that engages with the pin. The pin is inserted at least partially through one or both of the adjacent structural tubes.
Claims11
A modular furniture piece comprising:
- a plurality of panels each having an internal frame and is at least partially covered by an outer covering;
- the internal frame provides structural integrity to each of said plurality of panels;
- wherein the internal frame is comprised of a structural beam;
- a plurality of couplers fastened on said internal frame to detachably couple a first structural beam to second structural beam;
- and
- wherein the first structural beam has two walls;
- wherein the second structural beam has two walls;
- wherein each of said plurality of couplers includes a toggle latch and a pin;
- wherein said toggle latch has a catch arm and a main housing, wherein the catch arm is pivotable from the main housing;
- wherein the pin is disposed through at least one wall of the first structural beam;
- wherein the pin is a rod or a bolt.
The modular furniture piece as recited in claim 3, wherein the base plate is not fixedly coupled to the first structural beam, and wherein the base plate has a base insert adapted to be received within a receiving hole of the first structural beam. The modular furniture piece as recited in claim 6 wherein the pin is disposed through the two walls of the first structural beam and through at least one wall of the second structural beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.