Method of using spring loaded latch lock clamps to assemble furniture
AssigneeAbble, Inc.
InventorChang YANG
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Abstract
A method of assembling a furniture piece includes aligning a first side end with a first side of a frame, inserting a plurality of alignment pins on the first side into a plurality of alignment holes on the first side end, latching a plurality of spring-loaded latches on the first side end with a plurality of receivers on the first side of the frame, aligning a second side end with a second side of the frame, inserting a plurality of alignment pins on the second side into a plurality of alignment holes on the second side end and latching a plurality of spring-loaded latches on the second side end with a plurality of receivers on the second side of the frame.
Claims20
A furniture piece, comprising:
- a table having a tabletop and a frame;
- the frame including:
- at least two alignment pins;
- and
- at least two receivers;
- and
- a pair of side ends removably attached to opposing sides of the frame;
- each side end of the pair of side ends including:
- at least one alignment hole;
- and
- at least one spring-loaded latch;
- wherein, when the frame and the pair of side ends are in an assembled position, an alignment pin of the at least two alignment pins is insertable into a respective alignment hole of the at least two alignment holes;
- and
- a spring-loaded latch of the at least one spring-loaded latch is positioned such that the latch is secured around a receiver of the at least one receiver.
A furniture piece, comprising:
- a frame having a seat back and a seat bottom;
- the seat back and the seat bottom including:
- at least three alignment pins;
- and
- at least three receivers;
- a pair of side ends removably attached to opposing sides of the frame;
- each side end of the pair of side ends including:
- at least two alignment holes;
- and
- at least two spring-loaded latches;
- and
- a frame front surface;
- the frame front surface having:
- at least two alignment pins;
- at least one alignment hole;
- at least two receivers;
- and
- at least one spring-loaded latch;
- wherein, when the frame, the pair of side ends, and the frame front surface are in an assembled position, each alignment pin is insertable in a respective alignment hole, and each receiver is receivable in a respective spring-loaded latch.
A method of assembling a furniture piece, comprising:
- aligning a first side end with a first side of a frame;
- inserting a plurality of alignment pins on the first side into a plurality of alignment holes on the first side end;
- latching a plurality of spring-loaded latches on the first side end with a plurality of receivers on the first side of the frame;
- aligning a second side end with a second side, opposite the first side, of the frame;
- inserting a plurality of alignment pins on the second side into a plurality of alignment holes on the second side end;
- and
- latching a plurality of spring-loaded latches on the second side end with a plurality of receivers on the second side of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.