Telescopically and circumferentially adjustable brace

A universal brace for use in bracing a wide variety of members, such as corner joints of furniture and the like, comprising:

• an elongate, longitudinally extending, body member comprising two sections of high impact plastic defining a hollow square configuration in cross-section and having pairs of opposing walls and in which at least a portion of one of said sections is slidably telescopically contained within the other of said sections for adjustable extension and contraction of the overall length of said body member;
• a row of transversely extending apertures formed through each of said walls of each of said sections for providing access passageways therethrough disposed at approximately 90.degree. with respect to each other and being positioned for respective alignment of said apertures of one section with said apertures of said other section to provide transverse passageways through opposing and adjacent side walls of each of said sections by adjusting the relative telescopic positions of said sections,
• a body locking pin for removable insertion through a desired set of said aligned apertures and passageways for locking said sections of said body member in desired adjusted lengths;
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• means on the outer ends of each of said sections of said body member for contacting the members to be braced;
• whereby, said brace may be linearly adjusted lengthwise and said sections of said body member may be disengaged and one of said sections rotated in 90.degree. increments and again engaged telescopically with the other of said section for versatility in desired placement of said contacting means on the outer ends of said sections of said body member and versatility in use of said brace.

A universal brace for use in bracing a wide variety of members, such as corner joints of furniture and the like, comprising:

• an elongate, longitudinally extending, body member comprising two sections of high impact plastic defining a hollow rectangular configuration in cross-section having pairs of opposing walls and in which at least a portion of one of said sections is slidably telescopically contained within the other of said sections for adjustable extension and contraction of the overall length of said body member;
• a row of transversely extending apertures formed through each of said walls of each of said sections for providing access passageways therethrough disposed at approximately 90.degree. with respect to each other and being positioned for respective alignment of said apertures of one section with said apertures of said other section to provide transverse passageways through opposing and adjacent side walls of each of said sections by adjusting the relative telescopic positions of said sections, said apertures comprising spaced slots formed in one pair of opposing side walls of each of said sections and extending from one side edge of said wall inwardly to a centered, semi-circular inner end with every other of said slots being oriented in the opposite direction, and circular openings formed in the other pair of opposing side walls of each of said sections, so that aligned apertures in opposing and adjacent side walls of each of said sections will form a centered circular aperture through said body member;
• a body locking pin for removable insertion through a desired set of said aligned apertures and passageways for locking said sections of said body member in desired adjusted length;
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• a pad member associated with the outer end of each of said sections of said body member and having a base surface for contacting the members to be braced and including means pivotally mounting each of said pad members on the outer end of said respective section of said body member so that each of said pad members may be pivoted to place said base surface into contact with the respective members to be braced;
• whereby, said brace may be linearly adjusted lengthwise and said sections of said body member may be disengaged and one of said sections rotated and again engaged telescopically with the other of said section for versatility in desired placement of said pad members and versatility in use of said brace.

A universal brace for use in bracing a wide variety of members such as corner joints of furniture and the like, said brace comprising:

• an elongate, longitudinally extending, body member comprising two sections in which at least a portion of one of said sections is slidably telescopically contained within the other of said sections for adjustable extension and contraction of the overall length of said body member and defining opposite outer ends on said body member;
• a plurality of transversely extending apertures formed through said sections for providing access passageways therethrough and being positioned for respective alignment of said apertures of said sections by adjusting the relative telescopic positions of said sections;
• a body locking pin for removable insertion through a desired set of said aligned apertures for locking said sections of said body member in the desired adjusted length;
• spaced apart, outwardly and longitudinally extending lug means formed on each of said opposite outer ends of said body member and having a transversely extending aperture through each of said lug means;
• a pad member associated with each of said opposite outer ends of said body member and having a base surface for contacting the members to be braced, spaced, inwardly extending flange members, and upstanding boss members on each of said flange members for being pivotally received within said apertures in said lug members on each of said opposite outer ends of said body member for pivotally mounting said pad members on said opposite outer ends of said body member, so that said pad members may be easily snapped into and out of engagement with said lug members on said opposite outer ends of said body member.

A universal brace for use in bracing a wide variety of members, such as corner joints of furniture and the like, comprising:

• an elongate, longitudinally extending, body member comprising two sections in which at least a portion of one of said sections is slidably telescopically contained in the other of said sections for adjustable extension and contraction of the overall length of said body member;
• a plurality of transversely extending apertures formed through each of said sections for providing access passageways therethrough and being positioned for respective alignment of said apertures of said one section with said apertures of said other section by adjusting the respective telescopic postions of said sections;
• a body locking pin for removable insertion through a desired set of said aligned apertures for locking said sections of said body member in desired adjusted length;
• one of said sections of said body member comprising an elongate structure of generally rectangular configuration in cross-section having pairs of opposing side walls, and said apertures in said one of said sections comprising spaced slots formed in one pair of said opposing side walls, each of said slots extending from one edge of said wall inwardly to a centered semi-circular end and every other of said slots being oriented in the opposite direction for providing a centered circular aperture through said section for receiving said body locking pin;
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• means on the other ends of each of said sections of said body member for contacting the members to be braced.