Knockdown put-together article of furniture
OwnerRaymond Pfeifer, Roger Ringgerinventors
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A knockdown, put-together article of furniture, such as a dresser, cabinet, desk and the like, in which the parts can be packaged and shipped in a knocked-down disassembled condition and readily assembled by the use of U-shaped wire interlocking members. The spaced sides each have adjacent the upper end, oppositely facing horizontal grooves which cooperate with spaced inwardly facing grooves formed in a channel on the underside of a top. A u-shaped interlocking pin is inserted into said cooperating grooves to interlock the top to the sides. The sides have means for slidably supporting a drawer. The sides have a horizontal channel with spaced inwardly facing grooves which cooperate with oppositely positioned horizontal grooves adjacent the sides of the bottom. The last mentioned grooves being interlocked by a U-shaped wire interlocking member to secure the bottom to the sides. The sides, top and bottom have channels for securing a back or rear wall in a locked position.
A knockdown, put-together article of furniture comprising a pair of spaced side members and a top, each of said spaced side members having a horizontally extending groove adjacent the upper end thereof and on each of the opposite sides of each said side members, said grooves extending substantially from the front to the rear of the side members, said top having an inwardly or downwardly facing channel adjacent the side edges thereof to receive the upper end of said side member, each said channel having spaced opposite sides, said top inwardly facing channels each having a longitudinal groove on each of the spaced opposite sides which grooves extend substantially from the front to the rear of the top and align and cooperate with the grooves in the side member when the upper end of a said side member is positioned within said channel to form at least four cooperating and aligned grooves, a U-shaped non-threaded integrally formed interlocking member having spaced generally parallel sides of a length to extend substantially the length of the cooperating grooves and a connecting end portion with said spaced parallel sides of said interlocking member slidably insertable into said cooperating grooves to simultaneously engage said four cooperating grooves to interlock the top to said side members and with said connecting end portions engaging the end of said side member to limit the insertion of said U-shaped interlocking member each of the side members having a horizontally extending, inwardly facing channel and inwardly facing grooves in said channel, a bottom having its opposite ends secured in said horizontal channel, said bottom having cooperating grooves which are aligned with the grooves in the side channel and a U-shaped interlocking member insertable into said cooperating grooves to lock said bottom to said sides.
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