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US 4,058,871 AGranted
Hinge assembly for knock down furniture
OwnerTakeshi Shimizuinventor
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Abstract
An assembly of components into a knock-down furniture structure is effected by using a plurality of mechanical coupling means so that each pair of abutting components are connected together in a surface abutting relationship. Each coupling means has its one unthreaded cylindrical portion residing in a complementary shaped hole obliquely provided in the abutting surface of one component and another unthreaded cylindrical portion residing in a complementary shaped hole obliquely provided in the abutting surface of another component.
Claims3
A hinge for knock-down furniture, comprising:
- at least two base blocks, at least one first base block associated with a stationary portion of said furniture and at least one second base block associated with a movable portion of said furniture;
- hinge pin means between said base blocks for pivotally joining said base blocks;
- at least one first tenon member obliquely extending from said first base block into said stationary furniture portion;
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- at least one second tenon member obliquely extending from said second base block into said movable furniture portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.