Connector for knock-down cabinet
OwnerDavid L. Collierinventor
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Abstract
A base member is secured to one of a pair of cabinet panels to be connected together, and a locking member carried slidably by the base member is movable from a retracted position rearwardly of the front side of the base member to an extended position in which it extends forwardly beyond said front side into a locking opening provided in the other of the pair of cabinet panels, the panel to which the base member is secured being provided with an abutment surface spaced from the front side of the base member sufficiently to receive between them the portion of the other panel provided with the locking opening, whereby the extended locking member enters the locking opening and connects the panels together.
Claims16
In combination with a pair of panels to be connected together, wherein one of the panels is provided with an abutment surface for the other panel, a panel connector comprising:
- (a) a base member having a front side,
- (b) a locking member mounted on the base member for movement between a retracted position rearwardly of said front side and an extended position projecting forwardly of said front side, and
- (c) securing means for securing the base member to said one panel with the front side of the base member facing but spaced from said abutment surface for reception of said other panel therebetween, and with the locking member located outwardly of the profile of said one panel,
- (d) said other panel having a locking opening therein registering with the locking member for removable reception of the latter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.