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AssigneeCidinge Limited
InventorsRobert de la Haye, John A Matthews, Malcolm J. Potton, Steven P. Cook
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Abstract
Coupling means, for example for use in the furniture industry, comprises a body member having a threaded opening which communicates with an internal cavity; an elongate headed member, a shank portion of which is receivable through a slot formed in the side of the body member with its head retained within the cavity; and a threaded member receivable in the threaded opening and adapted to bear against the head of the headed member. The interior of the cavity is so shaped that tightening of the threaded member in the opening is arranged to draw the shank of the headed member further through the slot into the interior of the cavity.
Claims9
Coupling means, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical hollow body member adapted for axial sliding reception in a corresponding cylindrical bore of a structural member, the body member having an internal surface defining an internal cavity of said body member, an axial end face in which is defined a threaded opening which communicates with and terminates at said internal cavity and a cylindrical side wall in which is formed a through bore slot communicating with said cavity, said slot extending to said axial end face and to said threaded opening;
- an elongate headed member having a shank portion of diameter substantially less than the head of the headed member which shank portion is receivable in said slot with the head of said elongate headed member retained within said cavity beyond said slot;
- and a threaded member receivable in said threaded opening and adapted to bear against the head of said headed member the interior of said cavity being so shaped that axial threaded tightening insertion of said threaded member in said opening is arranged to draw the shank of said headed member further through said slot into the interior of the cavity.
Coupling means for connecting a first panel to a second panel at right angles, said means comprising:
- two sets of coupling means, one for each panel, and an elongate connecting block;
- each said coupling means comprising:
- a hollow body member having an internal surface defining an internal cavity of said body member, an end face in which is defined a threaded opening which communicates with said interanl cavity and a side wall in which is formed a through slot;
- an elongate headed member having a shank portion which is receivable through said slot with the head of said elongate headed member retained within said cavity;
- and a threaded member receivable in said threaded opening and adapted to bear against the head of said headed member, the interior of said cavity being so shaped that tightening of said threaded member in said opening is arranged to draw the shank of said headed member further through said slot into the interior of the cavity;
- the end of each headed member remote from its head being threaded, and the connecting block being provided with threaded bores at right angles to each other for receiving the threaded ends of the headed members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.