Furniture
AssigneeThe Otto Gerdau Co.
InventorL. David Ballard
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Abstract
An article of furniture which is capable of being assembled from two or more component parts. Adjacent component parts of the article are held together along adjacent sides by the engagement of a spigot on one part in a socket in the other part, the spigot extending in a direction generally parallel to the said adjacent sides, and by further connecting means spaced from the spigot and socket.
Claims3
An article of furniture constituted by a plurality of separate interrelated frame component members configured for being interconnected in adjacent relationship to achieve an assembled condition of said article of furniture, characterized by each of said frame component members comprising a tubular component, means associated with at least one of said frame component members for defining a spigot, and means associated with at least one other of said frame component members for defining a corresponding spigot-receiving aperture for slidably receiving said spigot in fitted, telescoping relationship, said spigot and spigot-receiving aperture being oriented and presented for mutual telescoping interrelationship to position said interrelated component members in joined adjacent condition, and securement means associated with each of said frame component members, separate from said spigot and spigot-receiving aperture, for interengaging said frame component members to secure and maintain said mutual telescoping interrelationship and for maintaining said frame component members in assembled relationship in correct relative orientation, a first one of said frame members having a lower extremity including means presenting said spigot, the other of said frame members defining a spigot-receiving aperture for being seated upon said spigot, said first frame member being defined by an elbow-shaped tubular structure defining a corner, a plate extending from said corner and having said spigot extending upward from the corner remote end of said plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.