Fitting for connecting two vertically abutting bodies of furniture
AssigneeHafele KG
InventorGerhard Koch
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Abstract
A connection fitting for detachably securing two vertically abutting bodies of furniture to be connected to each other in their respective regions of contact. One of the two furniture bodies has attached thereto a projecting fastener bolt having a fastening head. The other piece of furniture is provided with a generally cup-shaped enclosure or casing in a cavity to accommodate a rotatably mounted tensioning member. The head of the fastener bolt is in operative connection with the tensioning member and is adapted to be drawn into the casing when the tensioning member is rotated.
Claims14
Connection fitting for disconnectibly joining two vertically abutting pieces of furniture in their region of contact, in which one furniture body is provided with a projecting fastener stud having a fastening head thereon, and the other furniture body is provided with a cup-shaped casing in a cavity enclosing rotatably mounted tensioning means, and in which the head of the fastener bolt is in operative connection with the tensioning means and is adapted to be pulled into the casing by the rotational movement of the tensioning means, characterized in that the tensioning means comprises a tensioning eccentric (40) which extends around and behind the fastening head (17) of a fastener bolt (12) by a tensioning sleeve (49) located eccentrically to the axis of rotation (44) of said eccentric, said eccentric (40) being accessible from the exposed front side of said casing (20), and said fastener bolt (12) being insertable through the side wall of said casing (20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.