Connection between two elements

A connector which tightly and adjustably fastening together first and second directly-abutting elements of wooden furniture, comprising a substantially straight rod having first and second transverse bores therethrough, one portion including the first transverse bore extending into a first passage in the first element, and another portion including the second transverse bore extending into a second passage in the second element;

• a cross rod extending through a cross passage in the first element with one end passing into the first transverse bore, thereby retaining the rod in position in the first passage;
• a cross pin having an eccentric rotatably received in a cross passage in the second element, the pin extending to the second transverse bore of the rod;
• the cross rod and the cross pin locking the rod into a position fastening the first and second elements together, and the cross pin and eccentric drawing the first and second elements tightly together in an engagement that is adjustable according to the rotated position of the eccentric in the cross passage.