Furniture, furniture manufacturing method, and connector assembly

A connector assembly for connecting a first part to a second part, said connector assembly comprising,

• a first connector block which is rigidly mountable on the first part, a second connector block which is rigidly mountable on the second part, and a tapered pin which connects the first connector block to the second connector block;
• said first connector block including a first base plate and having at least two parallel tongues which are rigidly supported on the first base plate in spaced apart relation so that a space is provided between the tongues;
• each of the tongues having an upper surface, a lower surface, and peripheral surfaces;
• said second connector block including a second base plate and having at least one tongue which is rigidly supported on the second base plate, each said tongue of the second connector block having an upper surface, a lower surface, and peripheral surfaces;
• said second connector block having a tongue with an upper surface which is proximate to a lower surface of a tongue of the first connector block, said second connector block having a tongue with a lower surface which is proximate to an upper surface of a tongue of the first connector block;
• each of the tongues having a pin-receiving opening of truncated conical shape therein, said pin-receiving openings of the first and second connector blocks having axes which are aligned with each other and having transverse dimensions which decrease progressively from one tongue to another;
• said tapered pin extending through the pin-receiving openings and engaging the tongues to align and rigidly interconnect the first connector block and the second connector block so that movement of the connector blocks relative to each other is prevented, said tapered pin when driven through the openings bringing the axes of the openings of the first connector block into coincidence with the axis of the opening of the second connector block to align the first connector block with the second connector block, said tapered pin frictionally engaging the tongues with sufficient friction to prevent the tapered pin from moving in its axial direction.