Kit assembly for constructing an article of furniture

A kit assembly for constructing an article of furniture, said kit assembly comprising:

• a first plurality of elongate supports arranged in vertically extending and spaced apart fashion;
• a second plurality of elongate and horizontally extending cross members;
• first apertured means formed in said vertically extending supports for receiving opposite ends of said cross members in inserting fashion, each of said first apertured means further including a substantially rectangular cross sectional shaped aperture including first, second, third and fourth rounded comers according to a first selected radius of curvature, each of said second plurality of cross members further including a substantially rectangular cross sectional shape corresponding substantially in dimension to said cross sectional shaped first apertured means, said substantially rectangular cross sectional shape of each said horizontally extending member including first, second, third and fourth rounded corners according to a second selected and sharper radius of curvature as compared to said first selected radius of curvature and permitting cross wise insertion of said opposite ends of said cross members within said vertical supports;
• second apertured means formed in said vertically extending supports and at least in said opposite ends of said cross members, said second apertured means of said vertical supports and said horizontal cross members extending in cross wise and communicating fashion with respect to each of said first apertured means, each of said plurality of elongate supports further including a substantially square shape in cross section with a first pair of spaced apart faces and a second pair of spaced apart faces, a plurality of said first apertured means extending through said first pair of spaced apart faces and said second pair of spaced apart faces in individual alternating and longitudinally spaced fashion;
• a plurality of said second apertured means likewise extending through said second pair of spaced apart faces and said first pair of spaced apart faces in longitudinally spaced and reverse alternating fashion, each of said second apertured means formed in said vertically extending supports further including first and second spaced apart and circular cross sectional shaped apertures according to a first selected diameter and communicating opposite exterior faces of said vertical supports with an associated and cross wise extending rectangular shaped aperture;
• each of said second apertured means formed in said cross members further including a spool shaped aperture which is arranged in alignment with said associated first and second spaced apart and circular cross sectional shaped apertures in said vertically extending support, said spool shaped aperture being defined by annular ledges which extend in inwardly and angled fashion from opposite faces of said cross member, a central interior and circular shaped aperture communicating at opposite ends with said annular ledges and being according to a second selected diameter which is less than said first selected diameter of said spaced apart apertures so that said annular ledges form an inwardly angled and abutting step;
• a fastener means being engaged through each of said first apertured means in said vertical supports and said aligned second apertured means in said vertical supports and said cross members for securably engaging said selected ends of said cross members to said vertical supports, said fastener means further including a bolt having a circular cross sectional and threaded shaft and an enlarged head, said enlarged head further including a hexagonal shape with an inner cavity, a projecting end of said shaft being axially inserted within said inner cavity and adhesively affixed to said hex head, an intermediate portion separating said threaded shaft from said enlarged head and being defined by an annular and outwardly angled step which corresponds both in axial placement and in annular dimension with a selected inwardly angled step of an associated spool shaped aperture so as to provide abutting engagement between said fastener bolt and said cross member upon engagement of said bolt.