Frame assembly with a flush corner appearance

A frame assembly for creating a flush corner appearance, said assembly comprising:

• a first member having at least one appearance side and at least one connecting side that extend between a first end and a second end and that define a first hollow area therebetween;
• a second member having at least one appearance side and at least one connecting side that extend between a first end and a second end;
• said connecting side of said first member defining an opening extending thereinto from said first end to define a pair of lateral flanges;
• a first connector extending from said first end of said second member;
• a first tab connected to said first connector defining a first slot for disposing said members transversely to one another with said first end of said first member disposed over said first end of said second member with said flanges extending through said slot;
• said first tab having a cross-sectional area less than said first hollow area such that said first hollow area receives said first tab and said first tab being bendable about said first connector between a straight position and a bent position to guide said first member into engagement with said second member while in said bent position.

A frame assembly for creating a flush corner appearance, said assembly comprising:

• a first tubular member having parallel appearance sides interconnected by parallel connecting sides as viewed in cross-section defining a first hollow area and extending between a first end and a second end;
• a second tubular member having a pair of parallel appearance sides interconnected by a pair of parallel connecting sides as viewed in cross-section and extending between a first end and a second end;
• said first tubular member and said second tubular member having equal cross-sections;
• one of said connecting sides of said first tubular member having an opening extending thereinto from said first end thereof to define a pair of flanges extending toward one another and outwardly from said appearance sides thereof;
• a first connector extending from said connecting side at said first end of said second member;
• a first tab connected to said first connector having a width less than a distance between said flanges to define a pair of first slots for disposing said tubular members transversely to one another with said one end of said first tubular member disposed over said hollow first end of said second tubular member with said flanges extending through said slots and said appearance sides of said first tubular member coplanar with said appearance sides of said second tubular member;
• said first tab having a cross-sectional area less than said first hollow area for receiving said first tab into said first hollow area;
• a second connector extending from another connecting side at said first end of said second member;
• a second tab connected to said second connector having a width less than said distance between said flanges to define a pair of second slots for disposing said flanges into said pair of second slots;
• said second tab for fitting snugly into said first hollow area for closing same;
• said first end of said first tubular member having a notch in said connecting side thereof opposite to said flanges;
• a projection extending from said second tab in a direction opposite to said second connector for disposition in said notch in said first end of said first tubular member for maintaining said second tab in a position to define a flush closed end of said transversely extending first tubular member;
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• a detent adjacent said flanges for engaging said hollow second tubular member for retaining said first and second tubular members engaged with one another.