Connection mechanism for a bench having slats
OwnerPatrick Lininventor
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Abstract
A connecting device for a bench or a chair having multiple hollow slats includes an inner piece slidably received in a corresponding one of the slats and having a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment respectively defined in the inner piece and separated by baffles in the inner piece. A plug is detachably connected to the inner piece and has a seat integrally formed with the plug and having a through hole with a first step and a second step formed on an inner surface defining the through hole. A bolt-nut combination has a bolt to extend through a bottom face of a corresponding one of the slats, the inner piece and into the through hole in the seat and a nut received in the second step to be threadingly connected to the bolt.
Claims7
A connecting device for a bench or a chair having multiple hollow slats combined by at least two connecting pieces respectively fitted on opposite ends of the slats, the connecting device comprising:
- an inner piece slidably received in a corresponding one of the slats and having a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment respectively defined in the inner piece and separated by baffles in the inner piece;
- a plug detachably connected to the inner piece and having a seat integrally formed with the plug and having a through hole with a first step and a second step formed on an inner surface defining the through hole;
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- a bolt-nut combination having a bolt to extend through a bottom face of a corresponding one of the slats, the inner piece and into the through hole in the seat and a nut received in the second step to be threadingly connected to the bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.