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US 6,675,979 B2Granted
Furniture assembly system
OwnerGregory Albert Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A furniture assembly system utilizes upright members having a pair of protruding hook portions that cooperate with a similar pair of hook portions of another upright member and mutually interconnect through slots in a shelf to hold the shelf in place. A plug inserts into an aperture formed by the interconnecting hook portions to hold the upright members in place and secondarily to provide further support to the shelf.
Claims14
A free standing shelf assembly system, comprising:
- a first shelf having top and bottom opposing planar surfaces, two opposing ends;
- and at least one slot proximate each end;
- a foot member positioned at each end of the first shelf along a plane approximately perpendicular to the first shelf and aligned with the respective at least one slot, having opposing planar surfaces and a top surface to engage the bottom surface of the first shelf, and having at least one lower hook portion extending through the respective at least one slot;
- a side member positioned at each end of the first shelf and having opposing planar surfaces aligned with those of the respective foot member, wherein the side member has a bottom surface to engage the top surface of the first shelf and at least one upper hook portion extending through the respective at least one slot to mutually interconnect with the respective lower hook portion of the foot member, whereby an aperture is formed;
- a plug positioned in each aperture to hold the respective foot member and side member in place.
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A joint construction and arrangement, comprising:
- separable first, second, and third planar, joined members, each member having opposing planar surfaces, wherein the planar surfaces of the second and third members are aligned with each other along a plane approximately perpendicular to the first member, wherein the first member has at least one slot therethrough aligned with the second and third members, wherein the second and third members respectively engage opposite surfaces of the first member and each second and third member has a hook portion extending through the at least one slot to engage the hook portion of the other second and third member in a mutually interconnecting manner to form an aperture;
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- a plug positioned in the aperture to hold the second and third members in place.
A joint construction and arrangement, comprising:
- separable first, second, and third planar, joined members, each member having opposing planar surfaces, wherein the planar surfaces of the second and third members are aligned with each other along a plane approximately perpendicular to the first member, wherein the first member has at least one slot therethrough aligned with the second and third members, wherein the second and third members respectively engage opposite surfaces of the first member and each second and third member extends through the at least one slot to engage the other second and third member in a mutually interconnecting manner to form an aperture;
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- a plug positioned in the aperture to hold the second and third members in place.
A joint construction and arrangement, comprising:
- separable first, second, and third planar, joined members, each member having opposing planar surfaces, wherein the planar surfaces of the second and third members are aligned with each other along a plane approximately perpendicular to the first member, wherein the first member has at least one slot therethrough aligned with the second and third members, wherein the second and third members respectively engage opposite surfaces of the first member and together have a means extending through the at least one slot for engaging each other in a mutually interconnecting manner;
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- a means for holding the second and third members in place.
A method for assembling a joint used in assembling furniture, comprising:
- (a) providing a first planar member having opposing planar surfaces and having at least one slot therethrough;
- (b) providing a second planar member and a third planar member, each having opposing planar surfaces and a hook portion;
- (c) aligning the planar surfaces of the second and third members with each other along a plane approximately perpendicular to the first member and with the at least one slot;
- (d) engaging opposite surfaces of the first member with the second and third members;
- (e) extending the hook portion of each the second and the third members through the at least one slot to engage the hook portion of the other in a mutually interconnecting manner;
- (f) providing a plug to hold the second and third members in place;
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- (g) inserting the plug between the hook portions of the second and third members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.