Indented female blow-molded connector and male connector and method

A method of making a stool comprising:

• blow molding a seat having a load side and a leg side,
• forming at least one indented female blow-molded connector in the leg side,
• blow molding a leg having a first end and a second end and forming a male connector that extends from the first end and forming a contact surface at the second end,
• forming ridges and groves in the leg and extending the ridges and grooves longitudinally between the first end and the second and providing the leg with a protrusion and a stop such that the stop is positioned between the protrusion and the second end,
• blow molding a brace and defining a brace opening in the brace,
• providing the brace with an insertion side and an exit side,
• moving the first end of the leg through the insertion side of the brace and brace opening until the protrusion contacts the brace and the stop for preventing the first end of the leg from being inserted through the exit side of the brace,
• providing the indented female connector with a first wall having a top surface and a thickness such that the first wall surrounds an opening, and providing at least one inner wall such that the at least one inner wall extends substantially perpendicular to the first wall and bordering the opening, and
• providing at least one rib formed in the inner wall, and providing a bottom wall and joining the bottom wall to the inner wall and providing a distance from the rib to the top surface to be greater than the thickness of the first wall, such that when the male connector is received in the indented female connector the male connector and the at least one rib interlock to join the leg and the seat.

A stool comprising:

• a) a seat having an indented female-blow molded connector having an upper surface,
• b) a corrugated leg having a female connector joined to the indented female blow molded connector,
• c) a brace having an insertion side and exit side and having an opening defined by a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface, and wherein each of the first surface and second surface have a wedge portion and the third surface and the fourth surface are substantially planar, and each of the wedge portions extends into the opening in the brace and each of wedge portions has a greatest thickness at the exit side of the brace and taper in a direction toward the insertion side of the brace, and the wedge portions for causing the leg to move in a direction away from the brace such that leg slopes away from the seat, and wherein the opening is for receiving the corrugated leg and the male connector is joined to the indented female blow-molded connector, and
• d) wherein the upper surface is sloped between about ten and fifteen degrees.