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US 7,677,830 B1Granted
Furniture joinery
OwnerMichael T. Browninventor
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Abstract
A furniture joinery comprises a slide rail having a plurality of grooves, at least one slide block slidably disposed in the slide rail, the slide block having a plurality of slides for engaging the slide rail, at least one of the plurality of slides having a neck and a head, the grooves receiving the neck therein.
Claims13
A furniture joinery, comprising:
- a slide rail having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of grooves extending substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis;
- at least one substantially trapezoidal-shaped slide block having a short surface and a long surface parallel to said short surface, said slide block slidably disposed in said slide rail for movement substantially along said longitudinal axis only;
- said slide block having a plurality of slides engaging said slide rail, at least one of said plurality of slides having a substantially T-shaped cross-section, said slides having a leading surface extending from said short surface at an angle to said longitudinal axis;
- and,
- said substantially T-shaped cross-section having a neck and a head, said grooves receiving said neck therein and said head inhibiting removal of said slide block by a force perpendicular to a slide motion along said slide rail;
- a slot extending through said slide rail and receiving an insert, said insert engaged by at least one of said leading surfaces of said plurality of slides.
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A furniture joinery assembly, comprising:
- a slide rail having a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves along a surface of said slide rail;
- at least one substantially trapezoidal-shaped slide block slidably disposed in said slide rail for movement in a substantially longitudinal direction only, said slide block having a short surface and a long surface substantially parallel to said short surface;
- said slide block having a plurality of slides for engaging said slide rail, said slides having a leading surface extending coplanar with said short surface;
- at least one of said plurality of slides having a neck and a head having a dimension greater than a dimension of said neck, at least one of said grooves receiving said neck therein;
- a slot extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal direction and through said plurality of grooves near ends of said slide rail;
- and,
- an insert positioned within said slot and engaged by said leading surfaces of said plurality of slides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.