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US 8,282,307 B1Granted
Furniture joinery
AssigneeAudubon Block Company
InventorMichael T. Brown
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Abstract
A furniture joinery, comprises a slide rail and a slide block. The slide block includes a cut extending therethrough. The slide block receives a fastener and when the fastener passes through the cut, slides on the slide block become misaligned in the slide rail thus retaining the slide block therein.
Claims19
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;
- said slide block having a plurality of slides engaging said plurality of grooves of 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;
- at least one fastener aperture passing through said slide block from said long surface toward said short surface;
- said slide block having a cut extending into said slide block, said cut partially separating a first portion of said block from a second portion, said cut passing through said at least one fastener aperture;
- at least one fastener passing from said first portion to and engaging with said second portion and wherein actuation of said at least one fastener causes pivoting at a closed end of said cut and frictional engagement of said slides with said grooves of said slide rail.
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A furniture joinery, comprising:
- a slide block having a substantially trapezoidal shape including an upper surface, a lower surface, a short side and a long side each extending between said upper and lower surfaces, said short side and said long side being substantially parallel, and two angled side surfaces extending between said short side and said long side;
- at least one slide disposed along each of said side surfaces;
- at least one cut passing partially through said slide block and defining a first portion of said slide block, a second portion of said slide block and a pivot, said at least one cut passing through said at least one slide;
- a fastener extending through one of said first portion and said second portion of said slide block across said at least one cut to the other of said first portion and said second portion of said slide block, wherein rotation of said fastener causes pivoting of one of said first and second portions of said slide block;
- said slides having a first aligned position and a second misaligned position, said misaligned position caused by said extending of said fastener through said one of said first portion and said second portion of said slide block to the other of said first portion and said second portion of said slide block.
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A furniture joinery, comprising:
- a slide block having a first angled side surface and a second angled side surface, a top surface and a bottom surface extending between said first and second angled sides, and a plurality of slides extending along said first and second angled side surfaces;
- a cut extending partially through said slide block and defining a first portion and a second portion, a material of said slide block adjacent said cut defining a pivot;
- a fastener aperture extending through said slide block and from said first portion to said second portion, said cut intersecting said fastener aperture;
- a fastener extending through said fastener aperture and engaging said first portion and said second portion, wherein movement of said fastener causes pivoting at said pivot and further causes misalignment of said plurality of slides between said first portion and said second portion of said slide block.
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