Method of fabricating a chair
AssigneeKnoll, Inc.
InventorsHendrik R. van Hekken, Jason Ferguson
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Abstract
A method of making a chair includes the steps of providing at least one female fastener device. The at least one female fastener device is inserted into a substrate for attaching the at least one female fastener device to the substrate such that at least a portion of that female fastener device's body defining a channel extends into the substrate and the projections extend through the substrate such that the distal ends of the projections extend beyond a second side of the substrate that is opposite a first side of the substrate. The distal ends of the projections are bent into the second side of the substrate. At least one male fastener is inserted into the channel of the at least one female fastener device to attach a chair component to the substrate.
Claims18
A method of fabricating a chair comprising:
- providing a substrate, the substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- providing at least one female fastener device, the at least one female fastener device comprising a body, and a plurality of projections attached to the body, a portion of the body defining a channel sized and configured to receive a male fastener device, each projection of the plurality of projections having a distal end;
- inserting at least one female fastener device into the substrate for attaching the at least one female fastener device to the substrate such that at least a portion of the body defining the channel extends from the first side of the substrate into the substrate and the projections extend through the substrate such that a portion of each of the projections extend into the first side of the substrate and the distal ends of the projections extend beyond the second side of the substrate;
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- bending the distal ends of the projections into the second side of the substrate;
- inserting at least one male fastener into the channel of the at least one female fastener device to attach a chair component to the substrate, each of the at least one male fastener being inserted into the channel of a respective one of the at least one female fastener device.
A method of assembling components of an article of furniture comprising:
- providing a substrate, the substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- providing at least one female fastener device, the at least one female fastener device comprising a base portion, and a plurality of projections attached to the base portion, and a body portion attached to the base portion, the body portion extending away from the base portion, the body portion having a channel sized and configured to receive a male fastener device, each projection of the plurality of projections extending away from the base portion and having a distal end;
- inserting at least one female fastener device into the substrate for attaching the at least one female fastener device to the substrate such that the base portion of the at least one female fastener device is adjacent to the first side of the substrate, at least a portion of the body extends into the substrate, and the projections extend through the substrate such that the distal ends of the projections extend beyond the second side of the substrate;
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- bending the distal ends of the projections into the second side of the substrate;
- inserting at least one male fastener into the channel of the at least one female fastener device to attach a frame component to the substrate, each of the at least one male fastener being inserted into the channel of a respective one of the at least one female fastener device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.