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US 8,573,880 B2Granted
Fitting suite
AssigneeJohnson Chen
InventorJohnson Chen
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Abstract
A fitting suite for connecting a first board and a second board includes a wedge and at least one fitting. The fitting has a locking pin coupled with the first board and a fitting head spaced from the first board. The wedge has a mounting coupled with the second board and a fork spaced from the second board. The fork is detachably secured with the fitting. Thus, the fitting head is clamped by the fork and the second board, and the fork is clamped by the fitting head and the first board.
Claims20
A fitting suite for connecting a first board and a second board, comprising:
- a fitting having a locking pin coupled with the first board and a fitting head spaced from the first board;
- a fastening member having a head and a generally cylindrical fastening body;
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- a wedge having a mounting coupled with the second board and a fork spaced from the second board, wherein the fork is detachably secured with the fitting head touched by the fork and the second board and the fork touched by the fitting head and the first board, wherein the fitting head exerts friction on both of the fork and the second board, wherein the fork exerts friction on both of the fitting head and the first board, wherein the mounting has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and at least one receiving room extending between the first and second surfaces to receive the generally cylindrical fastening body of the fastening member and to accommodate the fastening body of the fastening member fastened onto the second board, with the head of the fastening member being blocked by the mounting;
- and wherein cross sections of the receiving room parallel to the first surface are greater in diametric extent than cross sections of the body of the fastening member parallel to the cross sections of the receiving room parallel to the first surface and are smaller in diametric extent than the cross section of the head of the fastening member parallel to the cross section of the receiving room parallel to the first surface when the body of the fastening member is fastened onto the second board, with the diametric extent of the cross sections of the receiving room parallel to the first surface increasing between the first and second surfaces such that the receiving room has an enclosed space between the head, fastening body and mounting containing and restricting generated saw dust.
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