Joint structure for furniture
AssigneeFurniture of America, Inc.
InventorLei Yang
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Abstract
A furniture includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member and a joint structure. The first connecting member has a distal end portion, a proximate end portion and a securing surface formed on the proximate end portion. The second connecting member has a coupling surface and a connecting slot formed on the coupling surface, wherein the connecting slot has a size which is substantially the same as that of the proximate end portion of the first connecting member. The joint structure is provided on the first connecting member and the second connecting member, in such a manner that when the proximate end portion of the first connecting member is inserted into the connecting slot of the second connecting member for substantially withstanding a load applied on the distal end portion of the first connecting member.
Claims16
A furniture frame, comprising:
- a first connecting member, which is a solid furniture beam, having a solid distal end portion, a proximate end portion, a biasing surface formed on said proximate end portion, and a side surface defined on a side of said first connecting member;
- a second connecting member, which is also a solid furniture beam, having a coupling surface and a connecting slot formed on said coupling surface, wherein said proximate end portion of said first connecting member is slidably inserted into said connecting slot of said second connecting member at a position that said biasing surface of said first connecting member is biased against an inner wall of said connecting slot of said second connecting member, such that said first connecting member is perpendicularly extended from said second connecting member;
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- a joint structure which contains at least one coupling slot indently formed on said side surface of said first connecting member and at least one interlocking hole longitudinally extended from a front side of said proximate end portion to a side wall of said coupling slot to communicate with said coupling slot, wherein said joint structure further comprises at least one connecting shaft extended through said second connecting member to said connecting slot thereof, and at least one interlocking device received in said coupling slot from said side surface of said first connecting member, wherein said connecting shaft is extended from said second connecting member to slidably penetrate through said proximate end portion via said interlocking hole and to rotatably couple with said interlocking device within said coupling slot at said first connecting member, so as to detachably lock up said first connecting member with said second connecting member.
A furniture, comprising:
- a plurality of first furniture frames, wherein each of said first furniture frames is a solid furniture beam and has a solid distal end portion, a proximate end portion, a biasing surface formed on said proximate end portion, and a side surface formed on a side of said first furniture frame;
- a plurality of second furniture frames, wherein each of said second furniture frames is also a solid furniture beam and has a coupling surface and a connecting slot formed on said coupling surface, wherein said proximate end portion of each of said first furniture frames is slidably inserted into said connecting slot of said second furniture frame at a position that said biasing surface of said first furniture frame is biased against an inner wall of said connecting slot of said second furniture frame, such that said first furniture frame is perpendicularly extended from said second furniture frame;
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- a joint structure which contains at least one coupling slot indently formed on said side surface of each of said first furniture frames and at least one interlocking hole longitudinally extended from a front side of said proximate end portion to a side wall of said coupling slot to communicate with said coupling slot, wherein said joint structure further comprises at least one connecting shaft extended through said second furniture frame to said connecting slot thereof, and at least one interlocking device received in said coupling slot from said side surface of said first furniture frame, wherein said connecting shaft is extended from said second furniture frame to slidably penetrate through said proximate end portion via said interlocking hole and to rotatably couple with said interlocking device within said coupling slot at said first furniture frame, so as to detachably lock up said first furniture frame with said second furniture frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.