An article of furniture having a first panel and a second panel which are coupled together with the aid of a coupling arrangement, the coupling arrangement comprising:
- a first coupling panel in which a first guide track and a second guide track are arranged, the first coupling panel comprising a first edge and an adjoining second edge substantially perpendicular thereto and defining a corner therebetween;
- a second coupling panel on which a first guide pin and a second guide pin are arranged;
- the first guide pin sized and shaped to be inserted into and movably retained in the first guide track;
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- the second guide pin sized and shaped to be inserted into and movably retained in the second guide track;
- wherein the first guide track includes a straight path positioned along a bisecting line of the corner of the first coupling panel, the first guide track having a starting point and an end point;
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- wherein the second guide track includes:
- a first straight section which is arranged substantially parallel to the first guide track, the first straight section having a first end defining a starting point of the second guide track and a second end;
- a circle section having a circle center and first and second ends, the first end of the circle section continuous with the second end of the first straight section;
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- a second straight section which extends substantially parallel to the first guide track, the second straight section having a first end and a second end defining an end point of the second guide track, the first end of the second straight section continuous with the second end of the circle section;
- wherein the circle center of the circle section is located at the end point of the the first guide track, and the circle section is shorter than the first straight section and the second straight section;
- wherein the starting point of the first guide track and the starting point of the second guide track are aligned substantially parallel to the first edge of the first coupling panel, and the starting point of the first guide track and the end point of the second guide track are aligned substantially parallel to the second edge of the first coupling panel;
- wherein the first and second guide tracks do not bifurcate;
- wherein the configuration of the first guide track and the second guide track permits the first guide pin and the second guide pin to be sequentially translated in a fixed manner with respect to one another:
- through a first translation where the first guide pin is guided from the starting point of the first guide track to the end point of the first guide track while the second guide pin is guided from the starting point of the second guide track along the first straight section;
- through a rotation where the second guide pin runs along the circle section as the first guide pin remains in a fixed position at the end point of the first guide track such that the two panels are rotated 90° with respect to one another;
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- through a second translation where the first guide pin is guided from the end point of the first guide track to the starting point of the first guide track while the second guide pin is guided along the second straight section to the end point of the second guide track.