Furniture frame joint

• US 4,030,846 A
• Filed: 06/09/1976
• Issued: 06/21/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Reinhard-Heinrich Flototto
• Original Assignee: Reinhard-Heinrich Flototto
• Inventors: Flototto, Reinhard-Heinrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Shedd, Wayne L.
• Application Number:
  US05/694,357
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 403/231, 403/286, 403/341, 403/401, 403/402, 52/753 F, 52/753 C, 52/753 D, 52/753 R, 52/758 H, 52/656, 52/475
• US Class Current: 403/231
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/24 using separate pins, dowels, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/46 Non-metal corner connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/65 Miter joints
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/4602 Corner joint

Abstract

A knock-down sectional furniture frame incorporating two frame members and a coupling for fixing the two frame members together with the end of one member abutting the side of the other member. The coupling comprises a metal fitting which fits in the angle between the two members and which is rigidly fixed to a connector element that is insertable into a transverse bore in the one member. One bolt extends transversely through the other member and into an aligned bore in the end of the one member and engages the connector element. Another bolt extends transversely through the other member and engages with the metal fitting at a position spaced from the one member.

Claims

1. In a knock-down sectional furniture frame incorporating first and second frame members and a coupling for fixing said frame members together with the end of said first member abutting the side of the said second member, the improved coupling which comprises a first transverse bore into said first member, a longitudinal bore extending from said end of said first member and intersecting said first transverse bore, a second transverse bore in said second member in alignment in said longitudinal bore in said first member, a third transverse bore in said second member spaced from said second transverse bore, a metal fitting adapted to fit in the angle between said members, a connector element rigidly fixed to said metal fitting and adapted to be inserted into said first transverse bore, a connector piece insertable through said second transverse bore and said longitudinal bore and engageable with said connector element, and a fixing element in said third transverse bore and engageable with said metal fitting.

2. A frame according to claim 1, wherein said connector element is formed in one piece with said metal fitting.

3. A frame according to claim 1, wherein said metal fitting is of angular shape with two arms running at right angles to one another for engagement with the sides of said two members.

4. A frame according to claim 1, wherein said second transverse bore extends right through said second member and said connector piece is a bolt having a head and a screw threaded shank engageable with a tapped hole in said connector element.

5. A frame according to claim 1, wherein said third transverse bore extends right through said second member and said fixing element is a bolt having a head and a screw threaded shank engageable with a tapped hole in said metal fitting.

6. A frame according to claim 5, wherein said tapped hole in said metal fitting continues into an annular bead formed on a face of said fitting adjacent to said second member.

7. A frame according to claim 1, wherein said connector element and said metal fitting are adapted to engage said connector piece and said fixing element respectively at alternative positions which are spaced in the longitudinal direction of said second member.

8. A frame according to claim 7, wherein said second transverse bore extends right through said second member and said connector piece is a bolt having a head and a screw threaded shank optionally engageable in one of two tapped holes in said connector element, and wherein said third transverse bore extends right through said second member and said fixing element is a bolt having a head and a screw threaded shank optionally engageable with one of two tapped holes in said metal fitting.

9. A frame according to claim 8, wherein said metal fitting is of angular shape having a first longer arm provided with said two tapped holes and adapted for engagement with said side of said second member, and a second shorter arm carrying said connector element.

10. A frame according to claim 7, incorporating a further member and a similar coupling for fixing the end of said further member abutting another side of said second member and extending at an angle to said first member, said second transverse bores for said two couplings being offset in the longitudinal direction of said second member, and said third transverse bores for said two couplings being offset in the longitudinal direction of said second member.

11. A frame according to claim 1, wherein said members are formed with longitudinal grooves adapted to receive a flat element.