Frame assembly
First Claim
1. A frame assembly of the knock-down type including component parts comprising vertical stiles, horizontal rails and connection-disconnection means associated with each of said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails, whereby the component parts can be shipped or transported in a knock-down condition and readily assembled with a minimum of tools or no tools and free of the use of glue, and the component parts can be easily disassembled when desired by moving said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles relative to each other, said frame assembly comprising:
- at least one pair of vertical stiles and at least one pair of horizontal rails, said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails being connectable to each other;
connection-disconnection means provided for said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles for connecting one end of each of said horizontal rails to one of said vertical stiles, at least two of said horizontal rails having at each end thereof a horizontal rail end and each of said vertical stiles having at each end thereof a stile corner, said connection-disconnection means including a stationary receiver provided for said stile corner and a slidable connector provided for an end of said horizontal rail to be joined to said stile corner provided with said stationary receiver, said slidable connector being joinable with said stationary receiver for connection of one said horizontal rail end of each said horizontal rail to one said stile corner of an adjacent stile to form a four-sided frame having four sides comprising at least four adjacent connections formed by said connection-disconnection means between said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles including two of said horizontal rails and two of said vertical stiles to form a corner connection between one said stile corner and one said horizontal rail end adjacent to each other by joinder of said stationary receiver and said slidable connector of each said stile corner with said rail end for assembling said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles to form said four-sided frame;
said connection-disconnection means being provided for each adjacent connection of a stile corner and a rail end including for each said adjacent stile corner and said rail end a pair of connectable-disconnectable connecting elements, one of said connectable-disconnectable connecting elements being said stationary receiver and the other of said connecting elements being said slidable connector, and said pair of connectable-disconnectable elements being slidably connected together for joining one of said stile corners with one of said rail ends for each said adjacent connection and being slidably separable from each other for separation of said vertical stiles from said horizontal rails, said connection-disconnection means being connected with said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails internally of said frame where said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails are joined together, and access to said stationary receiver and said slidable connector being available solely when said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails are disconnected from each other, and hidden from view when said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails are joined together; and
each of said vertical stiles and each of said horizontal rails including a panel holding means for receiving an insert portion of a panel, said panel holding means including a panel receiving and holding portion when assembled between said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails adapted to hold said insert portion to each said vertical stile and each said horizontal rail.
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Abstract
A frame assembly of the knock-down type in which the component parts can be shipped or transported in a knock-down condition and readily constructed with a minimum of tools or no tools, and disassembled when desired. The frame assembly includes at least one pair of spaced vertical stiles and at least one pair of horizontal rails substantially orthogonal thereto, and associated connecting elements for connecting the stiles and rails, one of the connecting elements being joined with a stile at a corner connection thereof and another of the connecting elements being joined with a rail at a corner connection thereof so that a pair of the associated connecting elements joins one of the stiles to one of the rails, and all of the stiles and rails as appropriate are joined to each other.
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19 Claims
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1. A frame assembly of the knock-down type including component parts comprising vertical stiles, horizontal rails and connection-disconnection means associated with each of said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails, whereby the component parts can be shipped or transported in a knock-down condition and readily assembled with a minimum of tools or no tools and free of the use of glue, and the component parts can be easily disassembled when desired by moving said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles relative to each other, said frame assembly comprising:
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at least one pair of vertical stiles and at least one pair of horizontal rails, said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails being connectable to each other; connection-disconnection means provided for said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles for connecting one end of each of said horizontal rails to one of said vertical stiles, at least two of said horizontal rails having at each end thereof a horizontal rail end and each of said vertical stiles having at each end thereof a stile corner, said connection-disconnection means including a stationary receiver provided for said stile corner and a slidable connector provided for an end of said horizontal rail to be joined to said stile corner provided with said stationary receiver, said slidable connector being joinable with said stationary receiver for connection of one said horizontal rail end of each said horizontal rail to one said stile corner of an adjacent stile to form a four-sided frame having four sides comprising at least four adjacent connections formed by said connection-disconnection means between said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles including two of said horizontal rails and two of said vertical stiles to form a corner connection between one said stile corner and one said horizontal rail end adjacent to each other by joinder of said stationary receiver and said slidable connector of each said stile corner with said rail end for assembling said horizontal rails and said vertical stiles to form said four-sided frame; said connection-disconnection means being provided for each adjacent connection of a stile corner and a rail end including for each said adjacent stile corner and said rail end a pair of connectable-disconnectable connecting elements, one of said connectable-disconnectable connecting elements being said stationary receiver and the other of said connecting elements being said slidable connector, and said pair of connectable-disconnectable elements being slidably connected together for joining one of said stile corners with one of said rail ends for each said adjacent connection and being slidably separable from each other for separation of said vertical stiles from said horizontal rails, said connection-disconnection means being connected with said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails internally of said frame where said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails are joined together, and access to said stationary receiver and said slidable connector being available solely when said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails are disconnected from each other, and hidden from view when said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails are joined together; and each of said vertical stiles and each of said horizontal rails including a panel holding means for receiving an insert portion of a panel, said panel holding means including a panel receiving and holding portion when assembled between said vertical stiles and said horizontal rails adapted to hold said insert portion to each said vertical stile and each said horizontal rail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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