GB1330167A - Disassemblable tubular frame suitable for use in an article of furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

1330167 Furniture joints ADOLF HAFELE 15 Sept 1970 [18 Sept 1969] 44092/70 Heading A4H [Also in Divisions E1-2, F2] Two tubes 1, 2 e.g. for furniture, door or window frames, are releasably connected to a third tube 3 by a U-section corner piece 4 Fig.1, a screw 15 passing through a hole 14 in piece 4 and co-operating with a threaded insert 16 in tube 3, the webs 5, 6 of piece 4 abutting walls 11, 12 of tubes 1, 2 and having pressed-out hooks 7, 8 which engage in circular apertures 9, 10 in the walls 11, 12. In a second form Fig.3 (not shown) the corner piece (4') is die-cast and has cylindrical projections (7', 8') as hooks. In a third form Fig. 5 and 6 (not shown), the corner piece (4") is of U-section and the U-limbs (18, 19) each have two hooks (20, 21) engaging in parallel slots (22, 23) in the walls 11, 12. In a fourth form, Fig.7, a member 24 secured to each tube 1, 2 has two slots 22', (23') for engagement by hooks 20' (21') on the U-section corner piece 4'''. In a fifth form, Fig.9, at least one hook 26 provided on each tube 1, 2 engages in an aperture 27 in the U-section corner piece 28.