WO1994029082B1 - Fastening device for furniture construction and method of manufacture - Google Patents

Fastening device for furniture construction and method of manufacture

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WO1994029082B1
WO1994029082B1 PCT/US1994/006400 US9406400W WO9429082B1 WO 1994029082 B1 WO1994029082 B1 WO 1994029082B1 US 9406400 W US9406400 W US 9406400W WO 9429082 B1 WO9429082 B1 WO 9429082B1
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panel
component
fastening assembly
components
elongated
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PCT/US1994/006400
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French (fr)
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Abstract

A fastening assembly for securing first (80) and second (83) panel components in side-by-side abutting relationship and a method for forming said fastening assembly. Each of said panel components include opposite side surfaces and edge surfaces therebetween, the fastening assembly including means for joining the panel components one to the other in which an elongated open channel (40) extends from an edge surface and into the face of one of the side surfaces of the first panel component (80). An elongated fastening element (30) is disposed within a bore in a surface of the second panel component and is adapted for insertion into the channel, the channel being closed by an insert (35) so that the elongated fastening element is covered by the insert when the panel components are brought into abutting relationship and joined by the elongated fastening element.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 13 December 1994 (13.12.94); original claims 1-12, 14 and 16-19 amended; original claims 13, 15 and 20-24 deleted; claims renumbered 1-18 (5 pages)]
1. A fastening assembly for securing first and second panel components in side-by-side abutting relationship, each of said panel components including opposite side surfaces and edge surfaces therebetween, said fastening assembly comprising means for joining said panel components one to the other wherein an elongated open channel extending from one of said edge surfaces and into the face of one of said side surfaces is formed in said first panel component, an elongated fastening element adapted for insertion into said channel is disposed within a bore in one of said surfaces of said second panel component, the channel being closed by an insert, said insert being adapted to be inserted into said open channel from said one of said edge surfaces of said first panel component, said elongated fastening element being covered by said insert when said panels are brought into side-by-side abutting element and said open channel having a base portion which is of greater width than the opening formed in the face of said side surface of said first panel component.
2. The fastening assembly as in claim 1 wherein said elongated fastening element is a wooden dowel member.
3. The fastening assembly as in claim 2 wherein said wooden dowel member extends into and terminates in each of said first and second panel components to provide resistance to shear stresses between the joined panel components.
4. The fastening assembly as in claim 1 wherein said panel components are joined together in T-joint engagement, with an edge surface of one of said panel components in abutting relation with a side surface of the other panel component at said joint.
5. The fastening assembly as in claim 1 wherein said means for joining said panel components includes detachable fasteners affixing said components to one another in abutting relationship.
6. The fastening assembly as in claim 5 wherein said detachable fasteners includes first and second mateable components, said first mateable component being affixed to said first panel component, and said second mateable component comprising said elongated fastening element disposed in said second panel component.
7. The fastening assembly as in claim 6 wherein said first mateable component includes cam means for drawing said panel components into firm abutting contact with each other.
8. The fastening assembly as in claim 7 wherein said first mateable component is a housing member having a recess in a portion of its periphery, said housing member being disposed within a cylindrical bore in said first panel component, said second mateable component comprising said elongated fastening element having a first end for securement to said second panel component and a second end opposite said first end, said second end having a head for disposition within the recess of said housing member, said housing member being rotatable in a first direction about an axis extending through the bore in which said housing member is disposed to lock the head off said elongated fastening member therewithin and thereby secure the panel components one to the other.
9. The fastening assembly as in claim 8 wherein said head of said elongated fastening element is of greater width than a contiguous portion thereof, said recess in said housing member comprising an entrance of sufficient size for the head of said elongated fastening element to extend therethrough and additionally having an associated slot.
10. The fastening assembly as in claim 9 wherein said slot includes at least one cam surface for engaging a portion of the head to pull said elongated fastening element closer to said housing member when said housing member is rotated in said first direction.
11. The fastening assembly as in claim 8 wherein said housing member and said elongated fastening element are formed so that upon the rotation of said housing member in said first direction said elongated fastening element is pulled closer to said housing member to effect a rigid and tight abutting relationship between said panel components.
12. The fastening assembly as in claim 11 wherein said first end of said elongated fastening element is threaded for releasable securement within the bore in said one of said surfaces of said second panel component.
13. The fastening assembly as in claim 1 wherein said panel components are formed of wood particle board and have a laminate covering on at least one of the side surfaces thereof.
14. The fastening assembly as in claim 1 wherein said open channel has a base portion which is of greater width than the opening formed in the face of said side surface of said first panel component.
15. The fastening assembly as in claim 1 wherein the base portion of said open channel has a semi- cylindrical trough formed therein and said insert has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite said top surface, said bottom surface of said insert having a semi-cylindrical passageway formed therein so that when said insert is inserted into said open channel a cylindrical passageway is formed therebetween.
16. The fastening assembly as in claim 15 wherein said insert and said open channel have complemental dove-tailed side surfaces which coact to preclude the outward movement of said insert from the open channel formed in said side surface of said first panel component.
17. The fastening assembly as in claim 16 wherein the top surface of said insert is coextensive with the adjacent surface of said first panel component.
18. The fastening assembly as in claim 17 wherein said means for joining said panel components includes detachable fasteners affixing said components one to the other, said detachable fasteners including first and second mateable components, said first mateable component being affixed to said first panel component, said second mateable component comprising said elongated fastening element disposed in said second panel component, and said first mateable component including cam means cooperable with said fastening element for drawing said panel components into firm abutting contact.
PCT/US1994/006400 1993-06-09 1994-06-06 Fastening device for furniture construction and method of manufacture WO1994029082A1 (en)

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