Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Patent
1994-06-17
1996-02-27
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
211192, A47B 9606
Patent
active
054942462
ABSTRACT:
A one-piece non-load bearing passive locking member for releasably securing an end panel assembly to a slotted upright. The locking member includes a base part having an aperture extending therethrough. A spring part is formed in a first end edge of the base part for urging the locking member into locking engagement with a slot of the upright, and a locking tab is formed in a second end edge of the base part opposite the first end edge for lockingly engaging with the slot. A hollow guide part extends transversely from the base part and has a cantilevered arm extending transversely within the hollow guide part from a wall of the guide part, and a planar spring compression limiting part extends at least partially over the spring part from the wall of the guide part. A retaining pin extends longitudinally through the hollow guide part and from a free end of the arm in a direction transverse to the base part. The retaining pin has a free end extending beyond the base part to lockingly retain the locking member within a T-shaped slot of an end panel forming a part of a furniture component.
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Sketch A (1 page) and Photo A (1 page) relating to the prior art arrangement which is discussed in the application starting at line 16 of page 3 and extending through line 5 of page 4.
Brunsink Mark A.
Glashouwer Paul A.
McCarthy Michael T.
Miedema Wayne
Foss J. Franklin
Haworth Inc.
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