Joints and connections – Annular recess is joint component
Patent
1992-11-20
1994-07-12
Reese, Randolph A.
Joints and connections
Annular recess is joint component
4034071, 403348, 403386, A47B 1300
Patent
active
053282892
ABSTRACT:
A system for positioning and retaining in place an article of modular furniture in the form of a slab upon the upper face of a rest block comprises an intermediate piece and a fastener. The intermediate piece has a horizontal plate an arcuate heel extending upwardly from the upper face perpendicular to the plate at one end thereof, the shape and dimensions of the heel being the same as a concave recess provided in the external edge of the slab. The lower face of the plate includes a locking mechanism for locking the plate into a recess in the upper face of the rest block. The heel has a hole therethrough positioned to align with a hole in the concave recess in the external edge of the slab. The fastener includes a locking stud and a head, the head having a vertical planar part and a horizontal part which fully close the concave recess in the external edge of the slab when the stud is forced into the holes.
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Novosad Christopher J.
Reese Randolph A.
Steelcase Strafor (S.A.)
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