Patent ID: 6126358
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: E04B,F16B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A furniture panel stabilizer, comprising:a. a first lifting member having a first end, an opposite second end, a top end, an opposite bottom end, and a first longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end, the first lifting member defining at least one first aperture therein having a contiguous edge circumscribing the first aperture, and wherein the first lifting member forms at least two longitudinally extending first rails, including a top rail intermediate the top end and a longitudinally extending portion of the edge of the adjacent first aperture closest to the top end and a bottom rail intermediate the bottom end and a longitudinally extending portion of the edge of the adjacent first aperture closest to the bottom end;b. a second lifting member having a forward end, an opposite back end, an upper end, an opposite lower end, and a second longitudinal axis extending between the forward end and the back end, the second lifting member defining at least one second aperture therein having a contiguous rim circumscribing the second aperture, and wherein the second lifting member forms at least two longitudinally extending second rails, including an upper rail intermediate the upper end and a longitudinally extending portion of the rim of the adjacent second aperture closest to the upper end and a lower rail intermediate the lower end and a longitudinally extending portion of the rim of the second adjacent aperture closest to the bottom end,wherein the first and second lifting members are movably interlocked in which the lower rail of the second lifting member is slidably disposed within and circumscribed by the first aperture of the first lifting member adjacent the bottom end of the first lifting member;c. first means, fixedly attached to the first end of the first lifting member, for detachably connecting the first lifting member to an upright integrally slotted track of a first furniture panel; andd. second means, fixedly attached to the forward end of the second lifting member, for detachably connecting the second lifting member to an upright integrally slotted track of a second furniture panel, wherein, when the first and second lifting members are connected to the respective furniture panels, the furniture panel stabilizer prevents relative vertical movement between the two furniture panels.