Patent ID: 9125494
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ready to assemble modular furniture item comprising: a first modular component; a second modular component; and a means for fastening the first modular component and the second modular component securely together, wherein the means for fastening comprises: a bolt projecting a preselected distance from a lateral side of said first modular component at an angle with respect to horizontal, the bolt having a head with a substantially planar underside and a shaft; a keyhole slot formed on an outer surface of said second modular component, said keyhole slot including an expanded portion capable of receiving the bolt head and a narrow portion sized to enable the shaft portion to slide therein; a machined ramp formed on an inner surface of said second modular component, wherein said machined ramp is angled with respect to said outer surface of said second modular component and is substantially parallel with the substantially planar underside of said bolt, the machined ramp has a minimum thickness measured from said outer surface of said second modular component at a position corresponding to said expanded portion of said key hole slot and a maximum thickness measured from said outer surface of said second modular component at a position corresponding to an end of the narrow portion of said keyhole slot distal from said expanded portion; wherein said bolt head is capable of being inserted into said expanded portion of said keyhole slot and said substantially planar underside of said bolt head is slid along said machined ramp, such that the bolt head is drawn further towards said inner surface of said second modular component thereby pulling the first and second modular components tightly together.