Patent ID: 7255511
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A corner joint assembly, comprising: a corner leg including two parallel, longitudinally-extending, L-shaped grooves along an inside surface thereof, one on each side of a plane which bisects an apex of the leg, each corner leg groove comprising major and minor planar sidewalls with an included angle of less than 90 degrees; a clamp block including two parallel, longitudinally-extending, L-shaped grooves which are opposite-facing by 180 degrees, each groove being a mirror image of an opposing one of the two corner leg grooves, each of the four said grooves being halves of two outward-facing dovetail recesses formed between the corner leg and the clamp block, a first half of each recess being in said corner leg and a second half of each recess being in said clamp block, said recesses disposed at an angle of 90 degrees; and a releasable fastener for joining said clamp block to said corner leg, said clamp block having a planar base perpendicular to the direction of clamping in near abutment with an inner-facing surface of said corner leg.