Patent ID: 6200062
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A47B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A connector device for joining furniture components together comprising:a binding member having a generally rectangular shape, said binding member having a wedge trough extending longitudinally therethrough so as to open to a front side of said binding member, said binding member having a substantially cylindrical pin member extending outwardly from a back side thereof, said pin member having a hole extending therethrough so as to open to said wedge trough, said wedge trough having an interior surface parallel to said back side, said wedge trough having a first planar side wall and a second planar side wall extending inwardly entirely from said front side to said interior surface;a wedge member having a rectangular parallelopiped shape, said wedge member having a wedge body extending outwardly therefrom, said wedge body being received within said wedge trough, said wedge member having front side with substantially cylindrical a pin member extending outwardly therefrom, said pin member of said wedge member having a hole extending therethrough so as to open at a back side of said wedge member, said back side of said wedge member being juxtaposed against said interior surface of said wedge trough;a first screw extending through said hole of said pin member of said binding member so as to be engageable with one of the furniture components, said first screw having a head flush with said interior surface of said wedge trough; anda second screw extending through said hole of said pin member of said wedge member so as to be engageable with another of the furniture components, said second screw having a head flush with said back side of said wedge member.