Patent ID: 6511251
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A47B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A table, comprising:a table top element; a plurality of floor-standing legs projecting downwardly from the lower surface of said table top element at respective corner regions; a plurality of rail elements depending from the lower surface of the table top element with the rail elements converging at corner regions to define respective location regions for abutting and locating the upper portion of a respective leg; a rigid corner bracket in each of said corner regions, each corner bracket comprising: a central bridge portion having an aperture for co-operating with a fixing for securely locating said leg relative to said bracket and said rails; two respective rail plate portions disposed at opposite sides of said bridge portion, each rail plate portion having an aperture for co-operating with a fixing to an adjacent portion of an adjacent rail element for securely locating said rail element relative to said bracket, and two separate table top plate portions extending toward each other and each extending perpendicularly from a respective said rail plate portion and each having separate means for co-operating with a respective fixing for securely locating said table top element relative to said bracket.