Patent ID: 6669401
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting device for a bench or a chair having multiple hollow slats combined by at least two connecting pieces respectively fitted on opposite ends of the slats, the connecting device comprising:an inner piece slidably received in a corresponding one of the slats and having a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment respectively defined in the inner piece and separated by baffles in the inner piece; a plug detachably connected to the inner piece and having a seat integrally formed with the plug and having a through hole with a first step and a second step formed on an inner surface defining the through hole; and a bolt-nut combination having a bolt to extend through a bottom face of a corresponding one of the slats, the inner piece and into the through hole in the seat and a nut received in the second step to be threadingly connected to the bolt.