Patent ID: 6568058
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a ready-to-assemble article of furniture, comprising:providing; a disassembled frame, including a plurality of planar frame members, each said planar frame member including a plurality of edges and a pair of opposed planar surfaces, at least one of said frame members having a recess in its planar surface and at least one of said frame members having an aperture in its planar surface, said frame members including interlocking portions; a push-in connector element which is separate from the frame members; and at least one fastener; interconnecting said interlocking portions; inserting the connector element into said recess in a direction which is perpendicular to said planar surfaces; and securing said frame members by inserting said fastener through said aperture and into said connector element, said fastener oriented substantially perpendicularly to the insertion direction of said connector element.