Patent ID: 6629802
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A47B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of connecting or joining at least two panels in a piece of furniture, comprising:providing a first panel, wherein the first panel includes a surface having at least one recess; providing a second panel, wherein the second panel includes a surface having at least one recess; arranging the surface of the first panel in form contact with the surface of the second panel; and connecting the first panel to the second panel using at least one sphere, wherein the at least one sphere projects into the at least one recess of each of the first and the second panels, and further comprising one of: at least one of the at least one recess of the first panel and the at least one recess of the second panel comprises an approximately square-shaped cross-sectional opening wherein the square shaped cross-sectional opening has a width, a length which essentially equals the width, and a depth which essentially equals half the width; and at least one of the at least one recess of the first panel and the at least one recess of the second panel comprises an approximately circular-shaped cross-sectional opening wherein the circular-shaped cross-sectional opening has a diameter, and a depth which essentially equals half the diameter.