Patent ID: 7736211
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A construction system, comprising: a first construction element having a first passageway formed therein, and which extends therethrough, and which defines a first plurality of orientation grooves which are located in spaced relation one relative to another; a second construction element having a second passageway formed therein, and which extends therethrough, and which defines a second plurality of orientation grooves which are located in spaced relation one relative to another, and wherein the first and second construction elements are juxtaposed one relative to the other such that the first and second passageways are substantially coaxially aligned; a fastener body wholly and telescopingly received within the first and second passageways, and which has an exterior facing surface and an opposite interior facing surface, and wherein the fastener body has a tongue which extends radially outwardly from the exterior facing surface, and wherein the tongue is received in one of the first and second plurality of orientation grooves and substantially impedes the rotation of the first and second construction elements relative to each other, and wherein the fastener body further defines a first guide channel which extends generally longitudinally and linearly along the fastener body and which extends from the exterior facing surface to the interior facing surface, and a second guide channel which is substantially perpendicular relative to, and further communicates with, the first guide channel and which extends from the exterior facing surface to the interior facing surface; and a locking member wholly and telescopingly received within the fastener body and which further has a main body defined by an exterior facing surface, and wherein a post extends normally outwardly relative to the exterior facing surface of the main body, and wherein the first and second guide channels of the fastener body slideably receive the post, and facilitate the substantially linear movement of the locking member from a first position wherein a first portion of the locking member extends longitudinally outwardly relative to the fastener body to a second position wherein the locking member is received completely within the fastener body and wherein the exterior facing surface of the main body of the locking member is substantially immediately adjacent to the interior facing surface of the fastener body, and wherein the locking member is moved to the second position without rotation, and is partially rotatable when located in the second position so as to facilitate movement of the post along the second guide channel to a locked position, and wherein the first and second construction elements are affixed together when the locking member is in the second position such that the first and second construction elements are oriented in a fixed and locked position with respect to one another at one of at least four relative angular positions which are defined by the respective first and second orientation grooves that receives the tongue of the fastener body.