Patent ID: 6789853
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A47B,A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
An axle mount arrangement for furniture, said arrangement comprising a receptacle having at least one side wall, having a rim, at least one curved track formed in said side wall and commencing at said rim, said track being dimensioned to receive the axle to be mounted, and a plug dimensioned to be received in said receptacle, said plug having an axle receiving aperture therein shaped to define a first and a second axle niche which are spaced apart by a distance corresponding to an displacement of said curved track, whereby said axle can be positioned in said first axle niche and said plug introduced into said receptacle to thereby align said axle and a start of said curved track, and whereby as said plug is fully inserted into said receptacle said axle moves along said track from said first to said second niche, and is held in said second niche by inter-engagement of said plug and receptacle.