Patent SG-11201811016P-A (SG)
Title: Connector
Inventor: KING DAVID
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 2017-06-21
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 04 January 2018 (04.01.2018) WIPO I PCT °mons °nolo Hu oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/000021 Al (51) International Patent Classification: F16B 7/04 (2006.01) F16B 9/02 (2006.01) F16B 2/22 (2006.01) A47C 7/00 (2006.01) F16B 12/32 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/AU2017/050622 (22) International Filing Date: 21 June 2017 (21.06.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2016902530 28 June 2016 (28.06.2016) AU (71) Applicant: KING FURNITURE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD [AU/AU]; 123 Turrella St, Turrella, New South Wales 2205 (AU). (72) Inventors: KING, David; c/- King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd, 123 Turrella St, Turrella, New South Wales 2205 (AU). LAWSON, Ryan; c/- King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd, 123 Turrella St, Turrella, New South Wales 2205 (AU). PANAGOPOULOS, Anastasie; c/- King Furniture Aus- tralia Pty Ltd, 123 Turrella St, Turrella, New South Wales 2205 (AU). RECHBERGER, Tanya; c/- King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd, 123 Turrella St, Turrella, New South Wales 2205 (AU). LEVEY, John; c/- King Furniture Aus- tralia Pty Ltd, 123 Turrella St, Turrella, New South Wales 2205 (AU). (74) Agent: FB RICE; Level 23, 44 Market St, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 (AU). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, — (54) Title: CONNECTOR (57) : A connector (10) for connecting two items (20) togeth- er, each item (20) including a structural component (18), includes a 20 body member (12) of a resiliently flexible material, the body member (12) defining a mounting formation (14) and a securing formation (16) spaced from the mounting formation (12), the mounting formation (12) being configured to be displaceably mounted on the structural compo- 46 vent (18.1) of one of the items (20). A detent-like mechanism (22) is as- sociated with the mounting formation (14) to releasably lock the body member (12) in at least one of an inoperative position in which the se- curing formation (16) is free of the structural component (18. 2) of the other of the items (20) and an operative position in which the securing 10 formation (16) engages the structural component (18.2) of the other of the items (20) for maintaining the items (206) in a desired relationship relative to each other. FIG. 1 [Continued on next page] W O 20 18/0000 21 Al WO 2018/000021 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIROHOINIEDIE01011010HOIIMOVOIMIE TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))