Patent ID: 8162561

Claim:
An adjustable joining assembly including a first clamping member that is inserted into an aperture in a first furniture part: the first clamping member having a body, including a gear assembly having rotatable first and second gear members operatively connected with each other, in a substantially perpendicular arrangement, the first gear member having a tool engaging aperture thereon, the second gear member having an aperture with an internal thread to receive a first threaded end of a threaded shaft therein; a second threaded end of the threaded shaft interconnected with a second furniture part via a second clamping member, the second clamping member having an internal thread set; a retaining member, adapted to engage with the first clamping member to retain the second gear member within the body of the first clamping member, wherein the body of the first clamping member has a channel in a bottom face to allow the first clamping member to be placed over the threaded shaft protruding into the aperture in the first furniture part to assist in the location and engagement of the threaded shaft with the second gear member, and subsequent rotation of the first gear member effects rotation of the second gear member thus causing the first clamping member to move along the first threaded end of the threaded shaft until threads of the first threaded end run out causing the first clamping member to bottom out on the first threaded end and the second threaded end of the threaded shaft is then forced to rotate within the internal thread set of the second clamping member and tighten the first and second furniture parts as the second clamping member moves along the second threaded end of the threaded shaft.