Patent ID: 8646843

Claim:
An upholstered sofa shippable in pieces and suitable for field assembly, the sofa comprising: a sofa back; a pair of sofa arms; a sofa deck; connectors positionable between the sofa back and the sofa arms and comprising means for attaching the sofa arms to the sofa back, the connectors being covered by the sofa arms and the sofa back after assembly of the sofa arms to the sofa back; wherein the sofa deck is upholstered on front, top and sides thereof, but includes one or more open compartments dimensioned for storage of sofa components side by side in the open compartments for shipment, and wherein multiple keyhole slots are formed on each end of the sofa back, each keyhole slot having a beveled edge, and multiple connectors extend from the sofa arms, each connector being insertable into one corresponding keyhole slot in alignment therewith to assemble each sofa arm to the sofa back, wherein each connector includes a sleeve, and wherein a compressible washer abuts the sleeve, so that the combination of the beveled edge and the compressible washer permit play as the connectors are inserted into corresponding keyhole slots so that multiple connectors are insertable into multiple keyhole slots so that only movement of each sofa arm relative to the sofa back is required for assembly.