Patent ID: 6981747

Claim:
An article of furniture, comprising: a frame, said frame including a plurality of planar frame members, each said planar frame member including a plurality of edges and a pair of opposed parallel planar surfaces, two said planar frame members perpendicular to one another; at least one of said frame members including a recess in one of its planar surfaces, said recess defining an edge aperture in an edge of said at least one frame member, at least one other of said frame members having a through aperture in its planar surfaces; a push in planar connector element disposed in said recess, the thickness of said connector element substantially equal to the thickness of said at least one frame member, said connector inserted into said recess in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said at least one planar frame member, said connector also substantially filling said edge aperture, said connector including a connector aperture oriented parallel to the plane of said at least one planar frame member, said connector element larger than said edge aperture whereby said connector cannot pass through said aperture; and a threaded fastener disposed in said through aperture and threadedly engaged with said connector element.